Organizational Governance
How organizations are addressing the 'G' in ESG – striking the balance of maximizing long-term growth and value while safeguarding the interests of all stakeholders
Travel Companies Signal Sustainability Focus With Scientists on Staff
These shifts in hospitality and tourism offerings are increasingly essential as conscious consumerism becomes mainstream and addressing the climate crisis becomes essential for preservation of the industry. ... View More
How High-Integrity Credit Projects Deliver Impacts Beyond Carbon
How can buyers and sellers of carbon credits ensure the projects they choose will have the desired impacts and climate outcomes? ... View More
In Sustainability, How Much Is ‘Enough’?
If your sustainability efforts cannot withstand increasingly tough questions from executives and Board members, your company is not approaching it in the right way. This framework will help you be ready the next time someone asks, ‘how much is enou... View More
Companies Mitigating Climate Change Reduce Their Cost of Capital
New research shows that when companies disclose their environmental impact — and take meaningful action to mitigate it — they earn investor trust. ... View More
Employee Survey Uncovers Crisis in Workplace Climate Engagement
93% of workers don’t know how to apply their company’s sustainability strategy to their work, 77% are unhappy with employers’ lack of climate action, and 52 percent think their employer is likely to greenwash. ... View More
Leading Academics Urge UN to Extend, Reframe SDGs
10 distinguished climate researchers have called on the UN to give its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development a much-needed refresh — by extending the timeline to 2050 and providing greater clarity around specific goals, among other recommendation... View More
Latest Ban on ‘High-Carbon’ Ads Shows Appetite for Clean-Energy Transition
Edinburgh’s recent ban on ads for fossil fuels and other high-carbon products exemplifies a desire to shift those ad spaces toward cleaner, more viable alternatives and ads that promote low-carbon behaviors. ... View More
The Purpose of Governance: Bridging the Say-Do Gap
If Boards acknowledge their fiduciary responsibility to act in the best interest of a company as defined by its purpose — and work with management to adopt a social purpose as the company’s reason for being and have oversight of the purpose — i... View More
Engaging with LGBTQ+ Consumers Offers Brands Both Risk and Reward
As brands grapple with their position on LGBTQIA+ issues and building inclusivity and diversity across their businesses, the latest Outvertising Consumer Report offers plenty of advice for being more effective. ... View More
Report: Food & Beverage Sustainability Plans Missing Critical Levers
A new Quantis report has identified several common gaps in company strategies that will keep businesses sustainability targets out of reach and five key priorities for companies to adopt. ... View More
LEGO Employee Pay Now Linked to Meeting Climate Goals
The toymaker has announced a new annual KPI to encourage all salaried employees to help the company lower emissions across its factories, stores and offices around the world. ... View More
From Theory to Practice: Uncovering Synergies to Drive Tangible Impact
This week at SB Brand-Led Culture Change, layered discussions examined the complex potential of AI to optimize sustainability impact, as well as how to achieve internal alignment across departments with perceived different priorities. ... View More
Leading the Change: Takeaways from the B Lab Champions Retreat
What if we centered our work and lives around showing up for ourselves, others and the planet? Here are three takeaways from the recent B Lab Champions Retreat on how we can turn talk into action. ... View More
The SBTi Drama Underscores the Urgent Need for Valid Scope 3 Solutions
Whether carbon credits ought to be used to account for Scope 3 emissions is a debate that must continue — involving many more stakeholders, so that views on both sides of the fence are heard and considered. ... View More
Interface Commits to Carbon Negativity, Without Offsets, by 2040
The sustainability leader sets out to hit its climate goals through direct carbon reduction and carbon storage — and challenges industry peers to do the same. ... View More
Science-Based Climate Targets Key to Sustainable Tourism
Regardless of whether a travel-related company has submitted its commitments to SBTi; setting specific, quantifiable, time-bound goals is essential for meaningfully reducing climate-changing emissions. ... View More
New Report Helps Companies Stop Bankrolling Climate Change
'Carbon Bankroll 2.0' illuminates the huge, untapped climate impact of the US financial system — how it is undermining leading companies’ climate action, and why companies’ financial management may be their greatest lever for climate progress... View More
‘More Than a Background’ Campaign Highlights Challenges for Second-Chance Workers
The campaign from the Center for Employment Opportunities calls out the barriers justice-impacted people face in obtaining employment as a result of overreliance on background checks. ... View More
Why Working with Social Innovators Advancing Racial, Ethnic Equity Is Smart Business
New Schwab Foundation research provides scalable lessons on how to drive value creation by addressing systemic socioeconomic exclusion at the local and global levels. ... View More
Paris 2024 Gives First Look at Its Circular Approach to Olympic Games
Focusing on the material footprint of the upcoming summer Games, Paris 2024 is leaning heavily into recycled materials and plans for reuse of all temporary infrastructure, furniture and equipment. ... View More
