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08/12/2024
Ep. 32: Commercializing Sustainability with Phil White of Grounded
Guest: Phil White

39 min 56 sec

08/05/2024
Ep. 31: Cutting the Crap with Morgan Mixon and Rima Suppan of Peachies
Guests: Morgan Mixon, Rima Suppan

30 min 56 sec

05/28/2024 Member Exclusive
Ep. 29 (Member Exclusive): Greening Grocery with Suzy Monford of Foodsport International
Guest: Suzy Monford

44 min 54 sec

05/28/2024
Ep. 29: Greening Grocery with Suzy Monford of Foodsport International
Guest: Suzy Monford

44 min 54 sec

05/16/2024 Member Exclusive
Ep. 28 (Member Exclusive): Repurposing Capitalism to Scale what Works with Minchan Park of Unreasonable Group
Guest: Minchan Park

45 min 27 sec

05/16/2024
Ep. 28: Repurposing Capitalism to Scale what Works with Minchan Park of Unreasonable Group
Guest: Minchan Park

31 min 30 sec

05/09/2024 Member Exclusive
Ep. 26 (Member Exclusive): Driving Traffic, Sales and Unit Economics with Amazon’s Climate and Sustainability Programs
Guest: Keith Anderson

35 min 47 sec

05/09/2024
Ep. 26: Driving Traffic, Sales and Unit Economics with Amazon’s Climate and Sustainability Programs
Guest: Keith Anderson

35 min 47 sec

04/18/2024 Member Exclusive
Ep. 24 (Member Exclusive): Sustainability without Compromise with Mark Rushmore, Co-founder and CCO of SURI
Guest: Mark Rushmore

35 min 46 sec

04/18/2024
Ep. 24: Sustainability without Compromise with Mark Rushmore, Co-founder and CCO of SURI
Guest: Mark Rushmore

25 min 27 sec

04/11/2024 Member Exclusive
Ep. 23 (Member Exclusive): Calculating and Communicating Food Emissions with Matthew Isaacs of My Emissions
Guest: Matthew Isaacs

36 min 03 sec

04/11/2024
Ep. 23: Calculating and Communicating Food Emissions with Matthew Isaacs of My Emissions
Guest: Matthew Isaacs

27 min 24 sec

04/04/2024 Member Exclusive
Ep. 22 (Member Exclusive): Cleaning up Cleaning with Ryan Lupberger of Cleancult
Guest: Ryan Lupberger

31 min 25 sec

04/04/2024
Ep. 22: Cleaning up Cleaning with Ryan Lupberger of Cleancult
Guest: Ryan Lupberger

23 min 27 sec

03/28/2024 Member Exclusive
Ep. 21 (Member Exclusive): The Potential of Smart Packaging in Sustainable CPG with Adhithi Aji of Adrich
Guest: Adhithi Aji

34 min 44 sec

03/28/2024
Ep. 21: The Potential of Smart Packaging in Sustainable CPG with Adhithi Aji of Adrich
Guest: Adhithi Aji

26 min 15 sec

03/21/2024 Member Exclusive
Ep. 20 (Member Exclusive): Sustainable Growth with Chris Perry of Firstmovr
Guest: Chris Perry

47 min 19 sec

03/21/2024
Ep. 20: Sustainable Growth with Chris Perry of Firstmovr
Guest: Chris Perry

33 min 49 sec

03/14/2024 Member Exclusive
Ep. 19 (Member Exclusive): Roadmap to Net Zero with Autumn Fox of Mars
Guest: Autumn Fox

38 min 54 sec

03/14/2024
Ep. 19: Roadmap to Net Zero with Autumn Fox of Mars
Guest: Autumn Fox

28 min 10 sec

03/07/2024 Member Exclusive
Ep. 18 (Member Exclusive): Increasing Efficiency and Lowering Emissions at the Last Mile with Mike Robinson of The 8th Notch
Guest: Mike Robinson

