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SoulBuffalo Gets Execs Out from Behind Desks to See Their Impacts on the World
SoulBuffalo Gets Execs Out from Behind Desks to See Their Impacts on the World

Leadership / As we at Sustainable Brands — and anyone working to rectify the damage people have done to the planet — are well aware, it's all too easy to ignore pressing social and environmental issues if their effects can’t be seen or felt in our daily lives. After a life-altering excursion across three continents, SoulBuffalo CEO and founder Dave Ford was determined to find a way to change this, by taking those just as responsible for causing as solving many of these issues — global corporate decision-makers — out into the wild to experience the effects of their business decisions with their own senses. - 5 years ago

Wales Aims to Become First ‘Refill Nation,’ Teach Residents ‘Value of Tap Water’
Wales Aims to Become First ‘Refill Nation,’ Teach Residents ‘Value of Tap Water’

Behavior Change / The Welsh Government and City to Sea, a group campaigning against single-use plastics, are collaborating on the development of campaigns to encourage refills and change residents’ behavior to make tap water their first choice for hydration. While the campaigns will help people ‘see the value of water,’ the government has also announced an additional £15 million of capital funding to further improve Local Authority recycling collection systems and infrastructure, including for plastics. - 5 years ago

Nat Geo's 'Planet or Plastic?' Initiative Latest Attempt to Save the Oceans from Plastic
Nat Geo's 'Planet or Plastic?' Initiative Latest Attempt to Save the Oceans from Plastic

Marketing and Comms / As the amount of single-use plastic in the world's oceans continues to grow, National Geographic is announcing a new, global commitment to tackle this pressing problem. On Wednesday, the media giant launched Planet or Plastic?, a multiyear initiative aimed at raising awareness of this challenge and reducing the amount of single-use plastic that enters the world's oceans. - 5 years ago

Philip Morris International Continues Shift Toward Smoke-Free Future
Philip Morris International Continues Shift Toward Smoke-Free Future

Product, Service & Design Innovation / On Tuesday, Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) published its Sustainability Report 2017, outlining the concrete steps being taken to fundamentally transform its business, by putting smoke-free products at the core of its sustainability efforts to address wider societal challenges, drive operational excellence, manage its social impact and reduce its environmental footprint. PMI says it is committed to replace cigarettes as soon as possible with better alternatives to smoking for the millions of men and women who would otherwise continue to smoke. - 5 years ago

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South Africa Setting the Standard, Campaigning for #WaterWiseTourism
South Africa Setting the Standard, Campaigning for #WaterWiseTourism

Organizational Change / In response to a severe drought, citizens and businesses in Cape Town and the Western Cape have cut their water consumption by almost 60 percent over the past three years — a performance not yet matched by any other major city globally. Now the country’s tourism industry is sharing that for them, every drop counts, in a new campaign for #WaterWiseTourism. - 5 years ago

#BusinessCase: Employee-Led Sustainability Projects Have Saved Conagra $237M
#BusinessCase: Employee-Led Sustainability Projects Have Saved Conagra $237M

Business Case / Conagra Brands, Inc. is once again celebrating its employees’ commitment to sustainability throughout the organization at its annual Sustainable Development Awards. - 5 years ago

Apple Partners with Rio Tinto, Alcoa on Zero-Carbon Aluminum Smelting
Apple Partners with Rio Tinto, Alcoa on Zero-Carbon Aluminum Smelting

Chemistry, Materials & Packaging / Apple uses a lot of aluminum across its product line — it’s part of the company’s design ethos. But it also represents almost a quarter of Apple’s manufacturing emissions. - 5 years ago

11 Startups Redesigning Business: Meet the 2018 SBIO Semi-Finalists
11 Startups Redesigning Business: Meet the 2018 SBIO Semi-Finalists

Product, Service & Design Innovation / After one of our most high-traffic voting periods to date, it’s time to meet the eleven semi-finalists in the 7th annual Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) — our competition for startups that positively impact people, planet and profit, co-sponsored by Makersite and RISN Incubator. - 5 years ago

Immotor’s LEVs, Battery-as-a-Service Model Transforming Transit Worldwide
Immotor’s LEVs, Battery-as-a-Service Model Transforming Transit Worldwide

Cleantech / As we get ready to select our semi-finalists for the 2018 Sustainable Brands Innovation Open, we wanted to check in with last year’s semi-finalists to learn about the impacts they continue to have on the business world. Here, we catch up with Immotor. - 5 years ago

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P&G: 'Long Live Fashion Formula' Can Quadruple Life of Clothes
P&G: 'Long Live Fashion Formula' Can Quadruple Life of Clothes

