NewsDove deepfakes moms to illustrate the impact of toxic influencers on teensThe brand’s newest short film explores the influence and impact of beauty advice on social media.
Work LifeAdvice for founders: When building something you believe in, nobody can sell it better than youJaime Schmidt started an indie personal care company in her kitchen with no money and no network. That didn’t stop her. She eventually sold it for 9 figures to Unilever.
Co.DesignSheaMoisture CEO Cara Sabin isn’t just marketing to Black consumers—she’s investing in themAt the Fast Company Innovation Festival, the Sundial CEO shares what it’s like to be a Black executive in the beauty industry.
Innovation By DesignHow Degree redesigned deodorant for people with disabilitiesDegree Inclusive is a winner in the 2021 Innovation by Design Awards.
Fast Company MagazineHow activist hedge funds went from corporate raiders to climate heroesEngine No. 1’s defeat of Exxon Mobile was just the start. A new breed of activist investors is pushing companies to embrace stakeholder capitalism.
NewsStock up on toothpaste, shampoo, soup, and cereal now before prices jump even higherCiting increased costs for packaging, ingredients, transport, and labor, consumer products companies continue to raise prices.
ImpactNow you can wash your clothes with recycled carbon emissionsUnilever’s latest laundry capsule is made from CO2 taken from a Chinese steel mill.
Co.DesignDove is paying for other brands to put more diverse faces in their adsIt really shouldn’t be this hard to persuade advertisers to showcase diverse models.
NewsCalling some types of hair or skin ‘normal’ ends now, Unilever pledgesThe new normal is not saying normal. Unilever has announced that it will no longer use that word to describe hair and skin types on its products.
ImpactUnilever’s new nano-factories fit in a shipping container, so they can go anywhere in the worldDesigned to make small batches of products with local materials, the consumer goods giant hopes the new factories can cut down on their footprint by allowing them to make products closer to the source.
ImpactSurprise: Your cleaning supplies are full of fossil fuel-based ingredientsAs part of its plan to lower its footprint, Unilever is removing petrochemicals from its home cleaning products.
CreativityThe Facebook ad boycott has to be indefinite to actually workUnilever, Diageo, Coca-Cola, Starbucks, and other marketers ditching the social network is great PR, but there needs to be more to have any real impact.
CreativityUnilever dropping ‘whitening’ products and ‘Fair & Lovely’ brand names—but is it enough?The CPG giant is removing the words fair/fairness, white/whitening, and light/lightening from its products’ packs and communication.
ImpactUnilever is investing $1.1 billion in a new climate fund—and hopes to reach net zero emissions by 2039The goal is to hit the benchmarks set by the Paris Climate Agreement far earlier than the 2050 deadline.
ImpactGiant brands love Loop’s zero-waste packaging—and now it’s coming to a store near youA year after it launched, the delivery service that takes back its packaging to be reused is expanding, and you’ll soon be able to find its innovative packaging designs at retail stores.
CreativityHow Dove is playing it cool with Oscar-nominated animated short film ‘Hair Love’The Unilever brand is playing a soft-sell marketer in the critically acclaimed short.
Co.DesignCoca-Cola, Nestlé, and PepsiCo are the world’s biggest plastic polluters—againHere’s an idea: If they’re not going to change it, make them pay for it.
ImpactDove is redesigning its packaging to use way more recycled plasticDove is aiming to cut its virgin plastic use by 20,000 tons a year by 2025.
ImpactHow consumer products giant Unilever plans to dramatically slash its use of plasticThe company plans to cut its use of virgin plastic packaging in half by 2025 through a series of steps—including selling toothpaste that comes in chewable tablets, among other things.
ImpactLoop, the revolutionary new reusable packaging delivery service, is now open for businessThe project, which ships you products like detergent, ice cream, and toothpaste in resuable containers that you then send back, is now operating in the Northeast.