Sustainable Brands
JUST Capital, Forbes Name America's Most JUST Companies for 2018
JUST Capital and Forbes today released the 2018 list of America’s Most JUST Companies, an annual ranking of the 1,000 largest publicly traded US corporations on the issues Americans care about most, including fair pay and good benefits, customer tr... View More
Trending: Regenerative Sourcing, Circular Models Revamping Fashion
This week, two fashion giants with extensive brand portfolios announced partnerships that show promise for cleaning up “dirty fashion.” ... View More
Plastic, Be Gone! Unilever, Stora Enso Developing Better Sachets, Straws
This week, more momentum on the anti-plastic front: Unilever will develop a crowdsourced, plastic-free laundry solution to combat single-use sachets; while Stora Enso and Sulapac are developing renewable drinking straws. Unilever to invest €100K in... View More
World's First Carbon-Negative Fuel to be Unveiled at COP24
Next week, at the COP24 climate summit in Poland, a Swedish startup is set to unveil what it hails as the world's first carbon-negative fuel. NextFuel briquettes ... View More
China Lags on Sustainable Viscose, Australia Unveils Tree-Free Alternative
Report: Chinese viscose sector’s sustainability roadmap fails to deliver ... View More
All New 3M Products to Include Sustainability Value
US-based multinational 3M launches approximately 1,000 new products each year; starting in 2019, 100 percent of them will have sustainability built in: Today, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24), 3M announced its first formal requ... View More
Q&A: South Pole on Its Next-Gen Climate Neutrality Certification
With the urgency of reducing our carbon footprint becoming more visible by the day, it’s great to see more and more brands making claims about their carbon reductions. ... View More
New Tool Reveals $1.6T Risk of Failing to Account for Natural Capital
Following the release last month of its groundbreaking guide to help financial institutions understand and assess their reliance on natural capital, this week the Natural Capital Finance Alliance (NCFA) launched the world’s first comprehensive tool... View More
10 New Getaways Turn Conscious Travelers Into Changemakers
With a recent rise in evidence of demand for sustainable travel experiences, Kind Traveler, the world’s first socially conscious hotel booking platform; and Steller — the world’s leading storytelling app and community co-founded by TV personali... View More
Kickstarter, EDF Partner to Push for Better Product Development
Kickstarter PBC and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) today unveiled new features on Kickstarter aimed at helping innovators evaluate and reduce the environmental impact of their products from the concept stage. Kickstarter and EDF worked together... View More
Recruit Group: Resolving Society's Negatives with Business Solutions
This post has been translated from Japanese. Read the original interview here. ... View More
The New Black: How New Breed of Consumers Will Spend Money, Energy This Friday
During this season of giving, many of today’s more discerning consumers won’t be joining the masses scrambling to answer the siren call to stock up on discounted “stuff” — they’ll be remembering the values meant to be at the heart of this... View More
Tesco, WWF Partner to Improve Sustainability of UK Food, Diets
UK grocery giant Tesco and WWF have announced a groundbreaking, four-year partnership aimed at reducing the environmental impact of the average UK shopping cart by 50 percent, improving the sustainability of food while ensuring it remains affordable ... View More
McGill University's Bensadoun School to Shape Sustainable Future of Retail
On Friday, Montreal’s McGill University announced the opening of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management (BSRM) — a hub for students, researchers and practitioners to work collaboratively towards bringing retailers into the 21st century. An int... View More
Meet the Plant-Based Protein Poised to Sustainabilize the Food Industry
Along with a wave of plant-based meat innovations from startups such as Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods and Right Treat, which are giving the meat industry a run for its resource-intensive money, a new plant protein solution could further revolutionize... View More
Trending: Bison Down Jacket, Circular Undies Latest Apparel Nixing Waste
The global movement to end textile waste continues, with the release of outer- and undergarments from new and established brands alike. ... View More
Land O’Lakes SUSTAIN Launches New Partnerships to Help Farmers Scale Sustainably
This week, Land O’Lakes SUSTAIN (LOLS) has launched two new partnerships aimed at helping farmers scale their sustainability efforts. ... View More
'Purpose Premium' Found to Create Reputational Gains for Companies
“Purpose” is one of three critical dimensions of overall reputation, according to the 2018 Porter Novelli/Cone Purpose Premium Index: How Companies Can Unlock Reputational Gains by Leading with Purpose, released today. ... View More
SAMBAZON, Ecology Center Seeking College Students with Purposeful Business Ideas
SAMBAZON — the first company to bring organic açaí to the U.S. — and The Ecology Center, a non-profit eco-educational center, have launched their second annual Greenhouse Initiative. ... View More
New Global Map of Ancient, Endangered Forests Brings Conservation Science to Boardrooms
Today marks the public launch of a new online tool that will enable global companies to identify the world’s ancient and endangered forests. ... View More
