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New Study Proves Inclusive Advertising Boosts Sales, Brand Value
New Study Proves Inclusive Advertising Boosts Sales, Brand Value

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS - “This irrefutable data should reassure any business and encourage brands to renew their commitment to inclusivity in all forms — to not only benefit the communities they serve, but to drive growth and financially prosper.”

Study: Decarbonization Efforts Bring Companies $200M in Annual Net Benefits
Study: Decarbonization Efforts Bring Companies $200M in Annual Net Benefits

FINANCE & INVESTMENT - BCG and CO2 AI’s 4th Carbon Emissions Survey highlights the substantial rewards some companies are reaping from decarbonization — including significant financial gains, enhanced reputations and operational efficiencies.

Companies Mitigating Climate Change Reduce Their Cost of Capital
Companies Mitigating Climate Change Reduce Their Cost of Capital

FINANCE & INVESTMENT - New research shows that when companies disclose their environmental impact — and take meaningful action to mitigate it — they earn investor trust.

EY: Boards Must Embolden C Suites to Embed Sustainability
EY: Boards Must Embolden C Suites to Embed Sustainability

ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE - The 2024 EY Europe Long-Term Value and Corporate Governance Survey finds just 24% of EU company leaders understand how ESG priorities will create value; Boards must step up and challenge cooling corporate commitment to sustainability.

Low-Carbon Retrofits are Becoming a Climate Priority for Cities, Fast
Low-Carbon Retrofits are Becoming a Climate Priority for Cities, Fast

CIRCULAR ECONOMY - Cities and states are incentivizing retrofits because buildings are major emitters — and because retrofit investments offer significant long-term ROI through energy savings alone.

Study Shows Stronger ROI for Companies with High ESG Ratings
Study Shows Stronger ROI for Companies with High ESG Ratings

FINANCE & INVESTMENT - Kroll analyzed data on over 13K companies across industries and found that those with better ESG ratings outperformed their peers with lower ratings; globally, ESG leaders had annual returns of 12.9% vs 8.6% for laggards.

At Long Last, There’s a Metric for Quantifying the Monetary Value of Sustainability Investments
At Long Last, There’s a Metric for Quantifying the Monetary Value of Sustainability Investments

NEW METRICS - Astanor Ventures’ Impact Multiple on Investment methodology translates the expected and realized benefits of invested-in products or services into monetary terms — helping investors make more informed, strategic decisions.

How to Sell Sustainability as a Key Measure of Business Success
How to Sell Sustainability as a Key Measure of Business Success

ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE - When companies make bold commitments to sustainability, we all win. Here, we share lessons learned and ongoing challenges from three very different corporate sustainability journeys — to show others on the front lines that they are not alone.

Sustainability Metrics 3.0: Measuring ROI of Regenerative Approaches, Social Impacts, Brand Trust
Sustainability Metrics 3.0: Measuring ROI of Regenerative Approaches, Social Impacts, Brand Trust

NEW METRICS - At SB’21 San Diego, veterans from sales, marketing, certification, design, finance, agriculture and more agreed: While there’s no checklist for regeneration, a focus on interconnectivity, holistic approaches and actionable goals will lead to measurable ripple effects.

Regenerative Business, Part 1: The History and Practice of 'Regeneration'
Regenerative Business, Part 1: The History and Practice of 'Regeneration'

ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE - In anticipation of her upcoming keynote at SB'20 Long Beach, we revisit this groundbreaking blog series from renowned author and regenerative business expert, Carol Sanford. This is part 1 of 5.

Q&A on LTSE: SASB Founder Jean Rogers on the First Legally Binding, Sustainable Stock Exchange
Q&A on LTSE: SASB Founder Jean Rogers on the First Legally Binding, Sustainable Stock Exchange

FINANCE & INVESTMENT - Created by some of the brilliant minds who built the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), the Long-Term Stock Exchange is a first-of-its-kind exchange that invests in companies focused on long-term value creation, while requiring the listed companies to report on their sustainability.

Dispelling 5 Common Myths about Regeneration and Regenerative Business
Dispelling 5 Common Myths about Regeneration and Regenerative Business

CIRCULAR ECONOMY - Regeneration is about leaving nature and society healthier, better off and more resilient than we found them. It’s the future of sustainability. And the business case for regenerative business and regenerative leadership in all aspects of life has never been stronger.

In Era of Employee Activism, Is It Time to Give Your Staff Full Control?
In Era of Employee Activism, Is It Time to Give Your Staff Full Control?

ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE - After a year as an employee-owned company, a “new sense of pride and unity” across the business has resulted in a 10% sales uplift for Riverford, and the best sales year recorded in its 30-year history.

Leveraging Efficiency to Drive Enterprise-Wide Change
Leveraging Efficiency to Drive Enterprise-Wide Change

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY - How can companies implement longer-term efficiency projects that deliver meaningful energy cost savings, alongside material impact on their productivity, reliability and resiliency of their operations?

CDP: World’s Biggest Companies Face US$1T in Climate Change Risks
CDP: World’s Biggest Companies Face US$1T in Climate Change Risks

ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE - Study finds that financial sector companies see the most potential revenue (US$1.2T) from sustainable products & services, while also being exposed to almost 80% of all financial risk value.

Sustainability Skeptics, No More: Getting Past the Three Walls
Sustainability Skeptics, No More: Getting Past the Three Walls

SURFACING SUBMERGED VALUE - You’re sitting across from the decision-maker for a large potential sustainability project. It’s taken months, possibly years, to get here. If your numbers look good, the decision is much more likely to be a positive one for you, for them and for the world.

Breaking Through to the C-Suite: A ‘How To’ for Sustainability Executives
Breaking Through to the C-Suite:  A ‘How To’ for Sustainability Executives

SURFACING SUBMERGED VALUE - Even at this advanced stage of our climate and resource debacle, sustainability practitioners still do not possess the same status in corporations as their purely business-minded brethren. How do we get sustainability officers both the recognition they deserve and the clout that should go with it?

NYU Stern Research Illustrates ROI for Sustainably Marketed Products
NYU Stern Research Illustrates ROI for Sustainably Marketed Products

ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE - Seminal research shows that sustainability is driving market growth in CPGs; products marketed as sustainable grew 5.6x faster than conventionally marketed products, and 3.3x faster than the CPG market.

The Art of Failure: Lessons for Brands from the Bottom of the Pyramid
The Art of Failure: Lessons for Brands from the Bottom of the Pyramid

SUPPLY CHAIN - Let me tell you a few things about failure — a subject on which I’m something of an expert.

"Investors not only want strong returns, but also to ensure pensioners retire in a world worth living in": Why Ørsted tops the GRESB rating for infrastructure assets
"Investors not only want strong returns, but also to ensure pensioners retire in a world worth living in": Why Ørsted tops the GRESB rating for infrastructure assets

PRESS RELEASE - Ørsted, one of the world’s largest green energy developers, is named Sector Leader in the 2018 GRESB Infrastructure Assessment, for significant steps taken to incorporate sustainability into operations and communicate performance to investors.