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Practice What You Preach Can Now Be Measured
Practice What You Preach Can Now Be Measured
Published on September 29, 2016
About a 2 minute read

There’s a new wave of research that is measuring whether companies’ purpose matches their actions. What it’s found my not be surprising: Globally, there is a purpose-action gap among corporate brands. “It’s time to move from thought leaders... View More

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Where Does Your Brand Fall on the Sustainability Maturity Scale?
Where Does Your Brand Fall on the Sustainability Maturity Scale?
Published on September 27, 2016
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“For many organizations, the largest challenge is to implement sustainable initiatives.” So stated Daniela Pigosso, co-founder of management consultant firm Essensus, as we began one of the first round of workshops at SB’16 Copenhagen. For the ... View More

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How Becoming Future-Fit Is Helping The Body Shop in Its Quest for 'True Sustainability'
How Becoming Future-Fit Is Helping The Body Shop in Its Quest for 'True Sustainability'
Published on September 20, 2016
About a 5 minute read

“I think we have to be challenging to each other. If we look at the state of the planet, and we look at the performance of business, there’s something not working there.” Chris Davis, The Body Shop’s international CSR and campaigns director, ... View More

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5 Commonly Missed Opportunities in Corporate Sustainability
5 Commonly Missed Opportunities in Corporate Sustainability
Published on September 13, 2016
About a 7 minute read

Sustainability has finally gone mainstream (or, at least, the desire to be seen as doing important work around sustainability and benefit from sustainability credentials has gone mainstream). Well, OK, at the very, very least the desire to be seen as... View More

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Setting the Bar High Enough, Part 5: Why Setting Science-Based Targets Isn't Enough
Setting the Bar High Enough, Part 5: Why Setting Science-Based Targets Isn't Enough
Published on August 24, 2016
About a 4 minute read

In this series of articles, the team at the Carbon Trust outlines the reasons for businesses to adopt science-based targets on climate change. This is the fifth and final part of the series; find the other parts here: Part 1: Why do we need to set sc... View More

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Setting the Bar High Enough, Part 4: Making the Internal Business Case for Science-Based Targets
Setting the Bar High Enough, Part 4: Making the Internal Business Case for Science-Based Targets
Published on August 17, 2016
About a 4 minute read

In this series of articles, the team at the Carbon Trust outlines the reasons for businesses to adopt science-based targets on climate change. This is the fourth in the series; find the other parts here: Part 1: Why do we need to set science-based ta... View More

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Setting the Bar High Enough, Part 3: Why Should Companies Set Science-Based Targets?
Setting the Bar High Enough, Part 3: Why Should Companies Set Science-Based Targets?
Published on August 9, 2016
About a 4 minute read

In this series of articles, the team at the Carbon Trust outlines the reasons for businesses to adopt science-based targets on climate change. This is the third in the series; find the other parts here: Part 1: Why do we need to set science-based tar... View More

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Setting the Bar High Enough, Part 2: What Exactly Is a Science-Based Target?
Setting the Bar High Enough, Part 2: What Exactly Is a Science-Based Target?
Published on August 2, 2016
About a 3 minute read

In this series of articles, the team at the Carbon Trust outlines the reasons for businesses to adopt science-based targets on climate change. Read part one. To put it simply, a carbon emissions target is defined as science-based if it is in line wit... View More

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Setting the Bar High Enough: The Case for Science-Based Targets on Climate Change
Setting the Bar High Enough: The Case for Science-Based Targets on Climate Change
Published on July 27, 2016
About a 5 minute read

In this series of articles, the team at the Carbon Trust outlines the reasons for businesses to adopt science-based targets on climate change. ... View More

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CISL Reveals Insights from Testing Natural Capital Protocol, Launches Protocol Application Program
CISL Reveals Insights from Testing Natural Capital Protocol, Launches Protocol Application Program
Published on July 26, 2016
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With increasing pressure on natural resources and the accompanying impact on the environment, more businesses are beginning to realize the importance of properly valuing the natural resources upon which they depend. To do this they need to include �... View More

