Stories About Climate Action
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200 CEOs Call on New EU Leaders for Sustainable Europe by 2030
LEADERSHIP - The CEOs say they will be calling on three newly elected EU leaders to work with them to implement an overarching strategy for a Sustainable Europe by 2030.
Eyes Wide Shut? It’s Time to Wake Up: Join the Creative Climate Disclosure
BUSINESS CASE - Dear CEOs, CCOs, CMOs, CFOs, MDs and CDs: It’s time to wake up ... Commit your creativity to ‘the biggest brief’ this sector has ever known.
Trending: Fashion Giants Lining Up with Science-Based Targets
SUPPLY CHAIN - As Levi Strauss moves forward with its industry-leading climate action strategy, PUMA and Burberry are following suit with SBTi-approved science-based targets of their own.
Trending: Brands Leveraging Tomorrow’s Greatest Minds to Solve Today’s Problems
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION - From early-stage startups to college students to grade-school prodigies, 3M, the Biomimicry Institute and Unilever continue to mine the latest, greatest minds for the next sustainability innovations.
Discerning Offsetting: The Right Projects Can Take You from Carbon-Neutral to Climate+
BUSINESS CASE - By making informed decisions on carbon credit selection, sustainability-minded companies can go beyond simply being carbon neutral — to inspire customers and employees alike with life-changing impacts.
US Consumers More Concerned About Ocean Plastic Than Climate Change
WASTE NOT - New study finds bans of single-use plastic and awareness of circular alternatives are breaking through to consumers. The impacts of climate change remain much more intangible.
Investors Lose Patience with Companies’ Lack of Environmental Disclosure
FINANCE & INVESTMENT - Investors with nearly $10 trillion in assets are targeting over 700 companies that are not transparent enough about their environmental impact, and pushing them to disclose this information through CDP. This is the first time that CDP is reporting publicly on its Non-Disclosure Campaign.
Indigo to Remove 1 ‘Terraton’ CO2 from Atmosphere Through Regenerative Farming
THE NEXT ECONOMY - “The potential for agricultural soils to capture and store atmospheric carbon dioxide is the most hopeful potential solution that I know of to address climate change.” — Indigo CEO David Perry
Impossible Foods Celebrates Consumer Paradigm Shift to Plant-Based Meat
BEHAVIOR CHANGE - The report also offers a first look at soon-to-be-published research that helps quantify the ways that plant-based diets can literally turn back the clock on climate change.
CDP: World’s Biggest Companies Face US$1T in Climate Change Risks
BUSINESS CASE - Study finds that financial sector companies see the most potential revenue (US$1.2T) from sustainable products & services, while also being exposed to almost 80% of all financial risk value.
Adobe, Pantone Launch Custom Colors to Inspire Ocean Conservation, Climate Action
MARKETING AND COMMS - The “Glowing Glowing Gone” campaign advocates for action for coral reef conservation by highlighting the global danger signaled by fluorescing corals.
Coalition of CEOs Calls on Congress to Enact Market-Based Climate Strategy
THE NEXT ECONOMY - The CEOs of 13 US and Global Fortune 500 companies, in collaboration with four leading environmental groups, have issued a call for action on climate change — including an economy-wide carbon pricing policy to meet the climate challenge at the lowest possible cost.
6 Tactics for Optimizing Corporate Communications on Climate Action
MARKETING AND COMMS - Communications on climate action needs to be grounded in strategic, results-based initiatives — always. These six approaches will help ensure that your communications are impactful in reinforcing your company’s sustainability strategy.
Pond: Using Algae to Turn CO2 to Our Many Advantages
CLEANTECH - Pond Technologies is a Canadian cleantech company using nature’s filters to combat climate change, while also providing a model to help existing industries join the shift towards a low-carbon economy via value-added, recycled-carbon products.
Trending: With These Shoes, You Can Now Literally Walk Your Sustainability Talk
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION - While SOLExUBB’s ‘world’s most eco-friendly shoe’ has been Kickstart-ed more than 150 times over, Sweden’s Icebug has reached climate-positivity — and is challenging the rest of the footwear industry to follow suit.
Net Zero in Practice: How Brands Can Turn Targets Into Action
WALKING THE TALK - The scope and scale of the challenge presented by climate change is dawning on consumers, putting mounting pressure on brands to act in their wider interests — and fast. Going net zero offers a real solution, but how do businesses get there?
Inaugural Grounded Summit Showcases Radical Climate Solutions, Need for More
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION - The Summit aimed to highlight real and actionable solutions; and, ultimately, to bring awareness and investment to the Grounded Foundation, which will provide funding and resources to innovative climate change solutions.
Target Sets Its Sights on Scope 3 Emissions with New Climate Goals
CLEANTECH - The new goals will reduce the retail giant’s carbon footprint from source to shelf, as it works alongside its supply chain partners to lower emissions throughout its value chain.
B Corps Launch Collaborative Climate Change Action Strategy
LEADERSHIP - Some of the world's most climate-progressive businesses shaped short- and long-term plans at B Leadership Summit
Trust Barometer’s Pressure Points Reveal Huge Opportunity for Purpose-Driven Companies
BUSINESS CASE - The mass population is far more skeptical of institutions than the informed public, only one in five people believes the system is working for them, and large majorities express a sense of injustice and a desire for change.