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Conscientious Consumption: The SB 2021 Holiday Gift Guide
With no end in sight to the pandemic and its many ripple effects, we can all use a little bit of brightness in our lives! So, here are some of the many companies, platforms and products aligned with a more intentional approach to consumption, that we... View More
Composting Consortium Aims to Advance Recovery of Compostable Packaging, Food Scraps
The new Consortium — which includes Closed Loop Partners, PepsiCo, the NextGen Consortium, the US Plastics Pact and other value chain players — aims to pilot industry-wide solutions and map tech and infrastructure investment to advance the circul... View More
How to Redesign Products, Services, Messaging, Business Models for a Better Future
At SB’21 San Diego, innovators in the apparel, food, plastics, real estate, retail, spirits industries and more shared lessons learned from a variety of initiatives aimed at enabling a circular, regenerative future. ... View More
CVS Health, Target, Walmart Piloting Alternative Bag Solutions to Combat Plastic Waste
The partnership among the leading retailers’ different stores sets an exciting precedent; collaboration will help accelerate pathways to scale and help address the systemic challenge of plastic bag waste. ... View More
Target Unveils Plan to Co-Create an Equitable, Sustainable Future for All
Among the retailer’s goals are to achieve 20% Black team member representation across the company by 2023; and reach net zero in both waste to landfill and value-chain-wide emissions, and 100% owned-brand product circularity, by 2040. ... View More
US Plastics Pact Unveils Plan to Achieve Circular Economy in US by 2025
Holding accountable over 95 organizations, The US Plastics Pact Roadmap outlines specific actions and responsibilities to propel the US closer to other developed nations in its management of plastic waste. ... View More
Ello launches new line of sustainable water bottles at Target
Eco Ello Bottle made with Tritan™ Renew from Eastman now available at Target stores and online ... View More
Preventing Toxic Pollution in a Pandemic: Retailers Report Progress Toward Safer Chemicals
The fifth annual 'Who's Minding the Store?' retailer report card shines a light on both market leaders and laggards in chemical safety. Grading retailers against one another motivates action to improve; and mobilizing public concern reminds companies... View More
5 Ways Retailers Are Winning by Aligning Financial Performance, Sustainability
Many retail and food giants are proving that businesses can grow, improve margins and bolster competitive advantage through examination of waste streams and investing in creative solutions — even during a pandemic. ... View More
Coalition Aims to Get US Back on Track with Paris Goals, Prove That ‘America Is All In’
As the US formally rejoins the Paris Agreement, a coalition of communities, businesses and institutions will play critical role in supporting an ambitious new US climate target and mobilizing whole-of-society climate action. ... View More
To Be an Anti-Racist Brand: Start by Being Aware, Additive and Alive
The next frontier of sustainability is regeneration — building brands that actively restore and renew a system. And that’s as true for our systems that continue to allow racial injustice as for our environmental ecosystems. ... View More
Trending: Scalable, Circular Solutions Promise to Revolutionize Plastic Packaging
New innovations from Nature Valley and the winners of Closed Loop Partners’ Beyond the Bag challenge continue to chip away at consumer packaging waste. ... View More
Target Announces Updates to Executive Leadership Team
Target Corporation today announced a number of changes across its executive leadership team, further positioning the company for growth. ... View More
2020’s Top 10 Trends in Purpose — and What They Could Mean for You in 2021
In the midst of all the unrest and uncertainty, where did we see innovation, progress and possibility in 2020? Porter Novelli analyzed a year’s worth of Purpose-driven news, activities, campaigns and announcements; and distilled our 10 need-to-know... View More
Corporate Collaboration Drives Recovery from Historic Wildfires
Cross-sector collaborations help ensure that this high-impact work is carried out with urgency and awareness. Through our Wildfire Restoration Collaborative, eight of our major corporate partners have committed to help drive awareness and action arou... View More
CVS, Target Working to ‘Skip the Slip’ with Digital, Non-Toxic Receipt Options
Green America’s new ‘Skip the Slip’ report tracks the progress on receipt practices of 35 major companies. The retailers’ switch reflects growing consumer demand for digital options and non-toxic, recyclable receipt paper. ... View More
Are You Making It Easy for Your Employees to Vote This Election Day?
The Time to Vote coalition has grown to nearly 800 companies. The goal is to have more than 1,000 companies — from a diverse set of industries representing every state — join the movement by November 3. ... View More
Brands for Good Unveils Groundbreaking Research on Sustainable Consumer Behaviors
The latest Socio-Cultural Trend Tracker research measures consumer progress against adopting 9 sustainable behaviors, the intention-to-action gap for each, and brand trust scores in the time of COVID-19. ... View More
US Plastics Pact Aims to Ignite Further Change Toward Circular Economy for Plastic
60+ brands, retailers, government agencies, and NGOs collaborate to advance all plastic packaging to become reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025. ... View More
Target Reveals Sweeping Action Plan to Advance Racial Equity
Target’s new Racial Equity Action and Change committee (REACH) has created an action plan which focuses on four areas: Team, Guests, Communities and Civic Engagement and Public Policy. ... View More
