Assets About Decent Work and Economic Growth
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Acumen Invites Chocolate Lovers to Make a ‘Cocoamitment’ This Valentine’s Day
The campaign promotes chocolate brands that exemplify transparency and fairness through practices including direct trade, farmer ownership and paying price premiums to farmers. ... View More
Japan’s ‘Coffee Hunter’ Shares Vision of Industry’s Sustainable Future
José Yoshiaki Kawashima, founder of coffee brand Mi Cafeto, is on a mission is to create a market and increase value for producers who are committed to making quality coffee while protecting the environment and human rights. ... View More
Latin Innovators Unseating Conventional Leather with Circular, Biobased Alternatives
Polybion and Mabe Bio are future-proofing leather production with local and circular strategies that utilize waste, boost local economies and empower rural communities. ... View More
Uniqlo Expands Campaign to Use Power of Clothing to Bring ‘Peace for All’
The brand has partnered with renowned photographers from Magnum Photos to bring the stories and impacts of its Peace for All campaign to exhibitions in 10 cities. ... View More
Tony’s Chocolonely, Washington Post Give Chocolate Lovers ‘Food for Thought’
The chocolate maker’s first partnership with a media company is the latest in its ongoing mission to increase awareness around forced labor in cocoa supply chains and how collective action can address them. ... View More
The Frugal Economy, Part 4: Regenerating People, Places and the Planet
To effectively address the urgent human, socioeconomic and environmental challenges of our era, businesses can’t just focus on sustainability — they must evolve into regenerative businesses that positively impact society and the planet. ... View More
Unilever Partners to Scale Circular Packaging Solutions in Global South
In partnership with EY and USAID, the CIRCLE Alliance collaborative model of enterprise acceleration will help scale new and existing solutions for packaging circularity in areas where plastic pollution is especially severe. ... View More
Smallholder Voices Are Critical in Ethical Supply Chains
The Farmer Thriving Index — a holistic, standardized way of understanding farmer wellbeing that is grounded in farmer voice — set out to answer a simple question: Are farmers in coffee supply chains thriving, or barely surviving? ... View More
New Tool Identifies Top States, Cities for US Cleantech Manufacturing, Investment
RMI’s Clean Growth Tool provides policymakers and investors with a guide to development, manufacturing and job opportunities for a variety of low-carbon and clean-energy solutions and industries in all 50 states. ... View More
This DTC Marketplace Fosters Fairer Trade for Smallholder Food Producers
R-ainbow connects small food producers around the world with nearby buyers in real time — reducing logistical expenses and emissions, and boosting prices for farmers and transparency and trust within the food supply chain. ... View More
This Nepalese B Corp Illustrates a Holistic Model for Sustainable Development
Shah Hemp Innoventures turns typically wasted ‘weeds’ into a resource for literally building a more sustainable, equitable economy. ... View More
Indian Tourism Initiatives Removing Social Barriers to Women’s Employment
India ranks among the lowest countries for even access to economic participation and opportunities for women. But a growing number of tourism-based initiatives are working to help leveling the playing field. ... View More
The Many Benefits of This Cacao-Fruit Chocolate Make It Even Sweeter
Researchers at ETH Zurich have teamed up with the food industry to produce a whole-fruit variety of chocolate that is not only more nutritious, it’s more beneficial for farmers and the environment. ... View More
New Guide Outlines 7 Principles for Partnering with Frontline Communities
The Business Guide to Advancing Climate Justice grounds its principles in the experiences of the communities most affected by climate change to empower businesses to prioritize regenerative practices and social responsibility. ... View More
Is Bipartisan Climate Policy Possible in the US?
The reality of climate change’s existence is not the debate that voters are interested in anymore: They have experienced it firsthand and care about solutions. ... View More
Industry Working to Make Chocolate Production Sweeter for Cocoa Farmers
Waitrose is the latest retailer to partner with Tony’s Open Chain — a Tony’s Chocolonely initiative to end exploitation in the industry; while the World Cocoa Foundation launches a methodology for measuring household income and living incomes f... View More
‘More Than a Background’ Campaign Highlights Challenges for Second-Chance Workers
The campaign from the Center for Employment Opportunities calls out the barriers justice-impacted people face in obtaining employment as a result of overreliance on background checks. ... View More
Direct Sourcing, Community Development Paving Paths to Sustainable Chocolate
With major markets passing environmental and human rights due-diligence requirements, sustainable commodity sourcing may soon no longer be optional — and brands that have invested and built relationships with farmers will be the winners. ... View More
Why Working with Social Innovators Advancing Racial, Ethnic Equity Is Smart Business
New Schwab Foundation research provides scalable lessons on how to drive value creation by addressing systemic socioeconomic exclusion at the local and global levels. ... View More
Tony’s Chocolonely Scales Impact Model While Delivering Record Growth
The impact-driven chocolate brand doubled farmer premiums, further reduced child labor and environmental impacts, and continued to grow its coalition of Mission Allies. ... View More

