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Fed up with sustainability theater? Join the movement of professionals breaking through the red tape!

AI's Next Sustainability Problem is Organizational Waste

May 27, 2026

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7 min read

AI's Next Sustainability Problem is Organizational Waste

This is the second part in our series on AI and sustainability. Part One looked at the demand AI creates at the point of use, this article looks at what happens when that demand enters organizations that were not designed to handle it.

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Corporate Sustainability and Fleet Electrification

May 13, 2026

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3 min read

Corporate Sustainability and Fleet Electrification

Has the world changed enough to get fleet electrification back on the corporate sustainability agenda?

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Scott Fisher
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 From Coffee Shops to Carbon Markets

May 6, 2026

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7 min read

From Coffee Shops to Carbon Markets

Nonlinear Career Paths in Sustainability are a Feature, Not a Bug

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Meg Baltes
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 AI, Sustainability, and the Tension That Shapes Our Choices

Apr 29, 2026

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8 min read

AI, Sustainability, and the Tension That Shapes Our Choices

The conversation has moved past whether companies will use AI. The rollout is already underway and there is growing pressure from employees, investors and stakeholders asking a harder set of questions.

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Sandra Leyva
Antonio Vizcaya Abdo
Franco Amalfi
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The Economy Already Priced In Earth Day. Has Your Strategy?

Apr 22, 2026

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5 min read

The Economy Already Priced In Earth Day. Has Your Strategy?

Packaging fees, tariff exposure, and headcount stretched ever thinner chasing disclosure fragmentation are already inside your cost structure, and regulatory rollback doesn't change that.

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Sandra Leyva
Wesley Herche
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Product Carbon Footprint Didn’t Give Us Answers. It Gave Us Better Questions.

Apr 15, 2026

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12 min read

Product Carbon Footprint Didn’t Give Us Answers. It Gave Us Better Questions.

Five regulatory mechanisms dependent on one methodology. A $31 billion market and a convergence most companies aren’t prepared for.

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Sandra Leyva
Marialicia Jauregui Gomez
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You Pivoted Into Sustainability, They Pivoted Sustainability Into the Business

Apr 8, 2026

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14 min read

You Pivoted Into Sustainability, They Pivoted Sustainability Into the Business

A Decoder Double Issue: Getting into sustainability is one thing. Getting sustainability into the business is another.

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Bridget Ferrari
Gabrielle Lewis
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Breaking Into Sustainability

Apr 1, 2026

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17 min read

Breaking Into Sustainability

A Strategic Guide for New and Transitioning Professionals

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Sotiria Anagnostou
Wesley Herche
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ESG Has a New Currency (And Most Can't Afford It)

Mar 24, 2026

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8 min read

ESG Has a New Currency (And Most Can't Afford It)

We used to think sustainability was about impact. Then it became about reporting. Now? It's becoming about access.

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Sandra Leyva
Gigi Zapata
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Two Global Energy Systems, or One Big Blind Spot?

Mar 24, 2026

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18 min read

Two Global Energy Systems, or One Big Blind Spot?

Unlocking the vocabulary and tools to design our global energy system

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Gary Dirks
Wesley Herche
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Decoder Special Report: The Jugaad (Bottom-Up) Energy Revolution

Mar 18, 2026

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12 min read

Decoder Special Report: The Jugaad (Bottom-Up) Energy Revolution

How Pakistan Is Rewriting the Energy Playbook (and how the Hormuz crisis changed the scorecard)

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Wesley Herche
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The Light Comes Into Focus

Mar 18, 2026

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17 min read

The Light Comes Into Focus

Sustainability Decoded: Tales from the Arena

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Wesley Herche
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Alignment Zones and Where to Find Them

Mar 11, 2026

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11 min read

Alignment Zones and Where to Find Them

Where Finance and Sustainability Naturally Align

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Nik Baumann
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Bill Gates Popularized 'Green Premium', But It's a Linguistic Trap That Makes Planetary Harm Look Rational

Mar 4, 2026

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9 min read

Bill Gates Popularized 'Green Premium', But It's a Linguistic Trap That Makes Planetary Harm Look Rational

Here's Your Reframing Playbook to Break Through the Inertia

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Wesley Herche
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 The Top-Down Energy Revolution

Feb 22, 2026

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13 min read

The Top-Down Energy Revolution

How China Built the 'Engine' of the Global Energy Transition

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Wesley Herche
Sustainability Decoder, +1
 The Sustainability Job Pivot

Feb 22, 2026

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5 min read

The Sustainability Job Pivot

From Evangelist to Integrator

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Wesley Herche
Prerana Tirodkar
Sustainability Decoder, +2
Sustainability Superpeers

Feb 22, 2026

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7 min read

Sustainability Superpeers

You already know who your superpeers are. You just haven't had the word.

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Sandra Leyva
Wesley Herche
Nikki Maginn
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The Polarization Complex

Feb 22, 2026

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10 min read

The Polarization Complex

Why Sustainability's Biggest Challenge Isn't What You Think

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Sandra Leyva
Wesley Herche
Antonio Vizcaya Abdo
Sustainability Decoder, +3

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