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The Future Is Now: Adaptation, Planning Are Crucial for Business Resilience
The Future Is Now: Adaptation, Planning Are Crucial for Business Resilience

REGENERATION & RESILIENCE - Sustainable Brands’ first-ever Resilience Summit underscored the idea that building resilience is not just about reacting to environmental risks — it’s about thriving by building systems, businesses and communities that are prepared for the future.

Climate Uneducation in the US, Part 4: Educating the Educators
Climate Uneducation in the US, Part 4: Educating the Educators

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS - Thankfully, a growing number of programs and resources have emerged to help arm US teachers with the resources and knowledge they need to teach students on climate-related topics.

Protecting Water, Nature Is Critical for Effective Climate Action
Protecting Water, Nature Is Critical for Effective Climate Action

REGENERATION & RESILIENCE - Water and nature must be elevated to the same level of importance as carbon — corporate strategies that fail to account for these interdependencies will not have the necessary impacts.

Redesigning the Food System for Resilience: Lessons from the Field
Redesigning the Food System for Resilience: Lessons from the Field

REGENERATION & RESILIENCE - Another central thread throughout SB’24 San Diego highlighted the efforts underway by startup innovators, multinational brands and NGOs to redesign our food system for resilience.

Zillow to Offer Climate-Risk Data on For-Sale Listings Across the US
Zillow to Offer Climate-Risk Data on For-Sale Listings Across the US

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS - For-sale listings on Zillow will now feature detailed climate-risk information for five key categories — flood, wildfire, wind, heat and air quality — along with insurance recommendations.

Why Purpose-Driven Companies Should Focus on Their Hybrid Work Culture
Why Purpose-Driven Companies Should Focus on Their Hybrid Work Culture

ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE - Companies have a line-item budget for technology and other critical business expenses. What is your line-item budget for supporting, nurturing and growing your employees?

Monitoring Media: Reining in the Broader Impacts of Brand Communications
Monitoring Media: Reining in the Broader Impacts of Brand Communications

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS - We talk a lot about the content of brand communications — but what about the other ways marketing and advertising creates social and environmental impacts? A variety of experts dove deeper at SB’24 San Diego this week.

First US Nature-Based Carbon Credit Auction Coming in 2025
First US Nature-Based Carbon Credit Auction Coming in 2025

FINANCE & INVESTMENT - The American Forest Foundation Carbon Auction will offer companies a transparent and streamlined way to secure high-quality carbon credits while supporting rural communities and family forest owners.

Climate Uneducation in the US, Part 3: Colleges, Universities Need Academic Advisors
Climate Uneducation in the US, Part 3: Colleges, Universities Need Academic Advisors

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS - It would make sense for something that has become universally pertinent to already be incorporated into most disciplines. Right?

The Frugal Economy, Part 4: Regenerating People, Places and the Planet
The Frugal Economy, Part 4: Regenerating People, Places and the Planet

REGENERATION & RESILIENCE - 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.

New ‘Climate Label’ Requires Companies to Invest in Climate Solutions
New ‘Climate Label’ Requires Companies to Invest in Climate Solutions

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS - Talk is cheap: The first-of-its-kind certification requires internal carbon pricing and funding for GHG-reduction projects as criteria — aiming to accelerate corporate climate investment.

WWF Identifies Tailored, Local Strategies for Transforming Global Food System
WWF Identifies Tailored, Local Strategies for Transforming Global Food System

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS - While no single set of policy interventions should be applied globally, the research reveals a universal need to optimize land use and restore biodiversity, improve education on healthy and sustainable diets, and redesign financial subsidies and incentives.

The Economic (& Environmental & Health) Case for Regenerative Farming & Food
The Economic (& Environmental & Health) Case for Regenerative Farming & Food

IS REGENERATIVE AG VIABLE AT SCALE? - Despite their benefits for soil and ecosystem health, regenerative practices are not going to make a positive dent in the food system long term unless there is a true economic case for farmers and others in the value chain. And there is.

Report Gives Investors Practical Steps to Strengthen Nature Conservation Portfolios
Report Gives Investors Practical Steps to Strengthen Nature Conservation Portfolios

FINANCE & INVESTMENT - ShareAction’s report highlights the critical role investors play in helping reverse biodiversity loss, and highlights specific approaches needed when investing in or near areas that have been protected by governments due to their rich biodiversity.

Breeding New Hope for the Future of Coffee in a Climate-Changing World
Breeding New Hope for the Future of Coffee in a Climate-Changing World

SUPPLY CHAIN - World Coffee Research and its partner brands are directing vital investment and R&D into this globally popular yet critically underfunded, climate-vulnerable crop.

Resilience Is Now a KPI in Our Tumultuous World
Resilience Is Now a KPI in Our Tumultuous World

REGENERATION & RESILIENCE - In our VUCA world, the ability to adapt and thrive amid compound challenges is crucial. Here are just a few examples of future-proof models for communities, businesses, ecosystems, technologies and more that have us excited about the growing resilience movement.

Unilever Partners to Scale Circular Packaging Solutions in Global South
Unilever Partners to Scale Circular Packaging Solutions in Global South

CIRCULAR ECONOMY - 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.

Lidl Launches Industry-First, Partially Plant-Based Ground Meat
Lidl Launches Industry-First, Partially Plant-Based Ground Meat

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY - The new product, 60% minced beef mixed with 40% pea protein, aims to reduce environmental impact while providing customers with a familiar taste at a lower cost: It has a 37.5% lower carbon footprint — and is 33% cheaper — than traditional ground beef.

Mars Seeks Innovators to Reduce the Footprint of Pet Food
Mars Seeks Innovators to Reduce the Footprint of Pet Food

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY - The Next-Generation Pet Food Program aims to scale sustainable innovations for the pet food value chain, with a focus on sustainable proteins and fats.

This Startup Floats a Biomimetic Solution to Microplastic Pollution
This Startup Floats a Biomimetic Solution to Microplastic Pollution

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY - PolyGone Systems has developed the world's first portable, affordable, low-maintenance microplastic collection device — aiming to help restore the health of waterways and marine life worldwide.