by Andrew Winston | May 1, 2020 | Clean Tech/Renewables, Climate Change, Mega-Issues, Resilience, Stakeholders: Employees
Hi all. I hope everyone is doing as well as they can in these hard times. Like all of you, I’ve spent the last 7 weeks at home with family, trying to stay safe…and so far we have. With so much thinking time, I’ve been trying to figure out What it All Means. Not sure...
by Andrew Winston | Sep 18, 2017 | Climate Change, Resilience, Risk Management
Hurricane Katrina changed business forever. Will today’s extreme weather do the same? Twelve years ago, Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans. Eleven years ago, Walmart launched its sustainability initiative, deeply affecting how business has been done since...
by Andrew Winston | Nov 9, 2016 | China, Clean Tech Race, Clean Tech/Renewables, Climate Change, Green Infrastructure, Renewables, Resilience
If there’s any force greater than whatever propelled Donald Trump into the Presidency, it’s economics. Nobody, not even a President Trump, can stop all movement toward the clean economy. The reason is simple: it’s now cheaper to cut carbon and use renewable energy...
by Andrew Winston | Dec 18, 2015 | Clean Tech/Renewables, Climate Change, Get Creative, Green Business, Innovation, Heresy, Get Creative, Prosperity, Renewables, Resilience
Is the Paris Climate Agreement good enough? Can the world build a low-carbon economy fast enough? These are critical questions for the future of humanity, so it’s important to consider them carefully. But too many people in the press and in the business world are...
by Andrew Winston | Jul 30, 2015 | Brand/Intangible, Clean Tech/Renewables, Climate Change, Cost-Cutting/Eco-Efficiency, Green Business, Renewables, Resilience, Risk Management
[Just some summer catch up on re-posting things I’ve written in other places. I posted this on The Guardian’s site a few months ago. It’s one of those “going green is a win-win” stories that I wish were not necessary anymore. For the...
by Andrew Winston | Jul 15, 2014 | Climate Change, Resilience
This past winter was a rough one for big swaths of the United States, with both unusual cold snaps and disruptive snowstorms. General Mills’ CEO recently blamed the winter for less-than-expected earnings, saying that “severe winter weather…disrupted plant operations...
