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‘Yes, and ...’: A Framework for an Uncertain Future
For businesses navigating the coronavirus, prospects are daunting in this liminal space. While many are navigating the current “new normal” well by taking each daily (hourly) change one at a time, some are starting to look past now through the po... View More
Let’s Not Feed the ‘Futurism Frenzy’
If we look at the original Greek root of the word “crisis,” we learn it means to “sift and separate” — what if we are being called on to sift through and look at our lives, and let fall all that is not important? What does not get sifted, w... View More
Meet 5 More Disruptors That Could Transform Fashion as We Know It
The H&M Foundation has unveiled the latest crop of innovators to earn its Global Change Award. The five startups share a €1 million prize pot and will participate in the Foundation’s Innovation Acceleration Program. ... View More
Back to the ‘50s: Predictions for a Post-Coronavirus World
With luck, we’ll avoid the worst case scenario and be able to ignore this article. But some of the trends are already in motion; and even if the pandemic and its consequences are severe, they offer opportunities for brands that can embrace them. ... View More
The Lizard, the Lion and the Lamb: The Tension Between Fear, Action and Just Being Present
As individuals, we’re experiencing multiple concurrent responses to the crisis, which confuse and further un-nerve us. We are oscillating between fear and uncertainty, the urgent prompt to act; the rise of compassion and love, and also a need to co... View More
With More CEOs at Home with Their Children, Could This Pandemic Be the Catalyst Sustainability Needs?
As CEOs spend time reconnecting with their children at home, investors open laptops at kitchen tables and policymakers have more time than ever to consider our future; is now the time when long-term, sustainable decision-making will finally trump all... View More
WRAP’s New ‘Grower Guidance’ Helps Farms Fight Food Waste
WRAP has published new guidance expanding the reach of the UK’s Food Waste Reduction Roadmap, providing growers with advice on how best to identify the causes of food surplus and waste, and help inform where action is needed. ... View More
New Tool Shows Billions at Stake in Meat Sector Due to Climate Concerns
$20T investor network releases first-of-its-kind tool to model the financial impacts of climate change on five leading meat firms and the animal protein sector at large. ... View More
Trending: The Rise and Rise of Plant-Based Proteins
Impossible Foods announces another step in its journey toward world domination; while conventional protein giants Bumble Bee and Cargill get in on the meat-free fun with a new partnership, private-label plant-based products. ... View More
Report: Existing Climate Solutions Sufficient to Reach ‘Drawdown’ by Mid-2040s
‘The Drawdown Review’ provides the most in-depth assessment to date of climate solutions and their potential to reduce greenhouse gases and build a climate-safe future. ... View More
Trending: Visions of a New Energy Future from Vattenfall, BP?
Two strikingly different displays emerged this week, as the energy companies shared their visions of how we might achieve a global clean energy future. ... View More
WWF Reveals Biggest Losers in Unchecked Nature and Climate Crisis
New report projects a US$10T hit to the global economy by 2050, as well as the countries set to be worst affected by continued biodiversity loss. ... View More
From CSR to Social Purpose in the New ‘Roaring Twenties’
In the 1920s, people didn’t pay attention to the problems brought on by market excess — and that decade begat the Great Depression. Today, truly modern companies are showing the way to a different kind of decade. ... View More
Q&A on LTSE: SASB Founder Jean Rogers on the First Legally Binding, Sustainable Stock Exchange
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 lis... View More
Will We Get Closer to Circularity in 2020?
While the concept of a circular economy has made its way into the public consciousness; unfortunately, as of 2018, circularity globally is only at 9%. In order for circularity to deliver on its potential in this decade, we’ll need to see more of ... View More
Sell Responsibly… or Else? It’s Time to Face (Over)-Consumption and Come Up with Creative Solutions
We shouldn’t lure people into buying more than they need; but rather, help people make it all add up to a more meaningful life. Brands might be able to keep afloat on a short-term strategy and hide behind a cloak of innocence, but every dinosaur st... View More
How Being a Benefit Corporation Can Legally Protect a Company’s Mission
The rise of the benefit corporation is in direct response to shareholder primacy. Under benefit corporation frameworks governed by state law, corporations that operate according to a “doing well by doing good” ethos may be shielded from a range o... View More
We Need a Business Revolution — and We Can’t Base It on the Kindness of CEOs
Entrepreneurs and investors across the US and Europe see the need to redefine ownership and governance — so much so that a grassroots global movement is emerging to develop and support business models rooted in stakeholder governance. ... View More
Report: Overhaul of Paper, Textile Industries Can Halt Climate, Extinction Crisis in a Decade
Canopy’s ‘Pulp Thriller’ outlines a plan to save the world’s forests and climate by replacing 50% of forest fiber from pulp manufacturing with next-generation, alternative fibers such as agricultural residues and waste cotton. ... View More
Powering Inclusive Growth from the Ground Up
As the digital age ushers in a ‘new generation of inequalities’ around information, technology and education, the private sector must play a pivotal role in connecting people to the resources and networks they need to get by and get ahead in a ch... View More
