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VF Corp leans in to the circular economy and regenerative ag

GreenBiz

Because of our scale, we know it's our responsibility to address textile waste and then overall be thinking about how to keep products in use for the long term, and to design out waste from the beginning,” said Jeannie Renne-Malone, who has served as the vice president of global sustainability at VF Corp since Sept.

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Hard truths from a decade of investing in regional food systems

GreenBiz

The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the inequities and fragility of our industrialized food system and accelerated the movement to create strong regional food systems that support local growers, provide food security, give communities agency over their food supply and yield environmental benefits. Meredith Storton.

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Funding Data and AI That Serve the Social Sector

Stanford Social Innovation

In my eyes, the social sector had a fantastic opportunity to not just catch up to the for-profit uses of tech that were changing industries and disrupting the world, but to instead race ahead with its own vision of success. Are our only options to charge ahead with innovation, hoping for the best?

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Healing Systems

Stanford Social Innovation

Yet the impact of trauma remains all but absent from mainstream discourse about systems change. Unless we acknowledge trauma, engage with it, and find ways to support individual and collective healing, our systems will stay stuck. If we don’t talk about it and acknowledge it, then it’s very difficult to bring about change,” she added.

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Meet the 50 fastest-growing green companies in Canada

Corporate Knights

Last fall, an ambitious survey covering 10 countries found that 84% of young people aged 16 to 25 are at least “moderately worried” about climate change – and 59% are extremely worried. They don’t see the “adults” – in business or government – making any of the hard decisions required to avoid the climate crisis. In Squamish, B.C.,

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How the Navajo got their day in the sun

GreenBiz

A young team saddled with ambition and support from their tribal government, this largely native-owned company, Navajo Power , was getting ready to build a major solar project in one of the poorest communities in America. . Clean energy can be our bridge.". It is clearly going up, due to the virus. A company to watch, and learn from.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Our honorees for 2021 are intrepid startup founders, tenacious corporate innovators and determined public servants. We’d like to express our appreciation to the World Business Council for Sustainable Business and Net Impact for helping to cast a global net for this year’s nominees. Clean energy for Native American communities.

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