Richard Howitt is a strategic adviser on Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, Business and Human Rights. He is also a Board member, lecturer at Audencia Business School and host of the Frank ...

In the first of three articles for Sustainable Brands from the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights 2025, Richard Howitt ...

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While few funders have fully realized the regenerative finance vision, a growing community of financial activists is applying its core practices in initiatives that show how we can use capital as a ...

Could a nearly universally beloved food product show the path towards 100% sustainable, ethical and traceable supply chains? There isn’t really a choice; because if traders, buyers and farmers of ...

The carbon-capture experts and the high-end yoga pants purveyor have developed a waste-gas-based polyester with the same appearance, properties and functionality of virgin polyester — a lower-carbon ...

A new study by Kroll, a leading independent provider of global risk and financial advisory solutions, examines the relationship between historical returns of publicly traded companies and their ESG ...

A plastic credit is a transferable certificate representing the collection of a specified weight (e.g. one kilogram, one metric ton) of plastic waste recovered or recycled that would otherwise have ...

Talk is cheap: The first-of-its-kind certification requires internal carbon pricing and funding for GHG-reduction projects as criteria — aiming to accelerate corporate climate investment. The newly ...

“Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead An estimated 207 million PPE items — from masks ...

Mars Snacking and Unreasonable Group will work with the selected rapid-growth ventures to scale their sustainable solutions in the first year. Reimagining sustainable packaging. The first Unreasonable ...

In a volatile market, it can be a good idea to remind ourselves (and our colleagues) that there’s a strong business case for ESG and sustainability. Last week, The Guardian launched the "89 Percent ...