Collaboration & Co-Creation

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Unilever Throws Weight Behind Social Movements to Demand Climate Action, End Poverty
Unilever Throws Weight Behind Social Movements to Demand Climate Action, End Poverty
Published on April 28, 2015
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Today, Unilever announced plans to partner with leading mass social movements Global Citizen and Live Earth: Road to Paris, which respectively commit to activating consumers to demand climate action at COP21 and reducing extreme poverty by 2030. ... View More

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#SolutionADay Campaign Aims to Celebrate Sustainability Progress
#SolutionADay Campaign Aims to Celebrate Sustainability Progress
Published on April 22, 2015
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Effectively communicating sustainability must go beyond a dire series of predictions — it's about sharing real-world evidence of the economic, social and environmental challenges faced daily on our planet and the solutions for those challenges.In h... View More

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Prince Ea Partners with Stand For Trees to Activate Grassroots Climate Action
Prince Ea Partners with Stand For Trees to Activate Grassroots Climate Action
Published on April 20, 2015
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As we approach the world’s 21st year of international climate change negotiations (let that sink in), it has never been more critical for citizens to begin demanding and building climate action. That is exactly why Prince Ea has teamed up with Code... View More

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Trending: Levi’s, Armani and SurfRider Speak Up for Water Conservation
Trending: Levi’s, Armani and SurfRider Speak Up for Water Conservation
Published on April 17, 2015
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Among mounting concern over the dire water shortages in California and around the world, several well-known companies are taking matters into their own hands, reducing water in their production processes and educating consumers around water conservat... View More

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Turning Innovative Financing Into Principled Action: The Case for Safe Drinking Water
Turning Innovative Financing Into Principled Action: The Case for Safe Drinking Water
Published on April 10, 2015
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This year’s World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report lists water as the number one risk in terms of impact – it even surpasses failure to adapt to climate change, which currently sits at fifth place. The impact of water can already be seen and... View More

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New Platform Aims to Help Companies Overcome Barriers to Living Wage for Garment Workers
New Platform Aims to Help Companies Overcome Barriers to Living Wage for Garment Workers
Published on April 9, 2015
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On Tuesday, the Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) — a Dutch non-profit that works with companies and factories to improve labor conditions for garment workers – launched the Living Wage Portal, a platform through which FWF aims to uncover and overcome t... View More

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What Do We Need to Agree Upon in Order to Work Together? The Principle of Minimum Consensus
What Do We Need to Agree Upon in Order to Work Together? The Principle of Minimum Consensus
Published on March 27, 2015
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“We build too many walls and not enough bridges.”— Isaac NewtonI agree 100%How many times can we honestly say that we really agree 100 percent with someone else on an issue? Often this is because finding points of disagreement with other people... View More

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Railsponsible Initiative Out to Rope Railroads into CSR Commitments
Railsponsible Initiative Out to Rope Railroads into CSR Commitments
Published on March 18, 2015
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Last week, EcoVadis, operator of a collaborative, sustainable global supply chain platform, announced the launch of Railsponsible, an initiative to drive sustainability throughout the railway supply chain. Six companies in the railway industry - Alst... View More

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MIT Climate CoLab Announces 22 Contests to Counter Climate Change
MIT Climate CoLab Announces 22 Contests to Counter Climate Change
Published on March 11, 2015
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The Climate CoLab has announced twenty-two contests that seek high-impact ideas on how to tackle climate change.A project of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Collective Intelligence, the Climate CoLab seeks to harness the kn... View More

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Conscious Alliance Launches Program with Plum Organics, Justin's, Suja Juice to Feed Hungry Kids
Conscious Alliance Launches Program with Plum Organics, Justin's, Suja Juice to Feed Hungry Kids
Published on March 5, 2015
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Three leading natural products brands — organic baby food company Plum Organics, nut butter and organic confections brand Justin’s, and organic, cold-pressured juice brand Suja Juice — are proud to announce a new initiative with Conscious Allia... View More

