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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
‘The Value of Values’: Lessons from Tony’s Chocolonely
The story of impact-driven chocolate maker Tony’s Chocolonely has important lessons for sustainability practitioners — which makes its story even sweeter. ... View More
Major Companies, Investors Still Blind to Their Role in Deforestation
Global Canopy’s 10th annual Forest 500 report reveals that, despite some pockets of progress, voluntary private sector action has failed to generate meaningful progress on commodity-driven deforestation. ... 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
$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
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
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
Will the Fashion Industry Come Clean on the Data Point That Matters Most for Circularity?
With 'Speak Volumes,' we aim to draw awareness to overproduction and create a more just distribution of responsibility for fashion waste clean-up — which builds on our overall goal of promoting a shift towards a justice-led, circular fashion econom... 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
These Underutilized Grains Hold the Key to Climate-Proofing Our Food System
Sorghum and millets are versatile, fast-growing cereal crops able to produce reliable yields and high-quality nutrition amid variable climates and with low environmental impact. ... View More
Brands People Love on Purpose, feat. Tony's Chocolonely
We spoke with Aidaly Sosa — Tony’s Head of Marketing, USA — about the culture that drives the brand’s purpose to make chocolate 100% exploitation free. ... View More
Can a Systems Approach Unlock the Value of Waste? Yes, Here’s How
Alongside collaborators such as BanQu and New Energy Blue, we’re redefining what we think of as waste — designing for more sustainable materials and recyclability; and valuing people such as waste pickers and farmers, right from the start. ... View More
First Roadmap for Financiers Implementing a ‘Just Transition’ Launched at COP28
The new guidance will support the global financial sector in embedding just-transition practices in their operations to ensure a climate transition that leaves no one behind. ... View More
From Historic Foundations to Today’s Debates on Artificial Intelligence
Fears about the uncontrolled growth of artificial intelligence have exploded into public debate this year. Day 2 of the UN Business and Human Rights Forum examined the challenges through a human-rights lens. ... View More
There Is No Alternative to Direct Relationships in Company Supply Chains
On day one of this year’s UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, delegates agreed that close engagement with all tiers of company supply chains will be vital going forward. ... View More
Supporting Farmers in Landlocked Countries to Enter the Nutraceuticals Market
Overcoming commodity dependence is a complex challenge. Here are steps that brands, impact investors and governments can take to help smallholder farmers in LLDCs benefit from the nutraceuticals market. ... View More
Brands Betting the Farm on Decarbonized, Regenerative Supply Chains
At SB’23 San Diego, a variety of brands and innovators discussed on-the-ground improvements cleaning up global and regional supply chains — and how to drive them further. ... View More
Cosmohub Opens Travelers’ Eyes to India's Skies While Supporting Local Communities
Astrostays launched in 2019 to promote tourism while training local youth in astronomy to show off the Himalayas’ night sky. Now, Cosmohub is a more scalable, sustainable model — a connected community space that highlights local folklore and trad... View More
