The acid test for business leadership on sustainability will be when they tell us to consume less of what they produce so we can live within our planetary means
You wait decades for business leaders to address climate change, then 43 global CEOs call for concrete action all at once.
The group of CEOs grew out of meetings at the World Economic Forum (WEF), with familiar names in corporate sustainability circles, such as engineering firm Arup, retailer Marks & Spencer, re-insurers Munich Re and multinational consumer goods giant Unilever. But the list also included Sinar Mas, a major player in the global palm oil industry linked to deforestation.
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