SB Working Groups
We Need Your Input! Explore our potential 2025 topics, and let us know which are of the most interest: Scaling Future Fit Materials. The Scaling Future Fit Materials working group is dedicated to advancing a future where all chemicals, materials, and products are safe, sustainable, and circular throughout their lifecycle—from creation to disposal and re-use.
Campaign Highlights a Critical Capacity to Foster in Our Youth:
The campaign, directed by Drew Lightfoot, takes the viewer on a tour of a miniature holiday village.The warm glow and cobblestone streets feel festive, but the people are a little too real. Instead of carolers and sledding friends, this village features people squabbling, ignoring those in need and showing a complete lack of empathy for others.
SB'25 San Diego | Oct 13-16 | Event Highlights - Sustainable …
Attend SB’25 San Diego to be inspired and equipped to harness the latest innovations across technology, materials science, supply chain management, business models, marketing, and more to drive new business and brand value as well as net positive environmental and to ensure your brand is future-fit to win in the global marketplace.. Why SB’25 San Diego Is a Must-Attend Event:
‘The Evolving Expression of Essence:’ A Tribute to Carol Sanford
Nov 27, 2024 · Sometime in 2010, as Sustainable Brands® was regaining its footing post the 2008 stock market meltdown and had moved into office space in 'the City' (San Francisco), I received a note from someone named Carol Sanford — who had been watching what we'd been doing, was in the city, and wanted to meet up. She came to meet me in our humble neighborhood; and what followed was the most generous ...
CSR v CSV: The Difference and Why It Matters - Sustainable Brands
Jul 14, 2020 · The trailblazing researchers and business strategists Michael Porter and Mark Kramer first introduced shared value in an article they wrote for Harvard Business Review in 2006; and later expanded upon the concept in 2011 with their article, “Creating Shared Value.”They defined the concept of shared value as “policies and operating practices that enhance the competitiveness of a company ...
Workshops - Sustainable Brands
"The Pull Factor Workshop was able to align our teams across marketing, communications, innovation, R&D, and supply chain to focus on a common task - with feedback coming in from the broader team that this was the most cross-functional experience they've had during their time at Kraft Heinz and that being able to participate in this …
Apple Products to Include 100% Recycled Cobalt, Rare Earth …
Apple has announced a major acceleration of its work to expand recycled materials across its products — including new 2025 targets to use 100 percent recycled cobalt in all Apple-designed batteries; all magnets in Apple devices will be composed of entirely recycled rare earth elements; and all Apple-designed printed circuit boards will use 100 percent recycled tin …
Solar-Powered Plug Transforms Windows Into Outlets
Aug 6, 2014 · A pair of designers have developed a new portable outlet that absorbs solar energy and converts it to electricity for everyday use. This nifty device can be attached to a window or wall that gets a lot of sunlight and, after eight hours of charging, holds up to 10 hours of electricity. This can then be used to charge your phone or any number of electricity-hungry gadgets.
Upright: The World’s First Database for ... - Sustainable Brands
Jul 29, 2024 · The Upright Project’s net-impact model measures companies’ positive and negative impacts on the environment, health, society and knowledge — enabling smarter decision-making for investors, companies and their customers.
About Us - Sustainable Brands
We believe in the power of brand-led market transformation. We believe brands are uniquely equipped to align business and society on the path to a flourishing future.By enabling the future we want through brand innovation and brand-led culture change, brands can gain competitive advantage, increase relevance, strengthen brand affinity, and deliver good growth, ensuring a future that is healthy ...