Topic: Unilever NV

Corporate Leadership for the 21st Century: Sustainability Experience Required

You will soon find that no corporate board will hire a CEO or elect a new board member who doesn't have experience in environmental sustainability and social issues. Why would I say this? And where would a corporate person gain ...READ»

London Film Festival

Most filmmakers toil in obscurity for years before getting the chance to premiere at a world-class event like the London Film Festival. Not so for the winner of Unilever's Consumer Creative Challenge, a contest in which amateur ...READ»

Restoring Trust Through Sustainable Excellence

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»

Now: October 2010

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• Read: How Did I Get Here?
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What to Do When Good Brands Make Bad Things? Or Bad Brands Do Good?

Pepsi makes brown sugar water that can contribute to obesity. Walmart has raised the bar on sustainability standards. In fact, almost every brand doing meaningful work can be accused of providing some product or service that can be harmful, and many so-called villains contribute to social programs. So what do we do?READ»

General Mills Ditches Dirty Palm Oil

Sinar Mas, the now notorious purveyor of palm oil, just lost another customer.READ»

Five Innovators Heading to CGI: Naya Jeevan, A Doctor's Rx for Micro Insurance

“Excuse me, do you work with large clusters of marginalized low income populations?” Some of us arrived a day early for the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Sixth Annual Meeting. One reason to do that is to attend the CGI ...READ»

Five Innovators Heading to CGI: A New Technology to Power Your Car, Reduce Wrinkles, & Make Your Lunch

Yes, indeed, Solazyme is producing algae oils, a renewable energy source to fly you around the world, power your car, create products to reduce the wrinkles on your face, and fry the falafel at your local Halal truck. CEO and ...READ»

After Greenpeace Action, Burger King Stops Greasing Palms With Sinar Mas

Tack on Burger King to the growing list of corporate giants who are cutting ties with Sinar Mas.READ»

iFive: Google Buys Like.com, China Overtakes Japan, Apple Causing iAd Delays, Andreessen to HP, and Obamas' Gulf Swim

Fresh today: Google's mind share, China's rise in global rankings, Obama's Gulf swim, Apple's iAds issues, and sexual harassment update.READ»

Paper Giant Sinar Mas to Greenpeace: Stop Targeting Developing Countries

Many corporations have scrambled to update their sustainability standards after Greenpeace attacks. Both Apple and Trader Joe's have made strides in producing non-toxic electronics and selling sustainably-farmed fish, respectively, ...READ»

Don't Recruit Next Generation Talent, Grow It

Dan Heath and Chip Heath explain why you should grow your next generation of talent, not recruit it.READ»

The Mekanism Guarantee: They Engineer Virality

Its viral ad work runs from lowbrow to esoteric to downright scary -- and that's all part of the plan. The machine behind Mekanism.READ»

• Freaks and Geeks

Kees van der Graaf on What Makes a Leader

Kees van der Graaf, former executive with Unilever on honesty, clarity and transparency in leadership.READ»

Nestle Eases Up on Rainforest Destruction

We recently gave kudos to Nestle U.K. for a plan to source the chocolate in Kit Kat bars from fair-trade suppliers. That wasn't enough for Greenpeace U.K., which attacked the candy maker this week for sourcing palm oil from Sinar ...READ»

Jevons' Paradox and the Perils of Efficient Energy Use

It's a given among Peak Oilers and New Urbanists alike that the imminent and permanent return of high oil prices will send convulsions through the suburban American landscape. But it's one thing when professional Jeremiahs like ...READ»

Ben & Jerry's Plans to Go Fully Fair Trade

Ben & Jerry's has managed to cultivate such a sustainable aura that we're surprised this hasn't happened before: The ice cream giant announced a plan this week to go fully Fair Trade by 2013. That means all of the 121 chunks and ...READ»

Most Innovative Companies - China

From Alibaba to Baidu, our picks for the top companies in China.READ»

Most Innovative Companies - Company Index

Sponsored by The Top 50 AEG Los Angeles, CA Affymetrix Santa Clara, ...READ»

Most Innovative Companies - All Stars

These companies, featured on our 2008 and 2009 honor rolls, fought a dour economy with renewed creativity and bold initiatives. (Alas, not all fared ...READ»

Most Innovative Companies - Advertising & Marketing

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Super Bowl XLIV Ad Quiz: 30 Brands. 30 One-Second Ads. How Many Can You Spot?

What do you do if you want to advertise on the Big Game but only have a $100,000 ad budget? Try a one–second "blink" ad. It's a daunting design challenge to get a powerful brand message to stick.READ»

Green Giants: Early Progress From Four Walmart Sustainability Consortium Members

Early progress from four Walmart Sustainability Consortium membersREAD»

• Will Walmart’s “Sustainability Index” Actually Work?

Will Walmart's "Sustainability Index" Actually Work?

The biggest retailer and its suppliers confront how to rate the sustainability of all consumer goods.READ»

• Green Giants
• In the Sand

Ben & Jerry's Board Member Terry Mollner on the Sweetness of a Values-Led Business

Terry Mollner, chair of the board Calvert Foundation, has been involved in developing capital sources that are indeed in harmony with values led businesses and recognize that the highest priority for those businesses is the good of all.READ»

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