Will Sustainability Remain a Corporate Priority After Covid-19?
Economic pressures of the pandemic could endanger green initiatives
Key insights:
- Some companies are hedging previous commitments, such as eliminating single-use plastics.
- Other companies say Covid-19 demonstrates that it's not too late to have an impact on the climate.
In Venice, Italy, without a gondola or tourist in sight, a jellyfish was spotted wading through the city’s famous canals. In New Delhi, India, the city’s toxic air pollution, once visible from space, has begun to clear. Along Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor route, from Maryland past Boston, air pollution fell 30%, according to NASA—the cleanest it has been since the agency started measuring. Los Angeles is experiencing its longest stretch of “good” air quality since 1995. Carbon emissions in China fell nearly 25% when manufacturing shut down to contain the spread of coronavirus.
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