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First Citywide Reusable Cup Project Shows Viability of Reuse at Scale
In three months, the first citywide program in the US to offer a free reuse-and-return system for to-go cups produced environmental benefits when compared with a single-use alternative. Read More...
14 Brands Join Forces to Set New Standard for Purpose-Driven Business
With dedicated leadership and an actionable plan that prioritizes transparency, accountability and real results over rhetoric, the Purpose Pledge community aims to set a new standard for responsible business. Read More...
The Real ESG Pivot: What Investors Want Now
Investors aren’t walking away from sustainability — they’re walking away from bad data. Investors, regulators and corporate leaders are demanding clear, science-backed data — and LCA is emerging as the new standard. Read More...
Despite Political Pressures, CFOs Still Betting on Sustainability
Three recent surveys of CFOs and execs across a range of industries and geographies show the majority understand the business case for sustainability and climate action, and are unswayed by the US administration’s renunciation of such initiatives. Read More...
New Cross-Industry Consortium Takes Aim at Small-Format Plastic Waste
Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy calls on brands to join critical work to increase recovery of valuable small-format plastic packaging typically lost to landfills. Read More...
IBM, C40 Developing AI Solutions for Climate-Resilient Cities
IBM and C40 Cities will co-create a data-driven, AI-powered solution to help cities analyze potential risks that may arise due to extreme heat and the urban heat island effect — including stressed energy resources, increases in mortality rates and socioeconomic disparities. Read More...
New Construction or Renovation? Weighing the Costs of a Building’s Life
Changing the focus from short-term fixes to long-term solutions will create a resilient built environment that preserves the integrity of a building's past, serves the needs of the present, and anticipates those of a sustainable future. Read More...
Here's What Nonprofits Could Do with $7M — the Cost of a Super Bowl Ad
If the least these numbers do is encourage big brands to invest more in their social and environmental initiatives — or give consumers a new nonprofit to support — we’ll consider that a score. Read More...
The Super Bowl Ad in 2025: ‘You Can’t Win, So Win’
At this year’s Super Bowl, many ads felt like worn-out clichés — but a few won the day by speaking to people’s values and the importance of bridging divides. Read More...
New AI Energy Score Helps Users Rein in Its Negative Impacts
The new scoring system establishes a clear benchmark for the energy efficiency of AI models. The initiative rates 166 commonly used AI models to help developers and AI users identify those that use less energy and incentivize sustainable AI development. Read More...
US Voters Support Policies That Reduce Single-Use Plastics
Oceana releases new poll, calls on lawmakers to continue momentum behind solutions to problematic plastics. Read More...
Fortifying Housing Markets in a Climate-Changing World
New analyses show Canada can avoid significant financial losses from climate-fueled disasters if a small percentage of new homes are built out of high-risk areas, and a massive shift in the economic geography of the US as homeowners migrate from danger zones to climate-resilient areas. Read More...
Fashion Giants Join Forces to Scale Circular Apparel, Footwear
Two new initiatives from Fashion for Good are enlisting industry heavyweights to ‘create a blueprint for systemic change,’ by scaling circular solutions and infrastructure for footwear and textiles. Read More...
7 Sins of Climate Scenario Analysis
Like medieval merchants clinging to flat-earth maps, today's businesses risk purgatory in a climate-changing world by misusing scenario analysis. Here are seven common mistakes that undermine climate scenario analysis, leading to poor strategic decisions. Read More...
2 New Resources Aim to Put Apparel Companies, ESG Regulators on the Same Page
Amid a spate of new ESG-related legislation, an interactive white paper demystifies this regulatory rigmarole for apparel and textile companies; and a handbook outlines the industry’s unique challenges for the EU as it develops due diligence guidelines. Read More...
Acumen Invites Chocolate Lovers to Make a ‘Cocoamitment’ This Valentine’s Day
The campaign promotes chocolate brands that exemplify transparency and fairness through practices including direct trade, farmer ownership and paying price premiums to farmers. Read More...
How Vegan Beauty Brands Are Regenerating the World
By leading with practices that not only minimize harm but actively improve the world, these brands are helping restore ecosystems and uplift communities. Read More...
This Startup Aims to Restore the Ocean’s Power to Store Carbon
Gigablue’s ‘AI-optimized CDR’ approach is designed to re-create the optimal conditions for phytoplankton to play their part in oceanic carbon sequestration, with a goal to sequester 1Gt of CO₂ annually by 2030. Read More...
Newsflash: Not All Nature-Based Solutions Are Created Equal
In a new analysis of three common nature-based climate change-mitigation strategies, only one offers the holistic benefits needed to address both the climate and biodiversity crises. Read More...
Building a Resilient Future in an Oscillating Market
In a politically polarized environment, sustainability risks becoming a casualty of partisan divides. But market-driven solutions offer a rare opportunity to unite diverse perspectives and priorities. Read More...
