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#SB15sd: How to Make Mainstream Consumers Give a Sh*t
For me, this was hands-down the most entertaining session of SB ‘15 San Diego. If you ever get the opportunity to attend a panel moderated by Edelman's Henk Campher, I highly recommend it.He set the...
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AB InBev Claims to Be Most Water-Efficient Brewer in the World
Anheuser-Busch InBev today announced it achieved a water use ratio of 3.2 hectoliters per hectoliter of production from 2013 to 2014, which the company says makes it the the most water-efficient brewer...
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#SB15sd Workshop Explores Engaging, Equipping Key Players to Solve Food Waste...
On the opening afternoon of SB ’15 San Diego, a much-anticipated workshop on reducing food waste — featuring Sally Uren, Chief Executive of Forum for the Future, and Raphael Bemporad, Chief Strategy...
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41 Factory Owners, Safety Officials Charged with Murder in Rana Plaza Tragedy
On Monday, Bangladeshi police charged 41 people, including the owner of the Rana Plaza complex, with murder over the 2013 factory collapse that killed more than 1,100 people.According to Business...
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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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Building 'a Single Version of the Truth': How BASF, thinkstep Are Scaling...
On Wednesday at SB ’15 San Diego, BASF and thinkstep announced their collaboration in marketing the Sustainable Solution Steering method developed by BASF for sustainable portfolio management. The two...
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One Way to Create Sustainability Now? Through New Relationships, Economies
Jerry Michalski, Founder of San Francisco-based REX (the Relationship Economy Expedition), helped to kick off Day 1 of Sustainable Brands 2015 San Diego with a workshop entitled, ‘Leveraging the...
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How to Invest in Municipalities to Increase Recycling in the U.S.: The Case...
How do we make recycling work and be cost-effective? Bridget Croke, Director of Partnerships and Communications at the Closed Loop Fund (CLF), posed this question to a panel of three of CLF’s leading...
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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 Can We Assess the Future-Fitness, or True Sustainability, of Our Businesses?
Geoff Kendall, co-founder and CEO of the Future-Fit Foundation, set the stage by calling into question most of the existing sustainability performance metrics, which he believes are sending business...
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Sustainable Design, Consumer Behavior Change Key to Moving Away from...
Jeff Mendelsohn, moderator and founder of New Leaf Paper, opened up Tuesday’s SB ‘15 San Diego panel about the use of non-wood fiber with two questions that — from a consumer’s perspective — are...
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#SB15sd Workshop Explores Engaging, Equipping Key Players to Solve Food Waste...
On the opening afternoon of SB ’15 San Diego, a much-anticipated workshop on reducing food waste — featuring Sally Uren, Chief Executive of Forum for the Future, and Raphael Bemporad, Chief Strategy...
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41 Factory Owners, Safety Officials Charged with Murder in Rana Plaza Tragedy
On Monday, Bangladeshi police charged 41 people, including the owner of the Rana Plaza complex, with murder over the 2013 factory collapse that killed more than 1,100 people.According to Business...
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How to Successfully Engage Consumers Around Water Sustainability
A Wednesday afternoon session at SB ’15 San Diego explored compelling case studies on designing and implementing successful consumer-facing water campaigns. Representatives from Waste Management,...
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How Gamification, Education, Cultural Immersion Could Be the Holy Grail of...
In the effort to reach new milestones in employee engagement, we must recognize that the process is a journey. Successful corporate responsibility efforts must be embedded throughout the organization,...
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How to Shift Product Portfolios and Influence Entire Industries: The...
Talk about big players making big changes; CVS Health’s SVP of CSR and Philanthropy, Eileen Howard Boone; BASF’s Sustainability Manager, Denise Peterson; and Panera Bread’s Director of Public...
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How to Intervene in a System: A Practical Case Study of the Sustainable Surf...
“We’re going to talk about systems change,” began Pam Wilhelms, owner of Wilhelms Consulting Group. Wilhelms moderated a panel of changemakers that have driven sustainability in the surf industry. “We...
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How to Incorporate the SDGs Into Your Business Strategy
For one of the last breakout sessions of the week, Tom Smith, Acting General Manager at Sedex; Vincent Kneefel, Manager of the United Nations Global Compact; and Christina Gossmann, Marketing Manager...
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Norwegian Government Makes Largest Coal Divestment in History
The Norwegian parliament has unanimously voted for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund (GPFG) to adopt strong divestment criteria for companies involved in coal mining and coal fired utilities,...
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Tesco Fighting Food Waste by Redistributing Surplus to People in Need
UK grocery giant Tesco has announced a new scheme to mitigate food waste, where surplus food from its stores is redistributed to people in need.Tesco has partnered with UK food redistribution charity...
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