MATERIALS & PACKAGING -
Labels will be replaced with an embossed logo on Sprite and Sprite Zero 500ml rPET bottles as part of a UK trial designed to reduce use of packaging materials.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
By using recycled instead of newly mined silver and gold, Pandora avoids 58,000
tons of CO2 per year. The company expects that it will craft all new jewelry with
100% recycled silver and gold from the second half of 2024.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
For the hordes of companies still struggling to make good on their net-zero
commitments, comply with impending climate-disclosure legislation and figure out
what ‘circularity’ even means, Pentatonic is here to help.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
Southeast Asia and the Middle East are emerging as incubators for
plastic-diversion innovations; and beyond putting a dent in plastic
pollution, they are helping reduce poverty and making a circular economy the
wave of the present.
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY -
To drive industry-wide carbon reduction, Logitech is sharing its design
principles and tools with any organizations in the consumer-tech industry
looking to boost their sustainability efforts.
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY -
Cactus cookies, banana-peel snacks, wrinkled-pea pasta are contenders in the
Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Challenge for companies to design new products — or
redesign existing ones — using circular principles that help address climate
change and regenerate nature.
ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE -
In the US, LEGO’s ‘Community Builders Challenge’ builds on Comic Relief US’s Red
Nose Day in School program; while it brings its LEGO Replay brick take-back
program to the UK.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
Ford engineers are conducting trials on parts made from 40% olive tree
fibers and 60% recycled plastic — which is heated and injection-molded
into the shape of the selected part.
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY -
By recycling organics, producing renewable natural gas, and yielding
nutrient-rich soil amendments, it exemplifies a harmonious relationship between
environmental responsibility and economic growth.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
With 'Speak Volumes,' we aim to draw awareness to overproduction and create a more just distribution
of responsibility for fashion waste clean-up — which builds on our overall goal
of promoting a shift
towards a justice-led, circular fashion economy.
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY -
The footwear manufacturer and material-science company aim to deliver the
world’s first 3D-printed, made-to-measure footwear that is fully compostable.
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS -
'The Road to Circularity' takes a frank look at the problems facing the fashion industry and
the mindset shifts required to pioneer circular solutions for the future.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
How reuse models in Latin America have succeeded, and what the Global North can
learn from them.
CONSUMER BEHAVIOR CHANGE -
Starting January 3, 2024, customers will be able to use their own clean,
personal cup at all company-operated stores and participating
licensed stores in the US and Canada.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
Addressing the fate of returned items — and the larger issue of 'wrap, return,
repeat' consumer culture — requires adoption of smart technologies to offset
losses and improve retail’s environmental impact during the holiday season and
beyond.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
Leveraging the potential of anaerobic digestion and utilizing digestate as a renewable soil amendment offers significant opportunities for sustainable and regenerative agriculture.
MATERIALS & PACKAGING -
Improved automation is a major driver behind several of the biggest trends that will impact packaging sustainability in 2024.
COLLABORATION & CO-CREATION -
Examples such as the Net-Zero Basque Industrial Super Cluster show how targeted, collaborative sustainability efforts can set new standards for environmental responsibility in manufacturing — leading the way in industrial innovation and global competition.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
While ReSource: Plastic members are demonstrating that plastic reporting is possible, voluntary corporate action is not sufficient to address the scale and urgency of the plastic waste crisis.