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Report: Decarbonizing Commerce: How climate regulation, industry action, and innovation are reshaping retail and consumer products

Climate-driven regulatory, industry, and investment activity focused on retail and consumer products has increased exponentially, and industry action is impacting the customer experience and ways of working as Scope 3 emissions become a bigger focus.

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Five takeaways from Walmart’s session at the Goldman Sachs Global Sustainability Forum

On September 27, 2023, Walmart Chief Sustainability Officer and EVP Kathleen McLaughlin spoke at the Goldman Sachs Global Sustainability Forum. You can view the full transcript of her session here.…

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Amazon says absolute emissions, carbon intensity declined in 2022

Amazon has released its 2022 sustainability report, detailing the company's progress towards reducing its environmental impact. The report highlights key initiatives and statistics related to carbon emissions, packaging, waste, and more.

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Zerocircle
Zerocircle makes ocean-safe materials from seaweed
Mumbai, India
Dipli
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Paris, France
Transparent Path
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Mango Materials
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Redwood City, CA
FR8relay
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Bentonville, Arkansas
Bringly
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Amsterdam, the Netherlands
The Climate Choice
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Hived
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London, United Kingdom
Recyda
Recyda helps companies along the packaging value chain assess recyclability with software and dat...
Freiburg, Germany
Woola
Woola makes packaging made of leftover sheep wool to reduce plastic waste from online shopping
Tallinn, Estonia
dClimate
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The Eighth Notch (T8N)
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Cirplus
Cirplus is the global marketplace for recyclates and plastic waste feedstock
Hamburg, Germany
Smart Green Shipping
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Devizes, United Kingdom
Terracycle
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Trenton, NJ
Waterplan
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San Francisco, CA
Zedify
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Cambridge, United Kingdom
Carbon Trust
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Fero Labs
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Worldfavor
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Epoch Biodesign
Epoch Biodesign designs and scales the first enzymes capable of transforming plastics into low-ca...
London, United Kingdom
Liefergrün
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Berlin, Germany
SupplyShift
SupplyShift is an end-to-end supply chain data management, responsible sourcing, and supplier eng...
Protein Evolution
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New Haven, CT
Greenly
Greenly makes carbon management simple and intuitive for companies of all sizes and every industr...
Manna
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Dublin. Ireland
Sourceful
Sourceful makes it easier than ever to create more sustainable packaging. Design online in minute...
Manchester, United Kingdom
Sinai Technologies
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Circulor
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Jitsu
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Zeem Solutions
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SmarterX
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Apkudo
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Makersite
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Stuttgart, Germany
Sweep
Sweep helps businesses track and act on their carbon, so they can become forever companies
Gatik
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Mountain View, CA
APK
With a novel solvent-based recycling technology, APK produces of high-quality plastics from post-...
Merseburg, Germany
GoBolt
GoBolt provides fulfillment, sustainable last mile delivery, and reverse logistics solutions in m...
Toronto, Canada
Volta Trucks
From the all-electric, zero-tailpipe emission drivetrain, to the central driving position Volta T...
Stockholm, Sweden
Zipline
Zipline designs, manufactures, and operates the world’s largest instant logistics and delivery sy...
San Francisco, CA
Einride
Einride’s connected electric trucks and charging solutions, intelligently coordinated by Einride ...
Stockholm, Sweden
Optoro
Optoro is using technology to solve a large, and growing, global problem -- unsold and returned p...
Washington, D.C.
Relex Solutions
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LanzaTech
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Back Market
Back Market is a global marketplace for refurbished electronic devices with the mission to fight ...
Paris, France
Closed Loop Partners
Closed Loop Partners is at the forefront of building the circular economy. The company is compris...
Circulate Capital
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Norrsken VC
Norrsken VC is one of Europe’s leading and largest impact focused early-stage VC funds
Stockholm, Sweden
Pale blue dot
Pale blue dot is a a seed-stage venture capital firm that backs the most exciting climate tech st...
Malmö, Sweden
AiiM Partners
AiiM Partners invests in technology-enabled companies addressing climate change while prioritizin...
Palo Alto, CA
Arctern Ventures
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Toronto, Canada
