Charlene Norman
Corporate Governance · Sustainable Business
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Charlene Norman
Why sustainability collapsed
Sustainability practitioners are grieving a field that fell apart faster than anyone expected. Financial audits and manufacturing certifications faced the same resentment for decades and never folded. The difference was never conviction. It was who was forced to comply, and why, right down to whose own career was on the line. This piece traces what sustainability was missing from the start
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