Sustainable Brands
New Design Challenge Seeks Sustainable Solutions for Unit-Dose Medicine Packaging
Our Healthy Lives Mission / Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health developed its QuickFire Challenge platform to enlist students, entrepreneurs, researchers and startup companies to help tackle some of the most challenging problems in healthcare. - 1 week ago
Circular Solutions Still Promising, But Researchers Say Framework Lacks ‘Substance’
The Next Economy / A recent Ellen MacArthur Foundation study examines the myriad ways that scaled circular models can help restore critical biodiversity; but Swedish researchers warn that without more clarity and substance, efforts to scale a circular economy risk becoming counterproductive. - 2 weeks ago
BAND-AID® Brand's OURTONE™ Launch Kicks Off Partnerships Benefiting Black Nurses
Our Healthy Lives Mission / BAND-AID® Brand used the launch of OURTONE™, which offers bandages to match a more diverse array of skin colors, to connect more deeply with and support the work and equity of Black nurses across the US. - 4 weeks ago
Why Shirakawa Village Is Considered One of the World’s ‘Top 100 Sustainable Destinations’
The Next Economy / Japan’s idyllic Shirakawa Village has worked to mitigate overtourism and preserve the integrity of the local traditions and landscape by limiting visitors to those who respect the town’s heritage and embrace the spirit of mutual assistance that drives the local culture. - 2 months ago
Transform to Net Zero: What Collective Climate Action Looks Like, One Year On
Collaboration / In July 2020, Transform to Net Zero launched as a cross-sector initiative to accelerate the transition to a net-zero global economy, and inspire other global leaders to do the same. What does progress looks like one year on, and what happens next in the lead-up to COP 26? - 3 months ago
Healthier Supply Chains Supporting Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health’s Healthy Lives Mission
Our Healthy Lives Mission / Achieving Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health’s Healthy Lives Mission requires its supply chains to be healthy, as well. Here, Worldwide VP of Supply Chain Meri Stevens shares insights gained from collaborating with suppliers to achieve agility in complex supply chains. - 4 months ago
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health Advances Field of Skincare for Cancer Patients
Our Healthy Lives Mission / During oncology treatment, patients’ skin requires special care. Products such as Aveeno® Restorative Skin Therapy can help patients of all skin types avoid severe cutaneous adverse reactions, so they can focus on life-saving therapies. - 4 months ago
Efforts to Achieve the SDGs Are Revitalizing Communities in Japan and Beyond
Collaboration / This year’s International Forum on SDGs for Regional Revitalization examined the acceleration of sustainable development initiatives in and outside Japan, through corporate and government cooperation, and the positive ripple effects on communities around the world. - 4 months ago
Just Brands ’21: Where the Rubber Meets the Long, Bumpy Road to Truly Equitable Workplaces
Organizational Change / At Sustainable Brands’ latest Just Brands event, experts from across the spectrum of business discussed corporate efforts to support diversity, equity, inclusion and justice issues — and how stakeholders will no longer tolerate a gap between commitments and actions. - 5 months ago
Sustainable Brands Pursues Broad-Based Business Transformation
Organizational Change / SB announces PMI as the first graduate of its Voyager program — established to support the transformation of brands that face significant challenges related to ESG performance and reputation. - 6 months ago
Johnson’s Baby Overhauls Pumps in Packaging to Aid Recycling
Our Healthy Lives Mission / By removing this small part of the packaging of Johnson's® Baby products, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health predicts it will keep 24M difficult-to-recycle pumps out of landfills each year – and that’s just the beginning. The company aims to strike a balance between consumers’ and the planet’s needs. - 7 months ago
2020 Goodvertising Awards Recognize Year's 10 Most Impactful Creative Campaigns
Marketing and Comms / 2020’s winners cover topics ranging from calculating product carbon footprints, regenerative farming, healthier food and reusable packaging to DEI, supporting businesses during COVID and more. - 9 months ago
Collaborative SourceUp Platform to Accelerate Sustainability of Entire Sourcing Regions
Supply Chain / IDH - The Sustainable Trade Initiative and brand partners including Mars, PepsiCo and Unilever have developed the platform to enable a landscape approach to sustainable commodity sourcing. - 9 months ago
How Seiko Epson Is Using Digital Technology to Transform the Textile Industry
Product, Service & Design Innovation / Through its cutting-edge inkjet textile-printing technology, Seiko Epson is aiming to not only transform the textile industry, but to help solve an array of social issues caused by analog printing in a range of fields. - 10 months ago
Meeting of the Minds: 3 Reasons to Align Corporate Sustainability and Finance Teams
Organizational Change / Last month, PMI moved its global sustainability team under the leadership of CFO Emmanuel Babeau. It may be one of the first global companies to make this prescient move; but here are three reasons why we believe this trend is only just beginning. - 10 months ago
When Employees Embrace Sustainability, Game-Changing Ideas Happen
Our Healthy Lives Mission / When cross-functional leads from the Nicorette® brand worked together to create innovative solutions and savings for the company, the business gained valuable insight on the necessity of inter-departmental collaboration for sustainability. - 10 months ago
Kao: Striving for 'Yoki-Monozukuri' (‘Excellent Manufacturing’) Through the Pursuit of 'Kirei'
Product, Service & Design Innovation / Kao’s new ESG strategy is centered on "kirei" (meaning “clean, beautiful and orderly”) — a Japanese word that is not yet well known worldwide but one that the company aims to make aspirational throughout the world. - 10 months ago
Committing to Compostable: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health’s Journey to Create a 100% Plant-Based Cleansing Cloth
Our Healthy Lives Mission / Transitioning the market-leading Neutrogena make-up wipes to 100% plant-based fabric will massively increase the reach of the innovation, and illustrates the potential for transforming products across numerous brands and sectors. The company plans to share information about the new fabric with the industry. - 11 months ago
Q&A: How Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health Plans to Deliver on Its Healthy Lives Mission
Our Healthy Lives Mission / We caught up with Katie Decker, Global President of Essential Health at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health, to delve into the motivation behind the company’s ambitious, multifaceted mission and the practicalities of delivering on it. - 11 months ago
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health Commits $800M to Improve the Health of People, Planet
Our Healthy Lives Mission / The Consumer Health division of the world’s largest healthcare company has launched its Healthy Lives Mission — with a commitment to invest $800 million through 2030 to meet ambitious goals of improving people’s health while protecting the health of the planet. - 1 year ago