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‘Invisible’ consultants help companies write sustainability reports. Here’s why that’s a problem

  • Written by: Hendri Yulius Wijaya, PhD Student in Political Science (Joint Supervision with Business School), The University of Melbourne
‘Invisible’ consultants help companies write sustainability reports. Here’s why that’s a problemwitsarut sakorn/Shutterstock

Around the world, more and more companies are publishing sustainability reports – public scorecards detailing their impacts on society and the environment.

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