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Stella McCartney to Pilot Mixed-Textile Recycling Venture

Published on December 19, 2022

About a 3 minute read

Protein Evolution’s technology can turn unused polyester and nylon fabrics from Stella McCartney’s previous collections into good-as-new, infinitely recyclable fibers — and could present a new circular solution for the fashion industry. Read More...

Innovation & Technology

Meet the World's First Vegan Honey — A Sustainable Solution to a Sticky Problem?

Published on December 19, 2022

Written by Scarlett Buckley

About a 5 minute read

Oakland-based startup MeliBio has created the world's first vegan honey — molecularly identical to the bee-made version, but a delicious and sustainable alternative that supports bee biodiversity. Read More...

Organizational Governance Organizational Governance

Climate Policymakers Denounce UK Approval of New ‘Net-Zero’ Coal Mine

Published on December 16, 2022

Written by Geoff Nudelman

About a 4 minute read

The mine’s operator and UK government pledge to offset nearly 500,000 annual tons of emissions through carbon credits; but the clear greenwashing has been lambasted by critics the world over. Read More...

Marketing & Communications

Great Expectations: Evaluating ESG Initiatives to Reach Target Consumers

Published on December 16, 2022

Written by Lea Ben-Akiva

About a 7 minute read

When it comes to ESG initiatives and their relationship to consumer behavior, there’s no one-size-fits-all approach; but leveraging ongoing research into consumer attitudes can help align corporate ESG initiatives that can help steer your brand through uncharted waters and changing sentiments. Read More...

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Give Greater: The 2022 SB Holiday Gift Guide

Published on December 15, 2022

About a 20 minute read

As always, the goal of our gift guide is to encourage a more conscious approach to gift-giving by highlighting products, services and experiences that create value and benefits beyond short-term gratification for the recipient. Here’s this year’s list of some of the many companies, platforms and products that we’d be happy to support anytime. Read More...

Circular Economy Circular Economy Organizational Governance

Opinion: Why Some Big Brands ‘Aren’t Convinced’ by Plastic Credits

Published on December 15, 2022

Written by Peter Wang Hjemdahl

About a 10 minute read

80M tons of plastic waste will end up in the environment just in the next 10 years. Without voluntary, global producer responsibility programs to unlock capital towards infrastructure and bridge the policy vacuum, how else do polluters suggest for us to tackle this massive financing gap in the meantime? Read More...

Finance & Investment Circular Economy

COP15 Must Mark a Turning Point for Meat and Dairy Investors

Published on December 14, 2022

Written by Jeremy Coller

About a 3 minute read

Meat and dairy companies need to go further and faster to protect our natural world — before politicians, regulators and investors make the decision for them. The latest FAIRR Index shows what’s possible and shines a spotlight on the investment risks of maintaining the status quo. Read More...

Innovation & Technology Circular Economy

Creating Life from Death: Transcend Attempts to Reverse the Environmental Impacts of Burial

Published on December 13, 2022

Written by Geoff Nudelman

About a 4 minute read

The new startup offers a regenerative ‘tree burial’ service that reimagines cemeteries as forests — enabling the dearly departed to truly give back to the land and encouraging younger generations to think about death in new ways. Read More...

Circular Economy Collaboration & Co-Creation

A Completely Different Definition of ‘Waste’: 5 Key Takeaways from the Sustainability Next Summit

Published on December 13, 2022

Written by Haley Lowry

About a 6 minute read

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. Read More...

Supply Chain Circular Economy Collaboration & Co-Creation

New Marketplace Matches Tesco Suppliers to Swap Surplus Stock to Cut Costs, Reduce Waste

Published on December 12, 2022

About a 3 minute read

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. Read More...

Materials & Packaging Innovation & Technology

Meet 2 Biomaterial Startups Cultivating a Circular, Climate-Friendlier Fashion Industry

Published on December 12, 2022

Written by Nina Purton

About a 5 minute read

Orange Fiber and Keel Labs are platforms for exploration and innovation that can reverberate across the fashion industry and prove that sustainable feedstocks and production processes can create both financial and planetary prosperity. Read More...

Innovation & Technology Circular Economy Innovation & Technology

Energy Startup’s Biomimetic Solar Trees Planting Roots for a Net-Zero Future

Published on December 9, 2022

Written by Scarlett Buckley

About a 4 minute read

Inspired by nature, SolarBotanic’s solar trees use leaf-shaped, thin-film, photovoltaic nanotechnology to harness both sun and eventually wind energy to power houses, charge EVs or be stored for future use. Read More...

Materials & Packaging

6 Principles for Building a Pathway to Circularity for Plastics

Published on December 9, 2022

Written by Eastman

About a 3 minute read

Developing and optimizing a fully circular plastics value chain is a complex challenge that can’t be achieved with any single solution. We challenge our peers and other key stakeholders to be courageous and take risks, to explore new possibilities and partnerships, and persist until we have solutions. Read More...

Marketing & Communications

L'Oréal USA Product Labeling System Aims to Educate Consumers About the Environmental Impact of Products

Published on December 8, 2022

About a 4 minute read

New survey finds 83% of US consumers value brand product transparency, but only 47% feel they have the information to make sustainability-based purchasing decisions. Impact labeling will begin with Garnier products and roll out progressively across L'Oréal's brand portfolio. Read More...

Supply Chain Collaboration & Co-Creation

Small Gains, Big Wins: Net Zero Is About More Than Just Carbon Offsetting

Published on December 8, 2022

Written by James Butcher

About a 4 minute read

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. Read More...

Finance & Investment Organizational Governance

Company Shareholders Vote to Examine More Climate-Beneficial Retirement Plans

Published on December 7, 2022

About a 4 minute read

Campbell's — and many other companies’ — current 401(k) options have employees investing millions in fossil fuels and deforestation through Vanguard, which has just announced it has left the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative. Read More...

New Metrics Circular Economy

COP15: ‘Environmental DNA’ Technology Enables World-First Nature Performance-Monitoring Service

Published on December 7, 2022

About a 4 minute read

NatureMetrics says new platform represents breakthrough in understanding and managing our impact on nature — providing simple, standardized metrics to track and report on site-based nature impacts. Read More...

Organizational Governance Organizational Governance

Why Activism, Advocacy and Allyship Are Essential to Corporate Diversity

Published on December 6, 2022

Written by Erika D. Williams

About a 6 minute read

If a corporation really wants diversity and its benefits, the only way to get it is to regularly hire and promote people who don’t look like the current leadership. The task is to create not just the appearance of change, but a genuine commitment to creating equitable organizations and systems. Read More...

Collaboration & Co-Creation Organizational Governance

COP27: Holding Both Hope and Despair as We Fight For Every 0.1°C

Published on December 5, 2022

Written by Dr. Sally Uren OBE

About a 6 minute read

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. Read More...

Circular Economy

Closing the Loop: Rethinking Operations, the Economy to Save the Planet

Published on December 5, 2022

Written by John Hanselman

About a 6 minute read

Whether making a widget or a culinary treat, prioritizing a circular life cycle for products helps keep them out of waste streams until they are negligible — or better yet, they never land there. Read More...