Behavior Change / An announcement today from Procter & Gamble’s laundry brands, Ariel and Lenor (the European sister brands of Tide and Downy, here in the States), revealed that their ‘Long Live Fashion Formula’ could extend the life of clothes by four times, keeping them looking new for longer. By switching from a powder to liquid or single-unit-dose format such as Ariel pods; adding a Fabric Conditioner, such as Lenor; and washing on a cold and quick cycle, consumers can quadruple the life of their clothes. - 5 years ago

New Animated TV Show Aims to Teach Kids to Be Stewards for the Planet, SDGs
New Animated TV Show Aims to Teach Kids to Be Stewards for the Planet, SDGs

Marketing and Comms / A new television series is under development to help teach children about sustainability and what they can do to help keep our planet beautiful. With a goal to inspire and guide 4- to 7-year-old children to become global citizens as they grow up, the five Alphabravos heroes will traverse the planet righting wrongs, foiling the evil Mdudu’s plans, having fun and learning. - 5 years ago

Q&A: How Clif Bar Is Cultivating the Dual Power of Purpose and Play
Q&A: How Clif Bar Is Cultivating the Dual Power of Purpose and Play

Walking the Talk / In April of 2000, Clif Bar owner and founder Gary Erickson turned down a $120 million offer to buy Clif Bar & Company. Instead of taking it easy the rest of his life, Erickson decided to keep Clif Bar private and pursue a unique business model known as the Five Aspirations: Sustaining Its Business, Brands, People, Community and the Planet. - 5 years ago

Trending: #BusinessCase, Innovations Grow for Sustainable Fashion; Waste Ban Looms
Trending: #BusinessCase, Innovations Grow for Sustainable Fashion; Waste Ban Looms

The Next Economy / The business case for sustainability in the fashion industry has strengthened, but the pace of change still isn’t going fast or far enough, according to the newly released second edition of the Pulse of the Fashion Industry report. - 5 years ago

Trending: Tires Find New Life in Stunning Furniture, Durable Shoe Soles
Trending: Tires Find New Life in Stunning Furniture, Durable Shoe Soles

Product, Service & Design Innovation / Some 290 million tires are discarded each year in the U.S. alone, and they can be a challenge to recycle. - 5 years ago

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Trucost’s New Evaluation Tool Will Help Companies Align Strategy with the SDGs
Trucost’s New Evaluation Tool Will Help Companies Align Strategy with the SDGs

New Metrics / The private sector has been mobilizing to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. But corporations are also in constant pursuit of returning shareholder value, and as such, need to look for ways that SDG-aligned strategies can give a true measure of shareholder value. - 5 years ago

AkzoNobel Puts ‘True Price’ on Natural, Social Capital; Increases Business Value
AkzoNobel Puts ‘True Price’ on Natural, Social Capital; Increases Business Value

New Metrics / “Organizations rely on a diverse set of ‘capitals’ to function effectively,” says Emma Ringström, Sustainability Manager, Pulp and Performance Chemicals at AkzoNobel. By measuring these, she says, “We can find ways to make the most impactful improvements and ultimately increase business value.” - 5 years ago

Unilever's Sustainable Living Brands Delivered 70% of Turnover Growth in 2017
Unilever's Sustainable Living Brands Delivered 70% of Turnover Growth in 2017

Business Case / Unilever has today revealed its fourth consecutive year of growth for its ‘sustainable living’ brands, which delivered 70 percent of its turnover growth and grew 46 percent faster (a slightly slower rate than last year, when it was over 50 percent). than the rest of the business. The company says all of its brands are working to reduce their environmental footprint and increase their positive social impact; the ‘sustainable living’ brands are those that are furthest ahead on the journey. - 5 years ago

eKutir: The Human-Digital Platform Curating the Future of Food
eKutir: The Human-Digital Platform Curating the Future of Food

Supply Chain / As we get ready to select our semi-finalists for the 2018 Sustainable Brands Innovation Open, we wanted to check in with last year’s semi-finalists to learn about the impacts they continue to have on the business world. Here, we catch up with eKutir Global. - 5 years ago

U.S. Plastics Producers Aim to Recycle or Recover 100% of Plastic Packaging by 2040
U.S. Plastics Producers Aim to Recycle or Recover 100% of Plastic Packaging by 2040

Chemistry, Materials & Packaging / Three new goals to enhance the circular economy for plastics and reduce packaging waste have been announced by leading U.S. plastic producers including BASF, Dow, DuPont and Braskem. - 5 years ago

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New Clif Bar Scholarship Alleviates Debt to Help College Seniors Pursue Purposeful Careers
New Clif Bar Scholarship Alleviates Debt to Help College Seniors Pursue Purposeful Careers

Leadership / Clif Bar wants to help college seniors pursue meaningful post-graduate experiences, instead of deciding based on the pressure of paying down their debt. - 5 years ago