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General Mills, Coke, KB Home Launch Campaign Urging Bolder Business Action to Conserve Water
General Mills, Coke, KB Home Launch Campaign Urging Bolder Business Action to Conserve Water
Published on March 4, 2015
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As California’s devastating drought enters its fourth year and local organizations are appealing to residents to rein in their water use, a diverse coalition of companies with skin in the game — food and beverage giants General Mills, Driscoll’... View More

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What Does the Future of Sustainability in Academia Look Like?
What Does the Future of Sustainability in Academia Look Like?
Published on February 27, 2015
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This is the final question from a roundtable discussion with the directors of sustainability research centers at six top business schools.Through Georgia Tech’s new QEP (Quality Enhancement Program), we will develop very deep educational partnershi... View More

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How Does Sustainability Research Fit Within Business Schools?
How Does Sustainability Research Fit Within Business Schools?
Published on February 23, 2015
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This is the fifth of six questions from a roundtable discussion with the directors of sustainability research centers at six top business schools.So there are a couple different ways that we support the research process as an Initiative.One is that w... View More

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Connecting the Dots: Sustainability Crosses Business Disciplines at Duquesne
Connecting the Dots: Sustainability Crosses Business Disciplines at Duquesne
Published on February 20, 2015
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If the ideal business has sustainability embedded throughout, why not embed the same lens throughout an MBA program?That’s what faculty members had in mind for the Sustainable MBA program at Duquesne University’s Palumbo Donahue School of Busines... View More

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Georgia Tech Commits to Ambitious Sustainable Community Engagement Initiative
Georgia Tech Commits to Ambitious Sustainable Community Engagement Initiative
Published on February 18, 2015
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Within a few years, every undergrad at the Georgia Institute of Technology could understand what it means to create sustainable communities.That’s the goal of a new institute-wide initiative called Serve•Learn•Sustain. ... View More

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How Do Sustainability Research Centers Influence Business School Curriculum?
How Do Sustainability Research Centers Influence Business School Curriculum?
Published on February 16, 2015
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This is the fourth of six questions from a roundtable discussion with the directors of sustainability research centers at six top business schools.We have a big opportunity to influence curriculum within the entire university right now. And in the co... View More

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Strength in Numbers: Erb Institute Harnesses the Power of Consensus
Strength in Numbers: Erb Institute Harnesses the Power of Consensus
Published on February 12, 2015
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Tom Catania’s role at Whirlpool Corporation wasn’t specifically to shape the company’s sustainability efforts. But in more than 25 years with the appliance manufacturer, the last 14 as Vice President for Government Affairs, Catania’s job call... View More

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How to Work with Academic Research Centers: Funding & Commitment
How to Work with Academic Research Centers: Funding & Commitment
Published on February 11, 2015
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I held a roundtable discussion with the directors of sustainability centers and institutes at six top business schools to learn more about how they engage with industry. One of the questions was: What are your expectations for funding or engagement t... View More

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Bridgestone's Sustainability Hub: A Dialogue on Solving Survey Fatigue, Part 2
Bridgestone's Sustainability Hub: A Dialogue on Solving Survey Fatigue, Part 2
Published on February 6, 2015
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How do companies deal with mushrooming sustainability data requests coming in from all directions – raters, investors, B2B customers? In Part 1 of this dialogue, Bridgestone Americas’ Director of Environmental Affairs, Tim Bent, discussed the com... View More

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Catalyzing Change: Georgia Tech Establishes Hub for Sustainable Business Collaboration
Catalyzing Change: Georgia Tech Establishes Hub for Sustainable Business Collaboration
Published on February 5, 2015
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Howard Connell, managing director of Georgia Tech’s new Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business, points to the panel of presenters at the Center’s inaugural event as an example of how it plans to address the systemic complexities of susta... View More

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