Sustainable Brands
Sekisui Chemical Launches New Global Website to Teach About SDGs
Marketing and Comms / SEKISUI SDGs Academy encourages users to think in an enjoyable way about the connections between themselves and the SDGs, through activities such as card games, which involve information about the company’s own products. - 2 years ago
Q&A: A Practical Guide to Science-Based Targets
Business Case / Many companies are intrigued about setting science-based targets, yet are unsure about what this means in practice. So, we spoke to South Pole's Charles Henderson to learn more. - 2 years ago
SB’19 Paris, Day 3: Confidence, Cautionary Tales About a Tech-Driven Future
The Next Economy / As SB’19 Paris wound down to a close, two thought-provoking roundtables on Tech, Science and Ethics explored conflicting views regarding a rise in AI applications; and how, for the next generation of purpose-driven startups, not all investors are created equal. - 2 years ago
SB’19 Paris, Day 2: Virtuous Value Chains, Next-Gen CSR and Redesigning the #GoodLife
Collaboration / Our second day in Paris was chock-full of rich panel discussions with brands trading stories of the evolution of ideas and lessons learned — and still to be learned — on the long, windy road to creating a sustainable consumer economy. - 2 years ago
3 Lessons Learned from SB’19 Paris, Day 1
Leadership / Sustainable Brands ‘19 Paris could not have opened at a more apposite moment. Across Europe, activists demanding more action on issues that matter have taken over the narrative. — the expectation for those in power to take action has reached a fever pitch. - 2 years ago
Microsoft Increases Carbon Fee, Doubles Down on AI for Sustainability
Cleantech / Informed by new research from PwC UK that shows AI can boost global GDP by up to 4.4% and reduce emissions by 4% by 2030, Microsoft commits to a tech-first approach to drive progress across operations, products, customers and data science. - 2 years ago
The Win-Win of JUST Jobs: Higher ROE When Companies Disclose Workplace Policies
Finance & Investment / Human capital issues increasingly important area for corporate leadership, as market participants call for greater transparency. - 2 years ago
Back to the Roots Reintroduces Misunderstood Hemp to Home Growers
Product, Service & Design Innovation / Continuing its mission to “undo food," Back to the Roots has launched The Organic Hemp Starter Grow Kit, the first-ever hemp grow-at-home kit. - 2 years ago
Solar Mamas: Empowering Women to ‘Flip the Switch’ to Better Health, Renewable Energy
Cleantech / Law firm Hogan Lovells has partnered with Barefoot College International to empower mostly illiterate women from off-grid areas around the world by training them as solar engineers, or “Solar Mamas.” - 2 years ago
Target Sets Its Sights on Scope 3 Emissions with New Climate Goals
Cleantech / The new goals will reduce the retail giant’s carbon footprint from source to shelf, as it works alongside its supply chain partners to lower emissions throughout its value chain. - 2 years ago
Over 2,000 Delegates Gather to Share Insights at SB'19 Tokyo
Leadership / Sustainable Brands 2019 Tokyo was held on March 6-7, at the Hilton Tokyo. 189 leaders from both domestic and foreign companies and NGOs took part. - 2 years ago
Q&A: Savers on a Mission to Help Us All ‘Rethink Reuse’
Waste Not / Fashion and sustainability: Can they go together? - 2 years ago
ERM Announces Acquisition of SustainAbility Ltd
Collaboration / The second in a series of acquisitions by ERM aimed at building the world’s leading sustainability advisory services - 2 years ago
EcoVadis Helping Pharma Giants to Improve Global Health Supply Chain
Collaboration / The Responsible Health Initiative aims to fortify responsible business practices throughout healthcare value chain - 2 years ago
UK to Hold Companies Responsible for Packaging Recycling, Disposal
Chemistry, Materials & Packaging / Businesses and manufacturers will pay the full cost of recycling or disposing of their packaging waste, under a major new government strategy unveiled late last month by the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). - 2 years ago
Trending: BASF, Coca-Cola, EC Break New Ground on Plastics Recycling
Product, Service & Design Innovation / Continuing this year’s wave of near-constant innovations aimed at responsible management of post-consumer plastics are new advancements from both the private and public sector. BASF making products with chemically recycled plastics BASF announced it has broken new ground in plastic waste recycling with its ChemCycling project. Chemical recycling provides an innovative way to reutilize currently unrecyclable plastic waste, such as mixed or uncleaned plastics. Depending on the region, such waste is usually sent to landfill or burned with energy recovery. - 2 years ago
Give More This Season: The 2018 SB Holiday Gift Guide
Product, Service & Design Innovation / What better way to commemorate the season of giving than with gifts that really give more － by improving ecosystems, business practices and financial security; and eliminating waste, pollution and carbon emissions around the world － while spreading holiday cheer? Here are just a few of our favorite discoveries this year of products we'd be proud to give. For sustainable urban active-ists - 2 years ago
Trending: Fashion Giants Take Further Steps to Create Climate-Friendly Industry
The Next Economy / The fashion industry has kicked December off with a bang, launching a number of game-changing initiatives and partnerships aimed at further improving its image by reducing its impacts. - 2 years ago
Trending: Kellogg, UK Gov Waste No Time Repurposing 'Throw Away' Food
Waste Not / New initiatives from both the private and public sector aim to further chip away at the UK’s food waste issue, as the nation attempts to rebound from being designated Europe’s biggest food waster in 2015. Kellogg's Cornflakes adding sweet touch to Throw Away IPA - 2 years ago
Lack of US Climate Policy Putting Companies at Risk; Investors Demand Action
The Next Economy / As a record number of global investors calls on governments to accelerate action on climate change, a new CDP analysis shows that some of the largest U.S.-based corporations view climate change as an increasing risk to their bottom line and reputation among consumers and investors. - 2 years ago