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US Invests $2.2B Into Grid Upgrades for Climate Resilience
US Invests $2.2B Into Grid Upgrades for Climate Resilience

FINANCE & INVESTMENT - Projects will add nearly 13 GW of energy capacity to support more manufacturing, data centers and renewable power; catalyze nearly $10B in public-private investments and create thousands of jobs.

Travel Companies Signal Sustainability Focus With Scientists on Staff
Travel Companies Signal Sustainability Focus With Scientists on Staff

ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE - These shifts in hospitality and tourism offerings are increasingly essential as conscious consumerism becomes mainstream and addressing the climate crisis becomes essential for preservation of the industry.

Ancient Olive Trees Key to Protecting Region’s Ecology and Economy
Ancient Olive Trees Key to Protecting Region’s Ecology and Economy

COLLABORATION & CO-CREATION - Climate change requires rethinking agricultural practices; and a collaboration between Certified Origins and one of Catalonia, Spain’s oldest environmental NGOs is a model for enhancing conservation efforts and sustainable practices in the olive oil industry.

New Tool Identifies Top States, Cities for US Cleantech Manufacturing, Investment
New Tool Identifies Top States, Cities for US Cleantech Manufacturing, Investment

CIRCULAR ECONOMY - RMI’s Clean Growth Tool provides policymakers and investors with a guide to development, manufacturing and job opportunities for a variety of low-carbon and clean-energy solutions and industries in all 50 states.

How High-Integrity Credit Projects Deliver Impacts Beyond Carbon
How High-Integrity Credit Projects Deliver Impacts Beyond Carbon

ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE - How can buyers and sellers of carbon credits ensure the projects they choose will have the desired impacts and climate outcomes?

Fashion Revolution to Brands: ‘Put Your Money Where Your Emissions Are’
Fashion Revolution to Brands: ‘Put Your Money Where Your Emissions Are’

SUPPLY CHAIN - New Fashion Revolution report calls out the world’s largest fashion brands for not investing in a fair transition away from fossil fuels or in protecting workers from extreme-weather events and other threats to their livelihoods.

Report: Investors Must Shift Priorities to Effectively Tackle Plastic Pollution
Report: Investors Must Shift Priorities to Effectively Tackle Plastic Pollution

FINANCE & INVESTMENT - The Circulate Initiative’s latest Plastics Circularity Investment Tracker reveals investment amounts not only fall short of financing needs across the plastic lifecycle, too many are focused on reactive — vs proactive — solutions.

Arbor Day Impact Fund: A New Engine for Innovation in the Climate Fight
Arbor Day Impact Fund: A New Engine for Innovation in the Climate Fight

FINANCE & INVESTMENT - By fostering connections between startups and established environmental leaders, we can further amplify the effectiveness of each innovation and create waves of impact.

Sustainable Brands Reveals Program for SB'24 San Diego Around The Theme of Breakthrough Innovation
Sustainable Brands Reveals Program for SB'24 San Diego Around The Theme of Breakthrough Innovation

PRESS RELEASE - Join industry leaders in shaping the future of sustainable commerce as brands showcase their innovation initiatives and thought leadership toward smarter, healthier, and faster transitions to sustainable and regenerative business models.

Reuse and Circularity Pilots Taking Off Inside Major Sports, Entertainment Venues
Reuse and Circularity Pilots Taking Off Inside Major Sports, Entertainment Venues

CIRCULAR ECONOMY - Beverage giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are among companies working with partners to swap out single-use cups and trays for reusable serveware systems at big events.

Clif Outdoor Play Initiative Aims to Increase Access to Nature-Based Play Spaces
Clif Outdoor Play Initiative Aims to Increase Access to Nature-Based Play Spaces

COLLABORATION & CO-CREATION - Clif's Zbar brand is working with the nonprofit KABOOM! to create modern, outdoor play spaces and increasing the organization's capacity to influence and build a more sustainable playground industry.

Antonioli: Carbon Markets Must Center on Long-Term, Sustainable Development Impacts
Antonioli: Carbon Markets Must Center on Long-Term, Sustainable Development Impacts

CIRCULAR ECONOMY - Former Verra CEO David Antonioli believes the carbon market is missing a golden opportunity to design and deploy carbon finance as a powerful transitional tool toward a zero-carbon economy. He outlines his vision in a new, six-part report.

Engineering the Future of Circular Packaging in the US Heartland
Engineering the Future of Circular Packaging in the US Heartland

FROM PURPOSE TO ACTION: BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE TOGETHER - A collaboration between Dow and New Energy Blue aims to make a new biomass refinery in Mason City, Iowa a linchpin in a massive, circular shift for the plastics industry.

US’ Outdated Composting Infrastructure Offers Golden Investment Opportunity
US’ Outdated Composting Infrastructure Offers Golden Investment Opportunity

FINANCE & INVESTMENT - New report from the Composting Consortium provides landscape analysis of existing compost infrastructure, markets and business models; and blended-finance opportunities to scale organics circularity.

Foodtech Innovators Spill the Beans on Climate-Proofing Coffee
Foodtech Innovators Spill the Beans on Climate-Proofing Coffee

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY - These two startups are fundamentally changing how coffee is produced — by eliminating the need for beans altogether, and repurposing food waste along the way.

‘Greenhushing’ Diminishing Returns for 58% of US’s 100 Biggest Companies
‘Greenhushing’ Diminishing Returns for 58% of US’s 100 Biggest Companies

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS - New report asserts that businesses that aren't transparent on their ESG progress, for fear of greenwashing, are missing opportunities for investment and gaining credibility with consumers.

Companies Mitigating Climate Change Reduce Their Cost of Capital
Companies Mitigating Climate Change Reduce Their Cost of Capital

FINANCE & INVESTMENT - New research shows that when companies disclose their environmental impact — and take meaningful action to mitigate it — they earn investor trust.

From Funding to Action: Empowering Farmers Through RCPP
From Funding to Action: Empowering Farmers Through RCPP

FINANCE & INVESTMENT - The USDA's $1.5B investment in the RCPP will advance climate-smart agriculture in the US while expanding the number, reach and variety of conservation programs. Realizing the full potential of this funding requires intentional action and collaboration across the agricultural ecosystem.

Pioneering Vermont Law Adds Momentum to Climate-Accountability Fight
Pioneering Vermont Law Adds Momentum to Climate-Accountability Fight

REGULATION & PUBLIC POLICY - Vermont's Climate Superfund Act is the latest in a growing wave of climate-driven political and legal attempts to hold the fossil-fuel industry accountable for its role in accelerating climate change.

Report: Global EPR Ecosystem Critical to Tackling Fashion Waste
Report: Global EPR Ecosystem Critical to Tackling Fashion Waste

CIRCULAR ECONOMY - Without EPR policy, tens of millions of tons of textiles will continue to be landfilled, incinerated or leak into the environment every year. But as policy continues to develop, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation reminds businesses to keep innovating.