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How the climate crisis is transforming the meaning of ‘sustainability’ in business

  • Written by Raz Godelnik, Assistant Professor of Strategic Design & Management, The New School
imageBusinesses tend to value profit over people and planet. Climate change is forcing them to evolve.elenabs via Getty Images

In his 2021 letter to CEOs, Larry Fink, the CEO and chairman of BlackRock, the world’s largest investment manager, wrote: “No issue ranks higher than climate change on our clients’ lists of priorities.”

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