Stories About Responsible Consumption
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Two Good, Marcus Samuelsson, Full Harvest Team Up to Fight Food Waste
WASTE NOT - The partnership between the yogurt brand, the celebrity chef and the food-rescue marketplace aims to inspire restaurants across the US to fight food waste by using rescued produce on their menus.
New Initiative Sees Professional Sports Teams ‘Sidelining Carbon’
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE - Sidelining Carbon is helping professional sports teams and their fans get clarity around how to take definitive climate action, connecting them to resources to drive it forward, and growing the conversation in the sports world.
10 Global Companies Take Action Towards Living Wages
SUPPLY CHAIN - Aldi, Fairphone, L’Oréal, Unilever and more are taking action towards ensuring living wages for workers throughout their supply chains — and calling on others to do the same.
Breakthrough: 7 Unlocks to Scaling Healthy and Sustainable Living
BEHAVIOR CHANGE - So, what’s still preventing consumers from living more in line with their values? GlobeScan has identified seven critical “unlocks” to help consumers to change their behaviors, and start aligning their lifestyles with their values and aspirations.
Shoppers Play a Huge Role in the Climate Battle
THE NEXT ECONOMY - Two innovative new offerings provide forward-thinking companies an engaging way to not only compensate for their product emissions, but to engage with their customers around climate action in a new way.
Even COVID Can’t Stop Sustainable Packaging
CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS & PACKAGING - As hopes mount for a new, post-COVID “normal,” many systems are in flux and the state of sustainable packaging is once again in question. How will businesses adapt? Or re-adapt? Or un-adapt? Shelton Group CEO Suzanne Shelton and the Sustainable Packaging Coalition’s Adam Gendell share their insights.
Dow Unwraps Packaging Science, Sustainability Topics with New Podcast
FROM PURPOSE TO ACTION: BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE TOGETHER - "Plastics Unwrapped" provides savvy brands an insider’s look into some of the latest innovations in recyclable plastics, and tackles complex and fascinating science and sustainability questions.
Anheuser-Busch Revitalizes St. Louis Community, Spent Barley with New Production Facility
THE NEXT ECONOMY - As part of a recently announced $1B planned investment across the US, a new production facility that repurposes spent grain will create jobs and further the brewer’s commitments to sustainability and the St. Louis Community.
Netflix Commits to Net Zero by 2022, Better Representation Onscreen and Off
MARKETING AND COMMS - Netflix’s new goals include achieving carbon neutrality by 2022. The company also revealed impressive stats behind viewer interest in sustainability-themed programming; and pledged to achieve more balanced representation of underrepresented communities, both on- and offscreen.
New Rewilding Europe Partnership Offers Regenerative Model for Travel Industry
THE NEXT ECONOMY - A new collaboration with Exodus Travels opens opportunities for tour operators and travelers to help regenerate biodiversity at degraded destinations — and a thoughtful model with which to reopen global travel.
Value-Engineered Packaging: Does Your Packaging Reflect Your Brand Values?
CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS & PACKAGING - Consider working with a packaging engineer the next time you release a new product or as you take steps to make your brand more sustainable. Customised packaging solutions create less waste, fewer emissions, and more savings to pass on to your customers.
Keurig Dr Pepper Taps into a New Era of Water Stewardship
SUPPLY CHAIN - KDP has found the power of partnerships to be the best primer for innovation and has worked alongside various groups, including direct competitors, all of whom bring to the table a vested interest in shared water resources.
Trending: Virgin, Aspiration Incentivize Sustainable Spending
FINANCE & INVESTMENT - Virgin Money’s sustainability-linked loans will reduce finance costs for businesses that proactively help the transition to a more sustainable economy; and Aspiration’s new credit card will enable consumers to work toward a ‘zero’ carbon footprint.
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.
Getting the Balance Right: 3M on Sustainability Goal-Setting
WALKING THE TALK - 3M's new climate goals culminate in climate neutrality by 2050. We talked with Gayle Schueller, 3M’s VP and Chief Sustainability Officer, to gain more insight into the company’s approach to the ‘balancing act’ of sustainability goal-setting.
Trending: Beverage Giants Ensuring Their Libations Are Sustainable, Down to the Roots
SUPPLY CHAIN - Bombay Sapphire and Starbucks are working with farmers to ensure complete supply chain sustainability for their gin and coffee, respectively.
Giving Up Meat = Healthy Living = Healthy Planet. Are We at a Dietary Inflection Point?
BEHAVIOR CHANGE - The growing appetite for a shift away from meat-based diets is good news for addressing a range of health and climate issues. But business has a critical role to play in making the transition as affordable, accessible and delicious as possible.
To Fight COVID-19, We Must Invest in Water Access for Vulnerable Communities
COLLABORATION - The PepsiCo Foundation and WaterAid are launching a new program to build sanitation facilities and community water systems in the harsh, arid region of La Guajira, Colombia — with the goal of increasing access for the indigenous Wayuu people.
Design Takes Center Stage in Kohler Co.’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION - We have set bold sustainability goals and worked to understand the gaps we need to fill and the impacts we can make based on our business and expertise. We’re guided on this path by our Design for Environment program, which takes into account the full life-cycle of our products.
