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Recommend a Speaker or Topic to the 2010 Sustainable Brands Conference!

By Aysu Katun on December 17, 2009 1 Comment brand strategy, speaker proposal, sustainability, sustainability executives, Sustainable Brands Conference, sustainable business conferences, sustainable design, sustainable innovation, Sustainable Life Media

Sustainable Life Media is accepting speaker proposals for the 2010 Sustainable Brands Conference, which is an international event discussing the rapid rise of sustainability as a driver for revenue growth and brand equity in the 21st Century. This year’s theme is “The Power of AND”, which is “a tribute to the breakthrough innovation that comes from growing beyond an either/or mindset to adopt the possibility of ‘both/and’.

How Leading Companies are Pioneering Innovation in Carbon, Water and Waste

By Abhijit Khanna on December 13, 2009 2 Comments Abhijit Khanna, AquaSciences, AT Kearney group, BASF, biomimicry, business sustainability, Calera Corporation, Carbon, Carbon Disclosure Project, carbon footprint, CEO Water Mandate, Chicago Climate Exchange, Climate Change, climate change risk management. Mandatory reporting, climate risks, Coca-Cola, compliance, corporate sustainability, corporate water strategy, CorporateRegister, creative destruction, desalinization, DJSI, Dole, Domani Consulting, Dow Jones Sustainability Index, DuPont, e-waste, ecoefficiency, Ecopatent Commons, environmental, environmental performance, Environmental Protection Agency, Global e-Sustainability initiative, Global Reporting Initiative, green innovation, Green Policies, green products, Green Rankings, green rankings. KLD, greenhouse gas emissions, Greenhouse Gas Protocol, Hewlett-Packard, innovation, Innovation Opportunities in Response to Today’s Environmental Hot Buttons, Interfaceflor, LEAN manufacturing, Levi Strauss and Company, life straw, NanoH20, nanotechnology, Nestle, NIKE, Nike Trash Talk, Patagonia, PepsiCo, reputation, reverse osmosis, risk management, risk management practices, SAB Miller, SB Boot Camp, Serious Materials, social performance, Sprint, Subaru, supply chain, sustainability consulting, sustainability performance, Sustainable Brands Boot Camp, Sustainable Life Media, Tennant, Trucost.Green Score, Vestergaard Fransden, Wal-Mart, waste, Water, Water Disclosure Project, water footprint, Water Footprint Network, water management companies, water neutraility, water neutrality, water utilized upstream, water-resource management, Waxman-Markey Kerry Boxer, Will Sarni, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Xerox, zero-waste

A summary of the second webinar in the Sustainable Brands Boot Camp series, Innovation Opportunities in Response to Today’s Environmental Hot Buttons: Climate Change, Water & Waste. The webinar was led by Will Sarni, CEO and founder of Domani Consulting, an integrated sustainability consulting firm, and featured examples of new, innovative business and product strategies from various markets that are successfully being brought to market in response to emerging environmental and social strains.

Incorporating Sustainability into Innovation Processes

By Aysu Katun on November 24, 2009 4 Comments biomimicry, closed loops, cradle to cradle, dematerialization, employees, environmental impacts, environmentally conscious employees, Gil Friend, green design, Introduction to Opportunities in Sustainable Innovation, Natural Logic, natural step framework, nature, recommendations, stakeholder, Sustainable Brands Boot Camp, sustainable design, sustainable innovation, Sustainable Life Media, The Truth About Green Business, webinar, zero-waste

Sustainable Life Media launched their first online Sustainable Brands Boot Camp on Friday. Leading the first webinar, “Introduction to Opportunities in Sustainable Innovation”, was Gil Friend, President/CEO of Natural Logic and author of The Truth About Green Business. Friend spoke on sustainability focused design innovation and how companies can remain competitive in the midst of today’s environmental challenges. Friend provided valuable and practical recommendations on how companies can incorporate sustainability within their innovation process.

Sustainable Brands 13-Week Boot Camp Commences

By Tracey de Morsella on November 15, 2009 2 Comments Aysu Katun, brands, business metrics, collaborative supply chain partnerships. stakeholder engagement, CSR, environmental impact, Gil Friend, green consumers, Green Economy Post, greenwashing, Introduction to Opportunities in Sustainable Innovation, KoAnn Vikoren Skrzyniarz, Natural Logic, SB Boot Camp, sustainable brand strategy, Sustainable Brands, Sustainable Brands Boot Camp, Sustainable Business, sustainable innovation, Sustainable Life Media, sustainable product design, The Truth About Green Business, Triplepundit

Sustainable Life Media,the people who bring you the Sustainable Brands conference each year, launched their first online Sustainable Brands Boot Camp on Friday. The 13-week series, taught by sustainable business/brand thought leaders, is for those interested in a training program designed to bring professionals up to speed with the latest in sustainable business practices, metrics, product design and market drivers.

What’s Missing From The Green Stimulus?

By Tracey de Morsella on March 16, 2009 3 Comments American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, green stimulus, OZOlab, social venture capital, sustainability, sustainable economy, Sustainable Life Media, Tamara Giltsoff

Tamara Giltsoff, managing director of OZOlab, called “The U.S. Stimulus Package: What’s Missing?”She feels that innovation got left out of the stimulus. She feels in does not address how to get to a sustainable economy nor does she feel that it addresses the unsustainable consumption that is ingrained in our way of doing business and our overall way of life. Her list of what she thinks should be done is summarized in this article.