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Home-Improvement Retailers Across the World Come Together to Address Scope 3 Emissions
The EDRA/GHIN Scope 3 taskforce will agree on consistent methodologies in how carbon data is treated through the supply chain and share best practices in both reporting and accelerating the industry’s progress in reducing Scope 3. ... View More
Back to the Roots Fills Growing Need for Organic, 100% US-Grown Seeds
The food and gardening startup furthers its mission to “undo food” with the release of organic, non-GMO, domestically grown seeds for 92 varieties of fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers — in packaging made of 100% recyclable materials. ... View More
How to Find Your Authentic Corporate Purpose
Your company’s purpose will not be found by commissioning a white paper or creating a complicated strategy document. It will emerge organically from an honest interrogation of what you’re truly about, what your people are about, and what feels ea... View More
More Major Retailers Are Saying ‘Forever Chemicals No More’
To paraphrase Voltaire: “With great market power comes great responsibility.” Retail market leaders are setting the pace in the transition to safer chemistry in their products and packaging. Their actions add up to saying, “Forever chemicals no... View More
Shaw Industries named The Home Depot’s Environmental Partner of the Year
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WAP: Helping Companies Navigate Hot Spots in Quest for Supply Chain Transparency
WAP Sustainability Consulting works with manufacturers and brands to help them meet customers’ expectations on sustainability – specifically around life cycle assessment (LCA), carbon management and product ingredient transparency, particularly i... View More
Building Better Supply Chains Requires Better Data
Supply chains are making headlines once again — and for all the wrong reasons. ... View More
Businesses Band Together to Provide Relief to Communities Hit Hardest by Harvey
Hurricane Harvey, the strongest storm to hit Texas and Louisiana in decades, has left a wake of destruction in its path. More than 30,000 people have been driven into shelters and the storm’s aftermath has left behind some estimated tens of billion... View More
How Companies Brought Attention to the Pollinator Decline
In the lead-up to National Honey Bee Day (August 19), I was inspired to take a look at brands’ recent efforts to ensure the health and stability of our tiny pollinator friends. In the past few years, we have seen a host of organizations garnering a... View More
Back to the Roots 'Ready to Grow' Thanks to $5M Seed Round
Back to the Roots®, an Oakland, California startup spearheading a movement to reconnect people with food, announced today that it has completed a $5 million strategic seed financing round, led by Tony Robbins’ and Peter Guber’s startup accelerat... View More
Green Freight for a More Sustainable Supply Chain: Accelerate Performance and Declare a Goal
For great sports teams, the big win marks a beginning, not an end. It whets their appetite for excellence, and more wins.So it is with companies who’ve had success in meeting sustainability targets through greener freight transportation strategies.... View More
Dear SB Vanguard: What Does the Rise of Unconventional Business Models Mean for Established Brands?
This is the latest in a series of posts in which we will poll our global community of business leaders and practitioners — the “SB Vanguard” — on a variety of issues pertinent to the evolving sustainable business landscape. Despite the contin... View More
Catalyzing Change: Georgia Tech Establishes Hub for Sustainable Business Collaboration
Howard Connell, managing director of Georgia Tech’s new Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business, points to the panel of presenters at the Center’s inaugural event as an example of how it plans to address the systemic complexities of susta... View More
The Home Depot Named EPA 2014 WaterSense Partner of the Year
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named The Home Depot a 2014 WaterSense Partner of the Year for its commitment to water efficiency and efforts to educate Americans about WaterSense products throughout its stores and online.Through t... View More
Home Depot Among a Dozen Home & Garden Retailers Working to Ban Bee-Killing Pesticides
A dozen US home and garden retailers, including Home Depot and BJ's Wholesale Club, are working to ban or limit use of neonicotinoid, or neonic, pesticides, suspected of contributing to dramatic declines in honeybee populations, according to Reuters.... View More
