Collaboration
Follow the growing amount of collaborative work — cross-functional, cross-sector, pre-competitive and more — bringing about massive, disruptive, needed shifts to business as usual.
FMCG Giants, Farmer Co-ops Commit to New Global Definition of 'Regenerative Agriculture'
Cross-Posted from Supply Chain. In an industry first, SAI Platform’s framework offers a globally aligned definition of regenerative agriculture — to which 30 agriculture co-ops and the 170-strong SAI Platform member group have already committed.
Teeing Up a Transformation: How Golf Is Driving Inclusivity, Sustainability
Cross-Posted from From Purpose to Action: Building a Sustainable Future Together. Dow is partnering to elevate both gender and sustainability in golf to show how the sport can be an inspiring source of progress for people and planet alike.
WEF’s New Immersive Technology Hub to Address Climate Tipping Points
Cross-Posted from Product, Service & Design Innovation. Part of the Global Collaboration Village, leaders can now come together in the metaverse to experience and solve the deepening effects of the climate crisis.
Nestlé, Cargill, CCm Upcycling Cocoa Shells into Low-Carbon Fertilizer
Cross-Posted from Waste Not. As part of Nestlé’s bid to source 50% of its key ingredients from regenerative-ag methods by 2030, the three are turning the waste steam into a win-win, circular solution for food companies and farmers alike.
Nature Positive Initiative Aims to Promote Alignment, Integrity in Race to Save Global Biodiversity
Cross-Posted from New Metrics. The NPI will clarify and standardize the term ‘nature positive;’ and drive synergies across the many actors supporting and implementing changes towards the goal of halting and reversing nature loss by 2030.
How to Win Big with a Recycling Challenge
Cross-Posted from Waste Not. Last year, we set the record for World’s Largest College Recycling Event; but we didn’t want this to be a one-time win. So this year, we’ve recruited new partners to heighten the competition and increase the impact.
Collaborative Relationships Key to Overcoming Obstacles on the Path to a Circular Economy
Forging strategic partnerships can unlock immediate win-win solutions while also creating a roadmap for future success across the supply network.
Becoming a Regenerative Enterprise: Stories from the Field
Cross-Posted from Product, Service & Design Innovation. At Biomimicry 3.8’s third annual Project Positive Summit, participants shared progress and groundbreaking new tools for raising the bar on ‘sustainability’ and demonstrating what regenerative design looks like in practice.
Salesforce, Deloitte, WEF Calling on Startups Ready to Fuel Sustainable Aviation
Cross-Posted from Cleantech. The challenge seeks next-generation aviation solutions including alternative fuels and propulsion technologies; and innovations in feedstock, engineering, and physical and market infrastructure.
Brands Rally to Bolster Maui in Wildfire-Relief Effort
Here are some of the companies and organizations that have stepped up to contribute to relief for the affected community.
How Food Companies Are Incentivizing Suppliers to Rein in GHGs
Cross-Posted from Supply Chain. A new report from WWF examines the efficacy of rewards for climate-smart on-farm practices in getting suppliers’ help in eliminating Scope 3 emissions.
‘Big Build’ Brings Mars Closer to Goal of Restoring 1M Corals Worldwide by End of 2023
Cross-Posted from Product, Service & Design Innovation. The massive coral-restoration project took place in the Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia — in the world’s most biologically complex marine ecosystem in the Coral Triangle — alongside Indonesian community partners.
Royal Society of Chemistry Task Force Aims to Make Liquid Polymers ‘Benign by Design’
Cross-Posted from Chemistry, Materials & Packaging. The Sustainable Polymers in Liquid Formulation (PLFs) Task Force will collaborate to innovate throughout the value chain and across sectors including cosmetics, water treatments, lubricants and agricultural products.
Fashion for Good, adidas, Inditex, Target, Zalando Launch Circular Footwear Pilot
Fashion for Good and its four brand partners have joined forces with footwear-recycling innovator FastFeetGrinded to support the scaling of recycled content in footwear.
Woodford Reserve Pilot Aimed at Bringing Rye, and Regenerative Practices, Closer to Home
Cross-Posted from Supply Chain. The bourbon producer is partnering with the University of Kentucky and a local trade group to find an economically and environmentally viable strain to support one of its key ingredient needs.
Visa's Recommerce Behavioral Insights Lab Aims to Make Circular Shopping Behaviors the Norm
Cross-Posted from The Next Economy. Visa is partnering with COS, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and more to address the barriers that stop consumers from embracing a circular economy.
How General Mills Is Collaborating to Scale a Resilient Ag Revolution
The global foodmaker has joined forces with Regrow Ag to cultivate resilience throughout its agricultural supply chain — and encourages other food companies to follow suit.
REI Initiative Aims to Put Everyone in the US Within 5 Minutes of Natural Spaces
The US is rich in love of the outdoors but poor in access and infrastructure — especially for communities in dense, urban areas; over 100M people do not have a public park or green space within a 10-minute walk from home.
10K Farmers, 18 Countries, 8 Commodities & 4 Ways to Co-Create an Equitable, Sustainable Food System
Cross-Posted from Supply Chain. For all the time and money spent examining challenges in global agriculture, little is spent understanding farmers’ perspectives. The Small Farmer Atlas is a starting point for companies and policymakers to center the perspectives of small-scale farmers in the design of sustainability and procurement policies.
NextWave Focuses on Inclusive, Equitable Strategies to Turn Plastic Pollution Into a Resource
Cross-Posted from Waste Not. The cross-industry collaborative has reached 80% of its goal of diverting 25K MT of ocean-bound plastic by 2025. Now, it is working to ensure that the plastic is sourced with high ethical standards.
