The recent scrutiny of Apple's labor practices in China highlight the need to improve the lives of the millions of workers making the products that drive our global economy. While it’s tempting to point to particular companies as the core of the problem, the reality is that consumers, governments, and businesses all have changes to make. READ MORE›
In the United States, the follies over the debt ceiling have now become so all encompassing that the government in Washington seemingly is unable to focus on anything else.READ MORE›
As we go into 2011, the market meltdowns of 2008 are receding from view. This means that structural changes in the world are again capturing the world's attention. These longer-term developments are pointing to an even greater focus on sustainability as one of the defining characteristics of business success.READ MORE›
The combination of innovation, globalization, and natural resource limits present two distinctly different futures: one that delivers dignified lives to more of the world's people than ever before, the other hits a brick wall brought on by a consumption-based model that the planet cannot sustain.READ MORE›
At last week’s “Summer Davos,” the annual World Economic Forum meeting in China, talk about innovation was everywhere. Not surprisingly, the sense of the meeting was that waiting for governments to set consistent rules and incentives for a low-carbon economy is a fool’s game.
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As the 2010 reporting season winds down, and the debate over integrated reporting heats up, it is a useful time to take stock of where reporting is today, and where it may be headed.READ MORE›
After looking back on the 50 years of "green marketing", Landor Associates' Chief Strategy Officer, Russ Meyers, will outline what the future holds through trends in sustainability.
In this series, we’ve looked at the history of ...READ MORE›
This decade was a tipping point for the sustainability movement and this piece, written by Landor Associates' Russ Meyers, looks at the promotion and expansion of green brands.With the beginning of a new decade came new interest in ...READ MORE›
In this post, Landor Associate's Chief Strategy Officer, Russ Meyer's outlines the problems with waste, the need to recycle and early signs of global warming.Despite all the green gains made during the 1980s, throughout most of the ...READ MORE›
Written by Landor Associates' Chief Strategy Officer, Russ Meyers looks at the growing consumer awareness, their influence on brands and the emergence of green products.The 1980s—it was the era of big hair, big shoulder pads, and ...READ MORE›
Written by Landor Associates' Chief Strategy Officer, Russ Meyer, this series explores the evolution of the sustainability movement through the eyes of a marketer interested in the growth of green brandsGreen cars, green cleaners, ...READ MORE›
Seventh Generation is committed to becoming the world's most trusted brand of authentic, safe, and environmentally-responsible products for a healthy home.READ MORE›
Nissan today took the first step towards getting its all-electric hatchback, the Leaf, into the hands of consumers: the company finally announced official pricing and a launch date.READ MORE›
This blog is part of our Inspired Ethonomics
series. Patti Prairie is the CEO of Brighter Planet, a startup whose
purpose is to help manage our environmental footprint, you can follow
via their blog We've all heard the wave of ...READ MORE›
Hitachi, eBay, Fast Company, DreamWorks and others discuss the meaning of Ethonomics -- ethics + economics -- and how it's the driving philosophy of the world's leading innovators.READ MORE›
Four European countries are to benefit from GE's announcement this morning that it is to invest 340 million euros in the offshore wind business, which will include manufacturing, engineering, and service facilities. The company is ...READ MORE›
Edward Burtynsky's striking photographs in his book "OIL" document the different phases of oil consumption in the world, starting from its extraction and refinement, to its importance in our transportation culture, and finally to its ...READ MORE›
This blog is part of our Inspired Ethonomics series. It's co-authored by Second Nature President Anthony Cortese and Senior Fellow Georges Dyer.“The question of reaching sustainability is not about whether we will have the money, or ...READ MORE›
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