Heather Landy

Hi, Quartz members! Missed any of our other newsletters this week? Space Business looked at the lay of the land for US spaceports, The Memo from Quartz at Work shared the secret for sticking with long-term projects, and the Quartz Obsession had bushels of information about the global wheat trade. What’s your favorite Quartz newsletter? Let us know; as always, we’d love to hear from you! 5 things we especially liked on Quartz 🎯 Targeting Tesla. What will it look like as labor organizers put…

Hi, Quartz members! This week we shared a dispatch from London, where we recently convened a roundtable of sustainability leaders and asked: Will the path to corporate sustainability be purpose- or compliance-led? What other big questions would you like to see us pose to the business leaders we encounter in our reportorial travels? Let us know; we’d love to hear from you! 5 things we especially liked on Quartz 🧑‍⚕️ How to take your diversity efforts off life support. In Quartz at Work, cont…

Corporate sustainability work used to be a lonely profession. The goals seemed far off, and often it was difficult getting the rest of the organization to join the journey. But suddenly, a host of interested parties—governments, customers, shareholders, and competitors—are pulling companies down the path of responsible business practices. In other words, do not give the political blowback against sustainability goals any more weight than it deserves. Global companies are pushing ahead with the…

Hi, Quartz members! This week, the US Environmental Protection Agency officially determined that the lead emitted from small planes that fly in and out of general aviation airports is a danger to public health. You might recall a special series Quartz ran in 2022 about the dangers of leaded airplane fuel and the US government’s frustrating resistance to phasing it out. In the wake of our investigation, a Congressional subcommittee held a hearing on the matter last summer. The toxic fuel isn’t…

Hi, Quartz members! The horrific conflict between Hamas and Israel calls on corporate leaders to once again take a stand and deliver a public message. Do they have anything useful left to say? As recently as a decade ago, keeping business and social or geopolitical issues separate was the norm. But then came major threats to gay rights, a spate of horrific school shootings, a US president who tried to undermine democracy, a video of a Black man dying with a police officer’s knee to his nec…

Hi, Quartz members! It’s been another devastating news cycle this week. Our simple wish for you this Sunday is some thoughtful reading, with a bit of quiet time to attend to it. As always, we’d love to hear from you. 5 (more) things we especially liked on Quartz 🪡 Threading the needle. Meta never intended for Threads to become a news site. But in the wake of the attack on Israel by Hamas, journalists are flocking to the platform anyway. Ananya Bhattacharya shows how Meta has moved away from…

Hi Quartz members! If you already received this email a bit earlier than usual, well, we apologize for the snafu. But if you enjoyed the sneak peek, then you’re welcome! This week, we published the first three pieces in a new investigative series called Merchants of Care. With support from the Pulitzer Center and in partnership with Type Investigations, Quartz traveled the world to meet nurses involved in the global migration of care workers from poor countries to rich ones, which only accele…

Hi Quartz members! This week, we published the first three pieces in a new investigative series called Merchants of Care. With support from the Pulitzer Center and in partnership with Type Investigations, Quartz traveled the world to meet nurses involved in the global migration of care workers from poor countries to rich ones, which only accelerated with the onset of the covid-19 pandemic. Our questions: How vulnerable are foreign care workers when they arrive in new jobs far from home? What…

Hi Quartz members! We so appreciated the shoutout we got this week from Everything Everywhere All at Once filmmaker Daniel Kwan during a packed session at the Clinton Global Initiative. Asked to comment on artificial intelligence and the future of creative work, Kwan, in a clearly unscripted moment, cited an “amazing” article he had just read—“I forget where, was it on Quartz?” he said—about the Luddites and the real reasons they fought technology. Alas, Kwan was thinking of a recent op-ed in…

Hi, Quartz members! Enjoying this newsletter? Let us know; we’d love to hear from you. 5 things we especially liked on Quartz 🙋 Is this the right role for you? In Quartz at Work, a trio of contributors from the Stone Mantel consultancy suggest four things any job candidate should ask about in an interview. Beyond conveying your wonderful sense of curiosity, the questions—based on research into what people find most satisfying and meaningful in their work—should yield answers that will help…