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Your SDG Strategy Must Consider More Than Your Financials
Your SDG Strategy Must Consider More Than Your Financials
Published on July 8, 2020
Written by Geoff Kendall
About a 4 minute read

The Sustainable Development Goals serve as an urgent call to action for companies to pay as much attention to their extra-financial performance as to their financial performance. Read More...

Materials & PackagingCircular Economy
Trending: Meet the Innovators Hell-Bent for Plant-Based Leather
Trending: Meet the Innovators Hell-Bent for Plant-Based Leather
Published on July 7, 2020
About a 5 minute read

While companies such as Amadou and MycoWorks are charging ahead with mushroom-based leather, here we see the material made from eggplant, cacti and apples — and taking a bite out of food waste at the same time. Read More...

Finance & Investment
Regenerative Investing Key to Creating an Inclusive Economy
Regenerative Investing Key to Creating an Inclusive Economy
Published on July 7, 2020
Written by Nithin Coca
About a 4 minute read

The recent spotlight on racial justice in the US has also highlighted the financial industry's role in perpetuating discrimination. Many have responded by donating money to nonprofits, but a regenerative approach to investing that start to undo decades of chronic underinvestment is needed. Read More...

Surfacing Submerged ValueCircular EconomyCollaboration & Co-CreationOrganizational Governance
The COVID Covenant: Don’t Go Back — Go Big and Go Now!
The COVID Covenant: Don’t Go Back — Go Big and Go Now!
Published on July 6, 2020
Written by Daniel Aronson
About a 4 minute read

We know that we can buy less, use less, work from home, drive less, collaborate more; and have business, society and government move faster — because we just did all of that. How can we respond as powerfully and courageously to other super-critical threats? Read More...

Supply ChainCircular Economy
Kering Commits to Net-Positive Impact on Biodiversity by 2025
Kering Commits to Net-Positive Impact on Biodiversity by 2025
Published on July 6, 2020
Written by Sustainable Brands
About a 6 minute read

The luxury group’s new biodiversity strategy provides a detailed roadmap aligned with the Science Based Targets Network’s Framework, with four stages: Avoid, Reduce, Restore and Regenerate, and Transform. Read More...

Organizational GovernanceMarketing & Communications
Good Start — But Let’s Move from ‘Brand Say’ to ‘Brand Do’
Good Start — But Let’s Move from ‘Brand Say’ to ‘Brand Do’
Published on July 3, 2020
Written by Dr. Myriam Sidibe
About a 4 minute read

Much-needed updates to a growing number of brands in response to the Black Lives Matter movement is a great start. But deep, lasting impact requires two main actions — apologies; and adjusting the social paradigm. Read More...

Materials & PackagingCollaboration & Co-Creation
‘About the Box’ Thinking: A Brewer's Sustainability Story
‘About the Box’ Thinking: A Brewer's Sustainability Story
Published on July 2, 2020
Written by WestRock
About a 1 minute read

Watch what happens when a sustainable hard kombucha brand teams up with WestRock for packaging that reflects its brand values. Read More...

Consumer Behavior ChangeCollaboration & Co-CreationMarketing & Communications
Over 400 Advertisers Show Facebook That They Won’t Tolerate Hate
Over 400 Advertisers Show Facebook That They Won’t Tolerate Hate
Published on July 1, 2020
About a 4 minute read

In just over two weeks, the Stop Hate for Profit campaign has rallied the support of over 400 companies — all of which have pulled their advertising dollars from Facebook and Instagram for the month of July. Read More...

Organizational GovernanceCircular EconomyCollaboration & Co-Creation
Q&A: Dole ‘Promise’ Sees Shift to New, Shared Value Principles by 2025
Q&A: Dole ‘Promise’ Sees Shift to New, Shared Value Principles by 2025
Published on July 1, 2020
Written by Sustainable Brands
About a 7 minute read

Dole Packaged Foods’ new sustainability commitment is based on a Japanese philosophy called 'sampo yochi' — in which business operates for the good of the seller, the buyer and society. Read More...

Materials & PackagingCircular Economy
Regenerative Agriculture the Linchpin for a Sustainable Fashion Future
Regenerative Agriculture the Linchpin for a Sustainable Fashion Future
Published on June 30, 2020
About a 5 minute read

New report reveals how emulating nature’s lessons in the fashion industry can enhance ecosystems to boost biodiversity, build soil, support communities, and clean up existing pollution. Read More...

