Collaboration
Follow the growing amount of collaborative work — cross-functional, cross-sector, pre-competitive and more — bringing about massive, disruptive, needed shifts to business as usual.
How WestRock Is Collaborating Its Way Toward a More Circular Economy
Cross-Posted from The Next Economy. Here, WestRock shares insights from its Climate Week panel with the Coca-Cola Company, Procter & Gamble, GreenBlue and the Sustainable Packaging Coalition.
‘Modern Metropolis’: Newsy Docuseries Examines the Collaborations Creating Sustainable Cities
A systems mindset illustrates how we're better together, how we're all connected, how a rising tide lifts all boats. That shift in thinking became evident as we documented the City of Cincinnati’s work to transform itself into a sustainable, "Modern Metropolis."
Why Collaboration Is Crucial for Plastics Industry Disruption
Cross-Posted from Chemistry, Materials & Packaging. To date, plastic recycling has nibbled around the edges. Just like with the climate crisis — no single nation or company can fix our plastic pollution problem on its own; success will only be realized via coordinated efforts.
Can We Halve Global Food Waste by 2030? Not Without Our Suppliers
Cross-Posted from Waste Not. While some nations and food companies have made encouraging progress and crossed the halfway mark towards meeting Sustainable Development Goal 12.3, there’s still a long way to go.
Primark and CottonConnect: Bringing Sustainable Cotton from Field to Fashion
Cross-Posted from Supply Chain. Primark’s Sustainable Cotton Programme — potentially the largest independent programme managed by a fashion retailer — enables it to trace the source of its sustainable cotton, right down to the community it was grown in.
Why We're Committed to Ensuring Access to Parks for All by 2050
At 10 Minute Walk, we are working with city leaders across the US to make sure that 100 percent of people in US cities have access to safe, quality green space within a 10-minute walk by 2050.
US Corporates, Governments, NGOs Join Global Push to Plant 1T Trees
Healthy and resilient forests are a key part of efforts to combat the negative impacts of climate change. Studies have shown trees can reduce temperatures by 9 degrees and energy costs by $7.8 billion a year.
We Need Safe Water to Fight COVID-19 — And We Need to Provide It Now
Now that we have entered a moment of heightened global awareness of safe water as a cornerstone of public health and community well-being, we must join hands with others to make the investments needed to save lives.
US Plastics Pact Aims to Ignite Further Change Toward Circular Economy for Plastic
60+ brands, retailers, government agencies, and NGOs collaborate to advance all plastic packaging to become reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.
General Mills, Nestlé, Walmart CEOs Lead Coalition to End Food Waste Worldwide
Cross-Posted from Waste Not. The Coalition of Action to End Food Waste aims to enact measures that benefit the environment and the global economy, and ensure more food makes it to stores and onto consumers’ tables.
Strengthening Collaboration Between Farmers and Landowners Key to Improving Conservation
The relationship between non-operating landowners, which own 62% of Midwest farmland, and the farmers to whom they rent land is vital to achieving wide-scale adoption of soil-health and nutrient-management practices across US croplands.
Coalition of CEOs Endorses Economic Roadmap for Sustainable Post-COVID Recovery
Cross-Posted from The Next Economy. In an open letter, the group of 14 CEOs calls on governments to accelerate such a transition by recognizing and supporting purpose-first business as an emerging fourth sector of the economy.
Going Green (and Blue): Three Lessons Learned from a Circular Partnership
Cross-Posted from Chemistry, Materials & Packaging. As CHEP and Ice River Springs have worked together in pursuit of a stronger circular economy, we’ve learned a number of lessons. We want to share a few with you, in hopes that they’ll spark inspiration for your own operations.
Illinois City’s Success with Biodiesel Influences Neighboring Communities
Cross-Posted from Cleantech. By selling B20 biodiesel to neighboring municipal agencies and organizations, Moline has expanded its impact on air quality across the Quad Cities region — and shown the community that improving air quality is a collaborative effort.
New Lending Industry Alliance to Bolster Underserved Communities
Cross-Posted from Finance & Investment. Two longtime players in small-business lending and empowering low-income communities are joining forces to scale up equitable wealth creation in communities of color.
Trending: Returnity, Venetian Resort Working to Cut Out COVID Waste
Cross-Posted from Chemistry, Materials & Packaging. Surgical mask upcycling and antimicrobial, reusable packaging solutions are some of the latest initiatives aiming to clean up some of our COVID-fueled, plastic-covered mess.
US Retail Giants Convene to Reinvent the Plastic Retail Bag
Leading retailers CVS Health, Target and Walmart — joined by Kroger and Walgreens, and NGOs Conservation International and Ocean Conservancy — unite to tackle retail bag waste and invite others to join the effort.
Partnership Brings ‘Radical Hospitality’ to Unhoused People Worldwide
The case study of German mobile hygiene startup GoBanyo illustrates the social impacts of the collaboration between Unilever’s The Right to Shower initiative with mobile hygiene pioneer LavaMaex.
The COVID Covenant: Don’t Go Back — Go Big and Go Now!
Cross-Posted from Walking the Talk. We know that we can buy less, use less, work from home, drive less, collaborate more; and have business, society and government move faster — because we just did all of that. How can we respond as powerfully and courageously to other super-critical threats?
‘About the Box’ Thinking: A Brewer's Sustainability Story
Cross-Posted from Chemistry, Materials & Packaging. Watch what happens when a sustainable hard kombucha brand teams up with WestRock for packaging that reflects its brand values.