44 min 30 sec

03/07/2024
Ep. 18: Increasing Efficiency and Lowering Emissions at the Last Mile with Mike Robinson of The 8th Notch
Guest: Mike Robinson

32 min 19 sec

02/29/2024 Member Exclusive
Ep. 17 (Member Exclusive): Circularity with Seaweed with Julia Marsh of Sway
Guest: Julia Marsh

26 min 32 sec

02/29/2024
Ep. 17: Circularity with Seaweed with Julia Marsh of Sway
Guest: Julia Marsh

23 min 16 sec

02/22/2024 Member Exclusive
Ep. 16 (Member Exclusive): Reinventing the Wine Bottle with Santiago Navarro of Packamama
Guest: Santiago Navarro

48 min 31 sec

02/22/2024
Ep. 16: Reinventing the Wine Bottle with Santiago Navarro of Packamama
Guest: Santiago Navarro

37 min 32 sec

02/08/2024 Member Exclusive
Ep. 14 (Member Exclusive): Reuse Realism with Mike Newman, Founder and CEO of Returnity
Guest: Mike Newman

44 min 45 sec

02/08/2024
Ep. 14: Reuse Realism with Mike Newman, Founder and CEO of Returnity
Guest: Mike Newman

32 min 38 sec

01/25/2024 Member Exclusive
Ep. 12 (Member Exclusive): Closing out Food Waste with Kari Morris of Martie
Guest: Kari Morris

35 min 26 sec

01/25/2024
Ep. 12: Closing out Food Waste with Kari Morris of Martie
Guest: Kari Morris

26 min 32 sec

01/18/2024 Member Exclusive
Ep. 11 (Member Exclusive): Scaling Sustainability with Francesca Hahn of Mondelēz
Guest: Francesca Hahn

41 min 45 sec

01/18/2024
Ep. 11: Scaling Sustainability with Francesca Hahn of Mondelēz
Guest: Francesca Hahn

30 min 47 sec

01/11/2024 Member Exclusive
Ep. 10 (Member Exclusive): Unpacking Refill and Reuse Packaging with Catherine Conway of GoUnpackaged
Guest: Catherine Conway

45 min 30 sec

01/11/2024
Ep. 10: Unpacking Refill and Reuse Packaging with Catherine Conway of GoUnpackaged
Guest: Catherine Conway

33 min 09 sec

12/14/2023 Member Exclusive
Ep. 9 (Member Exclusive): Sustainability 2.0 with Danielle Jezienicki, Founder of Impact FWD
Guest: Danielle Jezienicki

47 min 21 sec

12/14/2023
Ep. 9: Sustainability 2.0 with Danielle Jezienicki, Founder of Impact FWD
Guest: Danielle Jezienicki

38 min 18 sec

12/07/2023 Member Exclusive
Ep. 8 (Member Exclusive): Resilient Agriculture with Berk Bahceci of Heraclea
Guest: Berk Bahceci

50 min 17 sec

12/07/2023
Ep. 8: Resilient Agriculture with Berk Bahceci of Heraclea
Guest: Berk Bahceci

33 min 01 sec

11/30/2023 Member Exclusive
Ep. 7 (Member Exclusive): The Future of Food with David Bryngelsson of CarbonCloud
Guest: David Bryngelsson

48 min 54 sec

11/30/2023
Ep. 7: The Future of Food with David Bryngelsson of CarbonCloud
Guest: David Bryngelsson

32 min 00 sec

11/23/2023 Member Exclusive
Ep. 6 (Member Exclusive): Decarbonizing with Data with Tanvi Patel of SPINS
Guest: Tanvi Patel

54 min 56 sec

11/23/2023
Ep. 6: Decarbonizing with Data with Tanvi Patel of SPINS
Guest: Tanvi Patel

45 min 23 sec

11/02/2023 Member Exclusive
Ep. 3 (Member Exclusive): Planet-Friendly Pet Food with Caroline Buck of Petaluma
Guest: Caroline Buck

44 min 01 sec

11/02/2023
Ep. 3: Planet-Friendly Pet Food with Caroline Buck of Petaluma
Guest: Caroline Buck

