🍃The Sustainability Top 10

Hi 🖐,

The end of year rush is evident in no webinars coming up (that’s a first!), but talk of water usage (at Google data centers and food companies), nature protection (UN report), circularity (EU waste standards, TikTok influencers vs. retailers) and doing sustainability marketing right remain strong topics this week as we had seen in the last few months. Here are The Green Tea's Top 10 actionable, innovation, and hot sustainability stories this week! 👇

1. (Reuters) Will it drive global standards? The European Commission is set to announce proposal with targets for recycled packaging in plastic drinks bottles and reuse of take-away cups and of packaging used for online deliveries 🥤

2. (The Hill) Funding to protect nature must double to meet the challenges of climate change, land degradation and the loss of biodiversity 🌳

3. (ESMC)(Report) Oh, oh 💧: most food companies have weak or no water management programs

4. (GreenBiz) Getting hot in there: here's how Google's data centers use water and tap into local water basins

5. (GreenBiz) Many of the world’s large food companies weren’t able to decouple their growth from rising supply chain emissions - only Danone and Nestlé managed to reduce their Scope 3 emissions 3️⃣

6. (GreenBiz) American companies are installing record-levels of solar 🌞 and now account for 14 percent of all installed solar capacity in the United States

7. (The Hill) The road to making flying green: Rolls-Royce has successfully tested a jet engine powered by green hydrogen ✈

8. (Just Capital) 48% of retail and hospitality workers surveyed considering leaving their jobs, and 59% of those said it was because their pay was too low

9. (IR Magazine) ESG disclosures: the red flags investors look for 🚩10. (Sustainable Brands)(Guide) New practical guide helps brand marketers “bring green to the mainstream” by developing and marketing sustainable choices for all consumers, not just those moved by sustainability claims ♻

+. (Sustainable Brands) Using social media for good as a way to increase brand trust while driving meaningful change

+. (GreenBiz) Dumpster diving amongst TikTok influencers is uncovering the exceptionally wasteful practices of some retailers

Happy reading 😊. Warm regards / saludos, Julio

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