Product, Service & Design Innovation
The latest products, services, design approaches and business models that are helping organizations of all sizes deliver on their sustainability ambitions and establish a new business as usual.
Inaugural Grounded Summit Showcases Radical Climate Solutions, Need for More
The Summit aimed to highlight real and actionable solutions; and, ultimately, to bring awareness and investment to the Grounded Foundation, which will provide funding and resources to innovative climate change solutions.
Could Diversification, Bean-less Brews Hold Keys to Coffee Sustainability?
A new report says crop diversification will help Vietnamese coffee farmers reduce their CO2 footprint, but makers of a new beverage that’s the molecular equivalent of coffee posit that it could be the wave of a climate-changed future.
The New Protein Aisle: So We Don't Eat Ourselves Out of House and Home
Cross-Posted from The Next Economy. As the veggie diet revolution continues to gain ground, we look at plant-based doppelgangers of two of our most beloved animal-based foods and why they could be key to saving the planet from ourselves.
HP Commits to 100% Circular, Carbon-Neutral, Forest-Positive Printing
The tech giant shares vision for print sustainability with innovation that helps protect the world’s forests, reduces carbon emissions and uses more recycled materials.
Trending: UN, Circular Innovators Continue Mission to Slow Down Fashion
A handful of new initiatives, products and innovations continue the attack on fashion’s wasteful and environmentally and socially destructive practices from a variety of angles.
Climate-Beneficial Wine, Waste-Saving Gin Latest Ways to Imbibe Sustainably
Cross-Posted from The Next Economy. A landmark soil study from Bonterra Vineyards that proves the climate benefits of organic and biodynamic farming, and a new UK gin made from surplus table grapes, mean these wines and spirit help you “drink responsibly.”
Trending: Collaborations Continue to Fuel Solutions to Plastic Pollution
Cross-Posted from Collaboration. These days, we can’t go a week without the launch of another initiative, innovation or collaboration aimed at eradicating plastic waste around the world – which means we may actually have a fighting chance at doing it.
Trending: Taking the Carbon, Waste Out of eCommerce
Between Amazon and Etsy’s carbon-neutral ambitions, and more and more options for circular shipping containers, the millions of tons of emissions and waste generated by e-commerce could soon be a thing of the past.
12 Winners of NextGen Cup Challenge Reimagining the Future of the To-Go Cup
Starbucks, McDonald's and other industry leaders partner in pre-competitive collaboration to drive sustainable design and find innovative cup solutions.
Visa Outlines Ways to Improve Daily Travel for Smarter, More Efficient Cities
Global transportation study assesses trends and challenges in public transportation and parking, in the face of population growth and urban migration patterns.
Trending: Better Furniture Options Enable a ‘Sustainable Life at Home’
New offerings by IKEA, Loll Designs add more options for consumers invested in living more sustainably.
Classroom-in-a-Backpack Bringing Education to the Masses in Off-Grid Bangladesh
Light of Hope had the rather ingenious idea of fitting a solar panel-powered classroom into a backpack.
Chipotle, FoodBytes! Unveil Newest Classes of Food, Ag Innovators
Two startup accelerators highlight the latest startup solutions poised to disrupt our food system for good.
That’s the Spirit: Optimizing the Inputs, and Outputs, of Alcohol
Cross-Posted from Supply Chain. Players large and small are innovating to optimize what goes into — and comes out of — alcohol production.
EPR in Action: TerraCycle, CPG Giants Close ‘Loop’ on Single-Use Packaging
First-of-its-kind, global shopping platform aims to offer zero-waste packaging options for the world’s most popular consumer products.
New Reports Highlight How AI, Circular Economy Can Save Us All
Cross-Posted from The Next Economy. Circle Economy, Ellen MacArthur Foundation release new findings in Davos
2019 Circulars Honor 7 Disruptors Unlocking Value from $4.5T Circular Economy
Cross-Posted from The Next Economy. 5th annual awards received highest-ever number of applicants competing for circular economy recognition.
Why Entrepreneurs, Not CPG Giants, Will Lead Us to ‘Earth-Functional Foods’
New report uses the term “Earth-Functional Foods” to describe food that provides environmental benefits beyond health.
CES Tech for a Better World: Insights on Innovation and Social Purpose
With the 2019 Tech for a Better World honorees, CES makes the statement that technology should positively impact humanity and the natural world.
How Smart Tech Is Bringing Toilets to the Masses Across the Developing World
Did you hear the story of the little girl in India who called the police to report her dad over a toilet?
