Language shift: Why sustainability leaders need to update their messaging for the boardroom

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In the current geopolitical and economic climate, 'resilience' is quietly replacing 'sustainability' as the language boardrooms are responding to - sustainability professionals need to shift their mindset and messaging accordingly, writes AECOM's Robert Spencer

For much of the past decade, ‘sustainability' has been the watchword of strategic ambition, with net zero targets, science-based pathways and ESG commitments serving as shorthand for corporate seriousness...

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