Definitive: The Business Case for Sustainability - Frances WaySustainable Brands
In this session, leaders from the frontlines of sustainable business present definitive quantitative evidence of the business case for sustainability in an engaging panel format.
Tools in Focus: Facilitating the Transition to a Superior Supply ChainSustainable Brands
The document discusses how icix, a technology company, helps companies measure and improve sustainability, especially water usage, throughout their supply chains. Icix establishes sustainability networks where buyers can invite suppliers to join, measure suppliers on sustainability indices like water usage, share scores, access analytics on usage, and identify opportunities for suppliers to improve sustainability. Currently icix is on track to measure over 30,000 suppliers in this way.
Doug Woodring, Executive Director of Project Kaisei, explains his organization's mission and that although the media's focus is on the North Pacific Gyre, the real issue is a wake up call to the way we use materials in our daily lives, and how those impact our environment. Listen to Doug as he shares stories and pictures from their ocean voyages out to the gyre, equipment used, plastic samples collected, wildlife impacts, and how they're creating a global collaborative effort with science, technology, innovation, policy and education to help bring solutions to both products and how we use them. More at http://projectkaisei.org/
This document discusses a working session for Caesars Entertainment's CodeGreen sustainability strategy. The session aims to identify ways to improve customer and employee engagement with sustainability efforts, particularly among millennial guests. Attendees will consider marketing touchpoints, demographic trends, and action items to strengthen emotional connections and tie sustainability to revenue. The strategy must be adaptable across Caesars' diverse properties while elevating guest experience and driving loyalty.
Impact Investing and its Future Impact on Business PrioritiesSustainable Brands
The document discusses impact investing and how it seeks both financial returns and positive social or environmental impacts. It shows that impact investing is growing in Europe and the US, with trillions invested across different asset classes and investor types, including individuals, foundations, pensions, and endowments. While opportunities exist in sustainability-focused portfolios, integrating environmental, social and governance factors into each asset class is still developing. Impact investments can benefit portfolios according to Harvard professors. The "HIP" model illustrates combining human impact and profits. Impact and performance reporting tools, like heat maps and efficient frontiers, help analyze impact versus returns across asset classes.
The document discusses 1% for the Planet, a non-profit organization that encourages businesses to donate 1% of their annual sales to environmental causes. It notes that while $300 billion is given annually in donations, only 5% comes from businesses and just 2% goes to the environment and animals. The organization works with over 2,450 media partners and non-profits, as well as 1,450 member businesses and 50 musician ambassadors, to promote environmental protection and funding for such causes.
What's Brewing: Embedding a Unified Business Case Approach to Drive Product, ...Sustainable Brands
These slides were presented at the Sustainable Brands London 2013 Conference, to view the associated video or listen to the audio of the presentation please visit www.sustainablebrands.com/digital_learning/packaging/whats-brewing-embedding-unified-business-case-approach-drive-product-bran
This document discusses food waste in the United States from farm to fork to landfill. It finds that 40% of food produced in the US goes uneaten, amounting to over 20 pounds of food wasted per person each month, costing $165 billion annually. Reducing food waste by just 15% could feed over 25 million Americans. The document examines inefficiencies at each stage of the food supply chain and provides recommendations for businesses, governments, and consumers to help reduce waste, including improving efficiency, setting national waste reduction goals, and changing consumer behaviors.
From Babel To Nirvana: Six Quiet Rules for Shaping Life-Sized Messages and Pe...Sustainable Brands
In a playful and moderately provocative manner, this session presents six suggestions for ways to mitigate the chasm that often exists between brand and CSR/sustainability professionals. It promises illumination, entertainment, and a good supply of food for thought to walk away with.
The Role of Eco-Labeling and Certification in Sustainable Brands Success - Al...Sustainable Brands
Nearly every brand today embarking on a sustainable brand journey faces the question at one stage or another: "Should I adopt or create an eco-label, pursue a particular certification, or manage to a particular industry ranking as part of my brand strategy?" The question is complex, and as illustrated by the recent case wherein Apple attempted to withdraw from its commitment to pursue EPEAT certification for it's products--stakeholder sentiment can be unclear on the topic until a misplaced decision is put forward. This panel, led by a senior representative of SustainAbility, conveys results of a recent brand sentiment exploration on the topic, and offers the perspective of industry leaders who have each given the topic a significant amount of thought. Expect to participate in a healthy conversation and count on leaving the session with a better sense of how to think about the topic given your own situation.
