🍃The Sustainability Top 10

Hi 🖐,

The Green Tea's Top 10 stories* this week are:

1. (Sustainable Brands) Majority of US consumers say they will pay more for sustainable products 💲

2. (The Hill) “Zombie” 🧟‍♂️ ice from Greenland will raise sea levels by 10 inches, twice as much as previously forecast

3. (National Geographic) The dark side of natural products: are the wild plant ingredients in your everyday cosmetics, food, and medicine harming the environment? 💄

4. (Just Capital) For job searchers, $20 per hour is the new $15

5. (Sustainable Brands) Finnish bio-based innovations and startups could be game-changers for plastic packaging

6. (The Hill) Despite economic and energy woes, climate change still top concern among citizens in advanced economies 🥵

7. (Bloomberg) A fund outperforms all peers with toughest ESG strategy

8. (WEF/IG) With voluntary carbon markets' growing demand and scrutiny, this startup telling you which carbon credits are the real deal is one of many expected innovators 🌳

9. (The Hill) Drought and heat are putting added strain on the global network of water-dependent datacenters 💿 that power digital economy

10. (CNN) Florida 🌞 becoming key testing ground for the battle on ESG and culture wars between politicians and businesses

+(Instagram) What companies made the list of plastic polluters? This organization is doing waste accounting and it does not look good for some big companies…

*top business actionable, innovation, and hot topics stories

Happy reading 😊. Warm regards / saludos, Julio

Events:

(UNGC) Sep 8 Information session for the SDG Ambition Accelerator

(Reuters) Sep 8 Webinar: Sustainability Supplier Collaboration Webinar with General Motors, Google and Salesforce

(WRI) Sep 9 How Investing in Partnerships Can Accelerate the SDGs

(Ceres) Sep 12 - Dec 12 UC Berkeley and Ceres offering an ESG certification designed for current and aspiring corporate directors.

(UNGC) Sep 13 Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) 101 Webinar

(ISSP) Sep 14 Webinar: Bringing Circularity to the Built Environment and Real Estate

(GreenBiz) Sep 14 The State of Climate Tech Funding

(GreenBiz) Sep 15 Trick or Trash: Fostering Circular Economy Participation through Education

(Sustainable Brands) Sep 15 Marketing on Purpose: Building a Movement

(Climate Group) Sep 19-25 Climate Week Events

(Nest Summit) Sep 20-21 Nest Summit NYC - taking climate action

(CSE) Sep 22, 23 & 26 ($) Certified Sustainability (ESG)Practitioner Program, Advanced Edition 2022

(Fast Company) Sep 23 ($) Apply for Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies | Sustainability Categories

(TBLI) Sep 29 ($) The Clean Energy Transition: How Capital Markets React and why Fossil Fuels are Doomed

(GRI) Sep 29 Masterclass on Corporate Reporting as a Driver to Achieving the SDGs | Business Strategy

(Reuters) Oct 3-4 Reuters IMPACT

(Economist) Oct 3-6 Sustainability week: Countdown to COP27

(ISSP) Oct 5 Webinar: How Low-Energy Buildings Support Energy Security & Net-Zero Goals

(ISSP) Oct 5, 12, 19 & 26 Building the Business Case for Sustainability