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3 Big Questions Shaping the Future of Sustainable Business in 2019
This year, we are dissecting big, open questions that could either speed up or slow down our quest toward Delivering the Good Life. ... View More
EPR in Action: TerraCycle, CPG Giants Close ‘Loop’ on Single-Use Packaging
A first-of-its-kind, global shopping platform, Loop™ aims to offer zero-waste packaging options for the world’s most popular consumer products. ... View More
Unilever delivers enhanced ingredients transparency for its home and beauty & personal care products
Unilever has delivered on its industry leading commitment to voluntarily disclose fragrance ingredients across its home care and beauty & personal care products in Europe and the US by the end of 2018. Consumers across Europe and the US can now v... View More
Top 5 Companies That Effectively Amplified Their Impact in 2018
As we wrap up work for the year and prepare for 2019, we reflected back on all that occurred this year within our niche realm of sustainability communications — and when looking back, it was apparent that 2018 was the year of brands taking stands. ... View More
Trending: BASF, Coca-Cola, EC Break New Ground on Plastics Recycling
Continuing this year’s wave of near-constant innovations aimed at responsible management of post-consumer plastics are new advancements from both the private and public sector. BASF making products with chemically recycled plastics BASF announced i... View More
Lack of US Climate Policy Putting Companies at Risk; Investors Demand Action
As a record number of global investors calls on governments to accelerate action on climate change, a new CDP analysis shows that some of the largest U.S.-based corporations view climate change as an increasing risk to their bottom line and reputatio... View More
World's Largest Palm Oil Trader Gives Forest Destroyers Nowhere to Hide
After an intensive global campaign by Greenpeace, Wilmar International has published a detailed action plan to map and monitor its palm oil suppliers. This week, the world’s largest palm oil trader, Wilmar International, published a detailed actio... View More
Plastic, Be Gone! Unilever, Stora Enso Developing Better Sachets, Straws
This week, more momentum on the anti-plastic front: Unilever will develop a crowdsourced, plastic-free laundry solution to combat single-use sachets; while Stora Enso and Sulapac are developing renewable drinking straws. Unilever to invest €100K in... View More
#NewMetrics18: The ROI of Sustainability Strategy — and 6 Ways to Get There
Last week at Sustainable Brands’ New Metrics ’18 conference in Philadelphia, PA, over 300 delegates from brands, NGOs, strategists and practitioners across sectors gathered to share their latest tools and findings regarding measuring the risks an... View More
Global, Multisector Commitments Aim to Eliminate Plastic Pollution at the Source; Is It Enough?
NOTE: This article was updated on October 30, 2018 at 11:45am ET. A Global Commitment to eradicate plastic waste and pollution at the source has been signed by 250 organisations including many of the world’s largest packaging producers, brands, ret... View More
Unilever, EU Build on Plans for Plastics Recycling, But Problems Plague UK
This week, building on news that HP, Inc and IKEA joined a global consortium working to develop the first global network of ocean-bound plastics supply chains, the public and private sector made further strides on creating a circular economy for pack... View More
Small Dose, Big Clean: Seventh Generation Reinvents the Liquid Laundry Bottle Using 60% Less Plastic, 50% Less Water and a Super Convenient Dosing Technology
Seventh Generation, a leading household and personal care products company and pioneer in the eco-friendly products space, has announced the launch of a new laundry detergent in an effort to modernize the liquid laundry category and drive unnecessary... View More
EVRYTHNG, CPG Brands Partner to Take Consumer Guesswork Out of Recycling
EVRYTHNG — the IoT platform that makes every consumer product intelligent, interactive and trackable — is now powering a first-of-its-kind recycling scheme providing CPG brands and retailers with vital insights to consumer recycling habits and be... View More
Global Practitioners Gather to Compare Notes on Redesigning the #GoodLife
Last year, the Sustainable Brands community gathered around the world throughout the year to share insights on how they – and their customers – were “redefining the good life.” This year, the conversation has progressed from the ‘what’ to... View More
African Union, Champions 12.3 Unveil 3 Latest Weapons in Food Waste Fight
At the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2015, countries committed to Sustainable Development Goal Target 12.3, calling for the world to cut food loss and waste in half by 2030. Now three years on, Champions 12.3 — a global coalition of sus... View More
Stakeholders Collaborating for a More Sustainable Bioeconomy
Over the last few years, the bioeconomy — a global economy that uses biological resources and waste from the land and sea as inputs to food, industrial and energy production — has been a major point of discussion for scientists and policymakers a... View More
Unilever and Walmart Announce Forest Sustainability Initiatives at the Global Climate Action Summit
Note: This article originally appeared in the 3BL Media Walmart newsroom on September 13, 2018. ... View More
10 Ways Restaurant Owners Can Take Food Waste Off the Menu
There’s something about your menu that you may not have noticed — a lot of it is trash. But it’s not the quality we’re talking about; it’s the waste. ... View More
Bold Climate Action Could Deliver US$26T by 2030, But Only If We Hurry
A major report released by the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate finds that we are significantly underestimating the benefits of cleaner, climate-smart growth. Bold climate action could deliver at least US$26 trillion in economic benefits ... View More
Your Key to Positive Impact: The 4 Generations Principle
Why are light switches in design hotels impossible to find? Why are our oceans drowning in plastic? How to find more satisfaction in your work? How to make your business a force of good? And how do we connect these seemingly unconnected questions? Le... View More
