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Lessons from 3 emerging bio-based material technologies

GreenBiz

Loliware was founded in 2016 in pursuit of "a radical leap towards [a sustainable packaging] future." As Ananas Anam grows, so do its social and sustainability efforts as it further builds a Philippines-based supply chain and promotes local culture and resilience. . Turning algae into straws that are 'designed to disappear'.

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Cooking the books: The magical math of ‘climate-friendly’ meat

Corporate Knights

Nestlé is paying ranchers for regenerative grazing practices that get sold as carbon credits. General Mills makes a regenerative-beef protein bar that it claims offsets 80% of its greenhouse gas emissions through regenerating soil practices.” Walmart Canada stocks 2.5 The practice of branding meat as climate-friendly isn’t new.

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

GreenBiz

The average American spends $2,392 per year on food while the average Kenyan spends $543 per year on food (World Economic Forum, 2016). Companies have targets that push them to fix their own supply chain, but this can lead to simply shifting the problem to another company’s supply chain. To reach a 1.5

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China’s new frontier for VOC regulations

GreenBiz

For any company operating in or with significant supply chain exposure to China, building an understanding of the national and local regulatory landscape and best practices related to VOC mitigation recently has become a vital step to reducing the risk of business interruption arising from environmental enforcement that began in 2016.

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Building Supply Chains Where Smallholder Farmers Thrive

Stanford Social Innovation

Research in 2021 from the Farmer Income Lab —a “think-do tank” founded by the multinational company Mars and comprised of companies, NGOs, and civil society organizations— estimated that up to 70 percent of farmers in agricultural supply chains may be living below the global poverty line of $3.20

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Take the Natural Path to Long-term Value

Chris Hall

Asset managers must recognise that degrading ecosystems directly impact markets, supply chains, and long-term returns. Sustainable supply chain practices reduce reliance on volatile resources, lowering long-term operational expenses.

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Startup Allotrope Raises $6.7 Million to Make Batteries from Trees

ESG Today

Founded in 2016, UK-based Allotrope has developed technology enabling major improvements in the capability of high-rate carbon anodes for energy storage applications allowing for significantly faster charge times, similar to fueling an internal combustion engine vehicle, while reducing safety hazards associated with other lithium-ion technologies.