MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS -
“This irrefutable data should reassure any business and encourage brands to
renew their commitment to inclusivity in all forms — to not only benefit the
communities they serve, but to drive growth and financially prosper.”
FINANCE & INVESTMENT -
BCG and CO2 AI’s 4th Carbon Emissions Survey highlights the substantial rewards
some companies are reaping from decarbonization — including significant
financial gains, enhanced reputations and operational efficiencies.
FINANCE & INVESTMENT -
New research shows that when companies disclose their environmental impact — and
take meaningful action to mitigate it — they earn investor trust.
ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE -
The 2024 EY Europe Long-Term Value and Corporate Governance Survey finds
just 24% of EU company leaders understand how ESG priorities will
create value; Boards must step up and challenge cooling
corporate commitment to sustainability.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
Cities and states are incentivizing retrofits because buildings are major emitters — and because retrofit investments offer significant long-term ROI through energy savings alone.
FINANCE & INVESTMENT -
Kroll analyzed data on over 13K companies across industries and found that those with better ESG ratings outperformed their peers with lower ratings; globally,
ESG leaders had annual returns of 12.9% vs 8.6% for laggards.
NEW METRICS -
Astanor Ventures’ Impact Multiple on Investment methodology translates the expected and realized benefits of invested-in products or services into monetary terms — helping investors make more informed, strategic decisions.
ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE -
When companies make bold commitments to sustainability, we all win. Here, we share lessons learned and ongoing challenges from three very different corporate sustainability journeys — to show others on the front lines that they are not alone.
NEW METRICS -
At SB’21 San Diego, veterans from sales, marketing, certification, design, finance, agriculture and more agreed: While there’s no checklist for regeneration, a focus on interconnectivity, holistic approaches and actionable goals will lead to measurable ripple effects.
ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE -
In anticipation of her upcoming keynote at SB'20 Long Beach, we revisit this groundbreaking blog series from renowned author and regenerative business expert, Carol Sanford. This is part 1 of 5.
FINANCE & INVESTMENT -
Created by some of the brilliant minds who built the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), the Long-Term Stock Exchange is a first-of-its-kind
exchange that invests in companies focused on long-term value creation, while requiring the listed companies to report on their sustainability.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
Regeneration is about leaving nature and society healthier, better off and more resilient than we found them. It’s the future of sustainability. And the business case for regenerative business and regenerative leadership in all aspects of life has never been stronger.
ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE -
After a year as an employee-owned company, a “new sense of pride and unity” across the business has resulted in a 10% sales uplift for Riverford, and the best sales year recorded in its 30-year history.
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY -
How can companies implement longer-term efficiency projects that deliver meaningful energy cost savings, alongside material impact on their productivity, reliability and resiliency of their operations?
ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE -
Study finds that financial sector companies see the most potential revenue (US$1.2T) from sustainable products & services, while also being exposed to almost 80% of all financial risk value.
SURFACING SUBMERGED VALUE -
You’re sitting across from the decision-maker for a large potential sustainability project. It’s taken months, possibly years, to get here. If your numbers look good, the decision is much more likely to be a positive one for you, for them and for the world.
SURFACING SUBMERGED VALUE -
Even at this advanced stage of our climate and resource debacle, sustainability practitioners still do not possess the same status in corporations as their purely business-minded brethren. How do we get sustainability officers both the recognition they deserve and the clout that should go with it?
ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE -
Seminal research shows that sustainability is driving market growth in CPGs; products marketed as sustainable grew 5.6x faster than conventionally marketed products, and 3.3x faster than the CPG market.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
Let me tell you a few things about failure — a subject on which I’m something of an expert.
PRESS RELEASE -
Ørsted, one of the world’s largest green energy developers, is named Sector Leader in the 2018 GRESB Infrastructure Assessment, for significant steps taken to incorporate sustainability into operations and communicate performance to investors.