The S in the ESG is Soul, where the social, labour, DEI, Human Resources and the Human Rights come together to accord a necessary, pre requisite framework for dignity, which in 2024 needs voluntary and legal standards to enforce that people get the basics.

The problem is that non sustainability folks run sustainability teams and consulting firms, and the trained passionate people in the sciences look for jobs.

Impact happens when people trained in the sciences and sustainability build things and not depend on the MBA types to do it.