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Higher Education Needs a Higher Bar to Equip Us for a Flourishing Future
Our consumption and production systems will soon need re-engineering, so that all nine billion of us can live well within our planetary boundaries. Are higher education institutions doing enough to equip our professionals for these roles? Read More...
Trending: Fashion Giants Lining Up with Science-Based Targets
As Levi Strauss moves forward with its industry-leading climate action strategy, PUMA and Burberry are following suit with SBTi-approved science-based targets of their own. Read More...
Business for Nature: Our Economy, Wellbeing Depend on Restoring Biodiversity
Today, at the Trondheim Biodiversity Conference in Norway, a diverse group of influential international organizations launched a global coalition to elevate a business call for comprehensive action to reverse nature loss and restore the planet’s vital natural systems. Read More...
Trending: Brands Leveraging Tomorrow’s Greatest Minds to Solve Today’s Problems
From early-stage startups to college students to grade-school prodigies, 3M, the Biomimicry Institute and Unilever continue to mine the latest, greatest minds for the next sustainability innovations. Read More...
KLM Issues Global Call to Industry, Travelers to 'Fly Responsibly'
Just ahead of its 100th birthday, the Dutch airline calls on global aviation industry, individual travelers to join forces for sustainable air travel — or take the train, instead. Read More...
Finnish R&D Project Aims to Make Business from Circular Textiles
Telaketju, a Finnish network promoting sustainable recycling of textiles, shifts its focus from recycling to managing the whole value chain, extending textile lifespan and creating novel business models. Read More...
Beautycounter Takes Action in D.C.
This past Tuesday was the 81st anniversary of the passing of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act—the last major legislation governing personal-care products. Read More...
The Balancing Act of CSR: Meeting Community and Stakeholder Expectations
While some proponents of CSR would like to believe that all CSR efforts can be beneficial in some way, the facts indicate otherwise. CSR is not black and white, and not all CSR proposals are created equal. Read More...
Optoro: 3 Ways Circularity is Driving Retail
Our sustainability team attended two conferences this June: Sustainable Brands and Circularity 19. We’ve put together some of the key takeaways from these conferences. Read More...
How Brands Can Better Employ Empathy During Pride
Although June is the perfect milestone to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, our hope is that brand efforts and progress last throughout the year — and simply become another part of doing good business. Read More...
Lessons from a Decade of Scaling Energy-Efficiency Projects Across Global Portfolios
How can organizations maximize energy efficiency across entire portfolios in a way that is, well, efficient? The ones that surge ahead tend to share a set of approaches that encourage stakeholder buy-in, provide sustainable financial support and ensure positive outcomes across all sites. Read More...
Multiplying Impact: Collaboration on Sustainability Powers Business Performance
As corporate responsibility attracts more attention, more and more companies are working with peers and competitors in their respective industries to accomplish sustainability-related goals. Read More...
Adobe Breaks Ground on North Tower in San Jose
Investing in our employees and community as we expand our headquarters We’re excited to announce that our North Tower will be an all-electric building that can be powered by clean, renewable energy, and will be among the first of its kind in Silicon Valley. Read More...
Barry Callebaut, Unilever Pilot New Platform to Monitor Sustainability in Ag Supply Chains
By piloting the Equivalency Module with US farmers, Barry Callebaut and Unilever now benefit from streamlined sustainability assessment. Read More...
Discerning Offsetting: The Right Projects Can Take You from Carbon-Neutral to Climate+
By making informed decisions on carbon credit selection, sustainability-minded companies can go beyond simply being carbon neutral — to inspire customers and employees alike with life-changing impacts. Read More...
US Consumers More Concerned About Ocean Plastic Than Climate Change
New study finds bans of single-use plastic and awareness of circular alternatives are breaking through to consumers. The impacts of climate change remain much more intangible. Read More...
Best Buy Now Helping Consumers Reduce CO2, Save Billions on Utilities, Recycle More
The electronics retailer will now help its customers save billions while reducing their emissions, as it works to further decrease its own — and now offers expanded recycling and repair services. Read More...
PepsiCo’s Multi-Pronged ‘Recycling with Purpose’ Initiative Launches in Peru
The PepsiCo Foundation’s US$2M grant to Ciudad Saludable will support recyclers and their organizations to become part of the recycling system within the country. Read More...
E-Commerce Companies Can Be Guardians of the Environment
At Thrive Market, as we’ve neutralized our shipping footprint, brought our fulfillment centers to zero waste, and removed 90% of virgin plastic from our packaging, we’ve learned some surprising lessons. Read More...
AI Helping to Ensure Clean Water, Improve Yields, Protect Forests
Computer scientists at Intel are protecting the earth and we humans on it through a dedicated unit called AI for Social Good. We caught up with Head Anna Bethke and several of Intel’s software innovators to learn more about their work. Read More...
