Circular Economy

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Circular EconomyInnovation & Technology
Why There Won’t Be Quite So Much Waste from the Big Game This Year
Why There Won’t Be Quite So Much Waste from the Big Game This Year
Published on February 11, 2022
About a 7 minute read

From cups and straws to the over 300 million gallons of beer expected to be drunk in the US this weekend, companies are stepping up with innovative solutions to rein in the fallout from one of our most wasteful celebration days of the year. ... View More

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Materials & PackagingCircular EconomyCollaboration & Co-Creation
Driscoll’s Working to Scale Circular Plastics Economy, from Field to Clamshell
Driscoll’s Working to Scale Circular Plastics Economy, from Field to Clamshell
Published on January 27, 2022
About a 6 minute read

Driscoll’s leads the produce industry in increasing the circularity of packaging and landfill diversion of agricultural plastics. It’s the first berry company to make public commitments and inject serious funding into innovation — with a goal t... View More

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Materials & PackagingCircular Economy
US Plastics Pact Unveils List of 11 ‘Problematic and Unnecessary’ Materials to Be Eliminated by 2025
US Plastics Pact Unveils List of 11 ‘Problematic and Unnecessary’ Materials to Be Eliminated by 2025
Published on January 25, 2022
About a 6 minute read

The US Pact’s brands, retailers and materials manufacturers are seek to develop immediate solutions to the 11 ubiquitous and unrecyclable materials — but the plastics industry is up in arms. ... View More

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Materials & Packaging
How to Fuel a Sustainable Future for Packaging
How to Fuel a Sustainable Future for Packaging
Published on January 17, 2022
About a 5 minute read

Solving the ongoing packaging conundrum demands a significant shift in how businesses think — moving from a linear to a circular model of operation to improve the amount of packaging that can be reused, recycled and returned to the value chain. ... View More

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Materials & PackagingCircular Economy
Lidl, Swiss Scientists Developing Circular Food-Preservation Solution
Lidl, Swiss Scientists Developing Circular Food-Preservation Solution
Published on January 13, 2022
About a 3 minute read

New cellulosic bio-coating for fresh produce greatly reduces both packaging and food waste by coating the produce with, well, produce. ... View More

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Circular EconomyOrganizational Governance
Timberland Gives Worn Items New Life Through Timberloop™ Take-Back Program
Timberland Gives Worn Items New Life Through Timberloop™ Take-Back Program
Published on January 10, 2022
About a 2 minute read

Timberloop enables Timberland and its community to work together to keep products and materials in circulation for as long as possible — critical to the company’s goal for 100% of its products to be designed for full circularity by 2030. ... View More

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Materials & PackagingCircular Economy
PCR & Ocean-Bound Plastic Both Have a Place in Sustainable Beauty
PCR & Ocean-Bound Plastic Both Have a Place in Sustainable Beauty
Published on January 5, 2022
About a 7 minute read

Big Plastic (and Big Oil) have a five-decade lead and massive economies of scale that will take a little longer to match in terms of costs and simplicity. But working with the right partners and openness to shaking up the status quo is paying off for... View More

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Organizational GovernanceCircular EconomyMaterials & Packaging
Water Wins: When Sustainability Becomes Part of the Company Culture
Water Wins: When Sustainability Becomes Part of the Company Culture
Published on January 3, 2022
About a 2 minute read

“Sustainability is best played together. It's validating to see what we started and see it grow first across the other teams in our plant, and eventually across Lubrizol.” — Kalli Stull ... View More

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Finance & InvestmentCircular Economy
Report Presents Decarbonization of Fashion Industry as $1T Investment Opportunity
Report Presents Decarbonization of Fashion Industry as $1T Investment Opportunity
Published on December 29, 2021
About a 4 minute read

Estimating an investment opportunity of $1 trillion, a new Fashion for Good-Apparel Impact Institute report breaks down the funding needed by solution category and identifies the types of funders best placed to take advantage of the opportunity and b... View More

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Circular EconomyInnovation & Technology
Transforming Plastic Waste into Asphalt: Paving the Way for Sustainable Roads
Transforming Plastic Waste into Asphalt: Paving the Way for Sustainable Roads
Published on December 21, 2021
About a 4 minute read

In order for truly sustainable and circular systems to be realized, every facet of normal life must be re-considered — from the cars we drive to the roads we drive them on. ... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyCircular EconomyInnovation & Technology
How Carbon Removal as a Service Is Poised to Aid the Clean Energy Transition
How Carbon Removal as a Service Is Poised to Aid the Clean Energy Transition
Published on December 17, 2021
About a 3 minute read

