), can be consolidated with EP as a single common measure. There are unambiguous and far-reaching social benefits from a system like EP to measure GDC-0068 price sustainability. By providing an intuitive measure, it not only induces sustainable behavior by individuals but also serves as a credible mechanism for institutions or entire enterprises to signal their overall sustainability. Consequently, it will reduce
the incentives for companies to engage in misguided initiatives that have spurious social benefits. By exposing deceptive “green-washing” activities, consumers will be able to choose and reward truly environmentally beneficial products. Furthermore, from a public policy perspective, EP can establish and enforce compliance standards across a broad set of activities. Acknowledgments We wish to thank Fred Abernathy, Jennifer Call, Robert Kaufmann, David Lowe, Megan McGarvie, Udi Meirav, Ron Milo, Zeev Pearl, Roy Stein and David Waxman for fruitful discussions. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution,
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