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Organizational Governance
How to Pursue Sustainability During COVID-19: A Tactical Guide for Brand Professionals
How to Pursue Sustainability During COVID-19: A Tactical Guide for Brand Professionals
Published on April 3, 2020
About a 8 minute read

This global pandemic is critical and companies should dedicate every resource to helping their customers get through it, but in the spirit of protecting ourselves from one existential threat, we shouldn’t let another one go completely unnoticed. ... View More

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Materials & PackagingCircular EconomyCollaboration & Co-Creation
Trending: In Fashion, What’s Outside Also Counts
Trending: In Fashion, What’s Outside Also Counts
Published on February 27, 2020
About a 4 minute read

New partnerships aim to tackle the fashion industry’s packaging footprint — with circular solutions for polybags and MATCHESFASHION’s new, recyclable boxes furthering the cause. ... View More

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Finance & Investment
Jeff Bezos Launches $10B Earth Fund to ‘Preserve and Protect the Natural World’
Jeff Bezos Launches $10B Earth Fund to ‘Preserve and Protect the Natural World’
Published on February 18, 2020
About a 3 minute read

The Amazon CEO, historically silent on the climate change issue and his company’s role within it, announces his personal vested interest — but critics and Amazon employees want more. ... View More

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Materials & Packaging
More Major Retailers Are Saying ‘Forever Chemicals No More’
More Major Retailers Are Saying ‘Forever Chemicals No More’
Published on January 20, 2020
About a 6 minute read

To paraphrase Voltaire: “With great market power comes great responsibility.” Retail market leaders are setting the pace in the transition to safer chemistry in their products and packaging. Their actions add up to saying, “Forever chemicals no... View More

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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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Circular EconomyInnovation & Technology
New Retail Platforms Aim to Take Waste Out of Online Clothes Shopping
New Retail Platforms Aim to Take Waste Out of Online Clothes Shopping
Published on November 26, 2019
About a 7 minute read

As we enter the season of giving — and the season of returns — two new, next-gen online retailers aim to address the rampant clothing waste inherent in e-commerce; and reward users for donating their used, unwanted clothing. ... View More

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Collaboration & Co-CreationMarketing & CommunicationsGlobal Partners
SB Oceans: Can Better Business Save Our Seas?
SB Oceans: Can Better Business Save Our Seas?
Published on November 19, 2019
About a 10 minute read

Over the course of three action-packed days, the inaugural Sustainable Brands Oceans (14-16 Nov) in Porto, Portugal convened a stellar lineup of business leaders laser-focused on saving the ocean while there’s still time. Here’s what we learned f... 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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Innovation & TechnologyCircular EconomyMaterials & Packaging
Meet the Latest 12 Startups Set to Change Fashion as We Know it
Meet the Latest 12 Startups Set to Change Fashion as We Know it
Published on September 10, 2019
About a 4 minute read

Innovations in garment fitting, recycling, intelligent machinery and a virtual garment marketplace are among the 12 new innovations joining the latest Fashion for Good-Plug and Play Accelerator Programme. ... 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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Supply Chain
THESIS: TSC’s Newest Way to Track Retail Suppliers' Sustainability Performance
THESIS: TSC’s Newest Way to Track Retail Suppliers' Sustainability Performance
Published on August 1, 2019
About a 4 minute read

Heads up to retailers and suppliers: The Sustainability Consortium has moved its measurement and reporting system over to a new platform. What does this mean for retailers, and their suppliers? And will it offer more assurance to consumers? ... View More

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Finance & InvestmentCircular Economy
Report: Food Giants Capitalizing on Consumers’ ‘Appetite for Disruption’
Report: Food Giants Capitalizing on Consumers’ ‘Appetite for Disruption’
Published on July 24, 2019
About a 5 minute read

$5.3 trillion investor coalition reports on how global food companies including Tesco, Carrefour and Nestlé are responding to consumer demand for alternative proteins ... View More

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Collaboration & Co-Creation
Report: 66% of Consumers Want Influence in Product Creation Process
Report: 66% of Consumers Want Influence in Product Creation Process
Published on February 6, 2019
About a 4 minute read

Findings from State of Technology in Retail report underscore growing importance of technology and consumer feedback in product development process. ... View More

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Organizational Governance
How Your Company Can Tackle Toxics in 2019
How Your Company Can Tackle Toxics in 2019
Published on January 28, 2019
About a 11 minute read

Brands should take note of a new retail sustainability trend that responds to growing consumer demand for healthier products and full ingredient disclosure. ... View More

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Materials & PackagingCircular Economy
Trending: Lush, M&S, Nestlé Accelerate Plastic-Free Strategies
Trending: Lush, M&S, Nestlé Accelerate Plastic-Free Strategies
Published on January 18, 2019
About a 9 minute read

The work to clean up our plastic mess continues with new initiatives from more major brands. ... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
Why Online Retailers Are in Danger of Losing the 'Retail Wars'
Why Online Retailers Are in Danger of Losing the 'Retail Wars'
Published on November 23, 2018
About a 5 minute read

It’s a conflict which threatens to change the way we eat, shop and live. But unless you pay attention to the business pages, you may not have heard of the “retail wars.” For the uninitiated, ‘retail wars’ is the name given to the intensifyi... View More

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Consumer Behavior Change
The New Black: How New Breed of Consumers Will Spend Money, Energy This Friday
The New Black: How New Breed of Consumers Will Spend Money, Energy This Friday
Published on November 21, 2018
About a 8 minute read

During this season of giving, many of today’s more discerning consumers won’t be joining the masses scrambling to answer the siren call to stock up on discounted “stuff” — they’ll be remembering the values meant to be at the heart of this... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
McGill University's Bensadoun School to Shape Sustainable Future of Retail
McGill University's Bensadoun School to Shape Sustainable Future of Retail
Published on November 19, 2018
About a 4 minute read

On Friday, Montreal’s McGill University announced the opening of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management (BSRM) — a hub for students, researchers and practitioners to work collaboratively towards bringing retailers into the 21st century. An int... View More

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Marketing & Communications
Iceland's Banned Ad Had the Potential to Democratise Sustainability
Iceland's Banned Ad Had the Potential to Democratise Sustainability
Published on November 12, 2018
About a 2 minute read

The news last week that the Christmas advert from Iceland — a UK supermarket chain specializing in frozen food — has been banned is a bad decision. Iceland’s advert — a repackaging of a short, animated film by Greenpeace released earlier this... View More

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