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Sustainability

August 3, 2021 by Simon Mainwaring

McKinleyville, California’s seafood industry veteran Bill Carvalho co-founded Wild Planet Foods in 2005, after years of exasperation with the unsustainable practices he witnessed — and sometimes reluctantly practiced — in his industry.

McKinleyville, California’s seafood industry veteran Bill Carvalho co-founded Wild Planet Foods in 2005, after years of exasperation with the unsustainable practices he witnessed — and sometimes reluctantly practiced — in his industry.

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Filed Under: Brands, Causes, Community, Consumers, Leadership, Sustainability, Values Tagged With: Bill Carvalho, fishing, Lead With We, seafood, Simon Mainwaring, sustainability, Wild Planet

March 27, 2019 by Simon Mainwaring

Elon Musk is on a mission to bring sustainable transportation to the masses. The Model 3's affordable price is critical to Musk’s mission to scale adoption of electric personalized transit across the globe.

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Filed Under: CSR, Globalization, Innovation, Sustainability Tagged With: Elon Musk, innovation, Tesla

November 29, 2018 by Simon Mainwaring

Brands that put purpose first simultaneously scale impact, consumer trust, and business growth. To build and maintain consumer trust, business leaders must act on purpose. In fact, a 2018 Edelman study found that 64 percent of consumers believe that “CEO’s should take the lead on change rather than waiting for government to impose it.” What’s …

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Filed Under: Innovation, Purpose, Sustainability, Values Tagged With: corporate purpose, profit, social impact, Thrive Farmers

June 25, 2018 by Simon Mainwaring

Deloitte’s 2018 Global Human Capital Report, a survey of over 11,000 businesses with insights from top executives, demonstrates that more companies aim to transform themselves from traditional businesses into social enterprises. A social enterprise is described as “an organization whose mission combines revenue growth and profit-making with the need to respect and support its environment …

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Filed Under: Social, Sustainability Tagged With: branding, CSR, Cultural Conversations, Culture, Social Enterprise

November 29, 2017 by Simon Mainwaring

This week in Bonn, Germany, thousands of negotiators from the public, private and nonprofit sector will gather to discuss how the world should address climate change. The United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will host its 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP23) from November 6th to the 17th. Despite collective commitments and actions by …

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Filed Under: Future, Sustainability Tagged With: 23rd Conference of the Parties, Climate Solutions Award Winners, COP23, Green Credit Card, Head & Shoulders, Korean Environment Industry and Technology Institute, Korean Ministry of Environment, Marks & Spencer, Paris Climate Agreement, Procter & Gamble, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraCycle, UNFCCC, United Convention on Climate Change, United Nations Climate Solutions Awards

September 27, 2017 by Simon Mainwaring

The fashion industry has a reputation for unsustainable resource consumption and excessive carbon emissions. Fortunately, forward-thinking fashion pioneers are now taking action and revolutionizing the industry. By creating innovative products that reduce resource consumption and carbon emissions, the brands behind them distinguish themselves as purpose-driven trendsetters. While experts have yet to quantify the full scope …

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Filed Under: Innovation, Sustainability Tagged With: Flyleather, Marrakesh, Ministry of Supply, Nike, Product Environmental Footprint pilot, Rank a Brand, Sustainable Apparel Coalition

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