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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni
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29.6.2020 |
GreenBiz.com |
| Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni Heather Clancy Mon, 06/29/2020 - 02:30
June 22 marked the publication of the fifth annual GreenBiz 30 Under 30 , our report celebrating rising young professionals in the field of corporate sustainability.
What’s up in the worlds of the 120 alumni from past lists? We reached out this spring to check in, asking those inclined to weigh in on how current events have changed their world views. We asked them to consider two questions:
With the world turned upside down, what is your focus at work?
Do you think the COVID-19 crisis marks a turning point for the sustainability movement?
Following are some of their responses, lightly edited, representing perspective from all four past cohorts. We did not specifically ask the alumni to consider the broader question of systemic racism, as our outreach was completed prior to the national protests triggered by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. But look for future updates and essays on this topic, such as ... |
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Where Unilever's product labeling initiative could have a huge impact
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26.6.2020 |
GreenBiz.com |
| Where Unilever's product labeling initiative could have a huge impact Jim Giles Fri, 06/26/2020 - 01:00
One of the most significant projects in sustainable food in 2020 was unveiled last week. The news is important partly because of the company involved: CPG behemoth Unilever, which reaches 2.5 billion consumers every day through 400 brands, which range from Ben & Jerry’s to Hellmann’s and appear on shelves in 190 countries.
The other reason is that the plan is genuinely ambitious . The company is committing to net-zero emissions from all products by 2039, spending $1 billion on climate and nature projects over 10 years, and planning on labeling each of its products with information about the carbon emitted in the product’s creation.
This last point is particularly significant. Consumers, especially younger adults, consistently say that climate concerns influence their purchasing. Yet this influence is diluted because most people have little insight into the emissions linked to specific products. ... |
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Whether pandemic or climate crisis, you better get your data right
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25.6.2020 |
Design & Innovation | GreenBiz.com |
| Whether pandemic or climate crisis, you better get your data right Paolo Natali Thu, 06/25/2020 - 00:30
According to polls, it was mid-March when most of us in the United States understood the severity of COVID-19. At the same time, we collectively were searching for data to drive lifesaving decision-making. Close all business and keep people inside homes? Or allow some degree of freedom? What would be the exact growth curve of virus cases, and most important, how could we flatten it? By early April, a consensus had emerged around the role of accurate data, even if it could not help contain a first wave of infections.
This lesson on the importance of actionable data did not go unnoticed for those of us working on industrial decarbonization. With growing consensus on the gravity of the climate crisis, countries and companies are adopting carbon reduction targets. If we are to learn from the pandemic, there’s one critical element for any effort to have a chance of success. Less catchy than a target ... |
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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan
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23.6.2020 |
Design & Innovation | GreenBiz.com |
| Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan Tom Baruch Tue, 06/23/2020 - 01:30
The global COVID-19 pandemic is a historic Black Swan event that offers a Green Swan of opportunities to harvest innovation from 50 years of converging exponential technologies. We are presented with a rare opportunity to invest in new innovations, rebuild our data and power infrastructures and supply chains to restore and strengthen the economy while healing the environment.
According to author Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Black Swans are unexpected, hard-to-predict events that result in extreme, unintended consequences. The coronavirus pandemic is a classic Black Swan. Over the past few weeks, we have witnessed countries and states scrambling for personal protective equipment and ventilators. Oil tankers are carrying millions of tons of oil with nowhere to go. Farmers are destroying food and supermarket shelves are missing essential items across the nation. These events, made visible by the COVID-19 virus, ... |
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Two things to do now to avoid supply chain disruption later
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15.6.2020 |
Main Feed - Environmental Defense |
| Two things to do now to avoid supply chain disruption later |
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A 20/20 view of sustainable packaging
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15.6.2020 |
Resource Efficiency | GreenBiz.com |
| A 20/20 view of sustainable packaging Cheryl Baldwin Mon, 06/15/2020 - 00:00
This article is sponsored by Pure Strategies .
