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Q&A: How to Know When Products Are Truly MADE SAFE®
The MADE SAFE® certification is on the verge of certifying its 1,000th product. Three years ago, this program didn’t even exist. Read More...
Novozymes, VTT Crafting Next-Gen Solutions to Plastic Waste (and More)
Promising technologies from Finland, France could bring waste-free future closer to reality. Read More...
Q&A: How Annie’s Is Working to Cultivate ‘Organic for Everybunny’
“I don’t see roadblocks … just lots of untapped opportunity!” — Shauna Sadowski, Annie’s Homegrown Read More...
Financial Services Lead Charge in Linking Financial Performance, Sustainability
Companies increasingly recognize the importance to their bottom line of a comprehensive sustainability strategy, which includes reporting. Read More...
11 Criteria for Defining, Refining Your Company’s Social Purpose Statement
When a statement is too generic, it can be challenging for employees to connect to it and for the entire organization to be galvanized by that social purpose. Read More...
Report: 66% of Consumers Want Influence in Product Creation Process
Findings from State of Technology in Retail report underscore growing importance of technology and consumer feedback in product development process. Read More...
Q&A: How a ‘Cuban’ Name Change Boosted Panera’s Soup Sales
WRI’s Better Buying Lab works with food companies to research and test science-based approaches that encourage consumers to choose more sustainable, plant-based foods. Read More...
Corporate Giants’ Suppliers Have Saved $19.3B by Reducing CO2
CDP says 10 years of corporates requesting supplier transparency has triggered a step-change in environmental action. Read More...
Over 170 Brand Partners, Innovators Hard at Work on Sustainable Viscose
Global fashion brands highlight new solutions to viscose made from ancient and endangered forests. Read More...
Was I Asleep During This Year’s Super Bowl?
Quick laughs, bad jokes, celebrities — but very few with a message. Read More...
Classroom-in-a-Backpack Bringing Education to the Masses in Off-Grid Bangladesh
Light of Hope had the rather ingenious idea of fitting a solar panel-powered classroom into a backpack. Read More...
SupplyShift-Ulula Partnership to Amplify Worker Voices in Supply Chains
Collaboration will allow companies to gain data-backed insight into worker treatment in their supply chains. Read More...
Chipotle, FoodBytes! Unveil Newest Classes of Food, Ag Innovators
Two startup accelerators highlight the latest startup solutions poised to disrupt our food system for good. Read More...
A Week of 'Globalization 4.0': Sustainability Lessons from the WEF 2019
The central theme of the World Economic Forum 2019 in Davos last week was “Globalization 4.0: Shaping a New Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.” But what is Globalization 4.0, and what are the main sustainability lessons that practitioners can take away from the week? Read More...
That’s the Spirit: Optimizing the Inputs, and Outputs, of Alcohol
Players large and small are innovating to optimize what goes into — and comes out of — alcohol production. Read More...
New Reporting Standard Aims to Drive Finance Towards SDGs
Now, under SD VISta, projects seeking funding must demonstrate, to the satisfaction of a third-party assessor, that they advance the SDGs. Read More...
Giving Consumers a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Sustainable Forestry
With certified companies such as Procter & Gamble, the Forest Stewardship Council is advancing a strategy to help consumers understand the impacts of their purchases. Read More...
What Are the Fastest-Growing Social Issues Consumers Care About?
“If there is one take-away for brands after reviewing this study, we hope it’s this: What matters most to your stakeholders should matter the most to your company.” — Brittany Hill, Catalist Read More...
Passion Fruit: Growing a Farm into a Climate-Beneficial Enterprise
Many farmers avoid wasting excess fruit by turning it into animal feed, but Sidehill Farm has found much more delicious solutions. Read More...
3 Big Questions Shaping the Future of Sustainable Business in 2019
This year, we are dissecting big, open questions that could either speed up or slow down our quest toward Delivering the Good Life. Read More...
