Auden Schendler
audenschendler.bsky.social
Auden Schendler
@audenschendler.bsky.social
Author, climate activist, parent
August 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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So... is ESG the path to save capitalism from itself or a bunch of greenwashing BS? @audenschendler.bsky.social and @mindylubber.bsky.social bring the answers on our latest:
Is ESG BS?
Who’s responsible for climate change? Fossil fuel companies would like us to believe it’s all of us as individuals (after all, BP invented the idea of the personal carbon footprint). But many large co...
listen.climateone.org
March 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
If in the region, this is a free, not-to-miss talk about how green-talking corporations like @Microsoft are using AI to boost oil and gas extraction.
March 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Sustainable business and most of modern environmentalism simply enables our fossil fuel economy to proceed apace. What might abetter approach look like? #Terriblebeauty @climateone.org www.climateone.org/audio/esg-bs
Is ESG BS?
When it comes to addressing the causes of climate change, individual action is necessary but insufficient. The truth is that the government and big corporations need to do more.  Some companies have t...
www.climateone.org
March 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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@audenschendler.bsky.social recommends "two books that are related in their iconoclasm" by David Graeber and @dsquareddigest.bsky.social

See what else is on the list!
Books for Social Innovators! (SSIR)
A literary gift guide from SSIR
ssir.org
December 18, 2024 at 7:59 PM
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"I’m asking people to become citizens. Being a citizen is difficult — it’s messy, it’s tricky, you get in trouble,"
@audenschendler.bsky.social tells @jeva.bsky.social.

Read more below on the book that may change how you think about environmentalism:
Auden Schendler Wants to Ruin the Way You Think About Modern Environmentalism
His new book, Terrible Beauty, argues that “fighting losing battles is a worthy cause.”
heatmap.news
November 29, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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Meaningful progress on #climate change necessitates broader policy shifts and regulatory frameworks.

If business wants to play a meaningful role in climate action, that systemic change is where they’ll be focused, working with others.

Thanks @audenschendler.bsky.social.

hbr.org/2024/11/busi...
Business Tapped Out of the Climate Fight. Here’s How to Get Back In.
Despite the business community’s potential to be a powerful ally in the climate fight, it has largely been sidelined by free market ideologies that promote voluntary corporate sustainability over nece...
hbr.org
November 26, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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"The implicit message to companies that think climate advocacy is about showing up at COP every year is that they are expending effort in the wrong arena."

Richard Roberts reviews @audenschendler.bsky.social's "Terrible Beauty"
Reinventing Corporate Sustainability (SSIR)
In Terrible Beauty, Auden Schendler argues that by focusing on incremental rather than systemic change, the corporate sustainability movement has played into the fossil-fuel industry’s hands.
ssir.org
November 27, 2024 at 2:53 PM
#TerribleBeauty launches today. Here's a minute on what it's about...
@hbr.org.web.brid.gy
Auden Schendler's "Terrible Beauty"
In his new book "Terrible Beauty: Reckoning with Climate Complicity and Rediscovering Our Soul," Aspen One's Senior Vice President of Sustainability…
vimeo.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:23 PM