Stories About Creating Shared Value
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Not All Carbon Credits Are Created Equal
WALKING THE TALK - While the majority of projects that generate carbon credits focus solely on carbon abatement, an increasing number also achieve other environmental, economic, social and cultural co-benefits — which increase impact ROI for companies.
Food Rescuers Shouldn't Fight Over Limited Supply; Instead, Diversify
WASTE NOT - I’ve always been frustrated by infighting between food-rescue organizations working together to distribute scarce food donations — mostly from retailers. So, here’s my list of untapped sectors of the food system — where food is almost always genuinely going to waste.
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is with This Socially Impactful Money Move
FINANCE & INVESTMENT - We’re calling on companies across the country to deposit $1M of their banked dollars today into credit unions serving low-income communities. Thanks to our partnership with Inclusiv, this is one smart, seamless, socially conscious money move.
New C2C Certified Product Standard Pushes Companies Beyond Compliance, Toward Leadership
CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS & PACKAGING - V4.0 of the newly released Cradle to Cradle Certified Product Standard is designed to meet companies wherever they are on their sustainability journey and help them set achievable milestones through actionable pathways as they work towards their ultimate goals.
Trending: Nike, Chipotle Tie Exec Compensation to Diversity, Sustainability Metrics
WALKING THE TALK - In the past week, both Nike and Chipotle announced new sets of environmental and social goals — and systems with which their executives’ compensation will be tied to achieving them.
Palm Oil — Redeeming an ‘Evil Crop’
SUPPLY CHAIN - In this excerpt from his new book, Honor Thy Label, Dr. Bronner's Gero Leson shares the company's years-long journey to establishing a stable supply chain for fair trade, organic palm oil.
Crowdsourced Impact Investing Mobilizes Regeneration Effort in Portugal
FINANCE & INVESTMENT - GoParity — an innovative investment platform that finances sustainable projects through crowdlending — has enabled the villagers of fire-ravaged Belver, Portugal to expedite access to much-needed recovery funds and quickly begin reforesting.
Corporations Can Support BIPOC Communities by Putting Their Money to Work
FINANCE & INVESTMENT - It is critical to understand and address the intersectional links between access to affordable housing, education, job creation and improved public health; and we look forward to continuing our work with organizations that target their dollars towards these needs within the communities they seek to serve.
Trending: Welcome to the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism
FINANCE & INVESTMENT - Two global coalitions have committed to make good on their companies’ DEI commitments; and adhere to a new set of Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics, respectively. Larry Fink’s annual CEO letter expounds on the need for both.
PepsiCo Doubles Down on Climate Goals, Expands Farmer-Empowerment Efforts in Latin America
WALKING THE TALK - PepsiCo plans to more than double its science-based climate goal, aiming to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040; and expands efforts to create resilient supply chains in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a focus on female farmers.
What Does It Really Mean to Call ‘Society’ Your Stakeholder?
LEADERSHIP - For Sweden and its business leaders, an inclusive society and economy is both a matter of principle, and a source of resiliency and success over the long term. Of course, we’re not all Swedish — so how can others adopt the same mindset?
Collaborative SourceUp Platform to Accelerate Sustainability of Entire Sourcing Regions
SUPPLY CHAIN - IDH - The Sustainable Trade Initiative and brand partners including Mars, PepsiCo and Unilever have developed the platform to enable a landscape approach to sustainable commodity sourcing.
New Farm Powered Strategic Alliance Highlights Circular Solution to Food Waste, GHG Reduction
CLEANTECH - Unilever, Starbucks and Dairy Farmers of America have joined the historic alliance, which calls on the food industry to embrace the simple, circular relationship between food waste and its potential to reduce greenhouse gases.
Bid Adieu to This Dumpster Fire of a Year! The 2020 SB Holiday Gift Guide
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION - No offense, 2020 — but it is high time we put you to bed and look toward the future. After the year we’ve had, we all deserve a little pampering — and so do the makers of these thoughtful, ethically made products …
Murals Honor the Farmers Behind Our Favorite Products, Benefits of Fair Trade
MARKETING AND COMMS - The murals were part of a Fairtrade America campaign during October for Fair Trade Month, to raise awareness of Fairtrade’s positive impacts. Shoppers voiced their choice for Fairtrade and won various Fairtrade prizes.
6 Months Into the Pandemic, ‘Greener’ Jobs Are Safer, Higher Paid, More Resilient
THE NEXT ECONOMY - The monthly Green Jobs Report shows that “greener” enterprises align with more resilient jobs, higher pay for workers, fewer job losses, and the potential for better overall company and investor portfolio performance.
How DEI Issues Have Reshaped the Brand Purpose Landscape
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE - A dramatic shift in diversity is only possible if the most exposed, vulnerable and or marginalised groups contribute to decision-making around narratives, ideas and solutions. Can you name any brands that are championing race within their purpose work and doing it well?
How the Cocoa Industry Can and Must Change to Tackle the Climate Crisis
SUPPLY CHAIN - Ceres’ new Investor Brief on Cocoa identifies three key challenges posed to the cocoa industry by shifting social and environmental conditions, and the actions companies can take today to mitigate the material financial risks embedded in cocoa supply chains.
Ford’s Model of Human Progress Defines, Measures Social Sustainability
NEW METRICS - A clear definition of corporate social sustainability — the ‘S’ in ESG — remains elusive. To address this challenge, Ford partnered with the University of Michigan’s Erb Institute to define social sustainability and identify metrics to track improvements.
Primark and CottonConnect: Bringing Sustainable Cotton from Field to Fashion
SUPPLY CHAIN - Primark’s Sustainable Cotton Programme — potentially the largest independent programme managed by a fashion retailer — enables it to trace the source of its sustainable cotton, right down to the community it was grown in.
