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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...
Investors Lose Patience with Companies’ Lack of Environmental Disclosure
Investors with nearly $10 trillion in assets are targeting over 700 companies that are not transparent enough about their environmental impact, and pushing them to disclose this information through CDP. This is the first time that CDP is reporting publicly on its Non-Disclosure Campaign. Read More...
Transparency Is the Outcome in a Process, Not the First Step
H&M’s move towards transparency has been praised by competitors and consumers alike. But other firms looking to emulate this heightened visibility approach should understand that transparency is merely the end goal in a multi-step process. Read More...
Philip Morris International Is Now in the Life Insurance Business
PMI’s new insurance company, reviti, offers discounted premiums to people who quit smoking or switch to e-cigarettes, and incentives for continued improvements in lifestyle habits. Read More...
Composting at Chick-fil-A: Completing the Circle
Chick-fil-A pilots restaurant-composting program to reduce trash in landfills Read More...
Indigo to Remove 1 ‘Terraton’ CO2 from Atmosphere Through Regenerative Farming
“The potential for agricultural soils to capture and store atmospheric carbon dioxide is the most hopeful potential solution that I know of to address climate change.” — Indigo CEO David Perry Read More...
Target’s Renewable Electricity Goal Makes Way For a Brighter Future
It’s no secret: We’re working toward important goals to create a more sustainable future for our guests, team members and the planet. Read More...
Abbott - Blood Donation: Millennials Needed
If more millennials step up to give, they can fill the gap left by aging baby boomers. See why their donations may move the needle. Read More...
How Can Sustainability Be a Win for B2B Companies? Ask Flex
Consumer-facing companies get a lot of the attention for their sustainability efforts through great ads and campaigns. But there is a huge role for B2B companies to benefit from sustainability solutions, as well. Flex is one of these. Read More...
Impossible Foods Celebrates Consumer Paradigm Shift to Plant-Based Meat
The report also offers a first look at soon-to-be-published research that helps quantify the ways that plant-based diets can literally turn back the clock on climate change. Read More...
Why Leaders Must Drive Change by Putting the SDGs at the Heart of Business
With only a little over a decade left to meet the SDGs by 2030, it is crucial to maintain — or, better said, create — a stable and fair world. To accelerate our actions to achieve the Goals, we need trust. And that trust will grow when we achieve the Goals. Read More...
Can Green PE, Better Collection and Recycling Redeem Plastic? Braskem Thinks So
As ocean plastic in particular has captured the world’s attention, plastic producers such as Braskem have quickly ramped up efforts to use plastic responsibly and create better alternatives. Read More...
L’Oréal, TerraCycle Illustrate How Products Should Be Made, Packaged
The innovators behind Seed Phytonutrients and the Loop reusable packaging platform shared lessons learned, and the potential impacts these disruptive new approaches to product and packaging development could hold for their respective industries. Read More...
Reaching Deep Into Communities to Cultivate Tomorrow’s Changemakers
Throughout the week at SB’19 Detroit, as we were regaled with tales of inspiring programs such as Dave’s Killer Bread’s Second Chance Employment initiative, we were pleasantly struck by the theme that emerged of brands and other organizations cultivating leaders and changemakers from unlikely places and in unique ways. Read More...
AT&T: Future Focused. Purpose Driven.
As I was talking with an investor the other day talk about his system of evaluating a company’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance, it occurred to me how familiar that discussion was becoming. Read More...
Avery Dennison Plastic Bank Printed Fabric Labels are Helping Reduce Oceans Plastic
Avery Dennison's partnership with Plastic Bank is closing the loop on social plastic. Read More...
Message on a Bottle: How One Expedition Is Engaging Communities to Learn About Plastic Waste
The “Sea to Source: Ganges” expedition team engages communities to help them track plastic pollution with wooden drift cards. Read More...
SB'19 Detroit: Transparency, Alliances Unsnarling the Tangled Webs We Weave
SB'19 Detroit was full of rich discussions from brands, technology providers and alliances driving holistic changes in supply chains and other complex systems — and shining light on problems along the way. Read More...
How Danone Is Putting Humanity Back Into Marketing
“It is not business-to-consumers, but human-to-human. The future is bright for marketing.” — Valérie Hernando-Presse Read More...
#BrandsForGood, #Strawless Laying Groundwork for Sustainable Behavior Change
On Wednesday, day three of SB’19 Detroit, the focus was on collective brand efforts to create the significant shifts in consumer behavior necessary for The Good Life to become a reality. Read More...
