I am excited to share that we are launching a new video series called The Sustainable Business Show on the Emerger Strategies YouTube Channel. The intent of the show is simply educate business leaders about sustainable business practices in an effort to help more companies take climate action. The first episode answers the question, “What…
Category: Sustainability
Failure To Act On Climate Could Cost $178 Trillion
A new report from Deloitte suggests that failure to act on climate change could cost the global economy over $178 trillion over the next 50 years. How? Sea-level rise, damage to infrastructure from wildfires and extreme weather, health impacts, agricultural losses and more. On a personal level, we are already experiencing sea-level rise in real-time…
The World’s 1st Carbon Neutral Sport Fishing Boat
We know that plastic pollution in our oceans is a major problem because we can actually see the problem, but what’s happening below the surface has many scientists worried: deoxygenation. According to a recent report, “rising nutrient loads coupled with climate change – each resulting from human activities – are changing the ocean biochemistry and…
In the News: Rick Crawford on Small Talks, Big Ideas Podcast with Steve
Small Talks, Big Ideas with Steve is a podcast by Lowcountry Local First and I had the pleasure of being on the show. About the podcast: “Get to know the Lowcountry’s local-independent business community, one changemaker at a time. Lowcountry Local First is the Lowcountry of South Carolina’s local business advocacy nonprofit, and this podcast…
Zachary Davis becomes North Carolina’s 1st Carbon Neutral Guide
Everywhere on the planet, trout need cold, clean, oxygen-rich water to survive and climate change is an obvious threat to all cold-water species. In fact, according to a 2020 report by the NC Institute for Climate Science, by 2060, Western North Carolina will likely see 10-20 more days a year when temperatures are above 95…
Bajio Sunglasses Goes Carbon Neutral
If you have been paying attention to the news around climate change and sustainable business over the last year or so, you know that there are a lot of businesses committed to carbon neutrality because according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), we must halve global greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, and be…
