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5 Reasons Generation Z Could Be the Ones to Save Us
Generation Z— children and young adults born since 1995 — is just beginning to produce today’s voters, shoppers, workers and parents. What are the chances that this generation, which has grown up amid...
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Researchers Develop Process to Make Nanostructured Carbon from Sawdust Waste
Chemists at the University of Birmingham have found a new way to make nanostructured carbon using the waste product sawdust, according to research published in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal...
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Tarkett to Acquire Desso
Tarkett, a global leader in flooring and sports surfaces solutions, has reached an agreement in principle with Bencis Capital Partners and minority investors to acquire 100% of Netherlands-based Desso,...
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Former Cigarette Plant to Produce Batteries for Solar and Wind Energy Storage
The Philip Morris cigarette plant in Concord, North Carolina is switching to produce batteries to store energy for wind and solar farms, Fortune reports.The plant used to manufacture a billion...
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Bunge Jumps into Deforestation-Free Palm Oil with a Splash
On Monday, Bunge — an agribusiness and food ingredient company based out of White Plains, New York — indicated its intention to ensure the palm oil that it sources will be deforestation- and peat-free....
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Carbon Trust, Singapore Collaborating to Improve Energy Efficiency of SMEs
The Carbon Trust and the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS) today announced that they will be working together to help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore to improve...
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The Trilemma of Reporting
Reporting companies find themselves in a colorful landscape of codes, frameworks, indicators. Many of these companies — not only SMEs — are concerned and overburdened by this complexity. Many...
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Dear SB Vanguard: How Can Companies Measure ROI of Investments in Worker...
This is the latest in a series of posts in which we will poll our global community of business leaders and practitioners — what we call the “SB Vanguard” — on a variety of issues pertinent to the...
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Report: Cost of Fighting Climate Change is Manageable, Must Cut Emissions to...
Governments can keep climate change in check at manageable costs but will have to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2100 to limit risks of irreversible damage, according to a new UN report, as...
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The Business-Policy Nexus: Why the Time for Leadership Is Now
As we approach the 25-year anniversary of EDF’s work with the corporate sector, it’s an opportune time to reflect on our successes and plan for the work ahead.Over the years we have worked with...
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Living Packaging Keeps Produce Fresh with Built-in Roots
A student in the United Kingdom has developed an innovative form of food packaging that incorporates the living roots of fruit and vegetables to allow them to continue ripening until they are ready to...
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#SB14London: The Latest Intelligence on Customer Attitudes and Behaviour
SB ‘14 London got underway Monday morning and appropriately, one of the day’s first workshops presented some of the key market insights that will help to guide brands in the continued development of...
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#SB14London: Are Marketing and Sustainability Like Oil and Water?
Virginie Helias, Global Sustainability Director at Procter & Gamble, opened this Monday afternoon session talking about how to bridge the existing gap between marketing and sustainability.P&G...
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#SB14London: How to Tell a Sustainable Brand Story Your Customers will Listen To
In a workshop on Monday morning, day one of SB ’14 London, Futerra’s Head of Brand Strategy, Daianna Karaian, and Marketing Manager Stuart Duncan shared several guidelines on customer engagement and...
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#SB14London: How Holonomic Thinking Can Help Us Upgrade Our Leadership Skills...
On the way into this workshop, I overheard a remark that this was a novel session, and involved working with clay … this turned out to be absolutely true, but more on that later.Simon Robinson and...
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#SB14London: Why Brands Should Be Talking Sustainability
What if 15 of the biggest Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies decided they really wanted to change the world? How would they go about communicating their sustainability commitments to the...
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U.S. Companies Can Do More than Excel with CSR Data
U.S. companies are tracking sustainability data more than ever before, but according to a new report, the software tools they use are subpar.The ReScore Project Group, a team of graduates from Columbia...
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#SB14London: Montague's 'Storydoing' the Antidote to Bland Ad Messaging,...
This Monday afternoon workshop offered great insight into the way innovative and successful companies have made the transformation from a culture of Storytelling to one of “Storydoing.” For those not...
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Nine Insights and Nine Themes from #SB14London, Morning 1
The first morning of SB London featured some excellent speakers and stories, from Lyf Shoes’ Aly Khalifa to Michael Dickstein from Heineken to B&Q’s Chris Moss. Between them, this brilliant lineup...
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Study: Millennials, GenXers and Baby Boomers Have Similar Workplace Preferences
Age is less of a factor than widely thought when it comes to workplace preferences in the U.S., according to a new workplace strategy report by CBRE Group.The study found that, while current...
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