FINANCE & INVESTMENT -
Amazon, Disney, Google and Netflix are among the founding companies behind the Business Alliance for Scaling Climate Solutions (BASCS), to increase the scale and impact of business investment in climate solutions.
FINANCE & INVESTMENT -
New ENCORE biodiversity module by the Natural Capital Finance Alliance enables banks and investors to explore their portfolio’s impact on species extinction risk and ecological integrity — particularly in terms of agriculture and mining.
THE NEXT ECONOMY -
The first-of-its-kind direct measure of our everyday consumption’s water impacts — thanks to data from S&P Global Trucost — aims to create a greater consumer understanding of the importance of water locally, nationally and
globally.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
This journey requires a collective intelligence and a fundamental shift in mindset: a new way of thinking in which ‘global,’ ‘regional’ and ‘local’ are no longer in opposition. It also comes with a new challenge to generate ‘scale’ with positive impacts.
CLEANTECH -
The US$100M initiative builds on the organizations’ individual efforts to accelerate a shift to a net-zero global economy.
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION -
The Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill caters to one of 35 food-insecure communities in Georgia’s capital — and provides a scalable model for other cities to begin to address this all-too-common systemic inequity in US cities.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
At WestRock, we are helping people better understand the importance of virgin fiber — and the role sustainably managed forests play in ensuring that we continue to protect and reinvest in this valuable, renewable resource.
THE NEXT ECONOMY -
We are at the very beginning of the most challenging leg of the climate journey; many companies have yet to commit to zeroing out their emissions. Still, a few at the cutting edge are responding to the call for a higher bar to be set and are staking their reputations on achieving it.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
The company’s goal is to scale regenerative farming practices across its entire
agricultural footprint, reduce at least 3 million tons of GHGs, and improve livelihoods of farmers across its supply chain.
THE NEXT ECONOMY -
Carbon markets connect the growing demand from companies and consumers
committing to net zero, with the small but growing supply of removal and
avoidance solutions. Carbon credits make the most of tangible solutions that are possible and available now.
COLLABORATION -
IWCA becomes the first member of Race to Zero — a UN-backed, global campaign
to rally all-sector leadership and support for a healthy, resilient, zero-carbon future — representing the wine and ag industries.
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.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
As companies race to address climate change, unlocking the carbon potential from responsibly managed forests creates a powerful new way for companies to offset their unavoidable emissions.
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.
COLLABORATION -
The TAZO Tree Corps will work with American Forests to help bring cleaner air and combat climate change in communities of color across the US, by increasing ‘tree equity.’
BEHAVIOR CHANGE -
Popular destinations are increasingly prioritizing quality over quantity, dispersing travelers across larger geographic areas, and clearly defining the
kind of travelers they want to attract. By addressing overtourism in this way, they also place locals’ wellbeing at the forefront.
THE NEXT ECONOMY -
A regional coalition, led by UNEP, will support access to financing by the public and private sector, with special emphasis on SMEs — to foster innovation and the implementation of specific projects in the region.
THE NEXT ECONOMY -
Setting science-based targets for nature — as Seventh Generation and other leading companies are doing — can bolster climate targets while also
helping to protect and restore water, oceans, land and biodiversity.