Marketing and Comms
How brands are evolving in the area of sustainability marketing and communications — and how their stakeholders are asserting their own needs and preferences.
New Rulebook Helps Companies Validate Their Sustainability Claims
The Provenance Framework debuts as the UK government cracks down on greenwashing, and competition regulators find that up to 40% of firms’ environmental claims could be misleading.
Rethinking How Brands Engage Pride, Worldwide
Cross-Posted from Walking the Talk. As we exit Pride month and look to WorldPride in August, it’s apparent that we’re at an inflection point for purpose — one that requires consistent corporate action that positively impacts LGBTQIA+ people no matter where they are in one’s workforce or world.
Forget Selling Products. Change Lives Instead.
The happiness of buying new shoes is a short-lived dopamine kick, whereas finding better ways of living in balance with yourself adds lifelong value. It’s time to create a new offering: Who can you help people become?
Best Intentions: Surviving a Sustainability Story Setback with Transparency and Truth
Cross-Posted from Walking the Talk. When Kevin Murphy announced that all of its packaging would be made from “plastic pulled from the ocean,” it had every intention of delivering that. While the claim was doomed from the start, the company quickly communicated its mistake with tact, transparency and a plan to make it right.
Doconomy Now Shows Users Water-Impact Data for Every Purchase
Cross-Posted from The Next Economy. The first-of-its-kind direct measure of our everyday consumption’s water impacts — thanks to data from S&P Global Trucost — aims to create a greater consumer understanding of the importance of water locally, nationally and globally.
P&G & GLAAD’s ‘Visibility Project’ to Advance LGBTQ Visibility in Advertising
P&G has committed $1M over three years and partnered with GLAAD to work with brands and agencies to advance LGBTQ inclusion in advertising. New study finds senior marketing and ad execs recognize LGBTQ inclusion as a force for positive social change, yet worry about authentic representation.
‘Moms Deserve More’ Flower Store Quantifies What Moms Really Deserve This Mother's Day
The online flower shop’s bouquets — which include The Unpaid Work Bouquet and The Lack of Childcare Bouquet — cost up to $800B, reflecting the true value of mothers' work and the true economic cost of adequately thanking them.
Epicurious Chops Beef to ‘Encourage More Sustainable Cooking’
Cross-Posted from Behavior Change. The web's most award-winning food site is encouraging home cooks to expand their culinary repertoires and embrace less resource-intensive menu options.
Are you ‘Looped In’? Circular Economy Leaders Share Their Latest Solutions
Cross-Posted from From Purpose to Action: Building a Sustainable Future Together. In Dow’s ‘Looped In’ series, Global Sustainability Director Jeff Wooster talks with circular economy advocates from major brands to discuss promising initiatives and partnerships, and what we can learn from the results.
Allbirds Is Giving Away Its Carbon Footprint Calculator to the Fashion Industry
Cross-Posted from Walking the Talk. In a call to action to the fashion industry, Allbirds is open-sourcing its proprietary tool to enable wider industry action to increase transparency and accountability for the often-dirty business of fashion.
Corporations Standing Up for Voting Rights: Not Politics, Just Smart Business
Cross-Posted from Walking the Talk. It’s becoming more common for companies to put their weight behind a range of urgent social issues. This isn’t about partisanship or “wokeness” — it’s about the core values held by many Americans and a desire among forward-thinking corporate leaders to prove they share them.
How to Effectively Visualize Sustainability in Our New, More Empathetic World
There is an urgent need to move the visual language of sustainability forward, so being able to represent both technological and societal progress is key.
P&G, Dove Push for More Equitable Representation in Media
The two companies are putting their money where their mouths are when it comes to increasing inclusion, both in their messaging and in the media at large.
Breakthrough: 7 Unlocks to Scaling Healthy and Sustainable Living
Cross-Posted from Behavior Change. So, what’s still preventing consumers from living more in line with their values? GlobeScan has identified seven critical “unlocks” to help consumers to change their behaviors, and start aligning their lifestyles with their values and aspirations.
Dow Unwraps Packaging Science, Sustainability Topics with New Podcast
Cross-Posted from From Purpose to Action: Building a Sustainable Future Together. "Plastics Unwrapped" provides savvy brands an insider’s look into some of the latest innovations in recyclable plastics, and tackles complex and fascinating science and sustainability questions.
Netflix Commits to Net Zero by 2022, Better Representation Onscreen and Off
Netflix’s new goals include achieving carbon neutrality by 2022. The company also revealed impressive stats behind viewer interest in sustainability-themed programming; and pledged to achieve more balanced representation of underrepresented communities, both on- and offscreen.
What Gets People to Act: Doom and Gloom or Rainbows and Sunshine?
The negative framing that accompanies “traditional” climate communications risks turning people off, but exclusively positive framing has its own issues. Long story short, we need both. Here are a few tips for choosing the right one.
Giving Up Meat = Healthy Living = Healthy Planet. Are We at a Dietary Inflection Point?
Cross-Posted from Behavior Change. The growing appetite for a shift away from meat-based diets is good news for addressing a range of health and climate issues. But business has a critical role to play in making the transition as affordable, accessible and delicious as possible.
Budweiser Is Turning All Beer ‘Green’ on St. Patrick’s Day, Calling on Industry to Do the Same
On March 17, Budweiser will purchase renewable energy credits equivalent to the estimated electricity needed to brew every beer in the US in a single day.
Klarna: Can ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Be Used for Good?
Cross-Posted from Finance & Investment. It is easy for people with money to write off services such as these for those who don’t have it, but there is a massive opportunity for Klarna to rewrite the rules of ’buy now, pay later’ and create genuinely positive impacts.
