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Kellogg's and Nestlé among household brands 'containing palm oil produced by child labour'

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

When Sustainability Goes Nowhere: The 2016 Ethos 360 Degrees Conference - A Poor Session of Self-Praise

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

Quando a Sustentabilidade vai a Lugar Nenhum: A Conferência Ethos - 360 Graus de 2016 – Uma Sessão Pobre de Autoelogios

Hugo Penteado Nem quis mais participar em 2017. Não sei quem escolheu o termo infeliz de 360 graus para a conferência, mas é perfeito, a conferência deu a sensação nítida que giramos, giramos, giramos e não saímos do lugar. Na verdade saímos: estamos muito pior do que quando esse movimento todo começou há 20 anos atrás. Sustentabilidade que não muda absolutamente nada é pior do que não fazer sustentabilidade alguma, apenas pelo fato que cria uma sensação de que algo está sendo feito. Não está. Os troféus de sustentabilidade continuam sendo esgoto nas cidades, lixões, desastre causado pela Vale em Minas, desastre do Golfo do México, Alberta, desmatamento para monocultura, agrotóxicos em larga escala dizimando biodiversidade e insetos indispensáveis à vida, mudança acelerada do clima, concentração extrema e descontrolada de renda e riqueza, poluição ininterrupta, extinção da vida acelerada, etc. Não há um só indicativo bom nisso tudo, apesar de tanta conferência e crendices. De uma form

The Enemy Within

Julio F. Campos My last article about the major issue of corporate sustainability professionals raised an interesting set of comments, especially the negatives ones, which indicated to me that I have touched the right spot. Here are presented the reasons behind that article. As many people, ever since childhood it was my desire to work close to the environment. Being raised close to nature made it a mere consequence. Growing up I understood that the environment was threatened by those “evil” corporations whose main objective was to explore and profit, no matter the consequences. However, as I began to actually do research on the problem while obtaining my scientific degrees on the sustainability field, I realized that that was a naïve perception for those corporations are not the worst problem that one faces when trying to work for a more sustainable world. Those “evil” corporations are not the problem. The enemy within is. The enemy within is that group of profession

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