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From expiring subsidies to cheap natural gas, the renewable energy business faces tough times ahead despite President Obama's victory. Yet salvation may come as costs continue to fall.
View more videos here: http://SustainableBrands.com Good is a media company for "people who give a damn." SHFT is a media company that is "conveying a more s...
Plastic bags are a nuisance throughout the world. These non-biodegradable bags are responsible for unsightly litter, flooding, the degradation of soil, creating an unnecessary expense for businesses, wasting petroleum which is a non-renewable resource and the causing deaths of hundreds of thousands of animals a year.
A new study, “Transformational Leadership: Can It Be Trained?,” highlights a deficit of business leaders and the need to adopt new leadership skills to compete in today’s increasingly complex global marketplace.
This is the key finding of a paper published this month in the Journal of Organizational Behavior.
In the late 19th century, a concept called the Progressive Movement crept through the vineworks of American business thinking.
Seven inspiring companies with the potential impact to improve the lives of billions… to save millions of lives… to make it easy to share and reuse the planet’s limited resources… to make it easy for us to share our time with those in need… to recreate the world where we know our neighbors…
A study of a breakfast cereal in traditional packaging versus a carton made from sugarcane bagasse shows consumers are willing to go green, as long as it doesn’t cost more.
TED Talks At his carpet company, Ray Anderson has increased sales and doubled profits while turning the traditional "take / make / waste" industrial system on its head.
Gartner predicts that by 2014 more than 70 percent of Global 2000 organizations will have at least one “gamified” application.
List of products which don't include palm poil, from Ethical Consumer.
The National Conference on Volunteering & Service has been inspirational and motivating on many levels, but especially because many corporations...
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We recently talked with Simon Mainwaring, author of We First, a keynote speaker at Sustainable Brands ’12 and a social branding expert who has created marketing campaigns for brands such as Nike, Coca-Cola, Toyota and Motorola.
Cocoa certification has taken off in the last few years and is being driven by the need to modernise the industry, says Edward Millard...
Excellent communication design can propel an organization forward, and even the best business concepts can fall apart without it. In an over-stimulated, hyper-informed world, being able to distinguish yourself relies first and foremost on how you communicate your value – as an entrepreneur, organization, or business – to your audience. To SEBC, Cheryl brings years of experience as a communication designer, business strategist, and social innovator.
Technology has dramatically accelerated the pace of innovation. Sustainability has become a design filter, pushing new materials and engineering to the forefront. Original, better products are everywhere.
'When a CEO Turns Activist: Why H&M Wants Bangladesh to Increase Workers' Wages' blog post by Per Grankvist.
The prime minister of Bhutan has announced that the nation is planning to convert all its agricultural land to organic farms, reports Rodale.
On Monday, the UN Secretary-General’s office coordinated a meeting on sustainable energy.
Package color is one of the first things that attract consumers at the store shelf; consider breaking the color mold in a product category for differentiation.
For many companies, their biggest sustainability risks are embedded in the supply chain.
If the challenges associated with issues such as climate change and rising food prices are going to impact everyone, from the man on the street selling fruit to the man in a skyscraper selling shares, then surely we all want to get involved in...
"America's eco-consciousness, it turns out, is fickle. As recession gripped the country, the consumer's love affair with green products, from recycled toilet paper to organic foods to hybrid cars, faded like a bad infatuation.
A joint study from the MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group reveals that a substantial portion of companies are now seeing the need for sustainable business practices - and are deriving financial benefits from these activities. Learn more about why sustainability strategy is a competitive necessity, what industries are leading the way in the adoption of sustainable practices and who is adding to their profits with their sustainability-related actions.
Image via CrunchBase On Monday, it was announced that Apple’s stock market value had neared $625 billion, making it the most valuable company ever.
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