MARKETING AND COMMS -
Netflix’s new goals include achieving carbon neutrality by 2022. The company also revealed impressive stats behind viewer interest in
sustainability-themed programming; and pledged to achieve more balanced
representation of underrepresented communities, both on- and offscreen.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
Regenerative ag is a growing, dynamic movement that has potential for tremendous climate reversal and healthy food production. When even
Neil Young says, “Put the carbon back in the soil," you know it’s time to get on board.
THE NEXT ECONOMY -
A new collaboration with Exodus Travels opens opportunities for tour operators and travelers to help regenerate biodiversity at degraded destinations — and a thoughtful model with which to reopen global travel.
WALKING THE TALK -
While the majority of projects that generate carbon credits focus solely on carbon abatement, an increasing number also achieve other environmental, economic, social and cultural co-benefits — which increase impact ROI for companies.
FINANCE & INVESTMENT -
GoParity — an innovative investment platform that finances sustainable projects through crowdlending — has enabled the villagers of fire-ravaged Belver, Portugal to expedite access to much-needed recovery funds and quickly begin
reforesting.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
Allbirds, icebreaker and Smartwool throw their weight behind the industry’s first regenerative wool platform; and The North Face and three other companies join Indigo Ag’s program to incentivize farmers to shift to regenerative practices.
WALKING THE TALK -
The next frontier of sustainability is regeneration
— building brands that actively restore and renew a system. And that’s as true for our systems that continue to allow racial injustice as for our environmental ecosystems.
FINANCE & INVESTMENT -
The UK Government commissioned an independent, global Review on the Economics of
Biodiversity in Spring 2019. The report urges policymakers to start valuing ecosystems and says GDP encourages unsustainable growth.
THE NEXT ECONOMY -
COVID-19 showed us that we can respond quickly to a crisis, and that industry collaboration is an achievable goal. Looking ahead, we have an opportunity to redefine our planet’s future by setting more ambitious sustainability goals and shortening the timeframe in which we deliver on them.
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION -
The language and terms we use influence our approach to the problems we face. Switching from sustainable to regenerative design enables us to more easily leave behind strategies that are no longer equal to the challenges we face.
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION -
In order to achieve 2030 sustainability goals, company leaders must think beyond "sustainability," and challenge built environment teams to strive for net-positive impacts, net-zero energy and zero waste.
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION -
By reviving traditional meadow orchards in its native Luxembourg, where much of the cider industry had died and fruit was going to waste, carbon-negative
Ramborn Cider Co. has set about reversing the loss of biodiversity in the region.
WASTE NOT -
Food waste handling presents itself as either a generator of deadly greenhouse gases — or a tool for immediate decarbonization of the food cycle, and an
increase in the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices.
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION -
As a CSO or COO of a company striving for sustainability, what contribution can you expect of your built environment team? That’s the question we address in this first of a series of articles about decarbonization, regeneration and circularity in the built environment.
COLLABORATION -
Cross-sector collaborations help ensure that this high-impact work is carried out with urgency and awareness. Through our Wildfire Restoration Collaborative, eight of our major corporate partners have committed to help drive awareness and action around wildfire recovery.
THE NEXT ECONOMY -
New report from Forum for the Future asserts that the decisions we make in the next 6-18 months will lock in unsustainable practices or set us on a pathway towards a fairer, more sustainable and resilient world.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
According to an annual farmer survey conducted by the Conservation Technology Information Center, cover crops improved yields and made farms more resilient to the especially wet spring weather last year.
REDEFINING SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD FOR THE FUTURE -
In a recent Sustainable Brands™ webinar, Bumble Bee Seafood Company, Good Catch Foods, Atlantic Sea Farms, Blue Nalu, and Bulldog Drummond discussed how they are working together to redefine the seafood industry — to ensure sustainability for all.
THE NEXT ECONOMY -
Eastman's new Naia Renew portfolio, ASOS’ first circular collection, and the launch of brands Borobabi and Covalent add to the budding landscape of fashion that chips away at the rampant waste created by the industry.
THE NEXT ECONOMY -
The world’s largest retailer targets zero emissions by 2040 and aims to protect or restore at least 50M acres of land and 1M square miles of ocean by 2030 — but are there gaps in its plan?