Dan Kempner is the Managing Editor of Valutus Sustainability R.O.I., our monthly newsletter. He is also an independent business writer and blogger based in Southeast Asia. You can find his Valutus sustainability blog, VBlog, a more personal companion to R.O.I., at this link.
Christmas trees are creatures of the forest no more. Saplings and trees by the millions are now carefully tended on dedicated Christmas-tree farms.
But with heat waves becoming more frequent and intense, tree farmers are taking a beating.
Luckily, both farmers and scientists have a few tricks up their sleeves.
In our innocence, we ate Cadbury Eggs, drank hot chocolate, and made S’mores by the campfire without a pang of guilt.
Alas, cacao, the base material for chocolate, has proven incredibly problematic. Issues such as deforestation and child labor have persisted despite various pressure campaigns and commitments.
But there is, finally, progress on both the public and private fronts.
No doubt our favorite bonbons will taste that much better once these issues have been resolved, and at last there’s progress.
All was quiet at Twitter until new owner Elon Musk made it so anyone with eight bucks and a grudge could receive Twitter’s “blue check” verification without actually being vetted, leaving companies vulnerable.
As we all know by now, it didn’t turn out well.
Most firms have no comprehensive framework for vulnerability, but Valutus does: the V Model.
