Sustainable Brands
Learning from Leadership: How to Create a Climate-Positive, Post-Pandemic Future
The Next Economy / Embracing serendipity, climate positivity and wisdom from the natural world are just a few pertinent principles from the host of inspiring discussions on day 1 of the SB Leadership Summit — along with a shift in focus to being “known for what we allocate, not what we accumulate.” - 1 year ago
Q&A: MSC on Ensuring Seafood Sustainability During, and After, a Global Health Crisis
Supply Chain / In times of crisis, how much does traceable and sustainable seafood matter to consumers? These are some of the issues we discussed recently with Nicolas Guichoux, Chief Program Officer at the Marine Stewardship Council. - 2 years ago
Q&A: As Stakeholders Demand More from Business, B Corps Rise to the Occasion
Organizational Change / Here, Lisa Geason-Bauer, founder of Evolution Marketing, discusses the importance of diversity, inclusivity and employee engagement; as well as how B Corps are ideally placed to meet the rapidly changing needs of businesses today and in the future. - 2 years ago
Shelter from the Storm: Overcoming Challenges to Build a Resilient, Sustainable Society
Walking the Talk / In a recent conversation about the role of his company in ensuring a sustainable future in times of increasing uncertainty, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings’ Shiro Fujii said, “We don’t see ourselves simply as an insurance provider, but as a risk solutions expert.” - 2 years ago
It’s Time to Listen: What Rural Agricultural Communities Need During COVID-19
Supply Chain / As the pandemic continues, rural agricultural producers and their communities will need renewed levels of support and commitments from supply chain partners, to ensure their continued health and stability. - 2 years ago
SB’20 Yokohama: Collaboration, Co-Creation Tackling the Challenges Facing Japan and the World
Collaboration / On the theme of “Delivering the Good Life,” SB'20 Yokohama was held on February 19–20 in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, just outside of Tokyo. The fourth SB conference in Japan attracted 231 speakers and more than 3,300 attendees, making it the largest-scale event in the global Sustainable Brands community. - 2 years ago
Q&A: How Companies Can Benefit from the AFF’s Family Forest Carbon Program
Collaboration / The American Forest Foundation’s new program harnesses the collective potential of smaller US landowners to help them participate in carbon markets and carbon-credit schemes — not only benefiting them, but helping the companies that support them fuel the fight against climate change. - 2 years ago
MSC on Mission to Ensure Sustainable Seafood for All
Marketing and Comms / MSC has researched what matters most to seafood lovers, and how to engage consumers and producers on the benefits of sustainable seafood. We caught up with Senior PR Manager Jackie Marks to find out how MSC is getting that message out. - 2 years ago
Q&A: What Makes a Great Place to Work?
Organizational Change / Marcus Erb, VP of Data Science & Innovation at Great Place to Work, and his team carry out research that helps businesses create workplaces in which all employees feel valued and trusted. Here, Erb explains how being a great place to work benefits both employees and their organizations. - 2 years ago
One Family: How Driscoll’s Is Working to Safeguard Its Farming Communities
Supply Chain / Driscoll’s One Family philosophy has played a key role in helping the company navigate challenges such as labor standards, immigration reform and water stewardship. We spoke to Soren Bjorn, President of Driscoll's of the Americas, about the impact it has had on the farming communities who produce its berries. - 2 years ago
3 Ways We’ll Change the Game in 2020
Collaboration / Our global community of innovators is always abuzz with activity, but momentum generated from three initiatives this year have us particularly excited to follow them in the year to come. - 2 years ago
Q&A: thinkPARALLAX Demystifies Effective ESG Communication
Marketing and Comms / thinkPARALLAX is helping brands master storytelling around ESG issues to engage stakeholders. CEO and co-founder Guusje Bendeler told us more about the agency’s approach to creating a new ROI — Return on Impact. - 2 years ago
Give More, and Better, This Season: The 2019 SB Holiday Gift Guide
Waste Not / What better way to celebrate and participate in the season of giving than with gifts that truly keep on giving? Here are just a few of our favorite discoveries this year of products we'd be thrilled to give and receive. - 2 years ago
Diversey Gives New Life to Used Hotel Soap Bars
Corporate Member Update / Unused or barely used soap bars from hotels generate tons of solid waste on a yearly basis. SB corporate member Diversey saw this as an opportunity - not only to prevent waste from reaching landfills, but also to help communities in need. - 2 years ago
SB Oceans: Can Better Business Save Our Seas?
Collaboration / Over the course of three action-packed days, the inaugural Sustainable Brands Oceans (14-16 Nov) in Porto, Portugal convened a stellar lineup of business leaders laser-focused on saving the ocean while there’s still time. Here’s what we learned from some of the practitioners and storytellers … - 2 years ago
SB Oceans Showcases Solutions Aimed at Restoring Our Aquatic Abundance
Product, Service & Design Innovation / AI, a conscientious credit card, social plastic and underwater forests are just a few of the solutions showcased at SB Oceans that can help us restore their abundance. - 2 years ago
Practitioners Across Industries Embracing Their Role in Ensuring Health of Our Ocean
Collaboration / Looking ahead to Sustainable Brands Oceans (14-16 November 2019 in Porto, Portugal), we caught up with Katherine Bryar — Head of Global Branding and Communications at BioMar — to find out what’s in store. - 2 years ago
SB’19 Madrid Offers Tasting Menu of ‘Moonshot Thinking’ for the Future of Humankind
The Next Economy / At SB’19 Madrid last week, a diverse array of innovators in various fields demonstrated the notion that asking the right questions and being willing to use imagination to find solutions to the climate crisis and other pressing global issues can turn a Moonshot into reality. - 2 years ago
How Kohler Has 'Tapped' an Internal Flow of Entrepreneurial Ideas
Organizational Change / To help address the need to provide access to clean water and sanitation around the world, Kohler launched an internal “Shark Tank”-style social innovation competition — and many of its 38,000 employees are loving the chance to share their big ideas. - 2 years ago
BASF Collaboration to Develop Closed-Loop Process for Recycling EV Batteries
Cleantech / The ReLieVe project will develop and scale the process and structuring of an integrated industrial sector — from collection and recycling of end-of-life batteries, to the manufacturing of new electrode materials. - 2 years ago