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Natural Capital Protocol Promises to ‘Revolutionize’ Business Value, Decision-Making
Natural Capital Protocol Promises to ‘Revolutionize’ Business Value, Decision-Making
Published on July 13, 2016
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Two years in the making, the first global Natural Capital Protocol was launched today. The standardized framework brings together and builds on a number of approaches that already exist to help business measure and value natural capital. The Natural ... View More

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It Is Time to Develop and Apply a Set of Standardized Sustainability Metrics
It Is Time to Develop and Apply a Set of Standardized Sustainability Metrics
Published on July 8, 2016
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Efforts to measure corporate sustainability performance are now rampant. Many companies are actively working to improve the measurement of their sustainability impact; a Google search of “corporate sustainability metrics” yields 1.25 million resu... View More

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Leaders Discuss Paths to Health, Well-Being and Net Positive at the SHINE Summit 2016
Leaders Discuss Paths to Health, Well-Being and Net Positive at the SHINE Summit 2016
Published on June 23, 2016
About a 5 minute read

Last week Harvard’s Sustainability and Health Initiative for Net Positive Enterprise (SHINE) hosted its annual Net Positive Summit to showcase the latest trends in well-being and health, and how they factor into creating Net Positive impacts. SHINE... View More

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New Science Advisory Council Looks to Shape Ag Sustainability Measurement
New Science Advisory Council Looks to Shape Ag Sustainability Measurement
Published on June 22, 2016
About a 7 minute read

Yesterday, Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture announced the launch of a new Science Advisory Council focused on informing the membership-based organization’s “science-based approach to delivering sustainable outcomes at the... View More

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The Body Shop Is Using the Future-Fit Business Benchmark to 'Enrich Not Exploit' - and You Can, Too
The Body Shop Is Using the Future-Fit Business Benchmark to 'Enrich Not Exploit' - and You Can, Too
Published on June 20, 2016
About a 8 minute read

We have entered a new era: the Anthropocene, an era characterized by humans as the dominant influence on climate and the environment. We are causing changes at such an unprecedented rate that it has been called ‘the Great Acceleration.’ We are we... View More

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Sustainability Investing Evolving, But Much More Change Needed
Sustainability Investing Evolving, But Much More Change Needed
Published on June 8, 2016
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“I think we’re upright and we’re walking, but there’s no higher cortex functions yet,” said Gregory Unruh, sustainability editor at MIT Sloan Management Review, discussing where we stand in sustainable business evolution during a Tuesday br... View More

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ThriveAbility: A Framework for Improving Capitalism, Activating Purpose
ThriveAbility: A Framework for Improving Capitalism, Activating Purpose
Published on June 7, 2016
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On the week’s theme of Activating Purpose, ThriveAbility Foundation co-founders Robin Wood, Ralph Thurm and Bill Baue led a Monday morning workshop on “thriveability,” their model for a regenerative, multi-capital economy. ... View More

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BSR, Forum for the Future Partner to Help Companies Quantify, Execute on Net Positive Goals
BSR, Forum for the Future Partner to Help Companies Quantify, Execute on Net Positive Goals
Published on June 7, 2016
About a 4 minute read

This morning at SB’16 San Diego, BSR and Forum for the Future launched the Net Positive Project, a cross-sector coalition that aims to expand the number of companies that go beyond reducing their negative sustainability impacts to contribute in a �... View More

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FTSE Russell's New Data Model Tracks Ratio of Companies' 'Green Revenues' to Total Revenues
FTSE Russell's New Data Model Tracks Ratio of Companies' 'Green Revenues' to Total Revenues
Published on June 6, 2016
About a 4 minute read

Global index and data provider FTSE Russell today announced the launch of its LCE data model, which measures the “green” revenues of 13,400 public companies, representing 98.5 percent of total global market capitalization. Revenues from a broad r... View More

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#BusinessCase: Top 9 Reasons for Businesses to Proactively Manage Water
#BusinessCase: Top 9 Reasons for Businesses to Proactively Manage Water
Published on May 31, 2016
About a 3 minute read

A sustainability manager at a large auto parts manufacturer recently explained the company’s lack of interest in water management this way: “It's not worth our time. Water is too cheap and no one cares." Moreover, the executive acknowledged ... View More

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