🍃The Sustainability Top 10

Hi 🖐,

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

1. (Reuters) Time to raise ambition: companies in the Group of Seven (G7) are tracking to a 2.7°C warming trajectory and failing to meet Paris Climate Agreement objectives 

2. (Science) Meanwhile, a new study shows that exceeding 1.5°C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points 😳

3. (G&A) (Article+Report) Ecovadis Carbon Maturity report gives us some clues were companies' carbon emissions gaps are and where action is being taken 🏭

4. (UNGC) (eTraining) How to take 6️⃣ practical steps to integrate the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact into your small or medium-sized business even with limited time and resources

5. (On) (Product) Reducing waste with On's shoe subscription: the shoe that you’ll never own (for tennis fans, Roger Federer is a company team member) 👟

6. (Pinterest) (Example) How Pinterest is building a sustainable workplace and incorporating nature and biophilic design into its built environment 🌵

7. (GreenBiz) Walmart says it reached the halfway point of Project Gigaton, its supply chain Scope 3 emissions reduction program

8. (WEF/Instagram) Taking the waste out of restaurant takeouts 🍴 - some of the companies in this video are unexpected

9. (GreenBiz) Slew of initiatives across the globe trying to make fashion world more sustainable, but simplest solution might be ignoring seasonal trends and buying clothing that lasts 👚

10. (GreenBiz) Where was Big Tech on historic climate legislation? The answer might surprise you (not in a good way)

+ (Pitchbook) (Report) VC investment in carbon tech - carbon removal, accounting, fintech, etc - had its strongest ever quarter in Q2-22 ($2 billion in funding)

+ (The Hill) Putting aside the recent pen debacles...🙊, the newly crowned King Charles III 👑 brings a longstanding commitment to combatting climate change and has been an enviromentalist as far back to at least 1970 

*top business actionable, innovation, and hot topics stories

Happy reading 😊. Warm regards / saludos, Julio

Events

(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

(Sustainable Brands) Sep 27 Will fears of a recession slow sustainability progress? Learn how industry experts are navigating these changing times.

(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

(Reuters) Oct 13 The Responsible Business Awards