Jen Boynton
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San Diego, CA, United States
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Past articles by Jen:
Walmart inches toward audacious Project Gigaton goal
Plus, watch for tougher sourcing guidelines for partners on apparel and textiles. → Read More
4 emerging tech tools for EHS and sustainability professionals
Early adopters are turning to wearable sensors, drones and artificial intelligence to reduce risks and drive measurable results. → Read More
Get Ready for First-Time Sustainability Reporting
At yesterday's 2018 GRI Reporters' North America Summit, participants geeked out on all the best ways to improve their sustainability reporting with increased materiality, stakeholder engagement and communications. But the conference also served newer reporters, sharing tips and tools for those who are just getting started with reporting. → Read More
US Delegation Party Crashers Make Huge Splash at COP23
Last Saturday, the U.S. Climate Action Center at COP23 hosted a huge report launch with Michael R. Bloomberg and California Governor Jerry Brown to reaffirm a commitment to aggressive climate action, with or without the American federal government. → Read More
COP 23 Talks Kick off in Bonn, Germany with Host Island Nation Fiji
There is still a formal U.S. presence, but it's a little bit like a party guest who critiques your wine choice. The party crashers, on the other hand, are on point. → Read More
Why Community Forests are Key to Solving Challenges of Urban Living
The president of the Arbor Day Foundation explains all the functional benefits and savings trees provide in an urban environment such as stormwater management, windbreaks, noise control, and privacy. → Read More
Looking Into the Crystal Ball with Futurist Jacob Park
The new Director of Futures Lab at BSR explains the difference between killer robots and killer AI and unlocks other longstanding mysteries for me. → Read More
Education for Sustainable Development
It’s been two years since the UN introduced the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a call to action embodied in 17 specific goals to tackle global issues like poverty, access to education, gender inequality, and climate change. Since that time, the business community has become highly engaged in addressing the SDGs by aligning their own sustainability … Continued → Read More
What the Future Holds for Workers
The increased flexibility of work presents great opportunities for those with in-demand skillsets and the ability to engender trust and communication with distance employers. However, the rise of the gig economy presents huge challenges too. Lower wage employees who work in the gig economy lack many of the protections of traditional employment like healthcare, workers comp, job training and the… → Read More
Why Video Is No Longer Optional
What’s your organization’s sustainability story-telling strategy? Vern Oakley, CEO of Tribe Pictures and speaker at this year’s COMMIT!Forum, asserts that video is the most compelling and high-visibility way to communicate your organization’s core values and achievements. → Read More
Exclusive: 38% of Fortune 50 Publicly Support the Sustainable Development Goals
At today's Commit!Forum, Corporate Citizenship shared new research about corporate alignment with the UN sustainable development goals. → Read More
Twitter Chat Tomorrow: #WhyPurpose with Pearson & Partners
Join Pearson, SAP, ASU WSSI, UN PRME, and TriplePundit at #WhyPurpose TOMORROW at 8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm BT to discuss why young people want to work for businesses with a social purpose, how they’re preparing to join the workforce, and what this means for businesses. Did you know that 47 percent of … Continued → Read More
Floridians: Now is Exactly the Time to Have That Discussion About Climate Change
The Florida director of Southern Alliance for Clean Energy explains what Florida residents should understand about climate change and hurricanes. → Read More
Baby Food for the 1%
It was really only a matter of time before the cold-pressed, cold-packed, hand-selected direct-to-your-door meal movement made its way to baby food. But is this start-up from Jennifer Gardner and the former CEO of Annie's Homegrown solving a real problem? → Read More
Case Study: How WGL Aligns with Sustainable Development Goals
We talk to John Friedman, sustainability manager for Washington Gas and Electric (WGL) about the role that UN Sustainability Development Goals play in its success. → Read More
For Campbell's, Brand Value Means Customer Engagement
Campbell Soup Company finds CSR critical to both its overall strategy and brand value. → Read More
How to Align Your Corporate Citizenship Strategy with the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Have you been tasked with addressing how your company supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Use these tips and tricks for a clear, repeatable process. → Read More
How to Tell Better Stories on Camera
For CSR and sustainability professionals, effective storytelling is a key job function. Doing it in front of a camera adds an extra challenge. But it doesn't have to make you break out into a cold sweat, explains Vern Oakley. → Read More
Corporate Responsibility Practitioner Roundup: Kohler
In the run up to the COMMIT!Forum, TriplePundit spoke with Robert Zimmerman, director of WaSH (water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) products for Kohler. Rob leads Kohler's efforts to develop water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) products and services for underserved markets globally. → Read More
Supply Chain Transparency: Making the Consumer Connection for Forest Responsibility
Humans have always had an intimate, complicated relationship with forests. We clear away trees to make room for development and agriculture, harvest them for paper, pulp, and palm oil and seek refuge in their remaining intact solitude. Human wellbeing depends on trees. Efforts are now under way to connect the consumer-brand-supplier triad so that they will remain a renewable resource. → Read More