Bold Women, Sustainable Futures: Leadership Lessons in an Age of Resistance
"Bold Women, Sustainable Futures: Leadership Lessons in an Age of Resistance" is a moving and timely debut by Supriya Verma, launching in March 2026 for Women’s Month.
As women around the world bear the brunt of the climate crisis—coupled with DEI and ESG policy rollbacks and the revival of cultural misogyny—"Bold Women, Sustainable Futures" offers a powerful exploration of the progress, potential, and power of women in sustainability leadership to bring about impactful and inclusive systemic change.
The book begins by laying out how sustainability and sustainable development are best supported by leadership rooted in collective progress, justice, and inclusion. It then profiles nine bold women leading across climate science, governance, business, media, advocacy, and the arts—while weaving in Verma’s own deeply personal reflections on leadership, identity, and transformation as a woman of colour navigating voice and visibility.
The second half takes a hard look at the global backlash against DEI and ESG initiatives, providing meaningful context for the crisis and asking: In this age of resistance, what do we do now? How do we move forward in a world moving backward? Through research, lived experience, and storytelling, Verma offers strategies, solutions, and concrete steps for meeting this moment head-on.
A powerful fulcrum chapter, “The Turning Point—The Tide Is Going Out,” features more reflections from extraordinary women across sustainability, business, and justice movements, whose voices offer wisdom and guidance on leading with courage when systems we thought were shifting begin to turn back.
Amidst a growing backlash against climate action, gender equity, anti-racism, human rights, ESG, and DEI, "Bold Women, Sustainable Futures: Leadership Lessons in an Age of Resistance" has become:
- A mirror, held up to a world that wants to forget how far we still have to go.
- A manual, for how to lead not only when praised, but when punished.
- A call to action, grounded in the lived realities of those who refuse to be erased.
Beautifully written and grounded in both research and lived experience, "Bold Women, Sustainable Futures" serves as a guide for:
- Existing women in leadership navigating the backlash head-on,
- Aspiring women leaders and emerging voices looking to step up, and
- Students searching for role models as they enter the field.
This book is a playbook for navigating uncharted territory, rewriting the rules of power, and leading with courage when the world pushes back.
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Author:
Supriya Verma, Award-winning sustainability leader, speaker, author, and founder, The SustainabilityX® Magazine
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