Stories About Responsible Consumption
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1% for the Planet Impact Fund Reaches First Anniversary with 6 Initial Investment Partners
FINANCE & INVESTMENT - Much like 1%’s regular giving, the Impact Fund is being used to support a variety of initiatives; and that path will continue to evolve as the fund does.
Chipotle Expands 2023 ESG Goals Tied to Executive Compensation
LEADERSHIP - The company aims to increase pounds of local produce purchased, improve diverse employee retention, and increase the number of restaurants with composting programs — goals that can affect executives’ overall bonus payout by up to 15 percent.
Bayer Pledges to Help Tackle Global Water Crisis, End Malnutrition
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION - The pharmaceutical and biotech giant is throwing its might behind two of our most pressing challenges by improving access to clean water and reducing water use in agriculture and its operations; and expanding its Nutrient Gap Initiative to include both food and supplements.
New Study Uses Norway as Test Case for Achieving Circularity, Net Zero by 2040
THE NEXT ECONOMY - Norway is the first country to scrutinize such a comprehensive scope of plastic sectors, making this study one of the most holistic views of a national plastic system ever presented.
Evolving Our Infrastructure Means the Wire and Cable Industry Must Prioritize Sustainability
FROM PURPOSE TO ACTION: BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE TOGETHER - To sustainably support the tremendous global demand for connectivity, collaboration is needed across the value chain to create solutions that enable more information to move faster, with greater protection and safety, using less energy.
Net-Zero Targets Are a Bare Minimum for the Private Sector
WALKING THE TALK - In an ideal world, companies would be reaching net-zero emissions sooner than 2050 and actively working to eliminate emissions throughout their value chains and beyond to become climate positive.
Mixed-Income, Net-Zero Community Under Development in Michigan
THE NEXT ECONOMY - THRIVE Collaborative designed Veridian from an honest look at what is actually required for a housing community to achieve net-zero goals.
A CEO’s Perspective: 7 Insights to Discover and Activate Authentic Purpose
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE - Kerry Group CEO Edmond Scanlon and Chief Corporate Affairs and Brand Officer Catherine Keogh share how the purpose-discovery process transformed the $7B company.
Alarming IPCC Report Makes It Clear: We Can’t Wait to Invest in Nature
THE NEXT ECONOMY - Nature-based solutions aren’t a silver-bullet climate solution, but neither is placing all bets on future technologies. If we don't invest in nature now, we can soon expect to spend far more on climate damage with far fewer paths forward.
Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize Winners Offer Viable, Marine-Safe Solutions to Thin-Film Waste
CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS & PACKAGING - The three winners are sourcing and scaling biobased and degradable alternatives to traditional, thin-film plastic made from fossil fuels.
Lundberg Family Farms Launches First US-Grown Regenerative Organic Certified Rice
COLLABORATION - The California rice producer has helped establish the first standards for regenerative rice and set a goal for its entire crop to be ROC by 2027.
Klarna Conscious Badges Offer World’s First Assessment of Electronics Brands' Environmental Achievements
MARKETING AND COMMS - Badges build on Klarna’s commitment to providing its 150M users with the insights and tools they need to make more informed purchasing decisions and enact positive environmental change.
Biomimicry 3.8, Interface Demystify the Path to Regenerative Business
WALKING THE TALK - In this first post of a series on how businesses can move beyond sustainable to regenerative, B3.8 and Interface outline an accessible, 4-step framework that is flexible enough for any organization to follow but robust enough to generate the breakthrough innovations that our planet demands.
First Liquid-Heat Engine Can Upcycle 70% of the World’s Waste Heat Into Clean Energy
CLEANTECH - Luminescent’s circular solution uses isothermal processes to capture and store waste heat, transforming a previously inaccessible resource into zero-waste power.
Crate Uplevels Sustainable Packaging with World’s First Label-Less Wines
CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS & PACKAGING - Crate aims to shake up the industry — where most of the sustainability discussion is about the impact of plastic in packaging, but little acknowledgement that paper labels are also part of the problem.
Unilever Study Reveals Influence of Influencers in Sustainable Behavior Change
BEHAVIOR CHANGE - Dove, Hellmann’s and a team of behavioral scientists examined how brands can leverage and maximize the power of social media influencers to positively impact consumer behavior.
New Guide Details Tangible Solutions for Retailers to Move ‘Beyond the Bag’
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION - Playbook highlights solutions from the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag that drive near-term, positive environmental impact and cost savings from eliminating single-use plastic bags.
Recenter and Accelerate: Japanese Brands Discuss Future-Proofing the Country’s Economy
THE NEXT ECONOMY - “How is the world transforming itself, and how is that going to be linked to corporate activities? We need to achieve symbiosis with that.” — Akihiro Inatsugi, Bridgestone
The Problem with Recycling, Part 2: Increasing Recycled Content in New Products
WASTE NOT - This is the second in a three-part series covering key opportunities to turn “the plastic recycling problem” into a circular economy for plastics.
3 Material Innovators Using Algae to Paint Greener Picture for Fashion
CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS & PACKAGING - Living Ink, Algaeing and Mounid are changing the game with carbon-negative, fast-to-produce alternatives to carcinogenic, petroleum-based inks, dyes and textiles.
