Innovation & Technology

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BBMG-SHFT Partnership Helping Brands Engage Savvy, Values-Driven Consumers
BBMG-SHFT Partnership Helping Brands Engage Savvy, Values-Driven Consumers
Published on November 27, 2013
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Last month, brand innovation consultancy BBMG and sustainable-lifestyle platform SHFT announced they are joining forces on a new branded content offering for organizations aiming to reach and engage Aspirational consumers, a fast-growing consumer seg... View More

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Beyond the Manifesto: Holstee's Mike Radparvar on the Company's Reframe
Beyond the Manifesto: Holstee's Mike Radparvar on the Company's Reframe
Published on November 23, 2013
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Holstee’s mission has always been to encourage more mindful living, whether that meant enabling consumers to proclaim their principles boldly on a graphic poster or to purchase with a purpose. Originally finding its niche in apparel and then in pos... View More

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Marketing & CommunicationsInnovation & TechnologyMarketing & Communications
What Do People Really Want?
What Do People Really Want?
Published on November 22, 2013
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What people want was the nub of the most exciting conversations at Sustainable Brands London earlier this week. ... View More

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C2C Product Innovation Challenge Winners Bring Breakthroughs in Sustainable Building Materials
C2C Product Innovation Challenge Winners Bring Breakthroughs in Sustainable Building Materials
Published on November 22, 2013
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The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute and Make It Right have announced four winners of its second annual Innovation Challenge, that have designed building products that have the potential to revolutionize the affordable housing industry,... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular EconomyInnovation & Technology
Bureo Poised to Make Waves of Change in the Skateboard Industry
Bureo Poised to Make Waves of Change in the Skateboard Industry
Published on November 21, 2013
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For Ben Kneppers and David Stover, the dream was always sun, sand and a great day of skateboarding and surfing. But their passion for sustainability and the environment made them keenly aware of plastic pollution in the oceans — when the two took o... View More

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Back to the Roots, Revolution Foods Team Up to 'Grow Food, Give Food' to U.S. Schools
Back to the Roots, Revolution Foods Team Up to 'Grow Food, Give Food' to U.S. Schools
Published on November 20, 2013
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Oakland, Calif., start-up Back to the Roots (BTTR), which has made a name for itself with its DIY mushroom kits and new “AquaFarm” home aquaponics system, has taken another step in fulfilling its commitment to “making food personal again.” Th... View More

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Social Enterprise Uses Baskets to Build Schools, Empower Women in West Africa
Social Enterprise Uses Baskets to Build Schools, Empower Women in West Africa
Published on November 18, 2013
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A social enterprise called Jjangde is tackling two of the largest problems in West Africa — lack of access to education and employment — by connecting handmade goods from rural communities in Senegal to global markets, and using the profits to fu... View More

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Can Aspirationals Help Make Sustainable Consumption Cool?
Can Aspirationals Help Make Sustainable Consumption Cool?
Published on November 13, 2013
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Last month, BBMG, GlobeScan and SustainAbility released The 2013 Aspirational Consumer Index, a report that confirms the rise of nearly 2.5 billion consumers globally who are uniting style, social status and sustainability values to redefine consumpt... View More

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New Social Network Helps Community Projects Find 'neighbourly' Corporate Sponsors
New Social Network Helps Community Projects Find 'neighbourly' Corporate Sponsors
Published on November 13, 2013
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Each week leading up to our SB London conference, where the winner of the SB London Innovation Open (SBIOL) will be announced on November 18, we will get to know each of our four finalists. This week, meet neighbourly.com. ... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular EconomyInnovation & Technology
Safety-Kleen & Clean Harbors: Working Together to Keep Motor Oil in Cars, Out of the Environment
Safety-Kleen & Clean Harbors: Working Together to Keep Motor Oil in Cars, Out of the Environment
Published on November 11, 2013
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An old Chinese proverb says, “We are all born, grow old, get sick and die,” but those who are interested in sustainability would likely add that we are all then born again. Rebirth and recycling are two themes that have helped us to understand cy... View More

