All SGI Original articles – Page 4
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ArticleLeading the pack
Some industry executives are thinking further ahead. They have visions. And they act. They have understood. And they share. And they seem to be better at connecting the dots. In our first edition of the EDM Sustainable Business Special, we introduce the first four individuals we consider to be true ...
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ArticleReGenerative Agriculture: A way for clothing to exchange its bad reputation for a force for good?
At the end of 2021, COP26 centered around the climate crisis that has brought global temperature rising to center stage and how there is a need to take carbon out of the atmosphere. This year, COP15 needs to have as much attention as it focuses on restoring global biodiversity. The ...
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ArticleOn the hunt for green trappers: Greenwashing and the EU legislation
Greenwashing, meaning advertising environmental initiatives without actually implementing sustainable business practices, is more than common, misleading consumers with promising advertisements or claims about a product’s true benefits. According to a Deloitte survey of U.K. customers, 34 percent of consumers do not choose sustainable products because they perceive a lack of ...
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ArticleEngaging with the sustainable consumer: A journey without an end goal
The latest NXT Sustainable Consumer Report 2022, conducted by Swedish market analyst Fredrik Ekström from Above the Clouds, aims to cut through the fog of uncertainty around sustainability and reveal a journey we’re on, as consumers and brands. In his contribution to the EDM Sustainable Business Special, he explains the ...
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ArticleSustainability reporting: New standards on the horizon
In April 2021, the European Commission issued its proposed changes to sustainability reporting in the EU. The new paper’s name that will replace the current Non-Financial Disclosure Directive (NFD) is the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Except for micro-entities, the new CSRD sets out the non-financial information that companies should ...
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ArticleHave you done the math? Growth – the elephant in the executive suite
We need new business models that are not predicated on selling more stuff to more people. World Resources Institute Because of the global context of our “here and now,” there is truly not much more to say. I might finish with nothing more than the above quote. After ...
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ArticleFootwear companies take sustainability in their stride
Hardly a day goes by without a footwear company or a component supplier announcing a more sustainable product, a recycling program or an environmentally-friendly scheme. Such a flurry of initiatives, which are taking place also outside the athletic footwear sector, is motivated by growing consumer and regulatory pressure as well ...
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ArticleInterview with D’Wayne Edwards: Diversity leads to innovation
As part of our survey on diversity and inclusion, the first part of which was published on this website on Dec. 23, we have held an e-mail interview with D’Wayne Edwards, who was the lead designer of Nike’s iconic Air Jordan brand for a decade from 2001, making him one ...
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