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We Need Safe Water to Fight COVID-19 — And We Need to Provide It Now

1 month ago - Now that we have entered a moment of heightened global awareness of safe water as a cornerstone of public health and community well-being, we must join hands with others to make the investments needed to save lives.

Global Maker Challenge Finalists Tackling Food, Trade, Justice, Circularity

2 months ago - This year’s global challenges centered around four themes: Sustainable and Healthy Food for All, Climate Change/Circular Economy, Innovation for Inclusive Trade, and Innovation for Peace and Justice.

Q&A: Meet the Team Helping Brands Stay ‘Grounded’ in Their Purpose

2 months ago - NYC-based brand strategy agency Grounded is on a mission to help brands, retailers and nonprofits activate their purpose and close the stubborn consumer intent-to-action gap.

UNESCO Spotlights What Our ‘Next Normal’ Should Look Like

3 months ago - UNESCO’s new campaign asks us to question our ideas about what is normal, suggesting that we have accepted the unacceptable when it comes to our environment, economies, public health and societies for far too long.

Walking the Talk: How Companies Are Delivering on the Promise of Social Impact

9 months ago - The metrics used by consumers, employees and investors to measure a company’s success are changing quickly, so the most forward-looking businesses are focused on implementing solutions that benefit people, society and the planet more-broadly — while bolstering their bottom line, too.

COP25: Business Persists While Governments Fail

10 months ago - While the countries represented at COP25 failed to make significant strides in the fight against climate change, the business community continued to show leadership.

How Business Can Avoid Fuelling Conflict and Work to Build Peace

10 months ago - On the third and final day at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, it was clear all businesses are being asked to address a fourth ‘p’ — peace. As well as helping to prevent conflict, companies are increasingly taking responsibility for sustaining peace.

Anti-Corruption, Respect for Human Rights Are Part of One Holistic Business Challenge

10 months ago - What Legal Counsels and Chief Compliance Officers have to learn from sustainability and human rights experts is that this can never be a question of compliance alone.

World Food Day: Celebrity Chefs, Soil SuperHeroes Out in Force to Save Our Food System

1 year ago - In honor of World Food Day (Oct 16), Green America highlights the farmers and food companies leading the regenerative ag revolution; and the World Food Program launches its global Stop the Waste campaign.

Insights from the Big Apple: How Do We Turn the Glitz of Climate Week into Action?

1 year ago - Climate Week NYC saw the UN declare the 2020s “the decade of delivery.” But while progress has been made, are we too self-congratulatory, staying comfortable within our own echo chambers? Are we really delivering enough at the scale and pace needed?

With Less Than 4,000 Days to Go, Business Contribution to SDGs Falling Woefully Short

1 year ago - Despite some progress since the goals were launched in 2015, advancement over the past four years has been stifled due to socioeconomic, geopolitical and technological uncertainties, hindering CEOs’ sustainability efforts.

Samsung, UNDP Partner to Push Progress on the SDGs

1 year ago - New mobile app, special-edition accessories aim to raise awareness of, funding for the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Report: Orgs Committed to UNGC Outperform on Supply Chain Sustainability

1 year ago - A new EcoVadis report finds that the greatest gaps between UNGC participants and nonparticipants are in the Sustainable Procurement and Environment themes.

Trending: Closer Looks into Reporting on, Business Benefits of the SDGs

1 year ago - Nearly three-quarters of organisations surveyed (72 percent) mention the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their annual corporate or sustainability reports — an increase of 10 percent on last year, according to a new study by PwC. But concrete measures and integration remain elusive for many as organisations struggle to identify actions beyond business-as-usual targets.

New Tool Reveals $1.6T Risk of Failing to Account for Natural Capital

1 year ago - Following the release last month of its groundbreaking guide to help financial institutions understand and assess their reliance on natural capital, this week the Natural Capital Finance Alliance (NCFA) launched the world’s first comprehensive tool linking environmental change with its consequences for the economy.

Stanley Black & Decker Commits to Combatting Plastic Pollution

1 year ago - Signs the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment at the Our Ocean Conference.  

EcoVadis Supports Due Diligence Efforts Conducted by the Foundation for the Global Compact and Seven United Nations Agencies

1 year ago - PARIS, Oct. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- EcoVadis, the leader in business sustainability ratings for global supply chains, has announced today a three-year partnership with the Foundation for the Global Compact. The Foundation will leverage EcoVadis' platform to evaluate the risk and performance of business participants of the UN Global Compact.

Experts Gather to Discuss ROI of Sustainable Business at New Metrics '18

1 year ago - SAN FRANCISCO, October 29, 2018 — The Sustainable Brands® community gathers today in Philadelphia, PA to kick off the 8th annual New Metrics conference.

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Aligns To Big Goals In Environmental Sustainability, Signs New Plastics Economy Global Commitment

1 year ago - Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc. today announced the company is joining an ambitious effort to move the world closer to a circular economy in which plastic never becomes waste. Together with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the UN Environment Programme, and many industry-leading companies, governments, and NGOs this commitment will strive to meet goals to tackle one of the most urgent environmental issues of our time: plastic waste and the necessity of consumer packaging reform.

Danone accelerates the transition towards a circular economy of packaging

1 year ago - Danone announces a series of new commitments and actions to ensure its packaging will become 100% circular, and to accelerate the global transition towards a circular economy of packaging. This includes (1) initiatives to improve product design and develop alternative delivery and reuse models, (2) investments to develop effective, efficient and inclusive systems for increased collection and recycling, to boost recycling and (3) actions to preserve natural resources by reintegrating recycled materials into our packaging and developing use of renewable materials.