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Consumer Behavior Change
Sustainability Drove Us to Buy Less This Holiday Season
Sustainability Drove Us to Buy Less This Holiday Season
Published on January 9, 2020
About a 4 minute read

As retail sales reportedly fell for the first time in 25 years, with particularly weak holiday sales, new research reveals that a new conscientiousness may be a central cause — with sustainability-concerned consumers buying less. ... View More

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Materials & Packaging
Uniting to Drive Change: The Cleaning Industry Bands Together for a Sustainable Future
Uniting to Drive Change: The Cleaning Industry Bands Together for a Sustainable Future
Published on January 7, 2020
About a 5 minute read

We know, of course, that no matter how many bold ambitions a company has, it cannot change the world alone. But through collaborative effort, the impact companies can make is multiplied, often many times over. ... View More

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Circular Economy
Empowering Customers While Building Better Business, a Thriving Future for All
Empowering Customers While Building Better Business, a Thriving Future for All
Published on December 20, 2019
About a 8 minute read

With higher-priced products, “sustainability” can still be seen as a privilege. It is time for brands to empower consumers by offering them accessible choices that are better for them, for the planet and for generations to come. ... View More

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Circular EconomyInnovation & Technology
Give More, and Better, This Season: The 2019 SB Holiday Gift Guide
Give More, and Better, This Season: The 2019 SB Holiday Gift Guide
Published on December 12, 2019
About a 8 minute read

What better way to celebrate and participate in the season of giving than with gifts that truly keep on giving? Here are just a few of our favorite discoveries this year of products we'd be thrilled to give and receive. ... View More

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Organizational GovernanceOrganizational Governance
Air, Water and Earth: Reducing Environmental Impacts Across the Three Elements
Air, Water and Earth: Reducing Environmental Impacts Across the Three Elements
Published on December 9, 2019
About a 6 minute read

With goals to achieve carbon-neutral factories by 2030, to reduce CO2 emissions in its supply chain, combat deforestation and step up its efforts to tackle littering, PMI is working to reduce its environmental impacts, end to end. ... View More

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Innovation & Technology
Sanitary Products, Soft Drinks and Safety Locks: An FMCG Approach to Fighting Period Poverty in Tanzania
Sanitary Products, Soft Drinks and Safety Locks: An FMCG Approach to Fighting Period Poverty in Tanzania
Published on December 5, 2019
About a 3 minute read

'Period poverty' — in which women and girls struggle to access and afford menstrual products — is particularly bad in sub-Saharan Africa. That’s why a new initiative in Tanzania is taking a 21st-century, FMCG approach to a centuries-old problem... View More

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Marketing & Communications
Brands Missing Opportunity to Highlight Health Benefits of Sustainable Products
Brands Missing Opportunity to Highlight Health Benefits of Sustainable Products
Published on December 4, 2019
About a 4 minute read

Brands that are committed to sustainability could conduct efficient, cost-effective research to show that their products help reduce exposure to harmful substances, leveraging their commitment to sustainability and expanding it to a commitment to con... View More

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Innovation & Technology
The Biosphere’s Guide to Foolproofing Sustainability, Part 6: Function Over Form
The Biosphere’s Guide to Foolproofing Sustainability, Part 6: Function Over Form
Published on November 25, 2019
About a 5 minute read

Sustainability experts for decades have been exhorting managers to focus more on the function their products deliver and less on the product itself. Biosphere Rule #5, Function Over Form, is focused on fulfilling customers’ functional needs in ways... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
Hidden: The Waste That Goes Into Making Stuff and How 2 Companies Are Tackling It
Hidden: The Waste That Goes Into Making Stuff and How 2 Companies Are Tackling It
Published on November 13, 2019
About a 6 minute read

The waste we produce in our daily lives is just one small portion of the total waste stream. Public Thread and Rewilder, two winners of the recently announced Upcyclers Network Annual Product Awards, are putting non-household waste streams to creativ... View More

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Consumer Behavior Change
Combating Child Labor on India’s Tobacco Farms
Combating Child Labor on India’s Tobacco Farms
Published on November 12, 2019
About a 6 minute read

