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Thanks @louiseschiavone.bsky.social. Always a lively and thought-provoking dialogue with your students.

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Anti-DEI (& ESG) proposals are FAILING because they are primarily driven by activists. Institutional investors & proxy advisors oppose them as 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 & 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞. #sustainability #ESG #DEI corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/04/25/t...

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RIP Brian Wilson — god only knows what American music be without him and thankfully we were not music.apple.com/us/album/god...

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Economic Forces are Stronger Than Political Winds Several U.S. states have or are in the process of enacting climate-related disclosure laws, primarily aimed at improving corporate transparency around climate risks. This movement has grown in recent years.

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Will companies spend millions to adjust their plants to take advantage of the reduced standards or save money with the expectations that this short-sighted action is likely to be reversed? Just because you can get away with something doesn't means you should (or will).

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"Even Amsterdam – a beacon of low-carbon, efficient, and beloved public transportation – was not always Amsterdam. It was a determined social movement that changed it into the bike and transit paradise it is today.” ✍️ Cameron Roberts, Ph.D. 🎥 Happening tomorrow! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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More of this, please

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Re next weekend's soviet-style #parade in #WashingtonDC Don't go. Imagine the visual of tanks rolling down a deserted Constitution Ave. on his birthday. Remember how he cares about crowd size? This is the best way to make your point & get under his skin. #DMV #DC #NoVA #Maryland #MD

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#DDayanniversary 81 years ago he hopes and dreams of a free world began to be restored with the successful landings at Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches. This memorial, at Arromanches shows how the ghostly presence of those brave YOUNG men still remains.

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There are no climate change skeptics at insurance companies.

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Shareholders care more about value creation (because they should) than activists who have never helped a single business be more successful. Many #DEI (and #sustainability) strategies do just that.

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Two photos taken at same location at #Etretat 1944 2025 The lessons from history echo loudly across time, the sands & landscape of #Normandy Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it - George Santayana

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Despite all the geopolitical chaos, investment in the energy transition continues #energytransition #climatetech #cleantech #renewables

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Calling the Ukrainian drone attack Russia's "Pearl Harbor" is inaccurate. A far more appropriate analog is Doolittle's Raid that bombed Tokyo. Japan/Russia are the aggressors. Doolittle, like Ukraine, retaliated for unprovoked attacks and took Japan by surprise.

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Short-sighted and disappointing, but not surprising based on what we have seen.

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Not ready to sail off into the sunset - except on days like today when the winds are steady, the seas are fair and the opportunity beckons.

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The problem with the focus on 2 degrees is that sounds insignificant. Focus on what it means in terms of impacts on people's lives. Then people will understand.

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Nature's delicate balance, demonstrated Trégastel, France

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Nature's awesome power ought to humble us.

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More economic, less danger of spills & contamination, and less pollution. Win-win-win-win

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Someone who's commitment to "hire the best" includes his own children (his DEI stands for Donald, Eric & Ivanka) and people he turns against almost immediately has no business telling successful businesses how to attract, hire, retain and engage talent #DEI

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Attracting, hiring, retaining and engaging the best employees is a well-established business imperative. It is being threatened by someone whos hiring chops include his own kids (when they'll even work for him), resulting in multiple bankruptcies. #business #DEI #sustainability #employees

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Just when you thought reality TV had hit bottom by giving away women (and, to be fair, later men) as Game Show prizes (the Bachelorette), they are considering this. #whyIdontwatch #TV

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J'allais régulièrement à #Paris pour le travail. Finalement, après sept ans, j'y retourne le mercredi. Cette fois, avec ma famille.

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Meta pushed this ad, featuring a swastika, onto my Facebook feed this morning. The company claims their jewelry "based on a religious symbol" but this is also the Nazi hackenkreuz.

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Mark Knopfler is a musical genius and unparalleled guitar player.

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Global oil demand growth slowed sharply in 2024, driven by declining use in road transport as EV adoption surged. For the first time, oil’s share of total energy demand fell below 30%. The sun is setting on the era of oil dominance in transport—clean energy is taking the wheel. #EnergyTransition #EV

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"Fifteen states sued the Trump administration over its declaration of an “energy emergency,” arguing that there is no emergency and that the order instructs regulators to illegally bypass reviews of fossil fuel projects, potentially damaging the environment." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/c...

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@leadthechangepod.bsky.social Podcast - why metrics matter, how Installnet is changing the game, and why reuse is a sustainability strategy and business imperative. leadthechange.bard.edu/podcast/offi... #LeadTheChange #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #BardMBA #ClimateAction #SocialImpact

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Sad to see Bluesky is not replacing the "old Twitter" many of us were hoping for. Engagement is falling off, as it did for Twitter (even before it was taken private). So where ARE the real online #sustainability conversations taking place?

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Working alongside Dianna Diaz, a @bardcollege.bsky.social MBA student, determined (using third-party validated data) that donating furniture avoids NINE times the #GHG emissions that has previously been calculated. www.businesswire.com/news/home/20... #circulareconomy #sustainability #environment

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Idiocy! #energy efficiency benefits everyone. www.cnn.com/2025/05/06/c...

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It is time we assimilate our language, jargon, professional titles, reports, etc. and stop handing critics a wedge the drive between us and the business. #sustainability #business #DEI #ESG www.linkedin.com/pulse/true-i...

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The same thinking as 'if we stop testing we will have fewer Covid cases. Denial of reality.

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At 28:50, my brief appearance on Rick Steves travel show. m.soundcloud.com/rick-steves/...

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