Episode 29 of the Lighthouse Keeper Newsletter tackles the world of sustainability standards and the current Omnibus strategy of the European Commission around various Directives, especially the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (the ESRS), and uses this example as a general sign of decay in business- and government-lead sustainability. From there it spans to aspects of the Bioregional Carrying Capacity Necessities, touches upon place-based solutions for the displaced, a totally ignored aspect of our current polycrisis.