3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (949+ words) Why a small apparel startup chose lower margins, slower sourcing, and smaller production runs in pursuit of a more sustainable operating model Before we ever sketched a swimsuit, we decided that most emerging apparel brands avoid: to prioritize sustainability over…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (949+ words) Synthetic strategy and the emergence of New Global Mind'how leaders align capital, governance, and decision-making to remain viable as systems shift. Most strategies today are built on assumptions that no longer hold. They assume stability where there is systemic transition....

1+ mon, 23+ hour ago  (361+ words) As extreme weather shifts from a distant planetary threat to an immediate financial line item, a groundbreaking CDP report reveals that global businesses have already absorbed billions in hidden operational losses. The evidence keeps accumulating. Climate change has been affecting…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (562+ words) A lot has changed in two decades. And yet, as we prepare to gather for our 20th anniversary flagship conference this June, I find myself thinking first about how far we've come (this can get lost in the challenges of the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (806+ words) 4ocean has spent nine years building the infrastructure to turn corporate sustainability commitments into verifiable, pound-by-pound ocean cleanup. This June at SB'26 San Diego, they're bringing that mission and 50 million pounds of proof to the Sustainable Brands community. There is a…...

10+ mon, 6+ day ago  (533+ words) Image credit: Jaxn Blvd Innovators have long been turning poop " both human and animal " into a plethora of waste-saving solutions " from biogas and fabric to beer ingredient. Now, Stanford researchers have developed a system upcycles human urine into a powerful…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (269+ words) Despite momentum and optimism earlier in the process, the treaty negotiations were increasingly stymied by disagreement around potential approaches. Following 10 days of negotiations, the 2nd part of the UN's Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5. 2)'s fifth attempt to develop an international legally…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (131+ words) Sustainable Brands Packaging EPR laws are expanding across North America. That means more packaging data to collect and verify, more fees to calculate, more reports to submit, more resources to commit to compliance. In this webinar, RLG's EPR compliance experts…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (666+ words) Sustainable Brands Inside a Powerful New Campaign to "Unplastic" Our Homes and Daily Routines Grove Collaborative and the Oceanic Preservation Society have launched "The Unplastic Shop," a curated marketplace of 500 products that pivots plastic from an environmental issue to a…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (334+ words) In this Innovation Watch, five of the most compelling solutions proving the future of concrete can be not just low-carbon but smart, circular and resilient. In this Innovation Watch, we dive into five of the most compelling "green" concrete technologies…...