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How Rebalancing Power Dynamics Can Create More Sustainable Value Chains
From growers to sellers and consumers, there’s no doubt coffee touches billions of people every single day. But as coffee prices continue to decline, how can we address the underlying power dynamics that are driving unsustainable practices? Read More...
New Report Calls on Food Giants to Use Vanishing Water Resources More Efficiently
Third edition of Feeding Ourselves Thirsty reveals improved scores in water-management practices from industry giants such as Mars, Coca-Cola and Unilever, but finds insufficient corporate action overall in an increasingly water-stressed world. Read More...
Harnessing Business Purpose to Safeguard Our Oceans
Our Ocean 2019 gathered leaders from government, business and civil society to discuss solutions and actions for a clean healthy and productive ocean. It set the stage for bold action to safeguard our oceans — and the sense of urgency is mounting. Read More...
Rolland: Three Sustainability Trends You Need to Know About Now
Sustainability will continue to be important for organizations big and small in the year ahead. Consumers across industries are demanding that the brands they buy make strides in sustainability. As 2020 nears, here are three valuable sustainability trends to watch. Read More...
Nielsen Continues its Sustainability Journey with its First Value-chain Greenhouse Gas Assessment
Nielsen’s global environmental sustainability efforts represent our holistic approach across our internal footprint, grassroots work and varied stakeholder groups, allowing us to create a positive ripple effect throughout our value chain. Read More...
Nielsen Employees Address the Global Waste Challenge in our Second Annual World Cleanup Day
Nielsen associates recently came together to dedicate almost 2,000 hours of volunteering in 28 countries and across 59 events to mark our second annual World Cleanup Day (WCD) event. Read More...
Nielsen Recognized for Third Consecutive Year on Stock Indices for Leading Companies
For the third consecutive year, Nielsen has again been included in both the FTSE4Good Index and the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (DJSI). Read More...
Can Being Climate Neutral Become the New Normal?
Gold Standard’s Sarah Leugers recently chatted with entrepreneurial leaders at Allbirds and Peak Design to discuss their climate-neutral commitments and the value this creates for their brands. Read More...
Chilean Startup Eliminating Packaging Waste, ‘Poverty Tax’ in Latin American Product Market
Algramo’s unique, refillable packaging system allows customers to buy as much or as little of a product as they want, in reusable containers, with no difference in the price per gram — then recycles all packaging at the end of its life. Read More...
30 Companies, Investors Commit to Secure a Healthy Ocean
In committing to the nine principles, companies pledge to take action to prevent pollution, manage their use of marine resources to ensure long-term sustainability, and be transparent about their ocean-related activities and impacts. Read More...
Trending: Building Regenerative Fashion Supply Chains, from the Ground Up
A new partnership for Timberland aims to create sustainable leather supply chain; while inclusive apparel brand Everybody & Everyone aims to create better fashion from raw materials to end use. Read More...
Foolproofing Sustainability, Part 3: Value Cycling
The model we use to teach MBAs about production is the value chain. But there's a problem: It imagines a linear world in which materials can be constantly pushed through an assembly line with no consequence. Read More...
While Climate Policy Catches Up, Here’s Some Groundbreaking Cleantech to Be Excited About
The remaining barriers to a climate-resilient future are political, rather than technological. Much of the tech required to transition to a low-carbon economy already exists — here are just a few to look out for. Read More...
How Forward-Thinking Brands Are Investing in Forests
More and more mission-driven organizations are making positive environmental changes, often through partnerships with other companies and nonprofit organizations. One of the major ways businesses can contribute to environmental efforts is by planting trees. Read More...
As REI Prepares to #OptOutside for 5th Year, CEO Says It’s Not Enough
Outdoor retailer unveils aggressive, new sustainability commitments around waste and eliminating unnecessary packaging; urges employees, business leaders and consumers to “opt to act” on waste. Read More...
Gen Z Believes in Its Own Power to Make Change, But That Companies Must Lead the Way
While Gen Zers feel personally responsible to make a difference and 76% believe we will have made headway on important issues in five years’ time, 90% also believe companies must drive action on social and environmental issues. Read More...
NETs Offering New Opportunities for Negative Emissions
A suite of negative-emissions technologies (NETs) have emerged and continue to improve. While carbon capture and storage systems can lead to carbon-neutral processes, NETs can lead to true carbon negativity. Read More...
SB’19 Madrid Offers Tasting Menu of ‘Moonshot Thinking’ for the Future of Humankind
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. Read More...
Abbott Planting Seeds for Healthier Tomorrow with ‘Future Well Kids’
By inspiring kids to start healthy habits today, Abbott’s new Future Well Kids program aims to create a healthier tomorrow. By the time kids finish the program, they'll have developed their own definitions of what living a healthy life means. Read More...
Foolproofing Sustainability, Part 2: Materials Parsimony
The amazing diversity of life is founded on dramatic materials parsimony; almost everything in nature is built out of just four elements. Whereas, what we humans have gotten since the Industrial Revolution is materials proliferation. Read More...
