Unsustainable
Measurement, Reporting, and the Limits of Corporate Sustainability
Book • 2024
Matthew Archer's "Unsustainable" critically examines the prevalent use of metrics and reporting in corporate sustainability initiatives.
The book argues that this data-driven approach often depoliticizes complex issues, obscuring corporate power and failing to address the root causes of environmental and social problems.
Archer draws on extensive fieldwork and interviews with sustainability professionals to expose the limitations of this approach.
He challenges the assumption that measuring impacts automatically leads to market-based solutions, highlighting the need for more effective and just alternatives.
The book offers a compelling critique of neoliberal sustainability and proposes a more nuanced understanding of sustainability that considers social and ecological justice.
The book argues that this data-driven approach often depoliticizes complex issues, obscuring corporate power and failing to address the root causes of environmental and social problems.
Archer draws on extensive fieldwork and interviews with sustainability professionals to expose the limitations of this approach.
He challenges the assumption that measuring impacts automatically leads to market-based solutions, highlighting the need for more effective and just alternatives.
The book offers a compelling critique of neoliberal sustainability and proposes a more nuanced understanding of sustainability that considers social and ecological justice.
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Matthew Archer, "Unsustainable: Measurement, Reporting, and the Limits of Corporate Sustainability" (NYU Press, 2024)
