#Competence greenwashing News
Corporate Responsibility
AI is stifling demand for junior sustainability talent: recruiter
The use of AI to do entry-level tasks is exacerbating "massive talent pathway issues" that prevent junior professionals from gaining valuable experience, recruiter Paddy Balfour said at the ReThink conference in Hong Kong.
Corporate Responsibility
The Conference Board closes Singapore-based Asia sustainability council
The Conference Board has folded the Asia Sustainability Leadership Council into its China-based network amid a slowdown in support from members. A sustainability council for Australia and New Zealand is set to launch.
Policy & Finance
Aggressive hiring of sustainability talent from consultancies is creating expertise gap: recruiter
The industry is "eating itself" as companies find that there is a hollowing out of sustainability talent with specialist knowledge in consultancy firms, said Paddy Balfour from recruiting firm Acre at the ReThink conference in Hong Kong.
#Competence greenwashing Podcasts
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How Australia took the lead in policing greenwashing
Former United Nations policy analyst and sustainability consultant John Pabon tells the EB Podcast how Australia became Asia Pacific's most progressive country in holding green claims to account.
Corporate Responsibility
Is greenwashing really in decline?
Despite a decline in cases of greenwashing, academic Kim Schumacher tells the EB Podcast that the problem isn't going away, it's just taking on a different form as companies roll back sustainability commitments.
