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Unique Public-Private Partnership Ensures Climate-Proof Future for Sake Production
Unique Public-Private Partnership Ensures Climate-Proof Future for Sake Production
Published on January 12, 2022
Written by SUSCOM
About a 4 minute read

Companies and industries are being forced to innovate to ensure success in a climate-changed future. One win-win partnership epitomizes the ingenuity of a legendary, highly particular sake brewery and a city government seeking to leverage local characteristics to revitalize the region. Read More...

Circular Economy
Climate Failure, Growing Social Divides Top WEF’s Global Risks for 2022
Climate Failure, Growing Social Divides Top WEF’s Global Risks for 2022
Published on January 11, 2022
About a 4 minute read

The World Economic Forum's annual global survey of experts finds only 1 in 6 are optimistic and only 1 in 10 believe in our ability to implement a stable, sustainable global recovery. Read More...

Finance & InvestmentOrganizational Governance
1% for the 99%: Corporate Leaders’ Golden Opportunity to Recharge US Communities
1% for the 99%: Corporate Leaders’ Golden Opportunity to Recharge US Communities
Published on January 11, 2022
Written by Paul Herman and Catherine Berman
About a 5 minute read

By unleashing the corporate balance sheet, finance teams can provide resources to nurture local entrepreneurial talent, improve climate resilience and build housing — all with minimal risk. Read More...

Circular EconomyOrganizational Governance
Timberland Gives Worn Items New Life Through Timberloop™ Take-Back Program
Timberland Gives Worn Items New Life Through Timberloop™ Take-Back Program
Published on January 10, 2022
About a 2 minute read

Timberloop enables Timberland and its community to work together to keep products and materials in circulation for as long as possible — critical to the company’s goal for 100% of its products to be designed for full circularity by 2030. Read More...

Circular Economy
5 Consumer Trends That Will Shape How Brands Source, Produce Goods in 2022
5 Consumer Trends That Will Shape How Brands Source, Produce Goods in 2022
Published on January 10, 2022
Written by Kate Stritzinger
About a 5 minute read

Consumer insights demonstrate need for brands to make good on their sustainability and human rights claims, and make it even easier for shoppers to shop their values. Read More...

Organizational Governance
2022 Is the Year of Net-Zero Integrity
2022 Is the Year of Net-Zero Integrity
Published on January 7, 2022
Written by Meryl Richards
About a 4 minute read

All net-zero commitments are not made equal. 2022 must be the year of authentic climate action — and for that to happen, net-zero strategies must rise to their full potential as a tool to combat climate change. Read More...

Marketing & Communications
Tony’s Chocolonely Aiming to Spark Further ‘Conversation’ with UK Chocolate Lovers
Tony’s Chocolonely Aiming to Spark Further ‘Conversation’ with UK Chocolate Lovers
Published on January 7, 2022
About a 2 minute read

The ethical chocolate maker has released three ‘Conversation Bars’ — available exclusively online and at Waitrose through January 25 — designed to provoke discussion around systemic issues in the chocolate supply chain. Read More...

Organizational Governance
New Tool Captures Employee Scope 3 Emissions Data, No Matter Where They Work
New Tool Captures Employee Scope 3 Emissions Data, No Matter Where They Work
Published on January 6, 2022
About a 3 minute read

New solution from WeSpire, Cox and South Pole dramatically improves how companies measure and reduce employee emissions in hybrid and increasingly remote work environments. Read More...

Consumer Behavior ChangeCollaboration & Co-CreationMarketing & Communications
How Brands and Retailers Can Collaborate to Activate Sustainability, Drive Growth
How Brands and Retailers Can Collaborate to Activate Sustainability, Drive Growth
Published on January 6, 2022
Written by Grounded World
About a 6 minute read

Why are so few brands and retailers partnering to communicate their sustainability attributes at the moment of truth — when shoppers are in the right mindset to buy? A new guidebook offers 10 guiding principles and many inspirational examples to help guide brands and retailers through the process. Read More...

Materials & PackagingCircular Economy
PCR & Ocean-Bound Plastic Both Have a Place in Sustainable Beauty
PCR & Ocean-Bound Plastic Both Have a Place in Sustainable Beauty
Published on January 5, 2022
Written by Patrick Todd
About a 7 minute read

Big Plastic (and Big Oil) have a five-decade lead and massive economies of scale that will take a little longer to match in terms of costs and simplicity. But working with the right partners and openness to shaking up the status quo is paying off for brands willing to put their principles and profits on equal footing. Read More...

