This blog shares business sustainability insights through innovative examples, industry trends, and practical perspectives on how organizations create long-term value.

Business sustainability is an evolving field that connects strategy, innovation, and long-term value creation.

At the Green Business Lab, we focus on the business case for sustainability – sharing examples, trends, and insights that show how organizations are responding in practical and innovative ways.

Our blog highlights progress and possibility, with enough context to make complex topics understandable and useful. We’re glad you’re joining the conversation.

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Together we will Change the World
December 1, 2025

Leading Change for Sustainability: Lessons from IKEA

Leaders embed sustainability through change management, with practical lessons from IKEA’s circular, climate-positive strategy.
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climate change storm
November 29, 2025

Why Leaders Underestimate Their Own Climate Risk

Climate risk can feel distant even when data is real due to psychological biases. Here’s how to spot them and act.
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June 3, 2025

AI is Enabling Sustainable Agriculture

AI and digital technologies are engaging farmers by providing verified data to do more with less and lead the way toward a regenerative future.
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June 2, 2025

Blockchain for Sustainable Supply Chains

Blockchain technology enables the cosmetic industry to meet the demands of a more conscious consumer and build trust in the process.
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August 30, 2024

Consortium Focuses on the Charging Experience

The ChargeX Consortium is working to ensure that charging technology works so that customers can charge vehicles the first time, every time.
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Vegetables at Grocer
July 22, 2024

Food Loss and Waste Add to Climate Change

Reducing food loss and waste can help provide healthy diets to a growing global population while reducing environmental impact.
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Large steel rolls in the factory
April 25, 2024

Steel Decarbonization Has Multiple Approaches

Decarbonization of the steel industry is behind schedule and will require multiple approaches as we move to a hydrogen economy.
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Barista making a latte.
January 7, 2024

Starbucks Expands Its Reusable Cup Program

Starbucks hopes to reduce its use of single-use cups by allowing customers to use their own mugs or travel tumblers in the US and Canada.
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December 22, 2023

Carbon Intensity and Green Information Technology

Green IT can shift a company's computational workload to locations and times when renewable energy is available to reduce carbon impact.
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April 30, 2023

Designed by Nature

Inspired by nature, zoologists studied how birds carry fruit seeds. The result is an innovative nanofiber that has promising industrial and biomedical applications.
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stacked tires
March 10, 2023

Tires Go Circular

Worldwide, more than 1 billion tires are disposed of annually. As the global production of tires grows, entrepreneurial companies focus on circular solutions.
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February 12, 2023

Lenses for Display Go Circular

Plastic lenses used in eyeglasses, until replaced by prescription lenses, make 4000 tons of waste annually.  Companies are taking action.
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