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Consumer Behavior Change
Love, Loyalty & Lifestyle: Making Circularity Irresistible
Love, Loyalty & Lifestyle: Making Circularity Irresistible
Published on May 6, 2024
Written by Erika Pontes
About a 8 minute read

To unleash the power of circular design at scale, brands require an understanding of the cultural conditions at play. Here are five design principles that we’ve learned from our work with brands helping lead the way. Read More...

Supply Chain
Despite Global Commitments, Deforestation Is Surging: 5 Ways Companies Can Right the Ship
Despite Global Commitments, Deforestation Is Surging: 5 Ways Companies Can Right the Ship
Published on May 3, 2024
Written by Dr. Carter Ingram
About a 5 minute read

October’s commitment by the countries home to our major rainforests — as well as prior agreements from COP, the US and the EU — show serious intent. Here’s how companies can effectively protect critical biodiversity. Read More...

Materials & Packaging
Will a Global Plastics Treaty Effectively Curb Plastic Pollution?
Will a Global Plastics Treaty Effectively Curb Plastic Pollution?
Published on May 3, 2024
Written by Tom Idle
About a 6 minute read

Not at this rate: In one corner, industry bodies and petrochemical companies call for enhanced recycling and the increased use of materials with recycled content. In the other, climate campaigners continue to push for cuts in production — an argument that won’t be resolved anytime soon. Read More...

Organizational Governance
Leading the Change: Takeaways from the B Lab Champions Retreat
Leading the Change: Takeaways from the B Lab Champions Retreat
Published on May 3, 2024
Written by Anita Spiller
About a 5 minute read

What if we centered our work and lives around showing up for ourselves, others and the planet? Here are three takeaways from the recent B Lab Champions Retreat on how we can turn talk into action. Read More...

Materials & Packaging
Alternative Packaging Alliance Out to Reshape the Conversation Around Boxed Wine
Alternative Packaging Alliance Out to Reshape the Conversation Around Boxed Wine
Published on May 2, 2024
Written by Geoff Nudelman
About a 4 minute read

The group — comprised of seven higher-end wine producers — is bringing a decidedly hip, modern update to a segment with a big perception issue. Read More...

Organizational Governance
The SBTi Drama Underscores the Urgent Need for Valid Scope 3 Solutions
The SBTi Drama Underscores the Urgent Need for Valid Scope 3 Solutions
Published on May 1, 2024
Written by Tom Idle
About a 7 minute read

Whether carbon credits ought to be used to account for Scope 3 emissions is a debate that must continue — involving many more stakeholders, so that views on both sides of the fence are heard and considered. Read More...

Innovation & Technology
15 Startups in Mars’ 1st ‘Unreasonable Food’ Cohort Poised to Future-Proof Food
15 Startups in Mars’ 1st ‘Unreasonable Food’ Cohort Poised to Future-Proof Food
Published on May 1, 2024
About a 5 minute read

Mars Snacking and Unreasonable Group will work with the selected rapid-growth ventures to scale their sustainable solutions in the first year. Read More...

Circular Economy
Meet 2 Companies Upcycling Food Waste to Make Beauty More Sustainable
Meet 2 Companies Upcycling Food Waste to Make Beauty More Sustainable
Published on April 30, 2024
Written by Nina Purton
About a 6 minute read

Biotech startups Kaffe Bueno and The Upcycled Beauty Company are transforming food-manufacturing waste streams into high-quality ingredients for personal-care products. Read More...

Circular Economy
Polycrises Threatening Planetary Health Cannot Be Addressed in Silos
Polycrises Threatening Planetary Health Cannot Be Addressed in Silos
Published on April 29, 2024
Written by Christian Yonkers
About a 6 minute read

As The Lancet warns in a new report, failing to consider interactions between climate, biodiversity and infectious disease will not address the fundamental issues affecting each — and the consequences will be 'exponentially more expensive.' Read More...