32 min 10 sec

11/02/2023 Member Exclusive
Ep. 2 (Member Exclusive): Decarbonizing Fulfillment & Logistics with George Wojciechowski of Manifest
Guest: George Wojciechowski

47 min 12 sec

11/02/2023
Ep. 2: Decarbonizing Fulfillment & Logistics with George Wojciechowski of Manifest
Guest: George Wojciechowski

31 min 42 sec

11/02/2023
Ep. 1: Designing for Impact and Customer Experience with Nora Schaper of HiBAR
Guest: Nora Schaper

31 min 41 sec

11/02/2023 Member Exclusive
Ep. 1 (Member Exclusive): Designing for Impact and Customer Experience with Nora Schaper of HiBAR
Guest: Nora Schaper

45 min 50 sec

Insights

Report

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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Report
Member Exclusive

Report: Reuse and Refill Packaging in Retail, Ecommerce, and CPG

With the environmental and health impacts of single-use plastics a growing focus for regulators and consumers, refillable and reusable packaging are emerging as a high-interest alternative to be explored. In…

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Article

Mars details Net Zero roadmap, commits $1 billion over three years

Mars has published details of its plan to halve its full value chain emissions by 2030 (versus a 2015 baseline), supported by an investment of USD 1 billion over the…

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Article

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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Report
Member Exclusive

Report: Product-Level Climate Footprinting and Labeling

Though carbon labeling isn’t yet a widely adopted decarbonization strategy, product-level climate footprinting & labeling are increasingly strategic decarbonization tools for CPG & food-related retailers and brands, helping them respond to consumer demand and prepare for possible carbon taxe...

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Article

Amazon launches Sustainability Solutions Hub for sellers

During its Amazon Accelerate 2023 event, Amazon introduced the Amazon Sustainability Solutions Hub, expected to appear in Seller Central for all sellers in the U.S., France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and…

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Article

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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Article

Coca-Cola and Greycroft launch $137.7M fund to drive sustainability investments

Coca-Cola and eight of its bottling partners have teamed up with venture capital firm Greycroft to create a $137.7m fund focused on sustainability investments.

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Article

Sprouts 2022 ESG report signals smaller stores

Sprouts Farmers Market, one of the largest and fastest-growing specialty retailers of fresh, natural, and organic food in the US, released its 2022 ESG report, highlighting plans to open smaller stores and findings from its first-ever Scope 3 emissions inventory.

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Article

Descartes Systems study finds consumers demand sustainable delivery options

Descartes Systems Group Inc. has released its 2nd Annual Home Delivery Sustainability Study, which highlights the increasing importance of sustainability in home delivery and how retailers can meet consumers' expectations. The report is based on a survey of over 3,000 consumers across the Un...

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Article

Walmart evolves its omnichannel fulfillment network to reduce cost, waste, and emissions

Walmart recently announced new initiatives aimed at reducing waste and creating a more sustainable omnichannel fulfillment network. The retailer is taking several measures to reduce packaging waste and emissions associated with online orders.

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Article

Nivea’s Jérôme Lerouge discusses sustainable packaging challenges and wins

In a recent interview with Cory Connors of the Sustainable Packaging podcast, Jérôme Lerouge, Head of Packaging Development for Beiersdorf's Nivea brand, shared insights into the company's progress towards sustainable packaging.

