{
  "id": 2057142,
  "title": "Sustainability commitments have serious consequences",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/sustainability-commitments-have-serious-consequences",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-20T00:40:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-sustainability-commitments-consequences.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Amid increasingly stiff competition for capital, one way for a business to stand out is to make strong social impact pledges. For example, companies can voluntarily commit to environmental impact goals in hopes of attracting sustainability-minded investors and lowering the cost of capital. However, it isn't easy to tell whether these commitments, in and of themselves, make a difference in the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}