The Sustainability Soup.

There are several terms in the sustainability space, which are utilized interchangeably- ESG, Impact, Sustainability, Climate Adaptation etc. in a commonplace quotidian manner. These terms have a studied history and are rooted in a legacy of justice and thought. The big picture is responsible capitalism, which has the climate emergency at the heart of the change in thinking. Impact is about additionality, which is beyond CSR and compliance. Sustainability has different valency across scales and is more of an omnibus term. ESG is a datafication play of the sustainability umbrella. We need to think with resilience and crisis, and the climate emergency is an all-encompassing lens, but not the only one, we have forgotten the pandemic too soon in a reactive amnesia to redeem ourselves of pain. Digital is a slow, sleeping crisis and of opportunity. A cultural shift as the climate emergency.

There is so much unthought while we are drowning in jargon.