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How Can Retailers Serve Both Customers and Regulators While Enabling AI? Operational Sustainability.
By treating sustainability data with the same transactional rigor as financial accounting, retailers can transform regulatory compliance into a powerful business case—using automated data fabrics to fuel AI shopping agents, close the consumer inten... View More
Proof in the Label: How Sustainability Certifications are Shaping the Future of Retail
A quiet but important shift is taking place in how people shop. Consumers aren’t just buying products—they’re increasingly paying attention to the values and practices behind them. From production to packaging, sustainability has become a meani... View More
Food Protecting Food: How Apeel Keeps Produce Fresher for Longer
Apeel’s plant-based coating and RipeTrack platform are helping growers and retailers reduce spoilage, extend freshness and build a more resilient food system. ... View More
Top 5 Scope 3 Hotspots in Retail Value Chains
Leading retailers are rethinking inputs and partnering with both suppliers and competitors to tackle tricky value chain emissions. ... View More
Retailers Invite 10M CA Consumers to ‘Break Up with Single-Use Bags’
Beyond the Bag Initiative engages Target, CVS Health, Ralphs and Food 4 Less customers to cut single-use bag waste across nearly 1K Southern California stores. ... View More
The Returns Crisis: How to Balance Sustainability and Convenience
Modern shoppers want guilt-free consumption with minimal inconvenience — here are 3 ways retailers can address the returns crisis while keeping consumers happy. ... View More
The 5 Product Categories Best Suited for Reusable Packaging
New study from Closed Loop Partners and the US Plastics Pact identifies the top 5 consumer product categories poised for near-term reuse success in US retail. ... View More
Studies Reveal the Dire Impacts of Bad Gift Giving
Shoppers everywhere would likely agree that the billions’ worth of negative economic and environmental impacts created by unmindful gift giving diminishes the intended sentiment behind giving gifts. ... View More
UK Electronics Retailer Reminds Shoppers ‘Black Friday Is a Load of Rubbish’
New research shows Brits will spend £3.5B on tech they don’t need this Black Friday, with 1 in 5 using new tech for only four months. CeX’s campaign reminds shoppers about the mountains of tech waste created by the annual shopping frenzy. ... View More
Unwrapping the Holiday Returns Crisis: The Hidden Costs of Convenience
Product returns should no longer be viewed as an inevitable cost of doing business but as an opportunity to innovate. It’s time to broaden consumer awareness of the fate of most returned goods and change that story by closing the loop. ... View More
Uniqlo Expands Campaign to Use Power of Clothing to Bring ‘Peace for All’
The brand has partnered with renowned photographers from Magnum Photos to bring the stories and impacts of its Peace for All campaign to exhibitions in 10 cities. ... View More
REI’s New Approach to Sizing, Design Raises Bar for Outdoor Industry Inclusion
The Seattle-based outdoor outfitter has adopted one of the industry’s widest sizing ranges, which has knock-on benefits as it works towards its own set of environmental and social goals. ... View More
Startups, Consumers Helping Brands Make Business ‘Future Positive’
In keynotes on day 3 of SB’24 San Diego, major players in electronics, beauty, retail and recycling extolled the virtues of partnering with stakeholders to drive sustainability and circularity initiatives both inside and outside their companies. ... View More
Ecolabels Ensure Chemical Sustainability in Beauty, Household Products
63% of consumers want brands to help educate the public about product origins and business practices. Companies that avoid greenwashing — and demonstrate this honesty to the public — could distinguish themselves in the eyes of potential customers... View More
Tech Partnerships Helping Walmart Optimize Food Value Chain
The retail giant recently launched two partnerships aimed at recycling food waste and enabling better-informed food-sourcing decisions. ... View More
5 Retail Giants Partner on VC to Scale Sustainable Innovation
W23 Global is the first retailer-led venture fund to seek entrepreneurs and early-stage ventures offering solutions to a range of common sustainability challenges. ... View More
Dr. Martens, IKEA Push Circular Fashion Further Into the Mainstream
IKEA has created a collection made from recycled coworker uniforms; while Dr. Martens’ Genix Nappa collection features recycled-leather remakes of three of the iconic shoe brand’s signature styles. ... View More
ThredUp: Resale Grew 15x Faster than Retail in 2023
Online resale is expected to more than double in the next 5 years, reaching $40B by 2028; 40% of voters say they’re more likely to vote for a candidate that supports circularity in fashion. ... View More
5th Annual Chocolate Scorecard Paints Bittersweet Picture of the Industry
The Scorecard — which evaluates global chocolate manufacturers, brands and retailers on social and environmental criteria in seven areas — helps consumers make ethical purchasing decisions and incentivizes companies to improve their performance i... View More
Kroger Becomes Latest Retailer to Protect Biodiversity
The new policy will protect more pollinators and create a more sustainable produce supply chain; but campaigners say more industrywide action is needed. ... View More
