A Fork in The Road to Sustainability

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A Fork in The Road to Sustainability

1. Sustainability is the key driver of innovation: there is no alternative to sustainable development.
2. What really matters now, the recap and the next steps
3. Nevelab Technologies Partner Program
4. Our world in data: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
5. Weekly highlights: your comments and testimonials, resources, insights, visualization, and podcast

This article is part of the “The Road to Sustainability™” weekly review on Linkedin. It is now followed by 16,900+ subscribers and counting, including Fortune Global 500 companies, from all industries and sectors, governmental and non-governmental agencies, VCs, fast-growing startups, and entrepreneurs from all around the globe.

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1. Sustainability is the key driver of innovation: there is no alternative to sustainable development.

If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.—Albert Einstein

When I first launched this weekly review, I didn't know that it will bring countless feedback and precious perspective on the challenges we all have to address and the impact on our lives and economy. Yet, at Nevelab Technologies, we knew from the beginning that sustainability and efficiency increase our partners and customers' performance substantially.

1.1—Five critical perspectives that have been emphasized throughout the discussions about sustainability and efficiency

1. Diversity, inclusion, and equality

2. Climate change

3. Natural capital and biodiversity

4. Human rights

5. Resource management

Having said that, each vision is unique. I took the time to reflect and share these topics in the weekly reviews. It allowed me to answer specific questions and use diverse methodologies and frameworks to initiate conversations.

It's time to add another layer of value to these daily conversations: to distinguish the signals in a world of noise, and I suggest a new format to help you in your journey to help build a resilient and responsive organization.

1.2—A daily digest focused on leveraging breakthrough technologies for sustainability and efficiency in a simple way—fifty words, one visual, five days a week

• Markets, policies, and governance
• Circular, regenerative economy
• Diversity, inclusion, ethics
• Culture and communities
• Philosophy and more

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2. What really matters now, the recap and the next steps

2.1—Many questions remain unanswered

However, the pursuit of sustainability may generate a gold mine of organizational and technical breakthroughs that benefit both the top and bottom lines. By associating sustainability with innovation now, businesses may create the basis for themselves to rewind the future towards more agility and efficiency.

The pursuit for sustainability and efficiency-based solutions is already transforming the competitive landscape, companies to change the way they conceive products, processes, and business models.

According to our research and the work led with our corporate partners, businesses that have begun the journey go through five different stages of change. They encounter various issues at each level and learn new skills to address the challenges that may occur.

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2.2—The clock is ticking: roadmap and product management are critical

• Prioritizing open governance and compliance
• Making value chains, supply chains and operations sustainable
• Rethink the work-life balance and place
• Designing sustainable products and services
• Developing new business models
• Creating next practice platforms

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3. Nevelab Technologies Partner Program

With climate change causing investment risks and opportunities through structural changes in almost every sector of the global economy, we believe that any collaboration launched during such turbulent times must benefit from the latest research on sustainability investment to make the best possible corporate strategic decisions.

These collaborations will allow us to engage closely with universities, centers of innovation, and institutions to incorporate the most current knowledge about investments and sustainability, in addition to enabling pioneering research in the sustainability and efficiency areas.

➤ We partner with world-class technology providers and system integrators to deliver unmatched sustainability innovation tools and value. 

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4. Our world in data: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG)

• The latest measurement of atmospheric CO2 (as of July 08, 2021): 417.51 ppm; July 2020: 415.00 ppm; 25 years ago: 360 ppm; 250 years ago, est: 250 ppm.
• Methane (CH4) is estimated to have a GWP of 28–36 over 100 years. 
• Nitrous Oxide (N2O) has a GWP 265–298 times CO2 for a 100-year timescale. N2O emitted today remains in the atmosphere for more than 100 years, on average.

➤ More critical resources: Real-time temperature • Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment

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5. Weekly highlights: resources and podcast

5.1—Resources

Learn more on Introduction to Sustainability by The Road to Sustainability™, an animated presentation on YouTube.

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5.2—Podcast: "Communities, interactions and experiences in a changing world."

The "Corporate leadership, social interactions, and the future of work" series with Sara Murdock, Ph.D. on The Road to Sustainability Podcast series is out.

You can listen to The Road to Sustainability™ Podcast on your favorite streamer Anchor - Apple Podcasts - Breaker - GooglePodcasts - Spotify - YouTube - SoundCloud.

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Information

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🔗 The Road to Sustainability is a global network to build a more efficient, safe, and inclusive world. Sustainability is a fundamental part of every organization's culture, investment goals, and actions as a responsible business undergoing changes and being transferred between paradigm shifts.

🔗 Nevelab Technologies is a purpose-driven platform that leverages artificial intelligence to provide organizations with the tools to integrate sustainable imperatives while generating actionable insights.

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