Finance & InvestmentMaterials & Packaging
Improving the Sustainability of Wet Processing: An Investment Pot of Gold
Improving the Sustainability of Wet Processing: An Investment Pot of Gold
Published on January 4, 2022
Written by Catherine Tubb, Ph.D.
About a 5 minute read

In the textile industry, one area ripe for investment is making wet processing more sustainable. As with most pots of gold, it’s not without its challenges — but data indicate that the returns are well worth the effort. Investors keen to seize this nascent opportunity should consider three primary steps. Read More...

Organizational GovernanceCircular EconomyMaterials & Packaging
Water Wins: When Sustainability Becomes Part of the Company Culture
Water Wins: When Sustainability Becomes Part of the Company Culture
Published on January 3, 2022
Written by Vinyl Sustainability Council
About a 2 minute read

“Sustainability is best played together. It's validating to see what we started and see it grow first across the other teams in our plant, and eventually across Lubrizol.” — Kalli Stull Read More...

Innovation & TechnologyCircular Economy
Dome Sweet Dome: Geoship’s ‘Livingry’ Model Aims to Reconnect Home and Nature
Dome Sweet Dome: Geoship’s ‘Livingry’ Model Aims to Reconnect Home and Nature
Published on December 31, 2021
Written by Scarlett Buckley
About a 5 minute read

Geoship’s bioceramic, climate-resilient dome villages offer a glimpse into a new model of zero-carbon community living and a future-proof world built through regenerative architecture. Read More...

Finance & InvestmentCircular Economy
Report Presents Decarbonization of Fashion Industry as $1T Investment Opportunity
Report Presents Decarbonization of Fashion Industry as $1T Investment Opportunity
Published on December 29, 2021
About a 4 minute read

Estimating an investment opportunity of $1 trillion, a new Fashion for Good-Apparel Impact Institute report breaks down the funding needed by solution category and identifies the types of funders best placed to take advantage of the opportunity and benefit from the positive returns. Read More...

Innovation & Technology
NYC’s New Battery Playscape Combines Education with Climate-Resilient Design
NYC’s New Battery Playscape Combines Education with Climate-Resilient Design
Published on December 27, 2021
About a 3 minute read

A global exemplar for playgrounds located in flood-zone communities, Playscape features five distinct ecology zones, each fostering cultural and environmental awareness through sustainable, biodiverse and water-conscious design. Read More...

Collaboration & Co-CreationMarketing & Communications
Music Industry Heavyweights Pledge Collaborative, Coordinated Climate Action
Music Industry Heavyweights Pledge Collaborative, Coordinated Climate Action
Published on December 23, 2021
About a 4 minute read

The Music Climate Pact marks a significant step in aligning the global music business around a coherent and industry-coordinated strategy — and unify existing climate initiatives. Read More...

Finance & InvestmentCircular EconomyOrganizational Governance
HSBC to Phase Out Coal Financing by 2040 — Will Wall Street Follow Suit?
HSBC to Phase Out Coal Financing by 2040 — Will Wall Street Follow Suit?
Published on December 22, 2021
About a 9 minute read

HSBC announces its thermal coal phase-out plan on the same day as a Sierra Club-Center for American Progress report calls out Wall Street’s outsized contribution to the climate crisis. Can the necessary sea change be made in time to avoid disaster? Read More...

Marketing & Communications
Potty-Mouthed Campaign Raising Awareness of Lack of ‘F*ing Water’ for Canada’s Indigenous Communities
Potty-Mouthed Campaign Raising Awareness of Lack of ‘F*ing Water’ for Canada’s Indigenous Communities
Published on December 21, 2021
About a 2 minute read

Public Inc’s latest social-justice outcry, in collaboration with First Peoples Group, shines light on lack of government action to address insufficient access to clean water in nearly 70 Indigenous communities across Canada. Read More...

Circular EconomyInnovation & Technology
Transforming Plastic Waste into Asphalt: Paving the Way for Sustainable Roads
Transforming Plastic Waste into Asphalt: Paving the Way for Sustainable Roads
Published on December 21, 2021
Written by Dow
About a 4 minute read

In order for truly sustainable and circular systems to be realized, every facet of normal life must be re-considered — from the cars we drive to the roads we drive them on. Read More...

Circular Economy
‘Get Nature Positive’ Responds to Urgent Biodiversity Crisis, Offers Guidance for UK-Based Companies
‘Get Nature Positive’ Responds to Urgent Biodiversity Crisis, Offers Guidance for UK-Based Companies
Published on December 20, 2021
Written by JoAnna Haugen
About a 5 minute read

The UK has lost almost half its wildlife and plant species since the Industrial Revolution. The new campaign, from the Council for Sustainable Business, specifically addresses nature-focused challenges and solutions for businesses. Read More...

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