Could the anti-woke movement take hold in Australia?BY ROSE MARY PETRASS | THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023 5:12PMIndustry leaders have delivered a stark warning to Australian companies and government to ensure that workers are not left behind in a just transition to net zero - or risk the kind of political polarisation and populism that has given rise to the "anti-woke" movement in the US. Related News |
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Great article and an important topic! Sustainability is becoming a dirty word and was never really accurate. We are going to have to finesse the language again... ESG principles are really about ensuring food and water security and environmental risk management for future generations. When financial security in the short term is threatened we keep borrowing from the future and this anti-wokeness is a sign of that fear escalation. It is current economic assumptions around limitless growth that are actually at fault but so much easier to blame anything that looks remotely like change.