Posts tagged social impacts
Fist Bump: Kayaks, Fleece, and Market Forces
Fist Bump: Kayaks, Fleece, and Market Forces

REI raises the bar with their sustainable purchasing standards – and hikes up the incentive for lower-impact products in the outdoor industry and beyond.

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BlogKellen KleinKellen, Fist Bump, REI, Outdoor Retail, Market Forces, sustainability, sustainability leaders, outdoor industry, force for good, sustainable procurement, sustainability standards, supply chains, environment, upstream, upstream impacts, chemicals, environmental impacts, social impacts, regulation by retail, supplier standards, millennials, responsible manufacturing
The New Retail Regulatory Norm, and What Business Needs to Do About It
The New Retail Regulatory Norm, and What Business Needs to Do About It

Increased globalization and U.S. political dysfunction have accelerated the establishment of a new norm of regulatory action—not regulation by law, but regulation by retail.

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BlogBrendon Steele Brendon, regulation by retail, corporations, corporate sustainability, NGOs, SRI, investors, Sustainability, consumer facing brands, supply chain advocacy, supply chains, retailers, Greenpeace, chemicals, ForestEthics, Sierra Club, advocates, zero deforestation, stakeholders, accountability, brand advocacy, globalization, Market Forces, market campaigns, carbon pricing, fossil fuels, environment, environmental impacts, environmentalists, reputation, upstream, upstream impacts, activists, activism, Environmental activism, corporate leaders, cycle of demonization, social impacts, social license, CSR, precompetitive collaboration, collaboration
When Power Meets Purpose: 6 Ways Corporations and Activists Can Unite
When Power Meets Purpose: 6 Ways Corporations and Activists Can Unite

Over and over, I am bewildered by the anger and vitriol that often divides groups that love to hate and demonize each other.

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BlogBill ShiremanBill, power, purpose, power and purpose, corporations, activism, activists, collaboration, division, Republicans, Democrats, environmentalists, companies, stakeholders, corporate, corporate leaders, corporate sustainability, common ground, bridge-building, Bridge, BridgeUSA, NGO, NGOs, alliance, allies, alliances, politics, odd bedfelows, odd-bedfellows, climate activism, climate, climate change, climate leaders, energy, energy policy, Clean energy, renewable energy, deforestation, RAN, rainforests, Sierra Club, human rights, social justice, civil society, business leaders, recycling, social impacts