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Research: Stale Office Air Is Making You Less Productive

Harvard Business Review

Specifically, does better air influence a worker’s ability to process information, make strategic decisions, and respond to crises? schools (1400 ppm). Given these studies tying air quality to health, we wanted to see whether improved ventilation affects cognitive function, an indicator of worker productivity.

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Ford's Impressive Sustainability Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Car guru Chelsea Sexton , who knows more about the market for EVs than nearly anyone, says the Focus EV demo seriously impressed her and other influencers. The company is not missing the electric wave. As Sexton told me, "It's the first time in my life that I've lusted after a Ford!".

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Corporations Will Never Solve Climate Change

Harvard Business Review

A recent UK report argued against the efficacy of voluntary measures, but the presence of 400 ppm CO 2 in the atmosphere should be enough to prove the point. .” The reality is that voluntary corporate greening measures don’t achieve scale, and therefore aren’t climate solutions. But it just hasn’t happened.

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