🍃The Sustainability Top 10

Hi 🖐,

What is the metaverse’s application in sustainability/ESG? This week in The Green Tea there are a couple of stories on this and how to engage in the space. Also, continuing with the AI theme from earlier this week, how AI can be applied to protect whales during offshore wind farms construction, as well as stories about H&M, Lululemon and Unilever and their partnerships with startups to further their sustainability efforts. Here are The Green Tea's Top 10 actionable, innovation, and hot sustainability stories this week! 👇

1. (GreenBiz) The metaverse 👓 could be an ally in your impact and ESG efforts (see item #5 on this article)

2. (Gemba) And Gemba is one of the VR startups getting traction among large organizations such as Pfizer, Nike, Coca-Cola, Caterpillar, Dell, and Amazon

3. (Bloomberg) AI tech used to help avoid ship-whale🐳 collisions could also help protect whales from offshore wind farms

4. (Sustainable Brands) More and more talent (51%) ready to leave companies over misalignment of values

5. (GreenBiz) Looking for a job in sustainability ♻? Breaking down the types of jobs and how to find them online

6. (GreenBiz) Startup Genomatic is creating a “plant-based nylon” 🌿 and has partnered with Lululemon, Unilever, and others to manufacture this and other bio-based products that safely decompose.

7. (GreenBiz) H&M partners with Remondis in textile initiative that aims to collect, sort and sell roughly 40 million garments 👕 this year alone

8. (NYTimes) FDA Oks calling soy, oat and almond-based drinks milk 🥛 with one condition

9. (Just Capital) McKinsey report found that companies that invested in training, internal mobility, and organizational health produced greater earnings resilience and attracted/retained talent better

10. (Reuters) Four-day week liked by UK employers in world's largest trial

+. (National Geographic) This story feels like a metaphor to our relationship with nature: a zoo break-in freed Flaco the Owl 🦉. Miraculously, Flaco is doing OK—and the world is cheering him on.

Enjoy and reflect 💭. Warm regards / saludos, Julio