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.
1% for the Planet Impact Fund Reaches First Anniversary with 6 Initial Investment Partners
Cross-Posted from Finance & Investment. Much like 1%’s regular giving, the Impact Fund is being used to support a variety of initiatives; and that path will continue to evolve as the fund does.
Lundberg Family Farms Launches First US-Grown Regenerative Organic Certified Rice
The California rice producer has helped establish the first standards for regenerative rice and set a goal for its entire crop to be ROC by 2027.
New Guide Details Tangible Solutions for Retailers to Move ‘Beyond the Bag’
Cross-Posted from Product, Service & Design Innovation. Playbook highlights solutions from the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag that drive near-term, positive environmental impact and cost savings from eliminating single-use plastic bags.
UN Agrees on Unprecedented Treaty to Protect the High Seas
Previous rules to protect the ocean have been vague and weakly enforced, leaving the seas, marine ecosystems and the people who work them vulnerable to exploitation.
Not Their Waste, But Still Their Problem: How Alaska Is Managing an Influx of Global Marine Debris
Cross-Posted from From Purpose to Action: Building a Sustainable Future Together. A multi-stakeholder, community-based collaboration and an innovative model of plastic-waste recovery are helping to clean up the Gulf of Alaska.
Tomorrow’s Circular, Low-Carbon Economy Is Being Built Today
Cross-Posted from From Purpose to Action: Building a Sustainable Future Together. The supply of recycled plastics must be more robust to meet global demand. A mix of mechanical and advanced recycling technologies can provide tangible solutions, create efficiencies and increase scale.
Global Citizen, Authentic Team Up to Rally Consumers to Help #EndExtremePovertyNOW
Cross-Posted from Marketing and Comms. The strategic initiative will include impact-focused brand activations and products to engage consumers in Global Citizen’s mission to end extreme poverty.
CPG Giants Partner to Scale Captured Carbon in Consumer Products
Cross-Posted from Cleantech. Unilever, BASF, P&G and 12 other organizations have joined forces to scale carbon capture to help the UK reach net zero by 2050; and CCEP teams up with two more universities to continue its research into the technology and its many potential applications.
Jackson Family Wines Partners to Advance Industry Opportunities for Students of Color
Cross-Posted from Organizational Change. JFW has become a key partner in the Urban Grape’s Wine Studies Award for Students of Color program — which uses a three-pronged approach of education, work experience and mentorship to increase DEI in the wine & spirits industry.
Basecamp Research Helping Expand Global Access to Safe, Natural Chemicals and Proteins
Cross-Posted from Chemistry, Materials & Packaging. With a goal of phasing out toxic and forever chemicals in consumer products, the UK-based biotech startup is spearheading the ethical, equitable discovery and utilization of the safe, effective chemicals and proteins waiting to be found in nature and developed for human use and benefit.
Bulleit Frontier Whiskey, American Forests Advancing Tree Equity in Communities Across the US
Cross-Posted from Walking the Talk. After meeting their goal to plant 1M trees three years early, Bulleit and American Forests are now focused on improving tree equity in communities that need it most — starting with two in Houston, Texas ravaged by Hurricane Harvey.
Modern Meadow Partners to Scale Sustainable Materials Development for Outdoor Apparel Market
Cross-Posted from Chemistry, Materials & Packaging. The materials innovator and sustainable fabric giant Singtex are co-developing new biomaterials across a range of applications — starting with a sustainably produced, waterproof, membrane-based material for outdoor apparel.
Moving Toward a Circular Economy for Packaging
Cross-Posted from Waste Not. A circular economy for plastics is achievable in our lifetime, though it will require consumers and manufacturers to work together. Whether companies decide to keep it in-house or partner with like-minded third parties, an investment in our future now will lead to more profitable operations and create relentless forward progress.
Steakholder Foods, Umami Meats Win $1M Grant to 3D Bio-Print Structured, Cultivated Fish Products
Cross-Posted from Product, Service & Design Innovation. The collaboration, using Steakholder’s proprietary 3D bio-printing technology, is a significant step forward in both companies’ mission to cultivate and scale sustainable alternatives to conventionally farmed and fished foods.
Putting Recycling to Work for People, Communities and the Planet
Cross-Posted from From Purpose to Action: Building a Sustainable Future Together. To create a truly circular ecosystem for plastics, we need scalable innovations to close the gap between what consumers can recycle now and which plastics might become a regular part of a future recycling system.
A Completely Different Definition of ‘Waste’: 5 Key Takeaways from the Sustainability Next Summit
Cross-Posted from From Purpose to Action: Building a Sustainable Future Together. Last month, Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics and Fast Company co-hosted the virtual summit to convene policy experts, industry leaders and innovators with the expertise and resources to drive real progress toward a circular economy.
New Marketplace Matches Tesco Suppliers to Swap Surplus Stock to Cut Costs, Reduce Waste
Cross-Posted from Supply Chain. Tesco Exchange, aka ‘Tesco Tinder,’ matches suppliers who have too much of a product — for example, crops, byproducts, ingredients or packaging — with other Tesco suppliers that can put it to use.
Small Gains, Big Wins: Net Zero Is About More Than Just Carbon Offsetting
Cross-Posted from Supply Chain. Offsetting initiatives are becoming increasingly popular among businesses looking to be seen as leaders in sustainability. However — while the approach can be an interim solution for operations that can’t be fully decarbonized — companies must focus first on working with their supply chain to identify where immediate changes can be made.
COP27: Holding Both Hope and Despair as We Fight For Every 0.1°C
The first COP took place in 1995 — 27 years later, and it’s easy to understand the scepticism. We’re still quite a long way from universal adoption by all nations and private sector actors of net-zero strategies that align with the urgent timescales science tells us are needed. But no other issue brings 198 nation states together in this way.
As 2022 Season Closes, World Surf League Reports Progress of ‘We Are One Ocean’ Initiative
Cross-Posted from Walking the Talk. In 2021, WSL launched WAOO to protect and conserve surf ecosystems around the world. Over the 2022 tour season, it collaborated with community organizations, indigenous groups, surfers and others on activations including replanting native coastal vegetation in Hawaii, removing plastic pollution from Indonesian waterways, and restoring coral reefs in Tahiti.
