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With COP29 (the UN's big yearly climate change meeting) coming up in a few days, in this video, I’ll dive into Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) frameworks and how major consulting firms—might be using carbon credits, ESG ratings and other corporate smokescreens, to help their fossil fuel clients cash in rather than create change. From the UN’s climate conferences, to the fossil fuel giants and the entangled world of consulting, I’ll unravel who truly profits from ESG frameworks and sustainability consulting #ESG #Sustainability #COP29 #UN #CarbonCredits #ESGRatings #ESGFramework #Consulting 0:00 Intro 03:45 A short history of sustainability 07:07 The consulting industry & ESG 08:45 Marketing "sustainability practices" 11:04 Consulting fossil fuel & COP 20:14 Consulting governments 23:32 Carbon offsets 28:50 ESG reporting standards and frameworks Here's the link to a document where I list all the sources I used for this research: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a6N_ayDHj8MOwvCBVBXFPpVI1bxweHTfIdJv4HtpxoQ/edit?usp=sharing My instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boomers_hate_this_trick/ I mostly post photos of my cats