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  • Appetite for Change

    Reinventing the Global Food System

    23 Jun 2011 – Report

    Today's global food system is inherently unsustainable, and must be completely transformed. Appetite for Change was conceived to identify what change is needed, and the role the corporate sector must play in making it happen.

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  • Why Your Company Should Produce a Sustainability Report

    15 Mar 2011 – Article

    Public trust in companies is at record lows. Is improved disclosure – specifically, better sustainability reporting – a way to reverse the trend?

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  • Five Principles for Sustainable Brands

    Relevant, Responsive, Reliable, Resilient and Transformative

    07 Jun 2010 – Article

    SustainAbility's five principles for ensuring that sustainability is good for brands – and that brands are good for sustainability.

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  • Finance, Politics, Climate: Three Crises in One (openDemocracy)

    17 Oct 2008 – Article

    The breakdown of the global financial system highlights the need for a change in ways of thinking as well as strategic direction, say John Elkington & Mark Lee.

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  • The Race to Sustainable Mobility (Sustainability Tomorrow)

    An interview with Mr. Dave Berdish, Manager, Ford Motor

    12 Feb 2008 – Conversation

    When many think of Ford, they think trucks and SUVs. What does the company mean by 'sustainable mobility'? Is it car-centered, and is this just a more palatable way to sell more vehicles without improving their environmental performance?

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  • Sustaining Globalisation and Raising Our Game (Sustainability Tomorrow)

    Analysis and recommendations from Raising Our Game: Can We Sustain Globalisation?

    30 Dec 2007 – Article

    A synopsis of SustainAbility analysis and recommendations, as presented to the Confederation of Indian Industry in New Delhi in December 2007.

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  • If the Issue Fits (Grist)

    Biz magazines spotlight the sustainability revolution

    27 Mar 2007 – Article

    If the business press is any indication, sustainability issues have risen up the corporate ladder and are now seen as a central challenge for companies in the coming decades.

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  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Grist)

    Business leaders honed in on climate, carbon, and concrete at Davos

    09 Feb 2007 – Article

    There was something different in the air at this year's WEF. Instead of the irrational exuberance of the 1990s or the celebrity-studded glitz of recent years, we found upbeat but serious discussion of big issues – climate change in particular.

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  • This Ring a Nobel? (Grist)

    Social and environmental entrepreneurs have a lot to teach big business

    20 Dec 2006 – Article

    Social entrepreneurship is on the verge of taking off like a rocket, with support and encouragement from innovative people in the business and government mainstreams.

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  • Third Time's the Charm (Grist)

    Will the latest corporate sustainability reporting guidelines herald a brave new world?

    24 Oct 2006 – Article

    Is corporate reporting really making a marked difference in global sustainability efforts in the face of the century's challenges? And will the G3 accelerate things in a material way?

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  • Citizen Hope (Grist)

    Sustainability visionaries see room for hope in our worry-filled world

    27 Sep 2006 – Article

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  • In a Tights Spot (Grist)

    Are the world's green-biz supermen losing their powers?

    28 Aug 2006 – Article

    Have the world's erstwhile CEO supermen been exposed to something akin to kryptonite, or were we unrealistic to believe they could vanquish all foes, not least those inside their own organizations?

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  • On the Ball (Grist)

    What if the world cared about sustainability as much as soccer?

    07 Jul 2006 – Article

    As we head toward the final match of the World Cup this weekend, it's all made us wonder: could humankind ever apply that same energy and enthusiasm to the distinctly less exciting pursuit of sustainability?

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  • The Land of Milk and Bunny (Grist)

    What Peter Rabbit can teach businesses about going global

    06 Jun 2006 – Article

    By turning the spotlight in Peter's direction, we hope to illuminate some lessons in the game of responsible global branding.

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  • It's the Economics, Stupid (Grist)

    Has the corporate-responsibility movement lost sight of the big picture?

    09 May 2006 – Article

    Perhaps it's time to ask ourselves whether the language of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has blinded us to looming planetary and civilizational risks.

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