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Profiles

Peelon
Peelon brings solutions to the gaps in the global food supply chain industry by providing a paten...
Newark, DE
Food Waste Packaging
CauliBox
CauliBox is a UK-based reusable food packaging provider offering digitally-enabled reusable food ...
London, United Kingdom
Packaging Scope 3
Zerocircle
Zerocircle makes ocean-safe materials from seaweed
Mumbai, India
Packaging
Recyda
Recyda helps companies along the packaging value chain assess recyclability with software and dat...
Freiburg, Germany
Data & Analytics Packaging
Sway
Sway makes home-compostable packaging derived from seaweed, a naturally abundant and regenerative...
San Francisco, CA
Packaging
Nohbo
Nohbo creates innovative waste free technologies that melt away with water and leave no trace behind
Palm Bay, FL
Packaging
Woola
Woola makes packaging made of leftover sheep wool to reduce plastic waste from online shopping
Tallinn, Estonia
Packaging Scope 3
Dispatch Goods
Dispatch Goods is a reusable container marketplace that partners with restaurants, businesses, an...
San Francisco, CA
Packaging Scope 3
Eco Products
Eco-Products offers packaging with real environmental benefits, works with customers to improve c...
Boulder, CO
Packaging
Kelpi
Kelpi is a world-leading sustainable materials innovation business - harnessing the properties of...
Bristol, United Kingdom
Packaging
Terracycle Loop
Loop is a global reuse platform enabled by a multistakeholder coalition of manufacturers, retaile...
Trenton, NJ
Packaging Scope 3
Ecologic Brands
Ecologic Brands designs and manufactures hybrid paper bottles, offering a smarter packaging alter...
Manteca, CA
Packaging
Shellworks
Shellworks makes packaging from up-cycled waste and is a non polluting fertiliser at its end of l...
London, United Kingdom
Packaging
Pyxo
Pyxo integrates reuse into the heart of your brand
Paris, France
Packaging
Bibak
Bibak offers technology and services to enable reusable and refillable packaging, including incen...
Paris, France
Packaging Scope 3
Algramo
Algramo is a circular platform that allows you to buy your favorite products in reusable packagin...
Santiago, Chile
Packaging Scope 3
One-Five
One.five is a biomaterials research, development and scale-up company, providing circular, cleane...
Hamburg, Germany
Packaging
Recup
Recup and Rebowl is Germany’s largest reusable packaging system for food service businesses
Munich, Germany
Packaging
Genecis
Genecis is solving the climate crises of organic waste and plastic pollution with one circular ec...
Toronto, Canada
Food Waste Packaging
Loliware
Loliware, the world’s first seaweed resin company, is replacing single-use plastics
San Francisco, CA
Packaging
Notpla
Notpla is a material made from seaweed and plants that disappears naturally
London, United Kingdom
Packaging
Vericool
Vericool provides high-performing thermal shippers for cold chain products, made from natural ing...
Livermore, CA
Packaging Scope 3
Great Wrap
Great Wrap makes compostable stretch wrap made from food waste
Sorrento, Australia
Packaging Scope 3
Sourceful
Sourceful makes it easier than ever to create more sustainable packaging. Design online in minute...
Manchester, United Kingdom
Carbon Management Packaging Scope 3
APK
With a novel solvent-based recycling technology, APK produces of high-quality plastics from post-...
Merseburg, Germany
Recycling Scope 3
AMP Robotics
AMP Robotics applies AI-powered automation to economically and sustainably improve the global rec...
Louisville, CO
Recycling Scope 3
RWDC Industries
RWDC Industries is on a mission to replace petroleum-derived materials with safe, sustainable alt...
Athens, GA
Packaging Scope 3
Footprint
Footprint is a materials science company founded to create a healthier planet, inventing and manu...
Gilbert, AZ
Packaging Scope 3
LanzaTech
With LanzaTech's carbon capture, utilization, and storage technology, carbon emissions are fed to...
Skokie, IL
Carbon Management Materials Scope 1 Scope 2 Scope 3
Closed Loop Partners
Closed Loop Partners is at the forefront of building the circular economy. The company is compris...
New York, NY
Financial Services Packaging Scope 1 Scope 2 Scope 3
Circulate Capital
