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Mara Slade

Mara Slade

Mara Slade is a seasoned communications professional having worked both in-house in sustainability roles and at top creative agencies including Edelman and Digital Kitchen. She has led corporate ESG reporting projects for a variety of Fortune 500 clients ranging from tech, retail, sustainable agriculture, consumer packaged goods, financial services, among others. She is a certified GRI reporter with an MBA from Presidio Graduate School in Sustainable Management.

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Finance & Investment
Education, Business, Community Initiatives Elevating Young Changemakers
Education, Business, Community Initiatives Elevating Young Changemakers
Published on May 20, 2024
About a 6 minute read

Two rich panel discussions at SB Brand-Led Culture Change featured insights from organizations across the business landscape on how to maximize impact and opportunities for the next generation of diverse, young talent. ... View More

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Innovation & Technology
Brands Are Shaping a Better Future by Designing for How People Live
Brands Are Shaping a Better Future by Designing for How People Live
Published on May 13, 2024
About a 9 minute read

SB Brand-Led Culture Change featured a host of insights into how brands are engaging customers and changing behaviors through circular design and making energy-efficient choices “normal;” and two new guides aim to equip businesses to meaningfully... View More

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Is Regenerative Ag Viable At Scale?Supply ChainRegeneration & Resilience
Regenerative Ag Practitioners Gather to Share Notes from the Field
Regenerative Ag Practitioners Gather to Share Notes from the Field
Published on May 10, 2024
About a 6 minute read

Thursday at SB Brand-Led Culture Change, a variety of stakeholders driving regenerative agriculture shared insights on demystifying regenerative ag for consumers, quantifying regenerative sourcing and creating resilience in cotton production. ... View More

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Organizational GovernanceArtificial Intelligence for Sustainability
From Theory to Practice: Uncovering Synergies to Drive Tangible Impact
From Theory to Practice: Uncovering Synergies to Drive Tangible Impact
Published on May 10, 2024
About a 5 minute read

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

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Marketing & Communications
Cultural Intelligence, Collaboration Keys to Changing the Sustainability Conversation
Cultural Intelligence, Collaboration Keys to Changing the Sustainability Conversation
Published on May 9, 2024
About a 10 minute read

Day one of Sustainable Brands’ Brand-Led Culture Change event was filled with rich discussions on the power of partnerships, hits and misses in brand communication, and the power of art to open hearts and minds. ... View More

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Organizational GovernanceCollaboration & Co-Creation
Are We on the Path to Systemic Change … or to Something Only Slightly Better?
Are We on the Path to Systemic Change … or to Something Only Slightly Better?
Published on October 20, 2022
About a 4 minute read

This week at SB’22 San Diego, over 1K sustainability practitioners have converged to share insights, tools, inspiration and opportunities for collaboration with the goal of building a regenerative future for all. Here, we hear highlights from our d... View More

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Organizational Governance
SB’17 Detroit, Day 3: Show, Don’t Tell; Trust vs Truth, and Transformational Collaboration
SB’17 Detroit, Day 3: Show, Don’t Tell; Trust vs Truth, and Transformational Collaboration
Published on May 25, 2017
About a 26 minute read

Learning from Detroit: Designing a More Diverse, Prosperous and Equitable Economy by Mara Slade Image credit: TechTown In an afternoon panel packed with Detroit leaders, we heard firsthand how they are working in human-centered ways to grow the local... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Servergy Wants Its Customers to 'Save Energy. Work Smarter'
Servergy Wants Its Customers to 'Save Energy. Work Smarter'
Published on May 30, 2014
About a 4 minute read

In the weeks leading up to the Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) finals on June 4th, where the runner-up will be decided via live online public vote, we’ve been getting to know our 11 semi-finalists. Today, meet our final semi-finalist, Ser... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Startup Cutting Freight Footprint, Radically Extending Shelf Life of Fresh Fish
Startup Cutting Freight Footprint, Radically Extending Shelf Life of Fresh Fish
Published on May 27, 2014
About a 3 minute read

In the weeks leading up to the Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) finals on June 4th, where the runner-up will be decided via live online public vote, we will get to know our 11 semi-finalists. Today, meet Sustainably Fresh Systems.I recently ... View More

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Organizational GovernanceOrganizational Governance
HP's Living Progress Embodies a Holistic Approach to 21st-Century Business
HP's Living Progress Embodies a Holistic Approach to 21st-Century Business
Published on May 11, 2014
About a 6 minute read

There has been much talk lately about the need to find a replacement for the term “sustainability.” Critics claim it’s too vague and takes attention away from what should be a more forward-thinking message focused on good business. Others argue... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Scrappy Start-Ups Finding New Options for Crowdfunding
Scrappy Start-Ups Finding New Options for Crowdfunding
Published on December 2, 2013
About a 4 minute read

Ryan Kushner and his wife, Amanda Ravenhill, launched their non-profit start-up, Hero Hatchery, whose mission is to “wake society up to the imminent threat of climate change, and illuminate the possibility it holds as a call to reinvent current unh... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Amp: One-Stop Shopping for Sustainability Resources
Amp: One-Stop Shopping for Sustainability Resources
Published on October 30, 2013
About a 3 minute read

Santa Monica-based startup Amp is an open-access directory for professionals and students in the sustainability sector to connect and find resources that support their efforts to drive social and environmental progress.According to co-founder Sarah M... View More

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Marketing & CommunicationsMarketing & Communications
The Story of Stuff Project's Latest Clip Focuses on 'Solutions'
The Story of Stuff Project's Latest Clip Focuses on 'Solutions'
Published on October 1, 2013
About a 5 minute read

Today marks the release of “The Story of Solutions” – the latest clip from The Story of Stuff Project and Free Range Studios. In the eight-minute clip, “Story of Stuff” storyteller Annie Leonard describes a set of solutions to the issues se... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular EconomyInnovation & Technology
Rubies in the Rubble: Fighting a Culture of Waste One Chutney at a Time
Rubies in the Rubble: Fighting a Culture of Waste One Chutney at a Time
Published on September 24, 2013
About a 4 minute read

In 2010, Jenny Dawson was a couple of years out of university working at a hedge fund company in London. One day, she found herself at a wholesale market where she saw pallets of edible fruit and vegetables going to the waste bin. The food had been g... View More

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Circular Economy
What Internet Citizens Should Know About the Personal Data Economy
What Internet Citizens Should Know About the Personal Data Economy
Published on July 17, 2013
About a 7 minute read

John C. Havens is founder of the H(app)athon Project, a contributing writer for Mashable, and author of the upcoming book, Hacking Happiness. At Sustainable Brands ’13 last month, he spoke on the main stage about “Unleashing the Personal Data Eco... View More

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