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How Organizations Are Transforming Business Models, Capitalism, Metrics, Systems
On Monday, New Metrics ’16 opened on a hopeful note, despite the unrest following a volatile election season in the United States. ... View More
Shaw to Co-Host 5-City Workshop Series for Sustainability Thought Leaders
Shaw Industries Group, Inc. (Shaw), alongside the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, BuildingGreen, Google, and several others, will host a national workshop series entitled ... View More
From Inspiration to Transformation to Activation: Authentic Approaches to Fulfilling Brand Purpose
In this volatile time of unceasing change, the opening night plenary presentations at SB’16 Copenhagen explored the characteristics an organisation needs to not just be resilient, but be ‘fit’ for the future. They unravelled the challenges and ... View More
Introducing the Systems View of Life Into Organizations
I recently took part in a Sustainable Brands webinar with Fritjof Capra, in which we discussed how to introduce systems thinking and the systems view of life into organizations. After interviewing Fritjof in January, I invited him to take part in thi... View More
A (Carbon) Market-Driven Approach to Sustainability
In December of 2015, representatives from virtually every nation gathered in Paris for the 21st Conference of the Parties, better known as COP21. While the conference didn’t fully resolve the steps needed to address the issue of climate change, the... View More
Future-Fit Business: A Metamorphosis in Our Midst
Since the industrial revolution, we have achieved great feats of economic, social and technological advancement for which we can be proud. The structures and strictures of old have served us well in many material ways. But times they are a changin’... View More
NIKE's New Distribution Center to Make European Operations More Efficient, Agile, Sustainable
NIKE, Inc. has unveiled the latest expansion of its European Logistics Campus in Belgium, to accelerate its drive toward “the supply chain of the future.” The expansion will make Nike’s European operations more efficient, more responsive and mo... View More
GM Recycles Water Bottles to Make Chevy Equinox Part
General Motors is turning its employees’ recycled water bottles into a new life: noise-reducing fabric insulation that covers the Chevrolet Equinox engine. The bottles – collected from five of its Michigan facilities – are also being turned int... View More
Companies Face 71% Likelihood of Finding Modern Slavery in Supply Chains
71 percent of companies believe there is a likelihood of modern slavery occurring at some point within their supply chains, according to research conducted by the Ashridge Centre for Business and Sustainability at Hult International Business School a... View More
The New Copernican Revolution: Fritjof Capra on the Shift to 'The Systems View of Life'
Fritjof Capra is one of the world’s leading thinkers in systems theory, and the author of many influential books, such as The Tao of Physics; The Web of Life: A New Synthesis of Mind and Matter; The Turning Point: Science, Society and the Rising Cu... View More
Kuli Kuli's Moringa Green Energy Shots Create Jobs, Fight Deforestation in Haiti
Energy shots such as 5 Hour Energy have proliferated in recent years as they have taken up an increasingly large portion of the multibillion-dollar energy drink market. The smaller, sugar-free energy shots often position themselves as a healthier alt... View More
Help FreshPaper Spread the Word About Its Food-Saving Potential to 100M Super Bowl Viewers
Fenugreen, 2013’s SB Innovation Open winner and creator of the potentially game-changing food-saving innovation FreshPaper, is one of 10 startup finalists in contention for the most coveted of TV spots: a Super Bowl ad. ... View More
CVS' No-Smokes Decision Decreased Tobacco Sales in Chains Across the US
One year after drugstore chain CVS Health stopped selling cigarettes, the company released new data that shows the decision has influenced tobacco sales across many types of retailers and announced a new school-based tobacco-prevention program. ... View More
The Implications of an Emerging Corporate Conscience for Sustainable Business Metrics: Part 16
In 15 earlier parts of this series, Claire Sommer and I developed 28 pitfalls in the sustainable business metrics field, based on the experiences of many mostly non-business fields. (Find them here.) ... View More
Greenpeace Continues Month of Shell Protests with 'Titanic'-Themed Performance
Greenpeace has begun its latest campaign against Shell, with a month of protests over the oil giant’s plans to drill in the Arctic. ... View More
How to Drive Business Model Transformation from Inside Your Company
I attended a half-dozen panels during the first three days at SB ‘15 San Diego, each addressing a specific business function. I listened closely as experts shared case studies on incorporating sustainability into marketing, supply chain, employee e... View More
Philips, Dell, ASU Discuss How to Fill Existing Gaps in Shift Toward Circular Business Models
This #SB15sd Wednesday afternoon session on the circular economy convened a frank and open discussion about what is working, and what isn’t, when it comes to tweaking existing business ecosystems to accommodate circular models. Panelists compared n... View More
How to Intervene in a System: A Practical Case Study of the Sustainable Surf Movement
“We’re going to talk about systems change,” began Pam Wilhelms, owner of Wilhelms Consulting Group. Wilhelms moderated a panel of changemakers that have driven sustainability in the surf industry. “We don’t change by top-down, we change by ... View More
How to Build a Branded Peer-to-Peer Marketplace
Couldn't make ittoSB '15 San Diego?View this session'spresentationhereand catch up onthe week's ... View More
The Key to Transformational Change Leadership? Holonomic Thinking
“What happens when you cut a hologram in half?” Maria Moraes Robinson and Simon Robinson asked as a prelude to sharing what holonomic thinking means. When you cut a photograph in half, you get two separate images, but when you cut a hologram in h... View More