Circulate Capital launched in 2018 to invest in solutions for the ocean plastic crisis in South a...
Singapore
Financial Services Recycling Scope 1 Scope 2 Scope 3
EcoSPIRITS
ecoSPIRITS is a closed-loop distribution system that eliminates packaging waste in the premium sp...
Singapore
Packaging Scope 3
Plastics for Change
Plastics for Change is the largest source of fair-trade verified recycled plastic
Bangalore, India
Recycling Scope 3
CMC
CMC creates automated packaging and mailing solutions to optimize outbound and packaging process...
Città di Castello PG, Italy
Fulfillment Packaging Scope 3
Limeloop
LimeLoop’s reusable packaging for e-commerce retailers is powered by smart technology to bring vi...
San Francisco, CA
Fulfillment Packaging Scope 3
Atma.io
Atma.io by Avery Dennison is a platform that unlocks the power of connected products by assigning...
Mentor, OH
Carbon Management Scope 1 Scope 2 Scope 3
Super
Super is a nonprofit using the power of business to deplastify the world. Its mission is the glob...
San Francisco, CA
Carbon Management Scope 1 Scope 2 Scope 3
The Sustainability Consortium
The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) is a global organization transforming the consumer goods indu...
Tempe, AZ
Carbon Management Scope 1 Scope 2 Scope 3
Bluebird Climate
Bluebird's platform combines AI with landfill waste, recyclability, and climate data so you can d...
New York, NY
Carbon Accounting & Reporting Carbon Management Data & Analytics Scope 1 Scope 2 Scope 3
Manifest
Manifest is a 3PL that offers sustainable e-commerce fulfillment, with sustainable operations, pa...
Austin, TX
Fulfillment Packaging Scope 3
U.S. Plastics Pact
The U.S. Plastics Pact brings together businesses, not-for-profit organizations, government agenc...
Walpole, NH
Materials Scope 1 Scope 3
Packamama
Packamama is on a mission to fight against global warming by providing innovative, climate-friend...
London, United Kingdom
Packaging Scope 3
Ecosurety
Ecosurety is a compliance scheme that ensures its members comply with the UK's packaging, e-waste...
Bristol, United Kingdom
Carbon Management Packaging Scope 3
Ecoveritas
Ecoveritas is an environmental data specialist that provides a range of tools and expertise to br...
Oxford, United Kingdom
Carbon Management Packaging Scope 3
Packsize
Packsize tailors packaging solutions across the entire packaging process that are better for the ...
Salt Lake City, UT
Fulfillment Packaging Scope 3
Amcor
Amcor develops and produces responsible packaging for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, ho...
Zürich, Switzerland
Packaging Scope 3
Rhinopaq
With reusable shipping packaging, Rhinpaq protects forests and reduces CO2 in online retail
Essen, Germany
Fulfillment Packaging Scope 3
DeliverZero
DeliverZero is a network of returnable, reusable food containers that makes it easy for restauran...
New York, NY
Packaging Scope 3
Again
Again's decentralized network of cleaning tech enables brands to reuse packaging for the same pri...
London, United Kingdom
Packaging Scope 3
Replenish
Replenish is a reusable, durable spray bottle that attaches to pods with liquid concentrates rang...
Los Angeles, CA
Packaging Scope 3
Ecopod
Ecopods are smart-tech refill stations that refill home care and personal care products into reus...
Miami, FL
Packaging Scope 3
RCD Packaging
RCD specializes in turn-key compostable, bio-based or recyclable packaging solutions, from concep...
Boulder, CO
Carbon Management Packaging Scope 3
Zero Waste LLC
Zero Waste Recycling was founded in 2014 with the mission of becoming a nationwide waste consolid...
Charlotte, NC
Recycling Scope 3
GaeaStar
GaeaStar has developed a zero waste disposable clay cup to deliver a sustainable fine china exper...
Berlin, Germany
Packaging Scope 3
Dizzie
Dizzie addresses the problem of packaging waste in groceries. They help retailers and brands tran...
Nuneaton, England
Packaging Scope 3
Movo
Movo offers reusable packaging solutions and circular economy systems to eliminate single use pac...
Milan, Italy
Packaging Scope 3
No-boxx
No-boxx reusable packaging solutions are designed to help reduce single-use packaging waste and m...
Manchester, United Kingdom
Fulfillment