VW and Exxon: indicative of a polluted corporate culture that must change

2015's corporate scandals should serve as a nail in the coffin of old, outdated ways of doing business, says Pavan Sukhdev

A look back at 2015 reveals some shocking corporate scandals, notably in September, when two of the world's most powerful companies were spectacularly caught with their pants down.

On 16 September, Inside Climate News revealed that ExxonMobil, the world's fourth largest oil company, was aware of the environmental effects of burning fossil fuels as far back as the early 1980s. Instead of acting, however, it had chosen to spearhead climate denial.