Marketing & Communications

How brands are successfully communicating their sustainability efforts — and how their stakeholders are asserting their own needs and preferences

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Socio-Cultural Trends: 2021 Large-Scale Survey Highlights Report

Sustainable Brands, in collaboration with the Corporate Partners of the SB Brands for Good initiative, field ongoing socio-cultural research that is designed to understand consumer intentions and actions towards sustainable lifestyles, and how brands... View More

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SB Socio-Cultural Trends 2021 Large Scale Survey Full Report

Full report is available exclusively to SB Brands for Good Partners. Sustainable Brands, in collaboration with the Corporate Partners of the SB Brands for Good initiative, field ongoing socio-cultural research that is designed to understand consume... View More

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P&G, Walmart Collaborate on Interactive Experience to Help Guide Better Purchases, Habits

The two companies have teamed up to develop an interactive, educational and entertaining experience designed to educate families on how they can conserve resources in their homes with a few simple changes. ... View More

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Polestar’s Latest LCA Report Shows New Potential for EV Industry Transparency

The Swedish EV maker finds vast differences in CO2e throughout the life of its vehicles, depending on the source of the charging energy. ... View More

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Nestlé Professional, WRI Expand Cool Food Meals to Foodservice Locations Across the US

New partnership enables foodservice operators to easily guide diners toward climate-friendly food choices. Nestlé Professional Cool Food Meals will incorporate plant-based proteins from Sweet Earth Foods, which will be carbon neutral by 2025. ... View More

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Carlsberg Group Joins Companies Using Marketing to Drive Climate Action

The brewing giant joins 16 other global companies in signing onto the World Federation of Advertisers’ Planet Pledge, which aims to change marketing from a driver of consumption into a catalyst for more sustainable thinking and behavior. ... View More

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The Secret to Decreasing Scope 3 Emissions: A Win For R&D, Marketing and Sustainability Teams

The First Educator Advantage (FEA) is when a CPG brand is first to educate consumers on an impact topic that does not yet hold mainstream materiality. Here, we explore how successfully executing this strategy can reduce scope 3 emissions, increase co... View More

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Tide, NFL Partner to Inspire Football Fans to #TurnToCold

The partnership aims to encourage more than 80 million households of NFL fans to switch to energy-saving cold-water washing in an effort to dramatically reduce consumer greenhouse gas emissions. ... View More

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Sense & Sustainability: How Can Brands Foster Consumer Courage in Combating the Climate Emergency?

To foster courage in the face of crisis, empowerment through transparency, trust through intersectional action and a constant determination to iterate and improve can give hope and empowerment in a troubling age. ... View More

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Nestlé Asks Consumers How They Would Navigate Quest for Sustainable Palm Oil

Nestlé hopes that a new interactive platform, Beneath the Surface, will give viewers better insight into the complexity of palm oil supply chains and insight into how choices they make under different scenarios can lead to a range of outcomes and co... View More

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Kids Can Take Over Parents' Devices with Ads Urging Them to Ditch Single-Use Plastics

Gelo’s ‘Parent Track’ aims to build on the recent surge of kids educating their parents and driving more sustainable practices at home. ... View More

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The Purpose-Action Gap: The Business Imperative of ESG

In a recent study, we discovered shifts in thinking from both brand and consumer values: The gap between what they believe and how they are acting on such beliefs is narrowing, particularly when brands make sustainability accessible and affordable. ... View More

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3 Psychological Concepts That Can Propel Your Sustainability Efforts

These three concepts highlight how understanding human thought processes can influence the adoption of sustainable behaviors and promote corporate sustainability. Think about the messages you’re giving as a business, and how these can be tweaked to... View More

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SB Socio-Cultural Trends: Driving Consumer Behavior Towards Sustainable Lifestyles

Sustainable Brands, in collaboration with the Corporate Partners of the SB Brands for Good initiative, field ongoing socio-cultural research that is designed to understand consumer intentions and actions towards sustainable lifestyles, and how brands... View More

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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. ... View More

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Rethinking How Brands Engage Pride, Worldwide

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 wo... View More

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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? ... View More

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Best Intentions: Surviving a Sustainability Story Setback with Transparency and Truth

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... View More

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Doconomy Now Shows Users Water-Impact Data for Every Purchase

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. ... View More

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Socio-Cultural Trends: 2021 Q2 Pulse Highlights Report

Sustainable Brands, in collaboration with the Corporate Partners of the SB Brands for Good initiative, field ongoing socio-cultural research that is designed to understand consumer intentions and actions towards sustainable lifestyles, and how brands... View More

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