Greenwashing Debunkers Club

Julio F. Campos In this article, I will discuss what qualities a professional need to work with sustainability. As a quick internet search results in a fair amount of similar texts, I decided to approach the topic through another bias. Easily someone will find recommendations on the profile considered ideal for acting in sustainability, however, this profile is the profile considered ideal by the corporate market. For this and other reasons, I will not address the profile of the corporate "sustainability" professional. I will not make a comparison between this professional and the profile sought by the market, a quick search on the internet allows to locate the latter. I leave it to the reader to make this self-critical analysis. I often see new graduates in various environmental areas unsatisfied with their jobs because they can not execute the proposals they know to be necessary, having to shape themselves to the needs of the company and not to sustainability. ...

Julio F. Campos Neste artigo vou abordar quais qualidades um profissional possui para trabalhar com sustentabilidade. Como uma rápida busca na internet resulta em uma boa quantidade de textos semelhantes, decidi abordar o tema através de outro viés. Facilmente alguém irá encontrar recomendações sobre o perfil considerado ideal para atuar em sustentabilidade, entretanto esse perfil é o perfil considerado ideal pelo mercado corporativo. Por este e outros motivos ,  não vou abordar o perfil do profissional de "sustentabilidade"corporativo. Não farei então uma comparação entre este profissional e o perfil buscado pelo mercado, uma rápida busca na internet permite localizar o último. Deixo para o leitor fazer esta análise autocrítica. Frequentemente vejo recém-formados em diversas áreas ambientais insatisfeitos com seus trabalhos, pois não podem executar as propostas que sabem serem necessárias, tendo que se moldar às necessidades da empresa e não da sustenta...

Major household brands are selling everyday grocery staples containing palm oil produced using child labour, Amnesty International has claimed. From Josie Clarke, The Independent Online: Amnesty International report finds manufacturers using oil from Singapore-based company

Hugo Penteado I did not even wanted to participate in 2017. I do not know who chose the unfortunate 360-degree term for the conference, but it's perfect, the conference made it clear that we spin, spin, spin and never advance. In fact, we are much worse than when this whole movement began 20 years ago. Sustainability that does not change anything is worse than not doing any sustainability, just because it creates a sense that something is being done. It is not. The sustainability trophies continue to be sewage in cities, dumps, Vale disaster in Minas, Gulf of Mexico disaster, Alberta, deforestation for monoculture, large-scale agrochemicals decimating biodiversity and insects indispensable to life, accelerated climate change, extreme concentration and uncontrolled income and wealth, uninterrupted pollution, extinction of accelerated life, etc. There is not a single good indication in all this, despite so much conference and beliefs. In general, the lectures were empty, wit...