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GravityLight: A People- and Planet-Friendly Bright Spot for Many Without Electricity
GravityLight: A People- and Planet-Friendly Bright Spot for Many Without Electricity
Published on November 7, 2013
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Each week leading up to our SB London conference, where the winner of the SB London Innovation Open (SBIOL) will be announced on November 18, we will get to know each of our four finalists. This week, meet GravityLight.UK-based social enterprise Deci... View More

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Daniel Silverstein: Shifting Fashion's Focus from Waist Size to Zero Waste
Daniel Silverstein: Shifting Fashion's Focus from Waist Size to Zero Waste
Published on November 5, 2013
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Since appearing on season two of NBC’s Fashion Star, Daniel Silverstein has made a name for himself in the eco-fashion world. According to the New York Times, the fashion industry generally discards 10-20 percent of the fabric used to manufacture a... View More

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TOMS Shoes Creates Home for Imitators with New TOMS Marketplace
TOMS Shoes Creates Home for Imitators with New TOMS Marketplace
Published on November 5, 2013
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TOMS Shoes, which has helped provide shoes for children in need around the worldwide with its One for One® model, helped spearhead the burgeoning movement of social entrepreneurs creating similar business models based on addressing a problem while m... View More

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Walk on the Wild In-side: How Social Intrapreneurs are Disrupting the System from Within
Walk on the Wild In-side: How Social Intrapreneurs are Disrupting the System from Within
Published on November 4, 2013
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Lou Reed was a rock-n-roll pioneer. While he may not have achieved many solo hits, he accomplished what all sustainability professionals seek: He shifted the system. Brian Eno famously said, ‘The Velvet Underground may have sold only 10,000 records... View More

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PulpWorks Out to Save People and Planet from Painful Plastic Packaging
PulpWorks Out to Save People and Planet from Painful Plastic Packaging
Published on November 1, 2013
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Each week leading up to our SB London conference, where the winner of the SB London Innovation Open (SBIOL) will be announced on November 18, we will get to know each of our four finalists. This week, meet PulpWorks. ... View More

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Amp: One-Stop Shopping for Sustainability Resources
Amp: One-Stop Shopping for Sustainability Resources
Published on October 30, 2013
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Santa Monica-based startup Amp is an open-access directory for professionals and students in the sustainability sector to connect and find resources that support their efforts to drive social and environmental progress.According to co-founder Sarah M... View More

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Supply ChainInnovation & Technology
The Cat's in the BAGGU: Emily Sugihara Talks Sourcing and Collaboration
The Cat's in the BAGGU: Emily Sugihara Talks Sourcing and Collaboration
Published on October 28, 2013
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Named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People this year, Emily Sugihara is the founder of BAGGU, a line of environmentally conscious bags. The eye-catching yet simple designs have caught on with J. Crew, West Elm and others. We caught up with Em... View More

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Yellow Leaf Hammocks: Enriching Lives East and West
Yellow Leaf Hammocks: Enriching Lives East and West
Published on October 23, 2013
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What started out as a backpacking tour through Southeast Asia in Spring 2010 serendipitously turned into an entrepreneurial venture for San Francisco-based Boston native Joe Demin. One morning, while his friends dozed on the sands of the coast of Nor... View More

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Liberty & Justice for All: How Africa Is Challenging Fast Fashion's 'Race to the Bottom'
Liberty & Justice for All: How Africa Is Challenging Fast Fashion's 'Race to the Bottom'
Published on October 22, 2013
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Chid Liberty was born in Liberia, his father the nation’s ambassador to Germany — where Chid grew up before his family was exiled and moved to Silicon Valley. After 28 years abroad, Chid returned to Liberia in 2009 inspired by the Nobel Peace Pri... View More

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O2E Technologies: Turning the World's Waste Into Food and Fuel
O2E Technologies: Turning the World's Waste Into Food and Fuel
Published on October 17, 2013
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Each week leading up to our SB London conference, where the winner of the SB London Innovation Open (SBIOL) will be announced on November 18, we will get to know each of our four finalists. This week, meet the SBIOL public vote winner, O2E Technologi... View More

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