Simon Mainwaring

We First provides consulting and training to help companies tell the story of their good work in ways that build their business

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October 22, 2021

Lead With We: Can A Retail Behemoth Become a Key Player in Restoring the Planet?

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In its latest TV spot, we follow a bee as it buzzes over a Walmart store and through its thriving garden center. We see solar panels on the roof. The narrator intones, “Everyone deserves to live better. And just being sustainable isn’t enough. Our future depends on regeneration, which is why we’re working to not only […]

In its latest TV spot, we follow a bee as it buzzes over a Walmart store and through its thriving garden center. We see solar panels on the roof. The narrator intones, “Everyone deserves to live better. And just being sustainable isn’t enough. Our future depends on regeneration, which is why we’re working to not only …

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September 23, 2021

Lead With We: “CODE RED” FOR HUMANITY, PRESIDENT BIDEN WARNS UN

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“We meet this year in a moment intermingled with great pain and extraordinary possibility.” “I stand here today for the first time in 20 years with the United States not at war,” President Joe Biden told world leaders in his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly on September 21. “We’ve turned the page.” But the …

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September 9, 2021

Purpose At Work: How The Home Depot Is Empowering Everyone To Live Sustainably

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After “months in the making,” says Ron Jarvis, chief sustainability officer for The Home Depot, there’s a new, large-scale sustainability report from the company. It was developed in collaboration with a broad spectrum of stakeholders to respond to two kinds of their concerns: for those who want transparency, and for those who demand action. Both …

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August 25, 2021

Purpose At Work: Is One Small Company Trying To ‘Eclipse’ The Brightest Stars In The Dairy Industry?

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At 11:49 p.m. on an otherwise ordinary January 26th, a bearded man was burning the midnight oil in a food lab. He had worked at 16 Michelin star restaurants, was named a Zagat 30 Under 30, and was twice nominated for the James Beard Rising Star Chef award. Tonight, though, he was a scientist. He …

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August 18, 2021

Purpose At Work: How Huel Is Fighting Global Degradation, One Meal At A Time

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Crisis 1: At least 2 billion people worldwide are malnourished. According to the CDC, from 1999–2000 through 2017–2018, the rate of U.S. obesity prevalence increased from 30.5% to 42.4%, with the prevalence of extreme obesity doubling to 9.2%. And those statistics are from before the impact of the pandemic compounded these troubling issues. Dietary risk …

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August 3, 2021

Purpose At Work: How Wild Planet Foods Is Creating Sea Change In The Fishing Industry

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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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