Energy company Occidental and its subsidiary, Oxy Low-Carbon Ventures, are on a path to achieve net-zero emissions in their own operations and those associated with their products before 2050. And they are helping others reduce theirs, too. ... View More

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Circular EconomyInnovation & Technology
Racing to Zero, Part 2: It’s the (Circular) Economy, Stupid.
Racing to Zero, Part 2: It’s the (Circular) Economy, Stupid.
Published on December 16, 2021
About a 11 minute read

Many organisations have not yet connected the dots between climate-change mitigation and a circular economy — the successful shift to which could be our greatest tool. Here, we examine the climate math for circular strategies, and the role of the h... View More

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Materials & PackagingOrganizational Governance
Widespread Engagement at Heart of Dow’s Mission to Transform Into a 125-Year-Old Sustainability Leader
Widespread Engagement at Heart of Dow’s Mission to Transform Into a 125-Year-Old Sustainability Leader
Published on December 15, 2021
About a 8 minute read

Today, Dow considers its sustainability strategy and business strategy to be one and the same; employees understand that the two can no longer be separate. But, as Global Sustainability Director Haley Lowry explains, this didn’t happen overnight. ... View More

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Organizational GovernanceInnovation & TechnologyMarketing & Communications
Purpose & the Stakeholder Factor: 10 Trends for 2021 and Beyond
Purpose & the Stakeholder Factor: 10 Trends for 2021 and Beyond
Published on December 14, 2021
About a 10 minute read

To capture the top trends of 2021, Porter Novelli reviewed and analyzed a year’s worth of Purpose-driven and stakeholder news, activities, campaigns and announcements to deliver the latest in stakeholder intelligence. Here are our 10 need-to-know t... View More

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Innovation & Technology
Why Material Is Material: Another Definition of Double Materiality
Why Material Is Material: Another Definition of Double Materiality
Published on December 14, 2021
About a 8 minute read

What is 'material'? And how can a slight play on words help brands make more sustainable, healthier material choices in the built environment to reduce risk and benefit all stakeholders — from investors to employees and communities, to the planet? ... View More

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Circular Economy
Circularity Is the Future — But Getting There Means Facing Some Fears
Circularity Is the Future — But Getting There Means Facing Some Fears
Published on December 9, 2021
About a 4 minute read

Building a circular economy to deal with our e-waste challenges means embracing a new level of industry-wide transparency. ... View More

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Organizational GovernanceInnovation & Technology
Conscientious Consumption: The SB 2021 Holiday Gift Guide
Conscientious Consumption: The SB 2021 Holiday Gift Guide
Published on December 6, 2021
About a 19 minute read

With no end in sight to the pandemic and its many ripple effects, we can all use a little bit of brightness in our lives! So, here are some of the many companies, platforms and products aligned with a more intentional approach to consumption, that we... View More

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Circular EconomyMaterials & Packaging
Full-Circle: AZEK Disrupts PVC Recycling by Revolutionizing Takeback
Full-Circle: AZEK Disrupts PVC Recycling by Revolutionizing Takeback
Published on December 3, 2021
About a 3 minute read

AZEK’s FULL-CIRCLE PVC Recycling program helped it collect approximately 400M pounds of recycled product for reuse in 2020 — with the hope that this entire value-chain approach can disrupt the plastic waste paradigm meaningfully, as AZEK continue... View More

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Circular EconomyInnovation & Technology
$1M Innovation Challenge to Fuel Upcycled Solutions to Pomegranate Waste
$1M Innovation Challenge to Fuel Upcycled Solutions to Pomegranate Waste
Published on December 1, 2021
About a 3 minute read

The Wonderful Company has chosen two winners to create value-added solutions from 50,000 annual tons of pomegranate husks, to reduce food waste and create a more circular supply chain. ... View More

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Organizational GovernanceCircular EconomyInnovation & Technology
Racing to Zero, Part 1: On Track, or Playing with Numbers?
Racing to Zero, Part 1: On Track, or Playing with Numbers?
Published on November 30, 2021
About a 11 minute read

Many companies say they’ve reached their net-zero goals, but is it really that easy? We can make the numbers look good, at least in the short-term; or we can strive for greater impacts — towards real zero and beyond. If we don’t take this chall... View More

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