Sustainable Procurement

Sustainable Procurement

This past March, the world celebrated its first “Sustainable Procurement Day”. There were no fireworks, no celebrations, and unless you are a procurement nerd immersed in spreadsheets with sustainability data, you likely didn’t even notice that...
Hyper-local Manufacturing on the Final Frontier

Hyper-local Manufacturing on the Final Frontier

As part of a series of “fireside chats” sponsored by R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund, Amneh Shaikh-Farooqui of Polly & Other Stories and Afshan Abbas of Fuchsia Shoes conversed from opposite sides of the globe about the artisans of Pakistan, the final frontier for impact...
Structured Innovation to Solve Environmental Challenges

Structured Innovation to Solve Environmental Challenges

By the year 2040, the amount of new plastic waste entering the ocean will nearly triple. Today, thin-film plastic is responsible for ~46% of all plastic in the ocean, with 4.5 billion thin-film plastic bags ending up in the ocean every year, and billions more going to...
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