Sustainable packaging is a keystone issue for corporate sustainability. As one of the first environmental concerns companies began to tackle proactively, interest and efforts had notable resurgence in the last few years, partly spurred by the attention on ocean plastic.
Then the pandemic hit, and the market changed — characterized by higher demand for single-use packages and bags, and lower availability of recycled materials.
When we look ahead, are we on the path to a circular and sustainable system for packaging?
From paper vs. plastic to reusable vs. single use
Shopping bags have long been a focus in sustainability — from looking at greenhouse gas impacts (paper is higher) to litter (plastic has more challenges) and significant policy action. A shift away from a focus on single-use design emerged. Studies pointed out that bags that are effectively reused can be the best ... |
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8 Ways to Rebuild a Stronger Ocean Economy After COVID-19
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20.5.2020 |
WRI Stories |
| 8 Ways to Rebuild a Stronger Ocean Economy After COVID-19 Comments|Add Comment|PrintBuilding a more resilient blue economy after COVID-19 will be crucial to millions of people, including mariners. Photo by Nick Kocharhook/Flickr A version of this blog first appeared on World Economic Forum. Almost no facet of our global economy has been immune to the COVID-19 crisis. Much has been said about the disruption in more familiar sectors such as airlines, restaurants and sports — but the long arm...
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AB InBev VP: Our quest for 'agile' sustainable development continues
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19.5.2020 |
Energy & Climate | Greenbiz.com |
| AB InBev VP: Our quest for 'agile' sustainable development continues Heather Clancy Tue, 05/19/2020 - 02:37
Like most big companies with a complex multinational footprint, Anheuser-Busch InBev's sales slipped in the first quarter and the beer maker is embracing new financial discipline amid the coronavirus pandemic. But the company also has acted quickly to prop up key members of its value chain — from small liquor stores to farmers to restaurants — and the situation has galvanized its long-term corporate sustainability plans, according to Ezgi Barcenas, vice president of global sustainability for AB InBev.
"We really cannot lose these learnings and agility, and I think that's been a great learning and contribution of the pandemic — helping us to be more agile and to be more collaborative," she told GreenBiz during an interview in early May.
The beermaker’s 2025 goals pledge bold advances in water strategy, returnable or recyclable packaging, renewable energy procurement (its U.S. division in 2019 ... |
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COVID-19, 3D printing and the digital supply chain reckoning
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14.5.2020 |
Resource Efficiency | GreenBiz.com |
| COVID-19, 3D printing and the digital supply chain reckoning Heather Clancy Thu, 05/14/2020 - 03:28
Proponents of 3D printing technology and digital manufacturing solutions have been seeking their breakthrough moment for years. It took mere weeks to showcase their potential as enablers of flexible supply chains — capable of decentralizing worldwide production and responding to violent, unforeseen disruption.
Every day, there is news of some inspirational pivot that points toward the future possibilities for creating far more sustainable supply chains. The most vivid illustration, of course, is the literally hundreds of companies diverting at least some portion of their production capacity to creating urgently needed supplies for the medical community. It’s part altruism, part capitalism.
Just a few examples: 3D printing provider HP Inc. and its network of customers and partners has so far "printed" more than 1.5 million parts for front-line healthcare workers — components for face shields and PAPR hoods. ... |
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Here's what fringe consumers tell us about the post-pandemic marketplace
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13.5.2020 |
Small Business | GreenBiz.com |
| Here's what fringe consumers tell us about the post-pandemic marketplace Deonna Anderson Wed, 05/13/2020 - 00:06
For years, communications firm Shelton Group has been gathering data about "fringe" consumers through intensive, manual social media analysis about both environmental and social sustainability.
Why? Because while the fringe tends to be ahead of the curve when it comes to the trends, eventually some ideals of fringe consumers become mainstream. As just one example of a once-nascent idea, Shelton Group pointed to the call by buyers for consumer brand companies and others in the consumer products value chain to transition away from plastics that eventually end up in the ocean.
