Sustainable organizations benefit society and the environment. The best outcomes are good for people, and good for the planet. When everybody shifts, we all win.

Next Plays categorizes our case studies into three types of outcome: Refined, New, and Shifted.

Refined

The remodelling of existing practices to improve current products and services.

Case Studies

» Aveda » Arcadis » Coop Denmark » Chicago LEED ND » Composting Energy » Bison Transport » Herman_Miller » Coca Cola » Coop Denmark » Los Angeles River » Ecologo » Patagonia_cities » Green Depot » Green Microgym » Recycle Bank » Terracycle.net » Herman Miller » HSBC » Icebreaker » IBM » Innocent » Kalundborg » Marks & Spencer » Method » Nokia ‘Remade’ » Patagonia » Pizza Fusion » RecycleBank » Terracycle » Timberland » Zara » Air New Zealand

New

The development of new products and services that include sustainability as a point of difference

Case Studies

» Beluga Shipping » Clean Current » Cadbury » Curitiba » Carbon Diem » E.I.R. » Cemex » Green Roofs » Ceres » Green Procurement » Cisco Telepresence » Hara EEM » Innovation Centers » Credo Mobile » Dole » Enviu » Mokum Mariteam » Fiat ecoDrive » Freegreen » Pearl River Tower » Greensulate » gDiapers » SSBx » Together » Vivace Hydro » IKEA » Lifestraw » Magenn » Methven » MyMuesli » Orange UK » Picada » RagBag » RoofRay » Smart Meters » My Starbucks » Vivavi » Vortex Hydro » Whole Foods » Windunie » Amul Milk

Shifted

The development of new systems, new ways of doing things, new ways of living.

Case Studies

» Bauer’s Wi Drive » Better Place » Climatex » Himanshu Parikh » John Deere Wind Energy » Merakai » Open Green Maps » Sahara Project » Happy Shrimp » HP Labs » Vertical Farms » Wonderland » Interface » iTunes » John Deere » Masdar Initiative » Medicine Mondiale » Ocado » Open Green Map » Qurrent » Tioga Energy » Tool Library » Trade Aid » Village Phone Direct » Zipcar

Case Study

John Deere

“Let us help you harvest the sky, for the benefit of generations to come.”
David Drescher
Vice President
John Deere Wind Energy

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#SB10 - Biolite wins Sustainable Innovation award

We're stoked that Biolite won SB10's Sustainable Innovation award, announced on the last day of the conference. Jonathan Cedar, co-inventor and the nascent company's CEO delivered a great presentation that made clear the significant impact that could be achieved if Biolite (and stoves like it) replace traditional wood-fired stoves in the developing world. The Biolite stove reinvents stoves used for home cooking in Asia, Africa and Latin America by making the burning process more efficient. The greater efficiency the less fuel is used and less smoke is generated. Less smoke, the less harm to the health of the cooks. Biolite has an additional feature; they've developed a process that converts a small part of the thermal energy into electricity. This means that users can recharge electrical devices while cooking, and that's got to be good for developing world users facing regular megacity brown outs, or for those who are off the grid completely.