Better Ventures
Better Ventures backs founders leveraging scientific breakthroughs and emerging technologies in s...
Oakland, CA
Lowercarbon Capital
Lowercarbon Capital backs companies that make real money slashing CO2 emissions, sucking carbon o...
Box Group
Box Group invests up to $1M as early as the pre-seed round and as late as Series A with the hope ...
New York, NY
Enduring Planet
Enduring Planet offers climate entrepreneurs rapid financing without dilution, personal guarantee...
Portland, OR
Congruent Ventures
Leveraging decades of climate tech investing experience, Congruent Ventures supports early-stage ...
San Francisco, CA
Fifty Years
Fifty Years is an early stage VC firm based in San Francisco, backed by 44 founders of tech compa...
San Francisco, CA
Future Positive Capital
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Future Ventures
Future Ventures makes seed and early-stage investments in trailblazing, purpose-driven entreprene...
G2 Venture Partners
G2 invests in technology companies at their inflection points to build a sustainable future
Portola Valley, CA
Galvanize Climate Solutions
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San Francisco, CA
Giant Leap
Giant Leap Fund is an Australian venture capital fund that is 100% dedicated to investing in impa...
Melbourne, Australia
Giant Ventures
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London, United Kingdom
Hatch Blue
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Horizons Ventures
Horizons invests in deep science and technology that can propel humanity towards a radically bett...
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Blume Equity
Blume Equity is a European venture capital firm that partners with purpose-driven entrepreneurs w...
London, United Kingdom
The Climate Pledge Fund
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Seattle, WA
Keiki Capital
Keiki Capital builds, invest ins, and help accelerate early-stage companies that are deploying te...
Laguna Beach, CA
New Climate Ventures
New Climate Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in innovative carbon reduct...
Houston, TX
Third Derivative (D3)
Founded by RMI and New Energy Nexus, Third Derivative (D3) is accelerating the rate of climate in...
Planet A Ventures
Planet A is an investment fund partnering with European green tech start-ups that have a signific...
Berlin, Germany
Climate Capital
Climate Capital backs exceptional founders addressing emissions reduction & climate adaptation
San Francisco, CA
Beyond Net Zero
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New York, NY
Generation
Generation invests globally in a concentrated, high conviction portfolio of public companies, int...
London, United Kingdom
Accelr8
ACCELR8 is an impact fund investing to accelerate the reduction and sequestration of greenhouse g...
Greenplan
Greenplan's routing algorithm helps B2C and B2B customers deliver on time and reduce carbon emiss...
Bonn, Germany
Carbonclick
Carbonclick enables “climate-friendly” shopping online with an e-commerce carbon offs...
Auckland, New Zealand
CMC
CMC creates automated packaging and mailing solutions to optimize outbound and packaging process...
Città di Castello PG, Italy
Limeloop
LimeLoop’s reusable packaging for e-commerce retailers is powered by smart technology to bring vi...
San Francisco, CA
Glow
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Nuevo
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London, United Kingdom
Adtricity
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Clean Creatives
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Scope3
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Super
Super is a nonprofit using the power of business to deplastify the world. Its mission is the glob...
San Francisco, CA
Atma.io
Atma.io by Avery Dennison is a platform that unlocks the power of connected products by assigning...
Carbon Checkout
Carbon Checkout is designed as a plug-in software application that integrates into existing eComm...
Mahón, Spain
Carbon Footprint Standard
The Carbon Footprint Standard helps organizations track and reduce carbon emissions 'at source' a...
Hampshire, United Kingdom
The Sustainability Consortium
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Green the Bid
Green the Bid is a nonprofit inspiring and supporting the advertising industry's shift to sustain...
Sedex
Sedex supplies data-driven insight, tools and services to help companies continuously improve env...
London, United Kingdom
CO2ai
Incubated by BCG, CO2ai's sustainability-as-a-service software helps companies measure, track and...
Paris, France
Manifest
Manifest is a 3PL that offers sustainable e-commerce fulfillment, with sustainable operations, pa...
Austin, TX
U.S. Plastics Pact
The U.S. Plastics Pact brings together businesses, not-for-profit organizations, government agenc...
Walpole, NH
Erthos
Erthos develops materials and additives as alternatives to plastics, compatible with existing man...
Mississauga, Canada
Ecosurety
Ecosurety is a compliance scheme that ensures its members comply with the UK's packaging, e-waste...
Bristol, United Kingdom
Ecoveritas
Ecoveritas is an environmental data specialist that provides a range of tools and expertise to br...
Oxford, United Kingdom
Packsize
Packsize tailors packaging solutions across the entire packaging process that are better for the ...
Salt Lake City, UT
Rhinopaq
With reusable shipping packaging, Rhinpaq protects forests and reduces CO2 in online retail
Essen, Germany
Recycle Track Systems
RTS designs custom solutions to meet the waste goals of even the largest businesses and propertie...
New York, NY
BrightDrop
BrightDrop enables businesses to re-imagine logistics for an all-electric future with solutions b...
Palo Alto, CA
EvDynamics
EvDynamics specializes in electric vehicles (EV), batteries, and mining, with solutions to electr...