"The important piece of that is this is where you as a business and as a company and as a brand can take a look and understand something, that if it comes at you as a surprise, it’s a threat," said Susannah Enkema, vice president of research and insights at Shelton Group, during last week's GreenBiz webcast about what ... |
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Quantitative Easing for Economic Recovery Must Consider Climate Change
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12.5.2020 |
WRI Stories |
| Quantitative Easing for Economic Recovery Must Consider Climate Change Comments|Add Comment|PrintCentral banks like the Fed are tackling the economic fallout of COVID-19 with quantitative easing. Photo by Federal Reserve/Flickr. In response to the massive economic contraction stemming from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some central banks — including those of the United States, European Union, Japan and other major economies — are engaging in "quantitative easing" (QE) programs on an...
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Inside Eastman’s moonshot goal for endlessly circular plastics
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11.5.2020 |
GreenBiz.com |
| Inside Eastman’s moonshot goal for endlessly circular plastics Joel Makower Mon, 05/11/2020 - 00:44
At first glance, the sprawling industrial site, covering roughly 900 acres in Kingsport, Tennessee, appears to be just another chemical manufacturing facility. There are hundreds of buildings and countless miles of pipes, conveyors, distillers, cooling towers, valves, pumps, compressors and controls. It doesn’t exactly look or feel particularly noteworthy.
But something extraordinary is going on at this Eastman chemical plant: two breakthrough processes to turn waste plastics of all kinds back into new plastics, continuously, with no loss of quality.
Last year, the company announced two major initiatives:
Carbon renewal technology, or CRT, which breaks down waste plastic feedstocks to the molecular level before using them as building blocks to produce a wide range of materials and packaging. The company claims this enables waste plastics to be recycled an infinite number of times without degradation of ... |
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Two ways P&G is working toward its packaging goals
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6.5.2020 |
GreenBiz.com |
| Two ways P&G is working toward its packaging goals Deonna Anderson Tue, 05/05/2020 - 11:33
Procter & Gamble's Tide laundry detergent brand first introduced in January 2019 its "Eco-Box," which has been compared to a wine box because of its design made from paperboard with a tap for dispensing, in an effort to reduce the plastic in its packaging. In mid-May, the Eco-Boxes are becoming available for other fabric care product lines, including Tide purclean, Downy, Gain and Dreft.
The initiatives are related to P&G's current sustainability goals introduced in 2018, Ambition 2030, which include a commitment to make its packaging 100 percent recyclable or reusable by 2030.
Each business unit within P&G has its own approach, and the Eco-Box was one way P&G’s Fabric Care division set out to meet its packaging goal.
To be clear, the Eco-Box package still includes plastic — with the bag that holds the liquid detergent itself — but uses 60 percent less of it than the traditional packaging for P&G’s detergent ... |
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What's available from L.A.-area farmers and beyond during the shutdown, and how to get it
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4.5.2020 |
L.A. Times - Food & Dining |
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The new normal in sustainable investing post-COVID-19
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4.5.2020 |
Small Business | GreenBiz.com |
The time has passed for small commitments, hyperbole and delays in embracing sustainable investing. |
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Green bonds are growing bigger and broader
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4.5.2020 |
Design & Innovation | GreenBiz.com |
The variety of purposes has expanded beyond alternative energy to green building and sustainable-transport projects. And that's just a start. |
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Now more than ever, it seems we can't live without plastic
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1.5.2020 |
Resource Efficiency | GreenBiz.com |
Companies and governments are working to minimize environmental harm of plastic packaging and products, but they face a nuanced reality. |
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Why Amazon's commitment to working forests matters
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30.4.2020 |
Business Operations | GreenBiz.com |
It’s not just about carbon removal, it’s about creating or preserving economic opportunities in rural communities. |
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Coyuchi, full circularity and the challenge of textile recycling
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29.4.2020 |
Resource Efficiency | GreenBiz.com |
The home textiles company — and other players in the textile recycling space — want to show what's possible. |
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Farmers markets will open in Chicago area, but most are delayed and are adopting distancing rules
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27.4.2020 |
Chicago Tribune: Popular |
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