Business and the environment. It’s not easy to build a business while being respectful of the earth and its riches but, without doubt, from the turn of this century there’s been no denying the imperative of sustainable production methods. Two of the industries most in the firing line are energy production and fashion. On Friday last, in Washington DC, yet more revelations of the fossil-fuel sector’s determination to hamper efforts to address the climate crisis emerged at a congressional hearing. Internal documents of only three years ago, released to a congressional committee, showed how executives in ExxonMobil and Shell –…