The AI Agents That Hacked Hugging Face Make the Case for Real Controls
By Hani Mebar | Äctvli Responsible Consulting AI systems learn from human-generated data. If that is the entire raw material, is it reasonable to assume AI’s behaviour stays bounded by what we put in? And if humans are, on balance, more cooperative than destructive, shouldn’t a system built on our
Decentralized vs Centralized AI
Cheaper Per Task, Costlier In Total Äctvli Responsible ConsultingWhite Paper Cheaper Per Task, Costlier In Total An Evaluation of Four Claims About AI Infrastructure Decentralization Author Hani Mebar Publisher Äctvli Responsible Consulting Research snapshot Q3 2026 (2026-09-06) Citation style Harvard (author–date) Contents Executive summary 1Introduction 2Context and prior work 3Methodology
Missing Supply Chain Compliance Scores
A manufacturer we assessed scored 78% against its own security tier. The processes were genuinely good. Then we opened the bill of materials, and more than a third of it by value was made in a country that same standard prohibited. Almost every supply chain security framework in circulation assesses
Greener per unit, browner in total
Äctvli Responsible Consulting · Insights Greener per unit, browner in total EU efficiency regulation genuinely worked. Global e-waste rose 82% anyway. Both facts are true, and the reason they can both be true is the most consequential thing in sustainability strategy right now. By Hani Mebar · 30 July 2026
Finland’s Recycling Gap: €90 Million on the Table
By Hani Mebar | Äctvli Responsible Consulting* Finland is genuinely good at some things. The deposit return system for bottles and cans is the envy of most of Europe. Less than 1% of municipal waste goes to landfill. Residents in Helsinki sort into six separate bins and largely do not
Your Former Employees Still Have Access to Your Data
By Hani Mebar | Äctvli Responsible Consulting A colleague came to me recently with a frustration. Not a complaint, exactly — more of a “this can’t be right” kind of observation. They work in a large organisation, and during the project they wanted to get clarity on who had access
Why Most OKR Rollouts Fail (And How to Fix Them)
By Hani Mebar | Äctvli Responsible Consulting OKRs have a reputation problem. Ask someone who’s been through a failed OKR implementation what they think of the framework and you’ll hear words like “bureaucratic,” “pointless,” “just another thing we have to fill in.” Ask someone in a company where OKRs actually
What NIS 2 Actually Means for Mid-sized Companies
By Hani Mebar | Äctvli Responsible Consulting I was talking to a friend who works in a mid-sized company. He told me how they get a letter from their legal team, because a vendor sent a security questionnaire due to the NIS2 compliance requirements in EU. So they set a
Beyond Compliance: Making ESG Work for Business
Published by Hani Mebar | Äctvli Responsible Consulting Have you ever felt like most ESG programs are built backwards? I mean, a company decides it needs an ESG strategy — usually because a large client asked for it, or because CSRD reporting requirements are coming, or because the board saw
Why We Can’t Buy Old Houses (And Why That’s a Climate Problem)
Why We Can’t Buy Old Houses (And Why That’s a Climate Problem) Published: December 31, 2025Author: Äctvli Responsible Consulting We tried to buy a house this year, different 1970s properties in good areas, all needing surface work—cabinets, floors, paint. We qualified for a loan higher than the selling price. Every