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Accelerating the Adoption of Clean Fuels: Leading Road Fleets Share Data thumnail image

Accelerating the Adoption of Clean Fuels: Leading Road Fleets Share Data

Today, Future of Fuels is releasing a case study library that will, for the first time, allow fleet owners to compare clean fuel technologies independently tested and rated by peer companies.
Sustainability Management for a Rapidly Changing World: Q&A with Erb Institute’s Terry Nelidov thumnail image

Sustainability Management for a Rapidly Changing World: Q&A with Erb Institute’s Terry Nelidov

Terry Nelidov, managing director of the Erb Institute, shared his insights on how millennials in leadership roles will impact sustainability management, the importance of metrics and leadership support for sustainability, and the convergence of environmental and social issues.
We Need to Talk about Blockchain—Together. thumnail image

We Need to Talk about Blockchain—Together.

Blockchain offers immense opportunities to achieve business and sustainability goals, but it is going to take serious collaboration to unleash its full potential.
Five Years after Rana Plaza, We Still Must Do More to Empower Women Workers in Bangladesh thumnail image

Five Years after Rana Plaza, We Still Must Do More to Empower Women Workers in Bangladesh

Brands, suppliers, and the development community can do these four things to further the empowerment of women workers in Bangladesh and elsewhere.
The Business Case for Empowering Women through Climate-Resilient Supply Chains thumnail image
Climate Change | Supply Chain | Women’s Empowerment

The Business Case for Empowering Women through Climate-Resilient Supply Chains

Applying a gender lens to resilience activities will help companies anticipate and recover from climate events and foster innovation.

An Exciting New Era for ESG and Socially Responsible Investing in Japan thumnail image
Financial Services

An Exciting New Era for ESG and Socially Responsible Investing in Japan

The pro-business Japanese government has doubled down on transparency, helping investors understand a broad set of ESG issues that are material for their investment strategies and enabling social dialogue.

Next-Generation Private-Sector Collaboration for Sustainable Development: Q&A with Neste thumnail image
Collaboration | Energy And Extractives | Supply Chain

Next-Generation Private-Sector Collaboration for Sustainable Development: Q&A with Neste

We spoke with Neste's sustainability manager about multistakeholder collaboration and its role at the company.

Corporations as Citizens: Have We Come Full Circle? thumnail image
Supply Chain

Corporations as Citizens: Have We Come Full Circle?

Until the past few years, our society has not expected corporations to act like exemplary citizens. But we are seeing hopeful signs that this could be changing.

Why Hiring 100,000 Impact Workers Is Only the Beginning: Interview with The Rockefeller Foundation thumnail image
Equity, Inclusion, And Justice | Supply Chain

Why Hiring 100,000 Impact Workers Is Only the Beginning: Interview with The Rockefeller Foundation

We caught up with Mamadou Biteye of The Rockefeller Foundation to reflect on the development of the Global Impact Sourcing Coalition and its progress to date.

Culture, Behavior, and Corporate Integrity 2.0 thumnail image
Supply Chain

Culture, Behavior, and Corporate Integrity 2.0

Today's social and political dynamics have further sharpened the need for companies to rethink corporate purpose, values, and ethics beyond compliance.

Our Challenge to Businesses: Hire 100,000 New Impact Workers by 2020 thumnail image
Equity, Inclusion, And Justice | Supply Chain

Our Challenge to Businesses: Hire 100,000 New Impact Workers by 2020

This new challenge aims to help drive job creation for economically and socially vulnerable people across global supply chains.

The Women’s Empowerment Principles in Practice: Analyzing One Year of Data thumnail image
Women’s Empowerment

The Women’s Empowerment Principles in Practice: Analyzing One Year of Data

The Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Gap Analysis Tool was developed to give companies guidance on how to implement the WEPs. Here's how companies are using it one year after its launch.

Sustainability Management for a Rapidly Changing World: Q&A with Maersk Group’s Annette Stube thumnail image
Supply Chain | Transport And Logistics

Sustainability Management for a Rapidly Changing World: Q&A with Maersk Group’s Annette Stube

Annette Stube, head of sustainability at Maersk, shared her insights on the role of the sustainability team, sustainability risks for the company, and how to measure impact.

Climate Change, Public Health, Women’s Empowerment, and Supplier Performance in Bangladesh thumnail image
Climate Change | Healthcare | Supply Chain | Women’s Empowerment

Climate Change, Public Health, Women’s Empowerment, and Supplier Performance in Bangladesh

Rising temperatures and more frequent flooding events are likely to increase with climate change, and in Bangladesh, this will affect the lives of the 4 million people working in the garment industry, who are disproportionately women.

How Do You Empower 100,000 Women? thumnail image
Women’s Empowerment

How Do You Empower 100,000 Women?

In 2014, ANN made its 100,000 Women Commitment to empower 100,000 women working in its global supply chain. Here's the story of how it achieved this milestone.