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New Tool Tracks US Food-Waste Legislation Landscape
New Tool Tracks US Food-Waste Legislation Landscape

REGULATION & PUBLIC POLICY - Divert’s Food Waste Legislative Tracker offers a state-by-state look, as well as numerous touchpoints for anyone interested in food policy to get involved.

Unilever Partners to Scale Circular Packaging Solutions in Global South
Unilever Partners to Scale Circular Packaging Solutions in Global South

CIRCULAR ECONOMY - In partnership with EY and USAID, the CIRCLE Alliance collaborative model of enterprise acceleration will help scale new and existing solutions for packaging circularity in areas where plastic pollution is especially severe.

Lidl Launches Industry-First, Partially Plant-Based Ground Meat
Lidl Launches Industry-First, Partially Plant-Based Ground Meat

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY - The new product, 60% minced beef mixed with 40% pea protein, aims to reduce environmental impact while providing customers with a familiar taste at a lower cost: It has a 37.5% lower carbon footprint — and is 33% cheaper — than traditional ground beef.

How Does Consumer Behavior Challenge the Circular Economy?
How Does Consumer Behavior Challenge the Circular Economy?

MATERIALS & PACKAGING - Economic models shift slowly, and consumer habits are hard to break. A shift from linearity to circularity won’t happen overnight, but there are tangible ways businesses can help consumers shift their behaviors today.

Mars Seeks Innovators to Reduce the Footprint of Pet Food
Mars Seeks Innovators to Reduce the Footprint of Pet Food

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY - The Next-Generation Pet Food Program aims to scale sustainable innovations for the pet food value chain, with a focus on sustainable proteins and fats.

Field Notes: How Major Brands Are Cultivating Regenerative Supply Chains
Field Notes: How Major Brands Are Cultivating Regenerative Supply Chains

SUPPLY CHAIN - From food and beverages to apparel, more commodity supply chains are getting a resilience boost through a transition to regenerative-agriculture practices. Join us in October as forward-thinking brands from these industries come together to discuss the significant environmental, economic and social benefits being reaped.

3D Printing Driving Rapid Development of Ford EVs
3D Printing Driving Rapid Development of Ford EVs

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

Smallholder Voices Are Critical in Ethical Supply Chains
Smallholder Voices Are Critical in Ethical Supply Chains

SUPPLY CHAIN - The Farmer Thriving Index — a holistic, standardized way of understanding farmer wellbeing that is grounded in farmer voice — set out to answer a simple question: Are farmers in coffee supply chains thriving, or barely surviving?

Are US Students Learning Enough About Climate Change?
Are US Students Learning Enough About Climate Change?

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS - With its effects now felt the world over, one might assume that education on climate change would be a high priority. But this is not the case — for numerous reasons we examine, in this first of a four-part series.

Resilient Companies Remain Committed to Improvement, Regardless of Regulations
Resilient Companies Remain Committed to Improvement, Regardless of Regulations

REGULATION & PUBLIC POLICY - The US Supreme Court’s reversal of the 40-year-old ‘Chevron deference’ rule could put countless ESG regulations in jeopardy, but experts urge companies to stick to strategies that ensure their long-term competitiveness and resilience.

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

MATERIALS & PACKAGING - 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.

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.

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?

Sustainable Sailing Puts Its Sail-Recycling Process to Sweet, New Use
Sustainable Sailing Puts Its Sail-Recycling Process to Sweet, New Use

MATERIALS & PACKAGING - The UK startup is partnering with the University of Edinburgh to use waste sails in the creation of high-value chemicals used in everyday products — even, potentially, food ingredients.

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.

Scientists Discover New Plants That Could Lead to Climate-Proof Chocolate
Scientists Discover New Plants That Could Lead to Climate-Proof Chocolate

SUPPLY CHAIN - Discovery of three new species in the Western Amazon could pave way for more climate-proof cacao production — and shows how many treasures are still yet to be discovered in Earth's biodiversity.

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.

Comms Industry Alliance Calls for ‘Responsible Communication’ to Become 18th SDG
Comms Industry Alliance Calls for ‘Responsible Communication’ to Become 18th SDG

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS - The Global Alliance for PR and Communication Management calls on global leaders, policymakers and stakeholders to recognize the critical importance of responsible communication in achieving a sustainable future — and outlines a multi-pronged approach toward achieving a proposed SDG 18.