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By Tracey de Morsella on June 15, 2010 1 Comment 15 Cool Things I Learned at Sustainable Brands 2010, A Random Collection of Thoughts from Sustainable Brands, a staff writer for Fast Company, Amie Vaccaro, Andrew Winston, ANDvantage strategies, Anya Kamenetz, BBH Hive, Beth Bengtson, Bill Marquard, Bill Roth, brand strategy, Brooke Farrell, Bruce MacGregor, Cheskin, Cobblestone Solutions, David Ferris, David Wilcox, EARTH 2017, green innovation, Green Recovery, greenwash, Harvard Business Review, HIP Investor, How Starbucks Strives for a Better Cup, How the Monterey Bay Aquarium Is a Model of a Nimble Business, How to Drive Change the IDEO Way, Huffington Post, IDEO, Implementing Cradle To Cradle Strategies For a Cleaner World, Innovate With Empathy, Inspired by the Journey, Janan, Jason Saul, Jen Boynton, John Marshall Roberts, Julian Holman, Julie Urlaub, Karen Barnes, Kelli Peterson, Kirsty Saddler, KoAnn Vikoren Skrzyniarz, Live From Sustainable Brands ‘10: Selling Green to Consumers, Maddock Douglas, Marble Leadership, Marc Stoiber, Microgrid Energy Rules the Sustainable Brands Innovation Open, Mission Measurement, Nick Aster, open innovation, Our Snapshot of This Year’s Sustainable Brands Conference. My 20 Favorite Quotes Heard at Sustainable Brands 10 Conference, Paul Herman, ReachScale, Recycle Match, sb '10, SDialogue, Shelton Group, social innovation, Starbucks, Summer Rayne Oakes, sustainability, Sustainable Brands 10', Sustainable Brands Innovation Open, Sustainable Life Media Recognized by Governor Schwarzenegger and California EPA Secretary as Sustainable Brands ’10 Opens in Monterey, Suzanne Shelton, Taiga Company, TetraPak + Bottled Water Still Equals Greenwashed Nonsense, The Hot Eco-Fashionista Five Principals of Good Design, The Matter Network, The Power of ANDvantage: Increased Profits by Solving Relevant Global Social Issues, The Secret Green Sauce, Timberland’s Road to Recovery Paved with Earthkeepers, Triplepundit.com, Trple Pundit, ustmeans, Wal-Smart: What It Really Takes to Profit in a Wal-Mart World, Winston Eco-Strategies

Were you unable to attend Sustainable Brands 10? Do the next best thing; read our SB ‘10 news round-up of posts from around the Web. Help us keep this compilation up-to-date. If you have a new post on the Sustainable Brands ’10 Conference, or we missed your post, drop us a line, so we can include it. We will continue to to provide daily post-SB ’10 coverage in the coming days. See a preview of that coverage at the bottom of this post.

Business Pressures Driving Change and Innovation in the Supply Chain

By Julie_Urlaub on June 10, 2010 1 Comment @GreenAdvantage, Andrew Winston, Base of the Pyramid, Berkeley, biodiversity, BOP, bottom of the pyramid, Carbon Disclosure, carbon exposure, chemicals, Climate Change, climate policy, Dara O'Rourke, disclosure on carbon. P&G and IBM are both requiring data and transparency of environmental management systems, Eco-Advantage Strategies, energy, Ford, global warming, Good Guide, green business strategy, Green Cost Cutting, Green Recovery, Green to Gold, Harvard Business, IBM, Ikea, innovation, Julie Urlaub, Kaiser Permanente, P&G, Pepsi, sb '10, social performance, sourcing, suppliers, supply chain, supply chain group, sustainability, Sustainable Brands, Sustainable Brands 10', Taiga Company, TheHuffington Post, toxins, transparency, University of California, value-chain, Walmart, Water, Winston Eco-Strategies

Andrew Winston, founder of Winston Eco-Strategies, kicked of day two of the Sustainable Brands 2010 conference with an informative talk on how the difficult environmental, economic and supply challenges that business and industry face, have changed that game and how those challenges are presenting opportunities.

Submit Your Business Summary for The 2nd Annual Sustainable Brands Innovation Open

By Tracey de Morsella on April 28, 2010 3 Comments Andrew Winston, Anya Kamenetz, Boyd Cohen, eco-entrepreneurs, Ethos Water, Fast Company.com, Green to Gold, HIP Investor, IDEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, Kelly Lauber, KoAnn Vikoren Skrzyniarz, Mindful Investors, new venture showcase, NIKE, R. Paul Herman, Satori Capital, SB Innovation Open, SB'IO, social entrepreneurs, socially responsible investors, start-ups, Steve Bishop, Stuart Rudick, sustainability, sustainable brand innovation, Sustainable Brands 10', Sustainable Brands Innovation Open, Sustainable Life Media, Sustainable Solutions Showcase

As part of Sustainable Life Media’s mission to be a bridge to better brands, they are presenting the second annual Sustainable Brands Innovation Open, an early stage business competition focused on connecting the existing global brands and socially responsible investor communities to the most innovative new product and service solutions being brought to market by today’s social and eco-entrepreneurs.

Making The Business Case for Green Teams and a Look at Best Practices

By Michael D Tam on April 15, 2010 Comments Off on Making The Business Case for Green Teams and a Look at Best Practices Andrew Winston, best practices, Brand Recognition, Carrie Freeman, composting, corporate social responsibillity, corporate sustainability, cost savings, cross-functional groups, eBay, employee engagement, employee morale, energy use, engage employees, engaged workforce, environmental initiatives, Green Business, Green Impact, Green Recovery, Green Teams, Green Teams: Engaging Employees in Sustainability, GreenBiz.com, Intel, Libby Reder, market share, metrics, Michael Tam, National Environmental Education Foundation, productivity, recycling, sustainability, sustainability strategy, sustainable strategies, The Engaged Organization: Corporate Employee Environmental Education, Volunteers, water use

The idea sounds simple enough. Create a team of volunteers from existing employees. Have them focus on ways to green the business and culture. In turn, create cost savings, attract top talent due to an improvement in brand recognition, and increase market share from the newfound brand image, possibly even innovative product and services. The idea and the goal sound simple, while the execution and plan of attack seem a bit more complex. How can an individual or company go about implementing this team of sustainability focused volunteers? Resources and guides may be abundant and abound. The report, “Green Teams: Engaging Employees in Sustainability,” released by GreenBiz.com and Green Impact, provides a good starting point that captures the business case for these green teams, how to get started, four key areas behind best practices, and a breakdown of 10 best practices in developing green teams.