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Leading the Way: 4 Women Inspiring Inclusion in STEM
In celebration of Women’s History Month, we spoke to four women at Dow who recognize the importance of continuing to drive inclusion, diversity and equity as we advance the materials-science industry. ... View More
Why Working with Social Innovators Advancing Racial, Ethnic Equity Is Smart Business
New Schwab Foundation research provides scalable lessons on how to drive value creation by addressing systemic socioeconomic exclusion at the local and global levels. ... View More
5th Annual Chocolate Scorecard Paints Bittersweet Picture of the Industry
The Scorecard — which evaluates global chocolate manufacturers, brands and retailers on social and environmental criteria in seven areas — helps consumers make ethical purchasing decisions and incentivizes companies to improve their performance i... View More
3 Ways to Tailor Your Programs to Invest in Girls
Here, Shanna Marzilli — President & CEO of Plan International USA — outlines three key areas that every skills-training program should incorporate to build a better, more equal, future working world. ... View More
‘Quantum Nose’ Could Be Key to Sniffing Out Food Waste
The University of Maryland’s NourishNet team has been awarded $5M from the NSF to develop its comprehensive, technology-based approach to tackling food waste and insecurity. ... View More
Tony’s Chocolonely Scales Impact Model While Delivering Record Growth
The impact-driven chocolate brand doubled farmer premiums, further reduced child labor and environmental impacts, and continued to grow its coalition of Mission Allies. ... View More
Streamlining Certification Will Help Scale a Sustainable Food System
The often-arduous process for meeting sustainable certification requirements can be daunting, if not prohibitive, for smallholder farmers. Digitizing the process removes pain points for both farmers and the companies that source their crops. ... View More
First-of-its-Kind Fund Aims to Catalyze Equitable Access to Reuse and Refill Solutions
The $1M fund aims to finance deployment of reuse and refill infrastructure — particularly in FMCG, food service and delivery, grocery, e-commerce and retail — to combat global plastic pollution. ... View More
Social-Impact Investing: 5 Lessons from a Successful First Venture
How T. Rowe Price brought capital to under-resourced communities and ensured it had the desired impacts, while inspiring pride and creativity among corporate associates. ... View More
$7M: How the Cost of a Super Bowl Ad Could Transform Lives
We challenge all of these advertisers to skim the nonprofits below and think about diverting even $1M of their game-time spend to instead address urgent social issues. ... View More
Jones Snowboards Earns Industry-First Fair Trade Certification
The certification signifies attention to worker empowerment, fair wages and more; but whether it will galvanize competitors and partners to make such a commitment remains to be seen. ... View More
How USAID Supports the Private Sector’s Sustainability Efforts
We spoke with Keith Dokho, USAID’s Private Sector Engagement Secretariat Lead, about how the organization is shifting to support the private sector’s environmental and social progress. ... View More
How SustainCERT and Regrow Ag Are Transforming Cotton Cultivation
SustainCERT, through its Value Change Initiative and partnership with Regrow Ag, is working to promote resilience across the cotton value chain. ... View More
Hellmann's Declares New Holiday to Fight Post-Super Bowl Food Waste
The mayo brand is once again aiming to inspire game-day partiers to reimagine mouthwatering dishes out of their leftovers, in honor of #SickofFoodWasteDay. ... View More
Eastern Innovators Showing Feasibility of Circular Social Enterprises
Southeast Asia and the Middle East are emerging as incubators for plastic-diversion innovations; and beyond putting a dent in plastic pollution, they are helping reduce poverty and making a circular economy the wave of the present. ... View More
This App Could Be Key to Securing Fisher Livelihoods, Restoring Fish Stocks
Abalobi's easily scalable app enables traceability previously unseen in small-scale fisheries and connects fishers directly with buyers — reducing dependency on middlemen, resulting in fairer prices and ethical produce for consumers. ... View More
Promising Proteins Could Solve Many Food-Related Issues, If We Let Them
2 new studies examine the potential of edible insects and mycelium to boost both human and planetary health, and the barriers and systemic issues that must be overcome to realize that potential. ... View More
WEF: Disinformation, Societal Fragmentation Top Global Risks as Environmental Threats Intensify
'Global Risks Report 2024' calls for greater cooperation between the public and private sectors to focus global cooperation on rapidly building guardrails for the most disruptive emerging risks. ... View More
A Vindication of Packaging-Reuse Systems
How reuse models in Latin America have succeeded, and what the Global North can learn from them. ... View More
Building Trust to Propel Regenerative Ag Forward: Key Takeaways from COP28
As we work to find common ground in addressing climate change, changemakers really need to examine what could happen if money and power weren’t a factor. ... View More
