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Innovation & Technology Innovation & Technology

How to Ground Your Brand Purpose in Reality

Published on July 28, 2016

About a 5 minute read

When you set out on your purpose journey, what steps can you take to ensure that your purpose will be genuinely transformational for your business? In the ten years that we’ve been championing purpose and helping organisations to craft purpose-led ... View More

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Innovation & Technology Innovation & Technology

HP, Apple Leading Action on Forced Labor, But ICT Sector ‘Must Do Far More’

Published on June 23, 2016

About a 6 minute read

The information and communications technology (ICT) industry is an at-risk sector for forced labor, and while most of the world’s largest ICT companies have publicly demonstrated awareness of the issue, far fewer have strong processes in place to a... View More

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Innovation & Technology Innovation & Technology

The Bar for Corporate Leadership on Climate Has Been Raised

Published on April 6, 2016

About a 3 minute read

As the legal briefings pile up over the EPA’s Clean Power Plan (CPP), I’m inspired by the growing number of companies and business organizations standing up for the most significant step in U.S. history toward reducing climate pollution. The bar ... View More

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Innovation & Technology

Focus on Women in Communication, STEM, Finance ‘the Biggest Bang for the Buck’

Published on March 14, 2016

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Building on the inspiration and energy from day one, day two of the International Women’s Day Forum kicked off with a panel on The Power of Communication and Perception. Beth Colleton, SVP of CSR at NBC Universal, posed the question: “We reach 97... View More

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Marketing & Communications

How the World's Best Companies Demonstrate Their Sense of Purpose

Published on March 8, 2016

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How do you communicate your company's sense of purpose — what you stand for in simple terms — in a way that is authentic, transparent and honest? Increasingly, the answer for many of the world's biggest companies is to highlight their sustainabil... View More

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Circular Economy Circular Economy

Microsoft Helps Launch R2 Ready for Reuse Label Pilot for Refurbished Computers

Published on November 18, 2015

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With an estimated 41.8 million tonnes of e-waste generated in 2014, recycling and refurbishing our machines is an increasingly important issue. Perhaps more importantly, consumers need to be convinced to recycle their devices and that refurbished one... View More

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New Metrics

Microsoft’s Manufacturing Operations Achieve Carbon Neutrality

Published on October 27, 2015

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Microsoft has, as of July 1, 2015, achieved carbon neutrality across its manufacturing operations, according to the company’s 2015 Citizenship Report.The software company’s data centers, software development labs, offices and business air travel ... View More

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Circular Economy Circular Economy

CDP: Threefold Increase in Companies Disclosing Carbon Price from 2014

Published on September 23, 2015

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Big brands across all industries are now assigning a carbon price to offset the costs and risks of their GHG production: Companies reporting that they price their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) has nearly tripl... View More

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Innovation & Technology

Climate Week: Climate Neutral Now, RE100 Initiatives Recruit Fortune 500 Companies

Published on September 22, 2015

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Two initiatives for reducing businesses’ impacts on the environment have attracted globally recognized brands this week at Climate Week NYC.On Tuesday, the United Nations (UN) announced a new initiative to help businesses and individuals reduce the... View More

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Organizational Governance Organizational Governance

Google, BMW, Disney, Microsoft Once Again Top List of Best CSR Reputations

Published on September 21, 2015

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Reputation Institute has released its annual Global CSR RepTrak® 100, which highlights the companies that have the best reputations for corporate social responsibility (CSR) among the general public in 15 countries. Google tops the ranking for the s... View More

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Innovation & Technology Innovation & Technology

Microsoft, GE Among Big Brands Backing New White House ‘Smart Cities’ Initiative

Published on September 17, 2015

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Microsoft, GE and Bank of America are among the ten companies supporting a White House challenge to U.S. cities to become smarter by accelerating deployment of innovative technologies that tackle energy, water, waste and air challenges.Organized by t... View More

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Collaboration & Co-Creation Collaboration & Co-Creation

How Urban Centers Become More Sustainable When Business and City Leaders Get Creative

Published on July 10, 2015

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At SB ‘15 San Diego in early June, speakers on the Sustainable Cities panel discussed big issues and a few case studies around global brands building innovative partnerships with cities. They also shared how new, non-conventional partnerships are n... View More

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Organizational Governance Organizational Governance

How to Pool Collective Leadership & Go Beyond Nudging, Gaming and Competing to Engage Employees

Published on June 3, 2015

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It's an incredible, mostly missed opportunity: 70 percent of U.S. workers are not engaged at work, and yet organizations with high employee engagement have 147 percent higher earnings per share. Not surprisingly, employee engagement was one of the ma... View More

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Collaboration & Co-Creation Collaboration & Co-Creation

In the Wake of Tragedy: Brands Come Together to Aid Nepal Earthquake Relief Effort

Published on May 4, 2015

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The 7.8 magnitude Nepal earthquake that hit on April 25th has yielded a death toll of over 6,000, with thousands still reported missing. Villages throughout the country have been destroyed as well as a large portion of the capital Kathmandu. The Guar... View More

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New Metrics

‘Return on Meaning’: Top Meaningful Brands Enjoy 46% Higher Share of Wallet Than Low Performers

Published on April 28, 2015

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Meaningful Brands® – Havas Media Group’s metric of brand strength – is the first global study to show how our quality of life and wellbeing connects with brands at both a human and business level. The study includes 1,000 brands, 300,000 peopl... View More

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Innovation & Technology Innovation & Technology

#BusinessCase: Internal Carbon Fee Saves Microsoft Over $10M Per Year

Published on April 21, 2015

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With Earth Day this week, it’s a great time to reflect on the challenges we face and the advancements we’ve made. Last week, Microsoft released a whitepaper describing the progress made with our carbon fee since its inception in the hope to inspi... View More

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Innovation & Technology Innovation & Technology

Electronics Giants Partner with CDP on Supply Chain Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Published on February 25, 2015

About a 3 minute read

This week, the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), a nonprofit coalition of many of the world’s largest leading electronics companies — including Apple, Cisco, Dell, Eastman Kodak, HP, Microsoft and many more — dedicated to supply... View More

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Organizational Governance Organizational Governance

Carbon Onsetting: A Robust Complement to - or Replacement for - Offsetting

Published on February 13, 2015

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Whether as competitive differentiation, long-term risk management, or hedging against future regulation, internal carbon fees are becoming increasingly popular with companies as varied as Shell, Microsoft and Disney. ... View More

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New Metrics

The Leaders and Laggards of Sustainability Goals

Published on February 13, 2015

About a 4 minute read

Imagine that you arrive to take your first flying lesson. The instructing pilot asks, “How much fuel do you guess we should put in the tank?” You think: “Guess? Come again? Shouldn’t we calculate the distance between where we are and where we... View More

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Innovation & Technology Innovation & Technology

Bill Gates Tastes Proof of Latest Breakthrough Concept in Wastewater Treatment

Published on January 12, 2015

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates recently took a leap of faith when he personally put the latest technology for wastewater processing to the ultimate test — by drinking water produced from recycled human sewage. ... View More

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