Key Themes from the Wharton CEO Conference Gen Z Online Shopper getty How to align brand values to today’s consumer expectations was at the center of topics covered at the recent 2022 CEO Summit hoste...
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96% want vacation dollars to further sustainability goals, says survey
Forty-eight percent of respondents told Kind Traveler their greatest challenge in traveling sustainably is finding accommodations that are both “sustainable and socially conscious.” Klaus ...
Environmental sustainability key sticking point in EU MiCA bill
The legal standing of Bitcoin mining in the European Union hinges on the results of a March 14 vote in the European Parliamentary Committee on Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA). A controversial line con...
Consumers Demand Sustainable Products And Shopping Formats
Retail Execs Didn’t Get the Memo T-shirt made of 100% and hundred percent organic materials. Customer with responsible and nature and … [+] eco friendly values. getty Consumers and retailers are...
Sustainability alone is not enough for consumers to change habits, Garnier exec says
Lechatnoir | E+ | Getty Images Sustainability alone will not be enough for consumers to change their shopping habits and products must “deliver for the consumer, first and foremost,” accor...
Buffett Gives Successor Abel Rare Page Space for Sustainability
(Bloomberg) — Warren Buffett built a rare excerpt into his much-awaited annual letter: A note from Greg Abel, his successor-in-chief at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Most Read from Bloomberg Abel, who...
Fashion Industry’s Liberal Return Policies Are Unsustainable
Returns and Exchanges Illustration Shutterstock.com The ease of online shopping coupled with generous return policies have yielded a fresh bout of post-holiday blues for the apparel industry. Fueled i...
As We Emerge From The Covid-19 Pandemic, We Must Build Back Better
Over the last two years, the global Covid-19 pandemic has proven that no part of our lives is immune to its destructive forces. A complete economic and social moratorium has been the standard governme...
The Disruption Has Only Just Begun
A worker walking between the heaps of garbage getty Since Sustainability is a topic on all retailers’ minds, I thought it would be helpful to put the whole subject into perspective with some eye-openi...
Innovative Foods Are On The Rise. Can They Fix Our Food Systems?
Chemist checking reaction in tubes with plants Getty Images/iStockphoto There’s enormous excitement about innovative foods these days. A confluence of skyrocketing investments, consumer demand for hea...
NFTrade Looks to Sustainability with New Carbon Offset Feature
NFT marketplace NFTrade is going ‘climate-positive,’ by offsetting the carbon emissions caused by NFT transactions in a new partnership with BrokoliNetwork. In a recent announcement over Twitter, NFTr...
Sustainable Movement Closes In On Clueless Fashion Industry
T-shirt made of 100% and hundred percent organic materials. Customer with responsible and nature and … [+] eco friendly values. getty The day of reckoning for the fashion industry over its histo...
Why WAZP’s On-Demand Manufacturing Solutions Win Large Customers Like IKEA
3d printing plays a key role in WAZP’s on-demand manufacturing getty As companies scramble to improve the resilience of their supply chains, many are resorting to boosting the size of their inve...
Binance and YG partnership will prioritize sustainability
A new partnership between global crypto exchange Binance and South Korean entertainment company YG will see the two companies strive for a more sustainable framework for future NFTs collaborations. YG...
Sustainability Is What’s Keeping Retailers Awake At Night
ESG Executive Graphic Shutterstock.com The National Retail Federation, or NRF, held its annual Big Show live and in-person at New York City’s Javits Center a little more than a week ago. As you can im...
Galaxy Digital Announces Sustainability Plan, Touts 80% Clean Mining
In brief Galaxy’s new “sustainability program” will focus on environmental, social and governance issues The move comes at a time of growing scrutiny about the impact of crypto firms...
Walmart’s Bringing The Farm Closer To The Store
Walmart is venturing with hydroponic vertical gardening company Plenty to bring the farm closer to … [+] the store. This dovetails with their pledge to meet a plethora of sustainability targets ...
Consumers Expect Retailers To Share Their Values
Young woman recycling used clothing getty COVID-19 will go down in history as a global catastrophe — like the start of World War II — that ignited a sudden shift in how we see ourselves in relation to...
Ripple, the wooden house that encourages sustainability
Ripple is not only the company that issues the XRP cryptocurrency. Ripple is also the name of something that has nothing to do with cryptocurrencies: a zero consumption house designed by the Universit...
An Avalanche Of Returns Test Brands’ Sustainability Creds
Young woman returning purchased apparel to a retail store Shutterstock.com It would appear that retailers booked a robust 2021 holiday season, except that the new year brings with it an old problem th...
Could Insects Play A Bigger Role In Our Food Supply?
Black Soldier Fly Larvae (AP Photo/Aleks Furtula) ASSOCIATED PRESS We are often told that something we can do to fight climate change, is to eat less meat or dairy. While there are certainly greenhous...