Definitive: The Business Case for Sustainability - Frances WaySustainable Brands
In this session, leaders from the frontlines of sustainable business present definitive quantitative evidence of the business case for sustainability in an engaging panel format.
Tools in Focus: Facilitating the Transition to a Superior Supply ChainSustainable Brands
The document discusses how icix, a technology company, helps companies measure and improve sustainability, especially water usage, throughout their supply chains. Icix establishes sustainability networks where buyers can invite suppliers to join, measure suppliers on sustainability indices like water usage, share scores, access analytics on usage, and identify opportunities for suppliers to improve sustainability. Currently icix is on track to measure over 30,000 suppliers in this way.
Doug Woodring, Executive Director of Project Kaisei, explains his organization's mission and that although the media's focus is on the North Pacific Gyre, the real issue is a wake up call to the way we use materials in our daily lives, and how those impact our environment. Listen to Doug as he shares stories and pictures from their ocean voyages out to the gyre, equipment used, plastic samples collected, wildlife impacts, and how they're creating a global collaborative effort with science, technology, innovation, policy and education to help bring solutions to both products and how we use them. More at http://projectkaisei.org/
This document discusses a working session for Caesars Entertainment's CodeGreen sustainability strategy. The session aims to identify ways to improve customer and employee engagement with sustainability efforts, particularly among millennial guests. Attendees will consider marketing touchpoints, demographic trends, and action items to strengthen emotional connections and tie sustainability to revenue. The strategy must be adaptable across Caesars' diverse properties while elevating guest experience and driving loyalty.
Impact Investing and its Future Impact on Business PrioritiesSustainable Brands
The document discusses impact investing and how it seeks both financial returns and positive social or environmental impacts. It shows that impact investing is growing in Europe and the US, with trillions invested across different asset classes and investor types, including individuals, foundations, pensions, and endowments. While opportunities exist in sustainability-focused portfolios, integrating environmental, social and governance factors into each asset class is still developing. Impact investments can benefit portfolios according to Harvard professors. The "HIP" model illustrates combining human impact and profits. Impact and performance reporting tools, like heat maps and efficient frontiers, help analyze impact versus returns across asset classes.
The document discusses 1% for the Planet, a non-profit organization that encourages businesses to donate 1% of their annual sales to environmental causes. It notes that while $300 billion is given annually in donations, only 5% comes from businesses and just 2% goes to the environment and animals. The organization works with over 2,450 media partners and non-profits, as well as 1,450 member businesses and 50 musician ambassadors, to promote environmental protection and funding for such causes.
What's Brewing: Embedding a Unified Business Case Approach to Drive Product, ...Sustainable Brands
These slides were presented at the Sustainable Brands London 2013 Conference, to view the associated video or listen to the audio of the presentation please visit www.sustainablebrands.com/digital_learning/packaging/whats-brewing-embedding-unified-business-case-approach-drive-product-bran
This document discusses food waste in the United States from farm to fork to landfill. It finds that 40% of food produced in the US goes uneaten, amounting to over 20 pounds of food wasted per person each month, costing $165 billion annually. Reducing food waste by just 15% could feed over 25 million Americans. The document examines inefficiencies at each stage of the food supply chain and provides recommendations for businesses, governments, and consumers to help reduce waste, including improving efficiency, setting national waste reduction goals, and changing consumer behaviors.
From Babel To Nirvana: Six Quiet Rules for Shaping Life-Sized Messages and Pe...Sustainable Brands
In a playful and moderately provocative manner, this session presents six suggestions for ways to mitigate the chasm that often exists between brand and CSR/sustainability professionals. It promises illumination, entertainment, and a good supply of food for thought to walk away with.
The Role of Eco-Labeling and Certification in Sustainable Brands Success - Al...Sustainable Brands
Nearly every brand today embarking on a sustainable brand journey faces the question at one stage or another: "Should I adopt or create an eco-label, pursue a particular certification, or manage to a particular industry ranking as part of my brand strategy?" The question is complex, and as illustrated by the recent case wherein Apple attempted to withdraw from its commitment to pursue EPEAT certification for it's products--stakeholder sentiment can be unclear on the topic until a misplaced decision is put forward. This panel, led by a senior representative of SustainAbility, conveys results of a recent brand sentiment exploration on the topic, and offers the perspective of industry leaders who have each given the topic a significant amount of thought. Expect to participate in a healthy conversation and count on leaving the session with a better sense of how to think about the topic given your own situation.