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Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers.
From Curator to Catalyst: Target Raises the Bar for Inclusion in Made to Matter Collection
Made to Matter — Handpicked by Target just got an upgrade: Since its inception in 2014, Target has built strong partnerships with purpose-driven brands in the wellness space to make natural, organic and sustainable products more accessible. The ret... View More
Target, Hershey, Waitrose Join Consortium to Shape Future of Protein
Protein is an essential part of any diet. As the global population surges to reach 9.6 billion by 2050, meeting the world’s demand for protein will become increasingly difficult. Having researched the issue and after working with 200 stakeholders, ... 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
10 Sustainable Business Stories That Shaped 2015 ... and Some Questions for 2016
2015 was a pivotal time when humanity turned more decisively toward building a thriving and sustainable world. On our largest shared challenge, climate change, most of the major hurdles to action — both imagined and real — started to crumble. And... View More
Trending: Could Healthy Vending Machines, Powdered Meals Be the Next Big Thing in Sustainable Food?
The future is uncertain — especially when it comes to food. As the need to transition to a more sustainable food system becomes apparent, many have speculated on what the future of food will hold. Will we consume crickets for protein, or stick with... 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
Target Now Accepting Youth Wellness Partner Proposals
You may have heard that Target is evolving its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy ... View More
World's Leading Apparel Brands, Industry Groups Join Forces to Transform Global Labor Conditions
Today, a group of some of the world’s biggest brands, retailers, NGOs and industry groups launch a Social and Labor Convergence Project, with the aim of improving working conditions in apparel manufacturing across the world.The group says the proje... View More
Target Launches Collaboration with MIT Media Lab, IDEO to Explore the Future of Food
Today, Target announced a new collaboration with MIT’s Media Lab and global design firm IDEO that will explore the future of food. The work will focus on areas such as urban farming, food transparency and authenticity, supply chain and health. Targ... View More
Target Expands Sustainable Product Index to Include 1,000+ Toxic Chemicals
Target has improved its sustainable product standard by beginning to test category-specific criteria and consider more toxic chemicals. The retailer’s Sustainable Product Index evaluates products based on a points system and the highest-scoring opt... View More
Seventh Generation Detergents Join Target’s ‘Made to Matter’ Collection
Seventh Generation, which makes eco-friendly household and personal care products, on Monday launched a new line of laundry and dishwasher detergents designed to save consumers energy and money, while also helping to protect and care for the environm... View More
How Target Is Taking Sustainable Products Mainstream (and Working with Walmart)
For years, the answer to the question “Do people really want to buy more sustainable products?” was a profound “sort of.” Surveys consistently show that we aspire to buy responsibly, and we even say we’ll pay more for environmental or socia... View More
5 Evolving Reasons Every Business Should Care About #NewMetrics
If you are a regular or even semi-regular reader of Sustainable Brands, you are likely familiar with our New Metrics (#NewMetrics) events and publications. ... View More
Whole Foods, Wegmans Top Greenpeace Scorecard for Sustainable Seafood
Greenpeace released the ninth edition of its Carting Away the Oceans (CATO) report today, ranking 25 supermarkets on the sustainability of their seafood procurement. Whole Foods ranked first for the third year in a row, followed by Wegmans, Hy-Vee, ... View More
Staples, Marriott Now Requiring Suppliers to Assess 'Chemical Footprints'
Next Wednesday, June 17, U.S. businesses representing more than $50 billion in investment and purchasing power will require that their vendors, suppliers, and builders use a new assessment tool that measures usage of harmful chemicals in their produc... View More
Plenaries Explore Myriad Approaches to Creating 'Abundance Without Waste' on #SB15sd Day 3
Raphael Bemporad, Founding Partner and Chief Strategy Officer at BBMG, kicked off Wednesday’s SB ‘15 San Diego plenaries by anchoring the day’s conversation in the human story. As the day’s moderator, he asked attendees to wonder what it woul... View More
#SB15sd Workshop Explores Engaging, Equipping Key Players to Solve Food Waste at Scale
On the opening afternoon of SB ’15 San Diego, a much-anticipated workshop on reducing food waste — featuring Sally Uren, Chief Executive of Forum for the Future, and Raphael Bemporad, Chief Strategy Officer for BBMG — provided an interactive an... View More
10 Critical Corporate Sustainability Trends to Watch in 2015 and Beyond
If the global business community is to thrive in the long term — and carry us to that flourishing future we are trying to imagine and help build — it needs to continue to scale up the ambition and influence of its efforts. That’s much easier sa... View More
Tesla Energy Set to Revolutionize Solar Storage for Homes, Businesses, Utilities
Tesla Energy, the latest from Tesla Motors visionary Elon Musk, was introduced last night onstage at the company's design studio in Hawthorne, California, just south of LA. A statement from the company describes the new development as "a suite ... View More
Latest Crop of Sustainable Startups Named Semi-Finalists in 2015 SB Innovation Open
It’s time once again for the Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) — our annual competition for startups poised to make scalable, sustainable impacts. Each year, we receive submissions from hundreds of purpose-driven ventures innovating to sh... View More
