Publications & Documents

The Planet-Forward Playbook is designed to help businesses build more effective climate programs and drive more corporate action on nature. It provides a simple starting point to help companies identify the next steps for integrated climate and nature strategies, some of which include engaging in other external programs and frameworks.

Suppliers are critical partners in advancing sustainability programs. However, companies often have a supplier base with different levels of resources and progress. As a result, coordinating a program that effectively engages suppliers can be a lot of effort. To unlock the benefits of supplier progress, it helps to first understand the barriers to working across the value chain and identify appropriate strategies for overcoming these barriers. This includes using a platform that empowers suppliers such as Pure Supply™ to engage, educate, and execute sustainability efforts with suppliers.

Pure Strategies is excited to now be accepting applications for the next Nature Action Forum for Business Cohort for March through September 2024. This is a proven program with past participants that included Stonyfield, Everlane, Lush, Once Upon A Farm, and others.

Pure Strategies' research reveals growth in corporate spending in sustainability, accelerating a sustainable and circular economy and highlighting the link between business benefits and investment in sustainability. Survey respondents cited Walmart's commitment as a key driver for their efforts.

A nature framework will be decided in December 2022. The 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity takes places December 7-19 in Montreal, Canada. The meeting aims to set an ambitious new Global Biodiversity Framework. Final decisions are expected to include actions for business, such as mandatory disclosure on biodiversity impacts and dependencies.

Pure Strategies sponsored the E-Book written by Environment + Energy Leader: Achieving Environmental Excellence in Your Supply Chain. Pure Strategies joins Walmart, PepsiCo, and Lush to provide insight to help companies realize environmental, economic, and social improvements in their supply chains.

As companies increase their investment in product sustainability, they will be making important improvements in their products and supply, and have the potential to earn business benefits such as increased employee engagement, risk reduction, cost savings, and sales increases. Gain insights and experiences from sustainability leaders at companies such as The Clorox Company, Johnson & Johnson, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and The North Face.

Benefits from sustainability reached several billion dollars in 2015, according to Pure Strategies' global market research. Top performers gained value in three areas: greater productivity, reduced risk, and enhanced growth. Gains ranged from manufacturing cost savings and enhanced reputation to increased sales and innovation.

As consumer concerns and regulatory restrictions related to chemicals continue to evolve, so are the methodologies businesses use to manage chemicals across the value chain. This report offers a comparative review of 11 chemicals management software systems.

The food industry is making headway with its sustainability initiatives, but substantially more progress is needed in order to feed the world's growing population sustainably. This book by Pure Strategies, VP of Consulting, Cheryl Baldwin makes this complex topic approachable and actionable by identifying the most pressing sustainability priorities across the entire food supply chain and illustrating, with tools and examples, how producers, processors, packers, distributors, marketers and retailers all play a role in advancing improvement.

As retailers escalate the sustainability requests they are making of their suppliers, many companies are seizing the opportunity to gain strategic value for their businesses.

Pure Strategies has a track record of assisting food and beverage companies build goals and strategies, gain efficiencies, and engage supply chains to address risks such as animal welfare, antibiotics and deforestation.

Our team of experts works to transform chemicals management from a compliance focus to a proactive approach that reduces risk, builds brand strength, and advances innovation.