Stories About Balanced Simplicity
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Rwanda’s Akilah Institute: Where Women Mean Business
THE NEXT ECONOMY - Two US beverage companies are working to empower tea and coffee growers in Rwanda, many of whom are women. Both companies are working to engage Akilah Institute students in hands-on learning in the coffee and tea industries, to open their eyes to the possibilities in their country.
Mastercard, Clothing Giants Partner to Help Garment Workers Secure Financial Futures
FINANCE & INVESTMENT - By partnering with companies with labor-intensive supply chains, Mastercard is creating digital solutions to give workers more control and transparency over their earnings and savings.
In ‘Game Changers,’ Veggie Athletes Prove Everything We’ve Been Taught About Protein Was a Lie
BEHAVIOR CHANGE - New documentary follows world-class, high-performance athletes who’ve gone veggie and are beating their meat-eating counterparts at their own game — while also improving the health of the planet.
In Era of Employee Activism, Is It Time to Give Your Staff Full Control?
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE - After a year as an employee-owned company, a “new sense of pride and unity” across the business has resulted in a 10% sales uplift for Riverford, and the best sales year recorded in its 30-year history.
Home Is Where the Heart — and Our Health — Is
CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS & PACKAGING - In this four-part series, Shaw explores trends in where and how we live, and the movement toward more sustainable housing, offices and other buildings that embraces occupant wellbeing.
One Degree Organics: The Case for Glyphosate-Free Certification
CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS & PACKAGING - While various agencies may continue to debate the safety of glyphosate, there’s no debate for us at One Degree Organics — and we have made a deliberate decision to ensure all our products are free from this questionable herbicide.
How Investors Can Effectively Select an Investment Manager to Measure ESG
FINANCE & INVESTMENT - Here are a few preliminary steps asset owners should take when beginning the search for an investment manager that integrates ESG.
PepsiCo’s Multi-Pronged ‘Recycling with Purpose’ Initiative Launches in Peru
THE NEXT ECONOMY - The PepsiCo Foundation’s US$2M grant to Ciudad Saludable will support recyclers and their organizations to become part of the recycling system within the country.
SB’19 Detroit: Reaching Deep Into Communities to Cultivate Tomorrow’s Changemakers
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE - Throughout the week at SB’19 Detroit, we were pleasantly struck by the theme that emerged of brands cultivating leaders and changemakers from unlikely places and in unique ways.
The ‘Secret Sauce’ of Inclusion, Governance — Inside and Outside the Brand
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE - At SB’19 Detroit, Burt's Bees, Caesars Entertainment, Dave’s Killer Bread, Gap, Kellogg, Patagonia, P&G and more shared insights and strategies aimed at addressing governance inside and outside their organizations.
AI, Biomaterials, Circularity: The A-B-Cs of a Flourishing Future
THE NEXT ECONOMY - On Monday and Tuesday at SB’19 Detroit, dozens of encouraging stories and divergent strategies emerged from the growing roster of organizations on a mission to improve some of our most common products and services.
#BrandsforGood on Mission to Bring ‘Good Life’ to Life for Consumers
LEADERSHIP - When SB’s Corporate Member group agreed they hadn’t cracked the nut as to how to create that elusive “pull factor” toward more conscious consumer habits and purchasing behaviors, the Brands for Good collaboratory was born.
Q&A: Tides on the Most Effective Formula for Corporate Social Impact Strategies
WALKING THE TALK - Tides works with foundations, companies, individual donors and social change nonprofit organizations to accelerate corporate efforts to address tough social problems.
Q&A: CEO Steve Cahillane on Kellogg’s Quest to Create ‘Better Days’ for All
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE - Ahead of his main stage talk in Detroit, we caught up with Cahillane to find out what’s in store. While he didn’t reveal the details, here’s what we learned.
Enhance Detroit’s Green Space, and Your Wellbeing, at the Same Time
COLLABORATION - Timberland is inviting the community and attendees of SB’19 Detroit to pull on their boots and get their hands dirty on Monday, June 3, as we work to enhance the Lincoln Street Art Park, an outdoor community learning space created by local nonprofit Green Living Science.
Humana Working to Address Social Determinants of Health
WALKING THE TALK - 2018 CSR Report details how the company is working to inspire health and wellbeing for the people and communities that it serves.
Prudential Pledges $180M to Promote Financial Wellness for Opportunity Youth
FINANCE & INVESTMENT - Largest private sector investment to date will prepare next generation of global workforce with education and training, build financially stable communities and help break the cycle of poverty.
KadAfrica: Cultivating Young Ugandan Women’s ‘Passion’ for Fruit Farming
THE NEXT ECONOMY - Not only can girls earn money for themselves and their families, they can also access farmer training and classes on a range of subjects, including financial literacy, reproductive health, farming and entrepreneurship.
Solar Mamas: Empowering Women to ‘Flip the Switch’ to Better Health, Renewable Energy
CLEANTECH - Law firm Hogan Lovells has partnered with Barefoot College International to empower mostly illiterate women from off-grid areas around the world by training them as solar engineers, or “Solar Mamas.”
Meet the Organisation Giving the Homeless a Way Out of Poverty, Through Coffee
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION - Change Please is empowering London’s homeless by training them to be baristas — providing full barista training, jobs paying London Living Wage, and support with housing, bank accounts and mental wellbeing.
