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Foolproofing Sustainability with the ‘Biosphere Rules’
Remediation has had some successes. But you can’t remediate an extinct species, an acidified ocean or a climate that’s pushed beyond its critical tipping point. What we need to be doing is “premediation." ... View More
Beyond Global Thinking: NASA’s Jim Adams on Ensuring Humanity’s Future
Ahead of his upcoming keynote at SB’19 Madrid and 50 years after the Moon landing, we spoke with Jim Adams — recently retired Deputy Chief Technologist at NASA — about the moonshot thinking humanity now needs. ... View More
94 Mayors Recognize Global Climate Emergency, Support Global Green New Deal
At the C40 Summit in Copenhagen, mayors of 94 cities herald a Global Green New Deal to “drive an urgent, fundamental and irreversible transfer of global resources away from fossil fuels and into action that averts the climate emergency.” ... View More
With New Absolute-Reduction Strategy, Unilever 'Gets Drastic on Plastic’
By 2025, the CPG giant says it will eliminate more than 100K tonnes of plastic packaging, and collect and process more plastic packaging than it sells. This makes Unilever the first global CPG company to commit to an absolute plastics reduction acros... View More
Q&A: Extinction Rebellion’s Andrew Medhurst and the Role of Youth Activists in Shaking Us Awake
Ahead of his upcoming keynote at SB’19 Madrid, we spoke with Andrew Medhurst — a one-time investment banker and now full-time volunteer with Extinction Rebellion — about the moonshot thinking we need to get us out of our current predicament. ... View More
WWF’s ReSource Hub: A System-Wide Feedback Loop for Solving Plastic Pollution
WWF's ReSource: Plastic platform is helping companies implement ways to reduce the most plastic, measure the impact — and hold them all to account in the process. WWF’s Erin Simon told us more. ... View More
Insights from the Big Apple: How Do We Turn the Glitz of Climate Week into Action?
Climate Week NYC saw the UN declare the 2020s “the decade of delivery.” But while progress has been made, are we too self-congratulatory, staying comfortable within our own echo chambers? Are we really delivering enough at the scale and pace need... View More
With Less Than 4,000 Days to Go, Business Contribution to SDGs Falling Woefully Short
Despite some progress since the goals were launched in 2015, advancement over the past four years has been stifled due to socioeconomic, geopolitical and technological uncertainties, hindering CEOs’ sustainability efforts. ... View More
Redesigning the Purpose of Business for Humanity: Let’s Talk Know-How
A few weeks ago, The Business Roundtable reached a major milestone on the path toward a broadly accepted redefinition of business purpose. What's next? We have some ideas. ... View More
6 Exceptional Young, Female Activists Recognized for Environmental Leadership
A signature element of Earth Island Institute’s year-round New Leaders Initiative, Brower Youth Award winners demonstrate passion and leadership, as well as a commitment to the communities their work serves. ... View More
Design Thinking, Systems Thinking & Pragmatic Optimism: Inspiring Change to Mitigate the Climate Crisis
I am a huge believer in tiny actions adding up to have incredible, positive impact. We have climate crisis data and solutions — by implementing design thinking, systems thinking, and going about it with a little fun through pragmatic optimism. ... View More
3 Ways Your Company Can Answer the Business Roundtable’s Call to Support Communities
Last month, 181 CEOs in the Business Roundtable (BRT) agreed to new principles for how corporations should act. But how can we develop policies, strategies and programs that really do “support the communities in which we work,” as the principles ... View More
Emerging Food Trend a Win for Sustainability
Ingredients such as sorghum, fonio and moringa are appearing on restaurant menus and in grocery stores. Increasing the diversity of foods used won’t just deliver flavor and a unique sales angle, but also support more resilient and sustainable produ... View More
What the CEO ‘Purpose of Business’ Declaration Is — and What It Isn’t
181 CEOs have signed on to broader purpose — skepticism is warranted, but this is potentially a BFD. Now, let’s see if these companies deliver, and help them when they do — and challenge them when they don’t. ... View More
The Most Critical Sustainability Metric of the Year, and the Decade
I hope that by now we are more than clear on what we can and need to do about our dwindling carbon budget. If you are not thinking ‘science-based targets’, you really need to catch up — keep reading. ... View More
Beautycounter Takes Action in D.C.
This past Tuesday was the 81st anniversary of the passing of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act—the last major legislation governing personal-care products. ... View More
SB'19 Detroit: Transparency, Alliances Unsnarling the Tangled Webs We Weave
SB'19 Detroit was full of rich discussions from brands, technology providers and alliances driving holistic changes in supply chains and other complex systems — and shining light on problems along the way. ... View More
Q&A: Nat Geo on Its Mission to ‘Activate’ Global Citizens, Drive Change Through Stories
National Geographic’s efficacy lies at the nexus of science, entertainment and purpose. We spoke with CMO Jill Cress to learn how this ‘purpose-native’ media giant maximizes its impacts through strategic partnerships. ... View More
Forum for the Future: Building Collaboration at the Intersection of Vision and Action
CEO Dr. Sally Uren has a realistic understanding of collaborations and shares how combining forces is the way forward. ... View More
A Sustainable Tobacco Company? Philip Morris International Thinks It’s Possible
In its 2018 Sustainability Report, the tobacco giant explains how it is finding success by transforming its business, and allowing stakeholders to see concretely how the company is shifting its resources to achieve a smoke-free future. ... View More
