SUPPLY CHAIN -
The often-arduous process for meeting sustainable certification requirements can
be daunting, if not prohibitive, for smallholder farmers. Digitizing the process
removes pain points for both farmers and the companies that source their crops.
FINANCE & INVESTMENT -
We challenge all of these advertisers to skim the nonprofits below and think about
diverting even $1M of their game-time spend to instead address urgent social
issues.
COLLABORATION & CO-CREATION -
We spoke with Keith Dokho, USAID’s Private Sector Engagement Secretariat Lead,
about how the organization is shifting to support the private sector’s
environmental and social progress.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
Southeast Asia and the Middle East are emerging as incubators for
plastic-diversion innovations; and beyond putting a dent in plastic
pollution, they are helping reduce poverty and making a circular economy the
wave of the present.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
Abalobi's easily scalable app enables traceability previously unseen in small-scale fisheries and connects fishers directly with buyers — reducing dependency on middlemen, resulting in fairer prices and ethical produce for consumers.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
With 'Speak Volumes,' we aim to draw awareness to overproduction and create a more just distribution
of responsibility for fashion waste clean-up — which builds on our overall goal
of promoting a shift
towards a justice-led, circular fashion economy.
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY -
'Global Risks Report 2024' calls for greater cooperation between the public and private sectors to focus global cooperation on rapidly building guardrails for the most disruptive emerging risks.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
Sorghum and millets are versatile, fast-growing cereal crops able to produce
reliable yields and high-quality nutrition amid variable climates and with low
environmental impact.
ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE -
We spoke with Aidaly Sosa — Tony’s Head of Marketing, USA — about the culture that drives the brand’s purpose to make chocolate 100% exploitation free.
FINANCE & INVESTMENT -
The new guidance will support the global financial sector in embedding just-transition practices in their operations to ensure a climate transition that leaves no one behind.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY -
Fears about the uncontrolled growth of artificial intelligence have exploded
into public debate this year. Day 2 of the UN Business and Human Rights Forum examined the challenges through a human-rights lens.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
On day one of this year’s UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, delegates
agreed that close engagement with all tiers of company supply chains will be
vital going forward.
FINANCE & INVESTMENT -
Overcoming commodity dependence is a complex challenge. Here are steps that brands, impact investors and governments can take to help smallholder farmers in LLDCs benefit from the nutraceuticals market.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
At SB’23 San Diego, a variety of brands and innovators discussed on-the-ground improvements cleaning up global and regional supply chains — and how to drive them further.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
Astrostays launched in 2019 to promote tourism while training local youth in astronomy to show off the Himalayas’ night sky. Now, Cosmohub is a more scalable, sustainable model — a connected community space that highlights local folklore and traditions along with stargazing.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
Keynotes on day 2 of SB’23 San Diego
touched on everything from optimizing global companies’ resource use, building regenerative supply chains, and partnerships addressing the environmental and human impacts of plastic pollution to standing firm in the face of backlash.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
Nestlé is piloting a weather-insurance program for over 800 smallholder farmers in Indonesia and has contributed
to a guide for coffee farmers to shift to regenerative practices.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
An impressive panel of activists, climate and human rights leaders launched a campaign at Climate Week NYC calling for prompt, radical, legislative action to break the fashion industry’s intrinsic links to fossil fuels.
FINANCE & INVESTMENT -
The new endowment fund will reach vulnerable communities facing greatest disaster risk through partnerships with both local disaster-relief organizations and international NGOs.