🍃The Sustainability Top 10

Hi 🖐,

This week we have stories on clean energy global investments equaling fossil fuels investments for the first time and a new high in consumption of clean energy by U.S. companies. Also, we have startup stories on geothermal energy, a water tech company receiving the biggest early-funding round to date, and green startups attracting tech talent amid the Big Tech wave of layoffs. On the biodiversity front, a new tool from WWF to help companies address biodiversity risks and a painful story about Yasuni, a protected area within the Amazon, a place I visited in 2021, and one of the most biodiverse in the world. Here are The Green Tea's Top 10 actionable, innovation, and hot sustainability stories this week! 👇

1. (Bloomberg) Big milestone! 2022 was first year when investment in the energy transition ☀ equaled global investment in fossil fuels

2. (Bloomberg) EV hype overshadows a more powerful tool against climate change: public transportation 🚃

3. (GreenBiz) A startup helping companies treat wastewater💧, ZwitterCo, received a $33M funding round, the biggest early-stage infusion to date for water tech

4. (Sustainable Brands) A new tool 🔧 from WWF helps companies and investors identify, mitigate biodiversity risks across their operations

5. (The Hill) Biodiversity hotspot called Yasuni: Ecuador moves to expand drilling in the Amazon after the world did not provide funding to keep oil in the ground 😥

6. (GreenBiz) Corporations in the U.S. purchased a record 20 GW of clean energy in 2022 compared to 15 GW in 2021

7. (Reuters) Faster! With emissions on track to rise 7% by 2030 📈, companies urgently need to step up climate action

8. (Just Capital) Failing grades 👎… This report details and ranks how the largest European and U.S. asset managers voted on ESG shareholder proposals

9. (GreenBiz) Because 0.1% of the heat content of the Earth 🔥 is enough to cover 2M years of human energy needs: startup Zanskar is using big data to create models to locate geothermal resources

10. (PRNewswire) Frito-Lay shares transformed facility as a “first-of-its-kind” showcase for sustainable manufacturing, warehousing and distribution technologies ⚙

+. (NYTimes) As tech companies slash perks and cut jobs, tech workers 👩‍🏭 are flocking to start-ups that aim to combat climate change

Enjoy and reflect 💭. Warm regards / saludos, Julio