For more than half a Millennium – since Franciscan friar, Luca Pacioli’s publication of the first full account of double-entry bookkeeping in 1494 – business and investment have calculated value by focusing predominantly on a sole capital: financial. With such single-minded thinking, one could call this the era of mono-capitalism.
Over $1 trillion has been invested in renewables worldwide, creating around 10 million job opportunities. Renewables benefit the environment as they represent a clean and sustainable source of power.
Breakeven Renewable Energy Read Post »
Energy, Sustainability
Consumerism has certainly taken its toll on society and the environment. Take all the effort that goes into mining the raw materials for the consumer electronics industry, transport of the same – often from afar – only to eventually end up dumped.
The right to repair Read Post »
Sustainability
A recent report shows that over a million Indians die every year due to air pollution. Power plants have been encouraged to install scrubbers to curb emissions.
Death by air pollution Read Post »
Environment, Health, Sustainability
Up until not so long ago, I thought that this third world-come-developing country was like the wild wild west! I have come to discover that in fact, the Philippines has plenty of law and law enforcers.
Law enforcement in the Philippines Read Post »
Government, Sustainability
Working in the ‘sustainability’ space with medium to large enterprises over the years, I have unfortunately at times been faced with the casual response of: “this does not affect us, nor do we have any say”.
Sustainability matters! Read Post »
Strategy, Sustainability
It was not so long ago that the catch-cry of business was planning. As the adage goes: if you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Backcasting the future of sustainability Read Post »
Sustainability
Overlooking the Indian ocean, I am sitting on the balcony of the Face Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka, where one of the most prolific science and science-fiction writers ever, Arthur Charles Clarke (1917-2008) penned his famous series of novels.
Sri Lanka – Eco-tourism and the Temple of the dogs Read Post »
Lifestyle, Society, Sustainability
Aiming to surpass all other previous missions and establish a lunar ‘palace’ on the moon, China, for the first time, successfully landed its Chang’e spacecraft on Jan 2, 2019, on the far side of the moon.
China’s Chang’e probe lands on the dark side of the moon Read Post »
Space, Strategy
Originally posted on LinkedIn Over the last twenty years, it has become apparent that government and business play an important and active role in achieving sustainability. In particular, understanding to what extent one’s own business is sustainable, identifying where one needs to actually be at (target) and making plans to get there – i.e. transforming for
Business transitions for sustainability Read Post »
Business, Sustainability