Child labor and other labor abuses are recurring problems characteristic to tobacco-growing and other agricultural communities in countries such as India. But Philip Morris International’s Agricultural Labor Practices is creating a step change. ... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular EconomyCollaboration & Co-Creation
Trending: Partnerships Laying More Groundwork for Circular Plastics Economy
Trending: Partnerships Laying More Groundwork for Circular Plastics Economy
Published on November 1, 2019
About a 11 minute read

The US’ biggest beverage companies have invested into ensuring they get ‘Every Bottle Back’ for recycling; Bluewater is helping Londoners ditch single-use bottles; and SC Johnson and Plastic Bank are broadening the Social Plastic ecosystem. ... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular EconomyInnovation & Technology
Chilean Startup Eliminating Packaging Waste, ‘Poverty Tax’ in Latin American Product Market
Chilean Startup Eliminating Packaging Waste, ‘Poverty Tax’ in Latin American Product Market
Published on October 29, 2019
About a 6 minute read

Algramo’s unique, refillable packaging system allows customers to buy as much or as little of a product as they want, in reusable containers, with no difference in the price per gram — then recycles all packaging at the end of its life. ... View More

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Circular EconomyInnovation & Technology
With New Absolute-Reduction Strategy, Unilever 'Gets Drastic on Plastic’
With New Absolute-Reduction Strategy, Unilever 'Gets Drastic on Plastic’
Published on October 7, 2019
About a 7 minute read

By 2025, the CPG giant says it will eliminate more than 100K tonnes of plastic packaging, and collect and process more plastic packaging than it sells. This makes Unilever the first global CPG company to commit to an absolute plastics reduction acros... View More

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Innovation & Technology
Ask First, Give Second: The One-for-One Giving Model Gets a Revamp
Ask First, Give Second: The One-for-One Giving Model Gets a Revamp
Published on September 30, 2019
About a 3 minute read

Ideally, Western companies should adopt an attitude of Ask First, Give Second. We’d all benefit if we empowered those who will receive the donations to determine what they need most, rather than making that decision for them. ... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
Do We Need Science-Based Targets for Plastic?
Do We Need Science-Based Targets for Plastic?
Published on September 20, 2019
About a 5 minute read

How much plastic recycling is enough to save our seas? It might be time to do the math and set forth quantifiable expectations and accountabilities for plastic production, use and recovery, as we’ve started to do with emissions. ... View More

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Community Updates
LENZING™ fibers are fully biodegradable in water, soil and compost
LENZING™ fibers are fully biodegradable in water, soil and compost
Published on August 30, 2019
About a 2 minute read

Organic Waste Systems and TÜV confirm fiber biodegradability also in fresh water All white LENZING™ Viscose, Modal and Lyocell fibers are now certified for all environments Global legislators aim at limiting plastic waste persisting in the enviro... View More

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Materials & PackagingInnovation & Technology
Trending: Sustainability Concerns Turning the Tide on Sunscreens
Trending: Sustainability Concerns Turning the Tide on Sunscreens
Published on August 23, 2019
About a 5 minute read

Through CVS’ elimination of coral-damaging compounds and research pointing to cashew shells as a non-toxic alternative, tomorrow’s sunscreens could end up protecting more than our skin. ... View More

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Circular EconomyOrganizational Governance
Purpose at Work: How Brandless Creates Community by Making Better Stuff Available to All
Purpose at Work: How Brandless Creates Community by Making Better Stuff Available to All
Published on August 22, 2019
About a 3 minute read

Communicating your brand’s purpose is vital to creating emotional connections with your customers. But it must be done authentically and in line with your overall brand positioning, story and tone of voice. ... View More

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Organizational GovernanceCircular EconomyInnovation & Technology
6 Ways to Shift Business for Real, Positive Impact
6 Ways to Shift Business for Real, Positive Impact
Published on July 8, 2019
About a 6 minute read

To answer the call of this climate emergency, we need business to shift from being ‘less negative’ to being ‘for good,’ and to redefine ‘profit’ to include social and environmental benefit. ... View More

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Circular Economy
‘Good Stuff’ Pop-Up Brings Circular Economy to Life in Manhattan
‘Good Stuff’ Pop-Up Brings Circular Economy to Life in Manhattan
Published on June 19, 2019
About a 6 minute read

Can frustration over a broken toaster and a balky vacuum, exacerbated by the sleeplessness that goes with mothering a newborn, catalyze the scaling up of a circular economy for consumer products? ... View More

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