Wan Chai, Hong Kong
ULaaDs
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Bremen, Germany
Urbanized
Urbanized develops and demonstrates the next generation of modular vehicle architectures for urba...
Madrid, Spain
TradeBeyond
TradeBeyond streamlines sourcing and product development through greater control and real-time da...
San Diego, CA
GoodShipping
GoodShipping puts the power of sustainable shipping into the hands of cargo owners and freight fo...
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
BigMile
BigMile carbon analytics helps shippers, logistics service providers, and field service companies...
Maarssen, the Netherlands
FinMile
With a fleet of electric cargo bikes, employee riders, and city centre micro-fulfilment hubs FinM...
London, United Kingdom
Bodo
Upgrade your e-commerce with sustainable 30-minute and same-day delivery
London, United Kingdom
Canoo
Canoo designs and builds EVs including multi-purpose delivery vehicles, enabling electrification ...
Torrance, CA
Arrive Recommerce
Effortlessly resell second quality returns and start generating revenue with a brand-certified re...
Santa Monica, CA
Movo
Movo offers reusable packaging solutions and circular economy systems to eliminate single use pac...
Milan, Italy
Cloverly
Cloverly provides an API that calculates the emissions created from a particular activity (like s...
Atlanta, GA
No-boxx
No-boxx reusable packaging solutions are designed to help reduce single-use packaging waste and m...
Manchester, United Kingdom
Fillogic
Fillogic provides a suite of micrologistic solutions to make middle- and final-mile logistics eff...
New York, NY
DroneUp
DroneUp is developing a last-mile delivery system that will not only provide swift and simple loc...
Virginia Beach, VA
Returnity
Returnity provides reusable packaging solutions to companies and organizations
Brooklyn, NY
Bound Boxes
Bound is a more convenient and sustainable way to ship, allowing consumers to return boxes throug...
Denver, CO
Tosca
Tosca is a global leader in reusable plastic packaging and performance pooling solutions, purpose...
Atlanta, GA
RePack
RePack introduces Reuse as a service, where packaging is reusable & returnable, and users rewarded
Helsinki, Finland
Happy Returns
Happy Returns specializes in providing a streamlined and convenient solution for in-person return...
Santa Monica, CA
Releaf Paper
World's first paper from fallen leaves
Lyon, France
hey circle
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Munich, Germany
Re-Zip
Re-Zip is a circular packaging concept for the eCommerce industry
Aarhus, Denmark
EcoEnclose
Earth-friendly packaging, shipping solutions, and guidance
Louisville, CO
Wing
Wing designs, manufactures, and deploys delivery drones that meet the aviation industry’s highest...
Palo Alto, CA
Good-Loop
Good-Loop wraps existing video ads with "Watch to Donate" and "Act to Donate" formats to drive br...
London, United Kingdom
LivingPackets
LivingPackets has invented THE BOX: a sustainable, secure and smart packaging, that enables fanta...
Nantes, France
Cove
A material science company re-engineering the products most polluting the world
Los Angeles, CA
Pickler
Pickler produces CO2-equivalent footprints for packaging, enabling ecommerce teams and shoppers t...
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
PureCycle
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Orlando, FL
Refurbed
Refurbed is the fastest-growing online marketplace for refurbished products in Europe. Its produc...
Vienna, Austria
MarinaTex
MarinaTex is developing a new material from seafood waste and algae, designed as a planet conscio...
Brighton, United Kingdom
RAIKU Packaging
RAIKU produces 100% compostable, beautiful and protective packaging to substitute single use plas...
Tallinn, Estonia
Phantm
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FlexSea
FlexSea is a sustainable-packaging company aiming to replace traditional petroleum plastic film w...
London, United Kingdom
Gently
Gently is introducing a new decentralized logistics system to improve America's supply chain
Los Angeles, CA
Packmatic
Packmatic is the leading digital purchasing platform for packaging in Europe and aims to bring mo...
Berlin, Germany
Lactips
Lactips offers a cold water soluble bioplastic (films, bags, cold hydrosoluble material for 3D pr...
Saint-Paul-en-Jarez, France
Net Zero Logistics
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New York, NY
Vargas Holding
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Stockholm, Sweden
Paccurate
Paccurate helps businesses pack more efficiently to reduce costs and waste. It's the most advance...
Brooklyn, NY
Breaking
Breaking is a plastic degradation company gestated at Colossal Biosciences that uses synthetic bi...
Boston, MA
DutchX
DutchX is an industry leader in sustainable, tech-enabled urban logistics. Running large-scale, s...
New York, NY
Boxologic
Box-on-Demand Robotics. Using today’s standard technology, the average shipped e-commerce package...
Boston, MA
Sorted
Sorted is on its mission to reduce waste globally. It is building AI-powered solutions to help wa...
London, United Kingdom
Pipedream Labs
Pipedream is an autonomous underground rail system that offers near-instantaneous delivery of obj...
Austin, TX
Packfleet
Carbon-neutral, tech-driven deliveries for every e-commerce business
London, United Kingdom
Variable
Create low carbon products without greenwashing. Variable helps businesses decarbonize their valu...
Oslo, Norway
Wildplastic
Together with its partners Wildplastic® recovers plastic waste material and processes it into new...
Hamburg, Germany
Hipli
The reusable package that stands out against e-commerce waste
Le Havre, France
Opopop
The first reusable and consigned package
Lyon, France
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