Innovation & Technology
The latest products, services, design approaches and business models that are helping organizations of all sizes deliver on their sustainability ambitions and establish a new business as usual
Timberland to Restore and Create Green Spaces in 5 Cities Over Next 5 Years
This week, outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland announced a goal to double its footprint in five U.S. cities by 2020 in an unexpected, unique way. Each year for the next five years, the brand will match its retail floor space with the creation or resto... View More
HP, Apple Leading Action on Forced Labor, But ICT Sector ‘Must Do Far More’
The information and communications technology (ICT) industry is an at-risk sector for forced labor, and while most of the world’s largest ICT companies have publicly demonstrated awareness of the issue, far fewer have strong processes in place to a... View More
Block'hood Teaches Gamers Systems Thinking to Help Design Tomorrow's Sustainable Cities
Those with the most toys don’t always win, as a new video game is aiming to convey: Block’hood is a video game centered around construction and city planning that is out to raise awareness and understanding around the topic of sustainability. As ... View More
Offshore Wind to Take Off in Taiwan
Almost 40 percent of the world’s CO2 emissions come from the countries in East and Southeast Asia, and it is expected that the emissions will increase in pace with the region’s economic boom. From a climate perspective, renewable energy, rather t... View More
Can You Put a Price Tag on Purpose? How Patagonia Highlights Value Over Cost
In 2014, Patagonia dissolved its sustainability department – a move that the company’s VP of public engagement, Rick Ridgeway, remains proud of to this day. Overnight, the outdoor clothing brand deepened its commitment to environmental and social... View More
The Internet of Things: Net Positive or Negative for Sustainability?
Despite the hype surrounding the Internet of Things (IoT), its promise of enabling smart connected products, new business models, and delivering better customer experiences is undeniable. Combining physical products with sensors, software, storage, a... View More
DHL Launches Sustainable Logistics, Robotics Innovation Challenges
‘Smart minds’ are invited to submit ideas for self-driving delivery carts or sustainable logistics concepts towards two new innovation challenges from shipping company DHL. Anyone who is at least 18 years of age may join the competition by submit... View More
Simple Approach Key to Aligning Brand Strategy, Innovation, Goals with the SDGs
It was a packed house on Wednesday afternoon at SB’16 San Diego, where attendees sat on the floor and crowded around the door to hear panelists from companies leading the way in sustainability discuss their strategies, and their personal experience... View More
Unilever Foundry Selects 50 Social Impact, Retail Innovation, Marketing Tech Startups
Following a competitive search for the world’s top 50 marketing technology startups, Unilever announced its 2016 Foundry 50 on June 8th. Selected from 4,500 startups Unilever has reviewed over the past two years, the finalists are distributed acros... View More
Activating Purpose in the Fashion Industry
Fashion is undergoing a sustainability overhaul. ... View More
New Palm Oil Risk Tool Allows Companies to Better Identify Deforestation Risk
Global Forest Watch’s new PALM (Prioritizing Areas, Landscapes and Mills) Risk Tool, released by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and freely available through its open-source Global Forest Watch Commodities platform, includes information about o... View More
Ford Unveils Latest Sustainability Report, South African Pilot to Deliver Medical, Nutrition Services
Ford Motor Company’s 2015-16 Sustainability Report highlights key environmental benchmarks and the ongoing work of the automaker, including its expanded focus beyond vehicle production to developing mobility solutions for the future. The future of ... View More
Apple Quietly Launches ‘Apple Energy’ Subsidiary to Sell Renewable Energy Back to the Grid
Apple seems to be embedding its renewable energy commitments into its corporate structure. The company recently created a new wholly-owned subsidiary known as Apple Energy LLC and filed an application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC... View More
New Track and Trace Tool Enables Transparent, Circular Supply Chains
A new cloud-based platform for supply chain management promises to enhance transparency and help producers transition to circular models, starting with the apparel industry. In collaboration with software provider Improvement IT, Netherlands-based Du... View More
Report: How Digital Solutions Can Drive Progress Toward the UN SDGs
The information and communication technologies (ICT) sector can play a vital role in helping achieve the objectives of the United Nation’s (UN) 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, according to new analysis prepared for the Global e-Sus... View More
How Tesla's Stationary Energy Storage Is Makin' 'Bacon' for Jackson Family Wines
“Facility managers are at a premium these days and are overtaxed,” said Julien Gervreau, director of Sustainability at Jackson Family Wines (JFW) during a Thursday breakout session at SB'16 San Diego. That’s why the winery is benefiting from Te... View More
Less Talk, More Action: How Brands Are Effectively Communicating Around Purpose
“I think in an organization, when you’re trying to do something different, it’s important to take up that shared risk,” said Alex Thompson, VP of Communications & Public Affairs at REI, during the Thursday morning plenaries at SB'16 San D... View More
A World First: Step Inside Heineken's Zero-Carbon Brewery
In the postcard-perfect town of Göss, a two-hour drive south of Vienna, something very interesting is brewing. ... View More
From Footprint to Handprint: AT&T, Dell, SHINE and More on the Path to Net Positive
It is an achievement of the sustainability movement that standards for measuring and reducing our societal and planetary footprint have been established and are being tracked. But evolution tells us that more must be done - business must become resto... View More
New Levels of Connectedness: Applying IoT to Global Sustainability Challenges
The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the way we connect with each other and the world around us. While creating new opportunities for business engagement and new systems for developing data, complex and challenging questions about privacy and sec... View More
