SB'19 Detroit

SB'19 Detroit
SB'19 Detroit
June 3-6, 2019
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The market is hungry for meaningful purpose-led brands. Join thousands of business executives in Detroit and learn how to navigate a changing landscape. Discover how to advocate breakthrough innovation for environmental and social benefit.

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Innovating Together: Embedding Personal Wellbeing, Ecosystem Health and Strong Community Values in All Aspects of Product Development

Seed Phytonutrients is a recently-launched L'Oréal brand that set out to make every aspect of its skin and haircare products as sustainable as possible. This session tracks the entire process along with key partnerships that enable and empower the e... View More

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Superfoods with Super Partners: Lessons in Building an Ethical, Fair and Sustainable Supply Chain

Find out how Sambazon has built a thriving brand through the power of innovative partnerships and shared value creation in the supply chain. This talk provides details on the company’s recipe for delighting customers while also supporting new, more... View More

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When Purpose-Driven Engagement Goes Viral: Behind the Success of #Strawless and Exciting New Steps in Tackling Plastic Pollution

This talk follows the evolution of the #Strawless movement – how and why it got started, how it generated the early momentum needed for many companies and millions of consumers to join. Learn how #Strawless and #StopSucking went viral, what lessons... View More

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The State of Supplier Diversity: Myths, Challenges and Opportunities

Over the past decade more and more large organizations have integrated suppliers into their Diversity & Equity strategies. The issues around supplier diversity, however, go well beyond meeting quotas; a true integrated strategy focuses on access to c... View More

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Advancing Systemic Social Change: Taking Bold Action through the Power of Brand Influence

Ben & Jerry’s CEO, Matthew McCarthy, has committed to the organization’s ambition to help lead and influence its fans and the business community to take social and environmental action through the power of its brand. Tune into this entertaining a... View More

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#BrandsForGood, #Strawless Laying Groundwork for Sustainable Behavior Change

On Wednesday, day three of SB’19 Detroit, the focus was on collective brand efforts to create the significant shifts in consumer behavior necessary for The Good Life to become a reality. ... View More

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Creation Care: Lessons on Faith, Environmentalism and Reaching across the Aisle

A former emergency room physician, Dr. Matthew Sleeth felt like he was straightening deck chairs on the Titanic saving a patient at a time when the whole ship (Earth) was going down. Following a new calling, Dr. Sleeth resigned from his position as c... View More

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Sports as a Platform for Raising Young People to be the Sustainability Leaders of Tomorrow

Former NFL star Ovie Mughelli shares his intention to educate and inspire the next generation of environmental leaders through sports, entertainment and technology. Learn about his organization’s vision to transform sustainability engagement and em... View More

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AI, Biomaterials, Circularity: The A-B-Cs of a Flourishing Future

On Monday and Tuesday at SB’19 Detroit, dozens of encouraging stories and divergent strategies emerged from the growing roster of organizations on a mission to improve some of our most common products and services. ... View More

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Putting Humanity Back into Marketing: How Danone Is Changing the Story

This session explains how Danone is going about building authentic purposeful consumer engagement in practice, in alignment with its brand purpose and sustainability priorities.... View More

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SB'19 Detroit: Transparency, Alliances Unsnarling the Tangled Webs We Weave

SB'19 Detroit was full of rich discussions from brands, technology providers and alliances driving holistic changes in supply chains and other complex systems — and shining light on problems along the way. ... View More

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The ‘Secret Sauce’ of Inclusion, Governance — Inside and Outside the Brand

At SB’19 Detroit, Burt's Bees, Caesars Entertainment, Dave’s Killer Bread, Gap, Kellogg, Patagonia, P&G and more shared insights and strategies aimed at addressing governance inside and outside their organizations. ... View More

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How Brands Are Influencing Better Behaviors, Legislation, Supply Chains

On the fourth and final day of SB’19 Detroit, a host of brands shared lessons learned from efforts to engage stakeholders on a variety of topics — from more sustainable food choices and healthier masculinity to much-needed changes in policy. ... View More

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Reaching Deep Into Communities to Cultivate Tomorrow’s Changemakers

Throughout the week at SB’19 Detroit, as we were regaled with tales of inspiring programs such as Dave’s Killer Bread’s Second Chance Employment initiative, we were pleasantly struck by the theme that emerged of brands and other organizations c... View More

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L’Oréal, TerraCycle Illustrate How Products Should Be Made, Packaged

The innovators behind Seed Phytonutrients and the Loop reusable packaging platform shared lessons learned, and the potential impacts these disruptive new approaches to product and packaging development could hold for their respective industries. ... View More