Supply Chain
Amazon Rainforest ‘Tops’ Forbes' Billionaires List
Amazon Rainforest ‘Tops’ Forbes' Billionaires List
Published on April 26, 2024
About a 5 minute read

The campaign from Natura, Forbes and Africa Creative highlights the power of the Amazon’s $317B bioeconomy and that the standing forest is worth seven times more than the potential earnings from its destruction. Read More...

Regeneration & Resilience
How Brands Can Help Communities Thrive in a Changing Climate
How Brands Can Help Communities Thrive in a Changing Climate
Published on April 26, 2024
Written by Meg Hanna
About a 5 minute read

While heat is the leading cause of weather-related illnesses and deaths in both Canada and the US, companies can explore nature-based solutions to help reverse this trend and foster spaces where people can thrive. Read More...

Innovation & Technology
This Startup Aims to Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth, But at What Cost?
This Startup Aims to Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth, But at What Cost?
Published on April 26, 2024
Written by Scarlett Buckley
About a 6 minute read

Colossal Biosciences says its work to revive keystone species such as the mammoth could be a boon for ecological restoration and biodiversity preservation, but conservationists say it could become a moral and ethical quagmire. Read More...

Marketing & Communications
New Global Music Initiative Highlights the Creative Value of Nature
New Global Music Initiative Highlights the Creative Value of Nature
Published on April 25, 2024
About a 6 minute read

Sounds Right aims to finally pay Nature royalties for her contributions to art and everything else on earth by prompting conversation, raising funds for conservation and inspiring millions of fans to take action. Read More...

Regulation & Public Policy
Is Bipartisan Climate Policy Possible in the US?
Is Bipartisan Climate Policy Possible in the US?
Published on April 24, 2024
Written by Deborah Brosnan
About a 4 minute read

The reality of climate change’s existence is not the debate that voters are interested in anymore: They have experienced it firsthand and care about solutions. Read More...

Innovation & Technology
Full Circle: Why Place-Making Strategies Are the Next Sustainable Innovation Frontier
Full Circle: Why Place-Making Strategies Are the Next Sustainable Innovation Frontier
Published on April 23, 2024
Written by Regenovate
About a 5 minute read

To unlock a self-sustaining, regenerative local system, an ecosystem of co-beneficiaries invested in the place and bound by a system of co-benefits is required. Read More...

Organizational Governance
Interface Commits to Carbon Negativity, Without Offsets, by 2040
Interface Commits to Carbon Negativity, Without Offsets, by 2040
Published on April 23, 2024
About a 4 minute read

The sustainability leader sets out to hit its climate goals through direct carbon reduction and carbon storage — and challenges industry peers to do the same. Read More...

Marketing & Communications
It’s Time to Stop Fanning the Flames of Climate Anxiety
It’s Time to Stop Fanning the Flames of Climate Anxiety
Published on April 22, 2024
Written by Phillip Haid
About a 3 minute read

To all fellow impact professionals, I encourage you to look at the narrative your communications are fueling and consider whether your business, your audience and the planet would benefit from a more nuanced view. Read More...

Marketing & Communications
Free Course Aims to Train Advertisers to Combat Climate Change
Free Course Aims to Train Advertisers to Combat Climate Change
Published on April 22, 2024
About a 4 minute read

Good-Loop’s Good-Media Academy outlines how the ad industry impacts climate change and what advertisers can do to mitigate it. Read More...

Organizational Governance
Science-Based Climate Targets Key to Sustainable Tourism
Science-Based Climate Targets Key to Sustainable Tourism
Published on April 19, 2024
Written by JoAnna Haugen
About a 5 minute read

Regardless of whether a travel-related company has submitted its commitments to SBTi; setting specific, quantifiable, time-bound goals is essential for meaningfully reducing climate-changing emissions. Read More...

Circular EconomyInnovation & Technology
As Droughts Zap South America’s Hydroelectric Energy, What Can Be Done?
As Droughts Zap South America’s Hydroelectric Energy, What Can Be Done?
Published on April 19, 2024
Written by Roberto Guerra
About a 4 minute read

As our climate systems become more erratic, clean sources of energy will become ever more precious; and scaling and diversifying sustainable ways to harness it will be key to our survival. Read More...

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