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PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION - In an effort to increase customer adoption of reusable cups, Starbucks is rolling out a new low-cost reusable tumbler this week, according to reports.The plastic cups will be roughly the same size and appearance as the company’s paper cups and will cost $1. Starbucks will give a 10 cents discount to customers using the cups, so the cost is recouped after 10 uses.
With nearly a billion people hungry, over a billion more suffering from the effects of obesity and roughly 40% of food in the U.S. wasted each year, our current food system is in dire need of an overhaul. Here are some examples of organizations, brands and technologies that are helping to drive much-needed shifts in the way we produce, distribute and consume food around the world — hopefully just a small taste of systemic improvements to come.
PRESS RELEASE - SAN FRANCISCO, September 20, 2012 – Sustainable Brands this month announced three new members to its Corporate Community. Sprint, eBay and Caesars Entertainment join over two dozen companies committed to leveraging their unique role in focusing stakeholder energy toward a healthy and sustainable future.
PRESS RELEASE - Global Brewer Receives Improved Marks for Brand Management, Climate Strategy and Supply Chain Management
PRESS RELEASE - Cabot, Vt. (August 27, 2012) – Cabot Creamery is the first dairy cooperative to achieve B Corporation Certification, a validation of its attention to environmental and social impacts on stakeholders.
PRESS RELEASE - More than $1,000 in Prizes
Caribou Coffee announced on Tuesday announced that it now sources 100 percent of its coffee from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms, achieving a goal announced last April and making Caribou the first major U.S. coffeehouse brand to reach the milestone.
“What a waste!” Is that a statement to cheer or boo? It all depends on how you view waste! During the month of February 2012, Sustainable Life Media will be publishing a new “SB Issues in Focus” Editorial package, including daily features, interviews and case studies on the topic of “ReThinking Waste”
FINANCE & INVESTMENT - The ice cream brand aims to help 5,000 female cocoa farmers in Côte D'Ivoire achieve financial stability and diversify their incomes, for greater prosperity in the cocoa-farming offseason, by 2025.