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Next-Gen Innovation: Plastics, Progress and Opportunity at K 2025

K 2025 offers the plastics industry a valuable moment to address key systemic challenges through collaborative, cross-sector solutions. Read More...

CDP: Timely Climate Action Offers Sizeable ‘Disclosure Dividend’

Companies that measure, manage and disclose environmental risks are better positioned to reap an average of 7x financial returns from climate action. Read More...

Microbes, Milk & Potato Peels: The Future of Sustainable Plastics?

In this Innovation Watch, five breakthroughs offering real-world options for brands banking on a sustainable future for plastics and packaging. Read More...

Global Enforcement Needed to Root Out Uyghur Forced Labor

The UFLPA has shown the potential of mandatory due diligence to drive impact, but also the limitations of a single-country approach to addressing forced labor. Read More...

Top 5 Scope 3 Hotspots in Retail Value Chains

Leading retailers are rethinking inputs and partnering with both suppliers and competitors to tackle tricky value chain emissions. Read More...

Plastic Pollution Devastating Human Health, Costing Trillions

As final global plastics treaty negotiations take place in Geneva, The Lancet elevates plastic pollution as a grave, global threat to human health. Read More...

Biomimicry: A Promising New Framework for Ethical AI

As a new study points out, “biological systems offer templates for intelligence that are efficient and sustainable” and offer a natural model for AI design. Read More...

‘The Gigacorn Hunter’: A New Breed of Climatech Investor

Here, Nelson Switzer explains how he found his niche – investing in startups poised to exceed $1B valuations while eliminating at least a billion tons of carbon. Read More...

Mars Invests $15M in Pursuit of Climate-Resilient Peanut

The food giant’s Protect the Peanut Plan aims to future-proof the vulnerable legume — a key ingredient in billion-dollar brands including M&M’s and Snickers. Read More...

Scaling Sustainability Starts with Shared Responsibility

Aligning existing goals, strategies and processes with sustainability strengthens organizational resilience and positions companies for long-term success. Read More...

Retailers Invite 10M CA Consumers to ‘Break Up with Single-Use Bags’

Beyond the Bag Initiative engages Target, CVS Health, Ralphs and Food 4 Less customers to cut single-use bag waste across nearly 1K Southern California stores. Read More...

Governing for Purpose in a Time of Strategic Disruption

What is the purpose of the board? Are we just here to oversee quarterly performance — or to help companies shape conditions for long-term, sustainable success? Read More...

Offsetting Won’t Save Aviation – But Innovation Might

In this Innovation Watch, we see five solutions tackling aviation emissions from different angles – and offering a glimpse of a cleaner future for flight. Read More...

How Gen Z Ingenuity Is Accelerating Sustainability Action

Young innovators are launching next-generation solutions that are raising the bar and pushing sustainability action beyond marketing campaigns. Read More...

Global Personal Care Brands Now Publishing Their EcoBeautyScores

First industry-wide environmental scoring system developed for cosmetics through collaboration with over 70 global brands and trade associations. Read More...

New Incentive Programs Reward Responsible Travelers

Instead of focusing on quantity of visitors, new traveler-engagement programs emphasize the economic, environmental and social impact of tourists’ presence. Read More...

RePak Helping Retailers Ratchet Up Bottle-Recycling Efforts

HydraPak has expanded a successful pilot that redirects harder-to-recycle plastics toward potential reuse, but reaching viable scale remains a work in progress. Read More...

Sustainability Needs Smart Mix of Regulatory & Voluntary Tools

While new sustainability legislation continues to emerge, voluntary tools remain a clear support path for companies and producers. Read More...

Consumer Skepticism Slowing Circular Economy Growth

While the economic and environmental logic of a circular economy is compelling, a new report finds its widespread adoption hinges on a critical factor: Trust. Read More...

90% of Experts Agree Sustainability Agenda Is Unsustainable

Regardless of their preferred paths forward, over 90% of global sustainability leaders agree current approaches must change to create the necessary impacts. Read More...

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