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Southwest Airlines Upcycles 80,000 Old Seat Coverings in U.S. and Kenya
Southwest Airlines has announced the distribution of products made in Kenya and the U.S. as part of its global upcycling initiative LUV Seat: Repurpose with Purpose. The distribution in Kenya completes...
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#SB14London: Heineken Reveals Secrets of Successful Intersection of...
Michael Dickstein, Global Sustainable Development Director at Heineken International, and Kirsten Barnhoorn, Heineken’s former global sustainability leader, led this interactive Q&A session...
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Collaborative Business Campaign Helps UK Residents Be Energy Aware, Save £300...
A collaborative business effort, led by UK charity Business in the Community, brought together representatives from business and Government to tackle energy efficiency in the home.The fortnight...
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CDP Identifies 853 Water Risks Threatening Growth For World's Largest Companies
Two-thirds of the world's largest companies are reporting exposure to water risks, some of which have potential to limit growth, according to a new report by CDP. The news comes amid mounting...
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#SB14London: Barry Digs Deep Into Challenges, Lessons Learned as M&S Embarks...
As Marks & Spencer’s Plan A programme moves into a new phase — that of engagement — the company’s director of sustainable business, Mike Barry took to the stage Tuesday evening at SB ’14 London to...
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Timberland, Omni United Launch First Tire-to-Shoe Lifecycle Brand
Timberland has announced a collaboration with tire manufacturer and distributor Omni United to create the first tires ever purposely designed to be recycled into footwear outsoles after their journey...
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Speakers Reimagine Business Models, Stakeholder Engagement, Product...
In her opening address Tuesday at SB ’14 London, Sustainable Brands founder KoAnn Skrzyniarz confronted the audience with a challenge: Reimagine what an economy might look like if it was based on...
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GRSB Approves Gobal Principles, Criteria for Sustainable Beef
The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) has announced that its membership has overwhelmingly approved global Principles and Criteria for defining sustainable beef and sustainable beef...
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EcoLab, Trucost Launch Free Water Risk Assessment Tool
EcoLab and Trucost on Wednesday launched a free new tool to help companies assess water-related risks in financial terms and enable more informed decision-making.The Water Risk Monetizer is the first...
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HP Continues Living Progress Exchange Discussions Online and at #SB14London
During the bustling lunch hour on Tuesday in the Activation Hub at SB ’14 London, HP hosted a Living Progress Exchange (LPX) session that was going on concurrently online via a Convetit ThinkThank.HP’s...
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#SB14London Mnemonic #2: 10 Insights from the Final Morning
And the third morning of SB London picked up where the second one ended. Another great speaker line-up featuring some well-known brands including Sky, Philips, Kimberly-Clarke, Greenpeaceand CDP, along...
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Innovations in Business Models, Water Stewardship, Engagement Abound on Final...
The circular economy and water stewardship dominated the morning’s agenda on the final day of SB ’14 London. After leading us through a host of thought-provoking plenary presentations Tuesday morning,...
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#SB14London: Innovating for Sustainability - A Game of Two Halves?
Julian Borra of the Thin Air Factory and Thomas Kolster, author of Goodvertising, provided another immensely entertaining and engaging presentation from SB ’14 London’s main stage in Tuesday’s...
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#SB14London: The Holy Grail - Building Movements for Behavior Change at Scale
On Tuesday afternoon, I joined three inspiring speakers at SB ’14 London to learn more on how to create lasting and impactful movements for social good. The session was hosted by Dan Burgess, who runs...
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Study: Current and Future Business Leaders Agree on Most Sustainability...
Current and future leaders believe the most significant leadership challenge facing business today is the integration of sustainability into core business operations, according to a new study by BSR,...
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Unleash the Radical Intrapreneurs!
John Meynard Keynes once said: “Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.” I think most business...
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Report: Global Market for Conservation Investing Grows to $23 Billion
Conservation impact investing totaled approximately $23 billion in the five-year period from 2009 to 2013, according to a new report by EKO Asset Management Partners and The Nature Conservancy’s...
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Microsoft to Build First Zero-Carbon Data Center
Microsoft, Siemens and FuelCell Energy have come together to build what they claim is the first zero-carbon, waste-to-energy data center in the U.S.Microsoft's data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming uses...
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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 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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