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

What a Zombie Apocalypse Can Teach Us About the Fight for Social Justice

Here are three lessons social-impact leaders can learn from Ellie — the 14-year-old protagonist in “The Last of Us” — for dealing with these increasingly challenging times. Read More...

For Climate Solutions to Cross the Chasm, Start with Customers Ready for Change

To avoid the worst climate impacts, we must prioritize the deployment of emerging climate solutions without delay. To do that, companies must overcome a common marketing challenge. Read More...

Tractor Beverage Co Furthers Commitment to Transparency with Organic Impact Tracker

Tractor becomes the first beverage brand to track and disclose impact data about its ingredients — as 7 in 10 consumers express interest in how their beverage choices impact the planet. Read More...

The Many Hats of a Sustainable Marketer

Marketing is becoming inextricable from sustainability. Marketers must collaborate with other departments closely, gather accurate knowledge and work out how to share brand attributes in a humble and credible way. Read More...

Lights, Camera, Climate Action? Advertisers Being Called Upon to Rein in Their Carbon Footprint

Accurately measuring, tracking, comparing and reporting impacts for the process of producing, filming, displaying and running ads will be crucial for the industry to play its part in solving one of the big challenges of our time. Read More...

Cultural Intelligence Unlocks Campaign Strategies to Support Brand-Led Culture Change

By unpacking consumer trends and crafting poignant narratives, today’s brands can create behavior change, shift consumer demand, and drive good growth — resulting in positive market transformation and sustainable culture change. Read More...

Consumer Product Brands Embrace Responsible Forestry

When it comes to forest products, Bio Pappel, HP, Melissa & Doug, REI and Amazon are all leaders in responsible sourcing. What does this commitment look like in practice? Read More...

Pomp, Personalities and Products Made for a Super Bowl with Little Purpose

Product, product, product drove Super Bowl commercials this year; purpose and ESG communication were largely left on the bench. Read More...

The Power of $7M: How Companies Can Make a Lasting Impact with Their Super Bowl Ad Budget

Directing $7M to improving lives instead of selling products sends a powerful message of hope and generosity to millions of Super Bowl fans. Read More...

Anheuser-Busch Brings ‘National Recycling League’ Action to Super Bowl LVII

Every beverage container recycled through gamified reverse vending machines will give fans an instant prize and qualify them to win NFL season tickets. Read More...

It’s Not Easy Being Green: How to Avoid the Many Shades of Greenwashing

With keener public awareness and growing scrutiny of brand sustainability claims, greenwashing hasn’t gone away but become a ‘many-headed beast.’ Experts weigh in on the best way forward for brands. Read More...

From Messages to Painted Pictures: How Storytelling Drives Social Purpose

Messaging is about telling an audience something; storytelling shows them something. Engaging social-purpose storytelling can shape the way people think and feel, and motivate them towards a desired action. Read More...

Global Citizen, Authentic Team Up to Rally Consumers to Help #EndExtremePovertyNOW

The strategic initiative will include impact-focused brand activations and products to engage consumers in Global Citizen’s mission to end extreme poverty. Read More...

Brand-Led Culture Change Key to a Flourishing Future

By prioritizing bold business imperatives and meeting deep human needs, brands can transform themselves into the leaders of a new, regenerative economy. But these initiatives cannot thrive in a closed system of communication. Read More...

2023 Design Trends: Balancing the Beautiful with the Responsible

The balance between luxury and sustainability has set a new bar for luxury packaging, making us all stop and think about how we can do things differently. Read More...

BIER Guides Beverage Companies on Water Circularity

The Guide provides easy-to-follow processes, as well as important considerations when pivoting focus from on-site techniques to off-site circularity endeavors. Read More...

Trending: Reports Call for Fashion to End Its Wicked Ways

New reports by Zero Waste Europe and Planet Tracker slam the industry for piecemeal attempts at sustainability and circularity; where it fails to adopt more holistic approaches and take greater responsibility for environmental and social issues, investors must help move the needle. Read More...

‘Our Waters’ Documentary Highlights One Community’s Fight to Protect Its Coast from Commercial Exploitation

As salmon demand has grown, so too have large-scale, environmentally destructive aquaculture projects. The community of Frenchman Bay, Maine is fighting a plan to build North America’s largest industrialized, open-net fish farms in their backyard. Read More...

H&M’s 'Loooptopia' Metaverse Experience Rewards Players for Creating Circular Fashion

The new H&M Loooptopia Experience on Roblox allows users to experiment with their digital identity and learn about fashion and circularity in a fun, creative and playful environment. Read More...

Two Years On, Amazon Lead Reflects on Success, Opportunities Within Climate Pledge Friendly Program

The retailer’s marketplace for more sustainable products now includes 300,000 products and 20,000 brands vetted through a range of well-known certifications. Read More...

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