CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS & PACKAGING -
Forging a path that recognizes both the importance of recycling and the specific needs of manufacturers will enlist far more companies into the world of recycled plastic. The key to this happy medium is blending.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
State-sanctioned camps, forced labor and cultural genocide are something no company should be involved with, directly or indirectly.
CLEANTECH -
Two strikingly different displays emerged this week, as the energy companies shared their visions of how we might achieve a global clean energy future.
WALKING THE TALK -
Despite overall sustainability performance remaining mostly steady, EcoVadis’ latest CSR Risk and Performance Index shows significant differences between regions and industries.
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION -
Envision a future where every material thing in our world is made out of a handful of materials, carefully selected to be safe, healthy and infinitely recyclable. Everything from coffee cup to countertop could be broken down and used as raw materials for a new shawl or lampshade.
CLEANTECH -
Procter & Gamble has reached its 2020 goal of purchasing 100% renewable electricity in the US,
Canada and Western Europe — which represent over 70% of its purchased electricity. We caught up with James McCall, Global Supply Chain Sustainability Leader at P&G, to learn more.
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION -
Biosphere Rule #4 is about taking your value cycle, built with parsimonious materials and a power-autonomous energy system, and creating a production platform upon which you can build a whole suite of products — producing profit-amplifying economies of scale and scope.
WALKING THE TALK -
Gold Standard’s Sarah Leugers recently chatted with entrepreneurial leaders at Allbirds and Peak Design
to discuss their climate-neutral commitments and the
value this creates for their brands.
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION -
The amazing diversity of life is founded on dramatic materials parsimony; almost everything in nature is built out of just four elements. Whereas, what we humans have gotten since the Industrial Revolution is materials proliferation.
CLEANTECH -
The ReLieVe project will develop and scale the process and structuring of an integrated industrial sector — from collection and recycling of end-of-life batteries, to the manufacturing of new electrode materials.
THE NEXT ECONOMY -
Remediation has had some successes. But you can’t remediate an extinct species, an acidified ocean or a climate that’s pushed beyond its critical tipping point. What we need to be doing is “premediation."
WASTE NOT -
Molson Coors, Dasani and Poland Spring all unveil ambitious plans to eliminate problematic single-use plastic from their packaging — and help keep consumers up to speed on what’s #NotTrash.
CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS & PACKAGING -
Plastic in and of itself is not the problem — creating value for it is key to ensuring it doesn’t just get thrown “away.” Here are just a few of the innovations eliminating the idea of [plastic] waste.
CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS & PACKAGING -
Merely slowing our rate of deforestation won't cut it if humanity is going to make a dent in climate change — major disruptions are needed. That's where Ekoa comes in.
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION -
G-Star Raw launches its latest collection of garments dyed with upcycled plant waste; while Gap Inc will roll out foam-dyed denim that dramatically reduces water, chemical and energy use.
WASTE NOT -
Through its proprietary technology, the company transforms organic, high-fiber food by-product streams into nutritious raw ingredients.
NEW METRICS -
By generating carbon-intensity data for each product, CoClear was able to identify industry trends, as well as track product performance improvements along value chains.
BUSINESS CASE -
CDP says 10 years of corporates requesting supplier transparency has triggered a step-change in environmental action.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
Players large and small are innovating to optimize what goes into — and comes out of — alcohol production.
PRESS RELEASE -
Announced at the World Economic Forum today, Loop™ enables consumers to reduce single-use consumer goods packaging consumption