The sustainability movement stretches back decades — if not centuries, from the conservation movement sparked by figures like John Muir and Henry David Thoreau in the 1800s, up through the influential writings of Rachel Carson in the 1950s, and now the work of present-day activists like Greta Thunberg.
Below is a brief timeline of some of the events that shaped sustainability reporting.
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