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Meet the Startup Remolding the Future of Fashion

Simplifyber is redesigning fashion production with a cellulose-based, liquid fiber that can be molded for a variety of applications, including shoe uppers — bypassing 60% of traditional manufacturing steps and significantly reducing waste, energy u... View More

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How Can Businesses Rethink Packaging to Support Circularity?

Prioritizing packaging made from recycled materials that can be recycled again simplifies sustainable choices for consumers. The easier the process, the more likely consumers are to participate — reducing the chances that packaging ends up as waste... View More

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Book’s 3rd Edition Digs Deeper into the Making, Marketing of ‘Greener Products’

‘Greener Products,’ from sustainability marketing veteran Al Iannuzzi, provides valuable insights for everyone from sustainability students and academics to corporate sustainability leaders. ... View More

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Helios: An Out-of-This-World Solution for Decarbonizing Steelmaking

Inspired by work on lunar resource extraction, the Helios Cycle creates zero direct emissions and uses 30% less energy than traditional methods of extracting iron — offering transformational potential for the heavy-emitting steel industry. ... View More

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The Frugal Economy, Part 3: Global Value Chains Become Hyper-Local Value Networks

By building hyper-local value networks that are open, adaptable and deeply rooted in communities, businesses can gain agility and resilience and maximize sustainable local impact. ... View More

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The Frugal Economy, Part 2: ‘Scaling Out’ Manufacturing to Maximize Sustainable Local Impact

By scaling out their manufacturing with a distributed network of agile micro-factories rooted in local communities, businesses can gain agility and resilience and produce and deliver personalized goods faster, better, cheaper and more sustainably. ... View More

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BMW, Volkswagen Eyeing Plant-Based Future for Car Interiors

The auto giants are collaborating with makers of hemp- and flax-based materials that reduce weight and manufacturing emissions and enhance recyclability. ... View More

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Resilience Is Now a KPI in Our Tumultuous World

In our VUCA world, the ability to adapt and thrive amid compound challenges is crucial. Here are just a few examples of future-proof models for communities, businesses, ecosystems, technologies and more that have us excited about the growing resilien... View More

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Bridgestone Partners to Create Closed-Loop Ecosystem for Tires

The collaboration will see end-of-life tires transformed through pyrolysis into elastomers, which Bridgestone can then use to produce new tires. ... View More

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The Frugal Economy, Part 1: Share Everything, Waste Nothing

In this first of a four-part series, we look at the three pillars of the frugal economy and their transformative impact on businesses, industries, communities and the environment. ... View More

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3D Printing Driving Rapid Development of Ford EVs

Remaining competitive in the increasingly crowded EV market will require all automakers to continue integrating cutting-edge technologies and new materials, processes and machinery. ... View More

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Coca-Cola Adds Wastewater-to-Energy Tech to Circular Manufacturing Toolbox

Pipeline Organics’ technology will convert sugar-rich wastewater into clean, cost-effective renewable electricity to help power CCEP’s food and drink manufacturing operations. ... View More

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erthos: Giving the Plastics Industry an AI-Driven, Biobased Upgrade

The Toronto-based startup creates high-performance biomaterials that seamlessly integrate into manufacturing systems and supply chains five times faster than industry standard — eliminating a barrier to widespread adoption. ... View More

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

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. ... View More

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Will New Ecodesign Regulation Make Sustainable Products the Norm for EU Consumers?

Brands, take heed: This legislation will apply to all products that are sold in Europe, not just manufactured in the region — impacting manufacturers, importers, distributors, retailers and sellers all around the world. ... View More

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4 Ways for Businesses to Consider the Planet in Every Product

Sustainable product design is a business imperative. Here, we outline four ways for companies to bridge the intention-action gap and future-proof their business and supply chains through intentional design. ... View More

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US Plastics Pact Unveils Bold New Roadmap to Transform the Use of Plastics

Update to 2025 Roadmap carries forward unfinished targets from the original plan and outlines new steps toward circular design, based on insights from 130+ US Plastic Pact Activators. ... View More

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Will a Global Plastics Treaty Effectively Curb Plastic Pollution?

Not at this rate: In one corner, industry bodies and petrochemical companies call for enhanced recycling and the increased use of materials with recycled content. In the other, climate campaigners continue to push for cuts in production — an argume... View More

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Full Circle: Why Place-Making Strategies Are the Next Sustainable Innovation Frontier

To unlock a self-sustaining, regenerative local system, an ecosystem of co-beneficiaries invested in the place and bound by a system of co-benefits is required. ... View More

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Interface Commits to Carbon Negativity, Without Offsets, by 2040

The sustainability leader sets out to hit its climate goals through direct carbon reduction and carbon storage — and challenges industry peers to do the same. ... View More

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