How Kids' Pop Culture Is Helping to Shape Early Sustainability Thinking
Get ‘em while they’re young.It’s a strategy long embraced by the world of media, advertising and marketing, whether it be product placement in kids’ literature, TV shows or movies; cartoon characters...
View ArticleDow Teams Up to Advance Renewable Energy, Circular Economy Goals
This week, The Dow Chemical Company launched two new partnerships aimed at advancing two of its seven 2025 Sustainability Goals, launched last year.First, the company announced it has stepped up its...
View ArticleInvestors Care More About Sustainability Than Many Executives Believe
Understanding investor priorities is an important responsibility for a company’s top executives and its board of directors, yet, new findings show that managers’ perceptions of investors are out of...
View ArticleAnalysis Finds GMOs Are Safe, But May Not Increase Crop Yields
Genetically engineered crops may be completely safe for human consumption – but they also are an unlikely solution to world hunger. A comprehensive new analysis found that genetically engineered (GE)...
View Article5 Reasons EPR Is the Answer for Plastics Recycling
The debates around extended producer responsibility for packaging — an approach whereby consumer goods companies pay some or all of the costs for managing packaging materials — have been raging in the...
View ArticleSustainable Water Management and Facilitating Global Access to Clean Water:...
Although roughly 70 percent of our planet is covered with water, drinkable water is increasingly becoming a scarce resource. The United Nations has defined access to clean water as one of 17...
View ArticleTrending: Levi’s, EU Project Unlock New Ways to Turn Textile Waste Into New...
With dramatically large amounts of clothing and other textiles being thrown out every year – nearly 10 million tonnes in the United States and more than 3 million tonnes in European Union (EU)...
View ArticleInaugural CFP Report Benchmarks Progress, Best Practices in Chemical Management
In the first initiative of its kind to publicly benchmark corporate chemicals management, the Chemical Footprint Project has published its inaugural report. The results provide valuable insights into...
View ArticleDuPont Honors 22 Packaging Solutions for Improved Sustainability,...
Now in its 28th year, the DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation are the industry's longest-running, global, independently-judged recognition of innovation and collaboration throughout the packaging...
View ArticleSmart Partnerships, IoT, Certifications Helping Brands Meet Consumer Demand...
Since the introduction of the first ecolabels and standards for organic products in the late 1980s and '90s, sustainability standards and certifications have proliferated across myriad industries. From...
View ArticleBolt Threads Raises $50M Series C, Partners with Patagonia to Pioneer...
You’ve probably heard plenty of startups claim they can “revolutionize” their industry, but in the case of Bolt Threads, they may actually be right. The California-based biotechnology startup is...
View ArticleTop 5 Ways to Connect Consumers with Your Brand Purpose
Purpose-driven brands know that the key to successful engagement is connecting consumers to their brand purpose and mission. The most effective ways to do that is to listen, communicate, and build...
View ArticleDurable Duds: The Disruptive Startups Looking to Wear Out Fast Fashion
As leading fashion brands continue their creative battles against textile waste — check out recent innovations by Levi Strauss, H&M and adidas— a new breed of circular clothing disruptor is...
View ArticleUber Partners with SF Real Estate Developer to Incentivize Residents to Try...
Between gridlock on bridges, freeways and surface streets and a frustrating dearth of adequate (or affordable) parketing options, anyone who’s ever lived in or around San Francisco can vouch for the...
View ArticleCOMMON Partners to Accelerate Social Purpose Businesses, Lead ‘Paradigm Shift’
A new strategic partnership aims to bolster social purpose startups and launch more products that are better for the planet. Today, communication, branding and leadership services companiesRefresh...
View ArticleToyota Advances Safer, Longer-Lasting Rechargeable Batteries
Earlier this month, engineers at the Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA) announced they made a breakthrough in magnesium battery technology that could lead to smaller, longer-lasting...
View ArticleTrending: App, Connected Fridge Offer More Cool Ways to Cut Food Waste
France and the United Kingdom have been leaders in the fight against food waste: French retailer Intermarché’s “Inglorious Fruits and Vegetables” campaign paved the way for “ugly” produce around the...
View ArticleSavor a Taste of Sustainability Every Morning
How can you taste sustainability? How can sustainability bring more quality to a cup of coffee? The answer is found in one word: ALIGNMENT. When a farmer remains partner with his coffee, his interest...
View Article6 More Global Fashion Leaders Join CanopyStyle to Help Ensure Forest-Free...
Canadian forest-conservation NGO Canopy has announced six new brand partnerships in its successful CanopyStyle initiative, through which more than 65 major fashion brands, designers and retailers have...
View ArticleForget Incremental Improvements: 40 Companies, Cities Working to Activate New...
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy initiative kicks off today with an inaugural workshop that brings together more than 40 leading companies including Amcor, Coca-Cola, The Dow...
View Article