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Taking Notes on Humanity: Harnessing Big Data to Drive Social Good
Given the rate at which big data is evolving — it is being generated from multiple sources at such speed and volume that the term itself is becoming overexposed — it is little wonder that corporations...
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How the World's Biggest Brands Should Communicate Sustainability on Social Media
Matthew Yeomans spoke to a packed house on Tuesday morning, sending the message that social media can no longer be seen as a tactic; it is a fundamental way of doing business — as is...
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How Can 3M Deliver on Its Mission to Improve Lives Everywhere?
During lunch in the Activation Hub on Tuesday afternoon, 3M Sustainability Platform Manager Cassandra Garber led a lively discussion on how her company, a science-based institution with over 55,000...
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How Positive-Impact Homes are Shaping the Future of Smart living: A Case Study
For Ron Voglewede, Global Sustainability Director at Whirlpool, “doing the right thing the right way” is the only way, “because there is no right way to do the wrong thing.” For Voglewede, the ‘right...
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How Starbucks, Kimberly-Clark, Stonyfield Farm Link Transparency to Supply...
As I settled in to the back right corner of the Mission Bay room for a Tuesday afternoon breakout session on Supply Chain Performance, I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect. All of my previous panels at...
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How Ford, Goodwill, Sprint Built Effective Recycling/Reuse Initiatives...
On Tuesday, the week of learning at SB ’15 San Diego continued as Nina Goodrich, director of GreenBlue, moderated a discussion on innovative partnerships around recycling and reuse initiatives.The...
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How to Create Value Through Purpose, Conscious Influencing, 'Karma Marketing'...
If Tuesday’s SB’15 San Diego plenaries are any indication of the breadth and depth of sustainability work occurring across industries around the world, we can safely say that there’s a whole lot going...
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Plenaries Explore Myriad Approaches to Creating Abundance Without Waste on...
Raphael Bemporad, Founding Partner and Chief Strategy Officer at BBMG, kicked off Wednesday’s SB ‘15 San Diego plenaries by anchoring the day’s conversation in the human story. As the day’s moderator,...
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Whirlpool, Kohler Commit to Research Project for Net-Zero Water in the Home
Whirlpool Corporation and Kohler will collaborate to identify ways to achieve net-zero water in the home, according to an announcement made this week at SB '15 San Diego.During the conference,...
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Coke Unveils World's First Entirely Plant-Based PET Bottle
The Coca-Cola Company today unveiled the world’s first PET plastic bottle made entirely from plant materials at the World Expo — Milan.PlantBottle packaging is Coca-Cola’s vision to develop a more...
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How to Influence National Public Policy: Updates and Lessons from Proactive...
Tuesday afternoon’s session led by Anne Kelly, Senior Director of Policy at Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy (BICEP), shed light on how corporations influence public policy and...
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ISEAL Alliance Launches New Tool for Buyers to Challenge Credibility of...
ISEAL Alliance, the global association for sustainability standards and labels, has launched its new “Challenge the Label” website with downloadable tools that helps companies choose credible...
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Indonesian Pulp and Paper Giant APRIL Pledges Zero Deforestation, Greenpeace...
Asia Pacific Resources International Ltd (APRIL), one of the world’s largest producers of pulp and paper, has today announced an end to deforestation as part of a new Sustainable Forest Management...
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AECOM, 100 Resilient Cities Launch Student Competition to Solve Urban Risks
AECOM, Van Alen Institute and 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) on Wednesday launched a new ideas competition calling on multidisciplinary teams of students worldwide to identify risks to urban food, energy...
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#SB15sd: How to Stay Afloat in Water Management
Led by Val Fishman, VP of Corporate Partnerships for the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF), this panel congregated some of the most influential organizations that are driving change and...
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How to Utilize Cities as Partners, Customers for New Sustainable Solutions:...
“Use your city as a platform,” opened moderator and CSO for the City of Palo Alto Gil Friend.While local governments have gotten the bad reputation of being slow, bureaucratic animals, the panelists,...
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How Looptworks and Southwest Airlines Partnered to Close a Loop
Fashion is probably the last thing you think about when you see a leather airplane seat – yet through a partnership between Southwest Airlines and textile and accessories upcycler Looptworks, 43 acres...
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'The Art of Communicating Complex Ideas Simply': How Organizations Are...
SB ’15 San Diego’s final day plenaries centered on what many would describe as the Holy Grail of sustainability engagement: reaching people’s hearts and minds to drive sustainable change. MC’d by Annie...
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How Timberland Partnered with Smallholder Farmers to Scale Sustainable...
On Wednesday, over an intimate, invite-only lunch at SB ’15 San Diego, Timberland and the Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA) screened the trailer for their documentary, KOMBIT: The Cooperative,...
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How New Engagement Tools Are Making Carbon Offsets More Accessible for Business
Given the packed room for Wednesday afternoon’s panel discussing carbon offsetting, it’s evident that as organizations become increasingly aware of their environmental risks, carbon management has...
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