• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

Simon Mainwaring

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

  • Speaking
  • Topics
  • Books
  • Podcast
  • Blog
  • Courses
  • About

Walmart

October 10, 2019 by Simon Mainwaring

Walmart is leveraging its presence in communities across the country to inspire acts of kindness, both large and small. As Chief Customer Officer, Janey Whiteside says, “Acts of kindness can be anything — picking up trash in your local park, supporting a local shelter, or even just buying a cup of coffee for a stranger.” […]

Walmart is leveraging its presence in communities across the country to inspire acts of kindness, both large and small. As Chief Customer Officer, Janey Whiteside says, “Acts of kindness can be anything — picking up trash in your local park, supporting a local shelter, or even just buying a cup of coffee for a stranger.” …

Read More

Filed Under: Brands, Uncategorized Tagged With: Walmart

January 22, 2018 by Simon Mainwaring

Today’s increasingly savvy consumers expect brands to do more than make quality goods and services. People want to support companies that actively work towards building a better world. In fact, nearly 90 percent of consumers say they would rather purchase a good or service that gives back to society than a comparable product that doesn’t …

Read More

Filed Under: CSR, Facebook Tagged With: #OptOutside, Ben & Jerry's, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Facebook, FedEx, Gen Z, IBM, Mark Zuckerberg, Patagonia, REI, Tesla, TOMS, UGC, Walmart

August 10, 2017 by Simon Mainwaring

Current demand for natural resources exceeds our planet’s carrying capacity.  We are consuming natural resources and generating waste at a faster rate than the planet can regenerate; essentially, borrowing natural capital from future generations. Last week was 2017 Earth Overshoot Day, which means we used up the entire allotment of natural resources, greenhouse gas emissions, and …

Read More

Filed Under: Globalization, Sustainability Tagged With: 2017 Earth Overshoot Day, Apple, BMW Group, Coca Cola, Goldman Sachs, Good360, Google, Higg Index, Panda Pay, Sustainable Apparel Coalition, Walmart, We Mean Business Coalition

May 8, 2017 by Simon Mainwaring

Some 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 …

Read More

Filed Under: Capitalism, Sustainability, We First Tagged With: Amalgamated Bank, Apple, B2B, Com4Green, Dakota Access Pipeline, Envision Plastics, Global Green Logistics, Heineken, Homeboy Recycling, Nike, Rocky Mountain Institute, unilever, Walmart, Waste Less Living

March 20, 2017 by Simon Mainwaring

Amidst growing concern around climate change policy shifts, business leaders from some of the world’s largest companies are rising to the occasion and taking action to preserve the environment. The current administration proposed budget cuts that would reduce funding for the EPA by 31 percent and is expected to overturn environmental policies in an executive order that …

Read More

Filed Under: Government, Sustainability, Thinking Tagged With: Clean Energy, Environmental Defense Fund, EPA, General Motors, IBM, Internet of Things, Walmart

Say Hello!

  • simon@wefirstbranding.com
  • +1.310.450.0352

Stay Informed

©2025 We First Inc. All rights reserved.