Prior to ExxonMobil’s annual shareholder meeting, stockholders are making a push for the company to consider climate change as a more integral part in business strategy. These sentiments reflect a growing movement — fueled by pension fund managers, institutional investors and individuals – to pressure oil companies to be more transparent about how climate change and related […]
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While millennials may remember a time when dial-up was so slow that sending an email was barely faster than dropping a letter at the post office, Generation Z grew up with high-speed internet and mobile technology. These young digital natives are entering the workforce, spending money, and influencing family purchasing patterns. In fact, in the […]
Read MoreIn today’s world, urbanization and the rising costs of developing resilient cities — let alone natural crisis mitigation, reducing poverty, and improving health care — exceed the financial capacity of governments and charities. Thus, partnerships between brands, non-governmental institutions and public sector organizations can scale positive change. Akzo Nobel’s Human Cities Coalition (HCC) brings governments, NGOs, […]
Read MoreRecently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Andrew Patterson of NBR Radio Sunday Business — New Zealand’s leading business podcast — to discuss the ever-evolving sphere of the marketplace, rapidity of transparency and access due to technological advances, and the increasing importance for businesses to operate and embrace purpose to ensure their survival. Listen […]
Read MoreSome of the world’s biggest brands — Walmart, Unilever, Nike, Apple, Heineken and more — have committed to reducing corporate greenhouse gas emissions. While setting targets and cleaning up internal operations are necessary steps in the right direction, true global sustainability isn’t something a single brand can achieve on its own. What’s more, taking on […]
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