Circular Economy
The Private Sector Can (and Must) Clean Up the Oceans
The Private Sector Can (and Must) Clean Up the Oceans
Published on June 29, 2020
Written by Tom Szaky
About a 4 minute read

The private sector must collaborate with the public sector to clean up plastic pollution in our waterways. Entities such as the TerraCycle Global Foundation have an opportunity to increase conservation and create value for all stakeholders in the work towards healthier oceans. Read More...

Finance & InvestmentCircular Economy
Impact Investing Grows, But There’s Still a Long Road to Financial Inclusion
Impact Investing Grows, But There’s Still a Long Road to Financial Inclusion
Published on June 29, 2020
Written by Nithin Coca
About a 4 minute read

More funds and firms are targeting financially underserved communities, but the impact investing movement and government funding need to be more accessible and intentional to address systemic inequalities and racial disparities in investing. Read More...

Marketing & Communications
UNESCO Spotlights What Our ‘Next Normal’ Should Look Like
UNESCO Spotlights What Our ‘Next Normal’ Should Look Like
Published on June 26, 2020
About a 2 minute read

UNESCO’s new campaign asks us to question our ideas about what is normal, suggesting that we have accepted the unacceptable when it comes to our environment, economies, public health and societies for far too long. Read More...

Circular EconomyOrganizational Governance
Caremongering: The Future of Sustainable Enterprise
Caremongering: The Future of Sustainable Enterprise
Published on June 26, 2020
Written by Martha Cotton
About a 7 minute read

COVID-19 accelerated a shift from “me” to “we”; and a new trend called "caremongering" not only characterizes people's behavior towards each other, but what they look for in the companies they support. At Fjord, we believe those companies designing with the benefit of all life in mind will thrive now and in the decade ahead. Read More...

Circular EconomyCircular EconomyInnovation & Technology
HP Sets Ambitious Plastic Goals, Doubles Down on Diversity Commitments
HP Sets Ambitious Plastic Goals, Doubles Down on Diversity Commitments
Published on June 25, 2020
Written by Nithin Coca
About a 4 minute read

Along with the release of its 2019 Sustainable Impact Report, the tech giant has set bold goals around reduction of single-use plastics and increasing recycled materials; and committed to doubling its number of Black executives by 2025. Read More...

Marketing & CommunicationsCircular EconomyInnovation & Technology
A Brief History of Food Declarations; and the Path to Better Ones
A Brief History of Food Declarations; and the Path to Better Ones
Published on June 25, 2020
Written by Turner Wyatt
About a 8 minute read

Food is not about boxed brands on a shelf, but about people and the environment — hence, our need for food declarations. We’re working on one that not only certifies the ingredients, but shows consumers the impact they make with the purchase of each product. Read More...

Organizational GovernanceMarketing & Communications
Research Shows Business Imperative for Authentic Action to Address Social Injustices
Research Shows Business Imperative for Authentic Action to Address Social Injustices
Published on June 24, 2020
About a 4 minute read

The latest Porter Novelli Purpose Tracker reveals a new mandate for US companies to authentically and substantively address racial inequality and myriad social justice issues. Read More...

Innovation & Technology
Meet the Food-Delivery Service That’s Actually Helping Restaurants ‘Fare’ During the Pandemic
Meet the Food-Delivery Service That’s Actually Helping Restaurants ‘Fare’ During the Pandemic
Published on June 23, 2020
Written by Tom Idle
About a 4 minute read

Fare, a new food-delivery app, is building a more equitable model — one that fosters enhanced community cohesion and shared benefits, and doesn’t include restaurant-crippling fees. Read More...

Finance & Investment
Visa to Digitally Enable 50M Small Businesses, to Power Equitable Global Recovery
Visa to Digitally Enable 50M Small Businesses, to Power Equitable Global Recovery
Published on June 23, 2020
About a 3 minute read

A new range of initiatives from Visa aims to further support small business recovery from COVID, and equip them to keep up with increasing demand for e-commerce and digital payments; with $100k in grants earmarked for US-based, Black women-owned small businesses. Read More...

Circular EconomyCircular Economy
How to Redesign Our Food System for Resilience
How to Redesign Our Food System for Resilience
Published on June 22, 2020
Written by Jennifer Elks and Maxine Perella
About a 8 minute read

At the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s recent Big Food Workshop, a variety of experts from throughout the food space spoke on the need to radically redesign for circularity and regionalism, to help us heal our broken global food system. Read More...

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