Trump 2.0 promises to add to the uncertainties that chief sustainability officers have had to tackle over the last year. Sustainability became harder to sell in the boardroom, and in Asia, the talent crunch is still a problem.
Exploitation in the mining sector gave rise to the term "blood nickel", while ad agencies were in the spotlight for working with fossil fuel giants. Here are the individuals and organisations that made the headlines for the wrong reasons.
Climate tech financing has dwindled in recent years, while investor doubts on alternative proteins persist. In a difficult year for sustainability technologies, Eco-Business spotlights some of the innovations that still made the headlines.
Airlines came under intense scrutiny for suspect green claims this year, as did net zero targets, sustainability-linked loans and the UN-led COP process. Australia led the Asia Pacific region for penalising firms for greenwashing with fines.