🍃The Sustainability Top 10

Hi 🖐,

Which circular company has big corps shelling out big $$$s? What trends are Chief Sustainability Officers seeing in their businesses? What EU regulatory changes could have big impact on USA, global and SME companies? The first no carbon footprint shoe? What does the latest IPCC report have to say about global warming trends? See answers to this and more on The Green Tea's Top 10 actionable, innovation, and hot sustainability stories this week! 👇

1. (GreenBiz) The circular company getting big $$$s from Closed Loop Partners, Microsoft, Nestlé and Starbucks

2. (Weinreb Group)(Report) What 70 Chief Sustainability Officers have to say about sustainability trends in their businesses

3. (Reuters) SME SOS to big corps: We’ll only beat climate change if we help small businesses cut emissions ‒ and fast

4. (SME Hub)(Platform) Tools for SMEs to start their journey to net zero

5. (GreenBiz) An Allbirds shoe with no carbon footprint?

6. (GreenBiz) Bolt Threads creating leather and silk alternatives that has Stella McCartney saying “my clothes haven’t killed anything"

7. (Bloomberg) The toilet that works off the electric and water grids

8. (Reuters) The European Commission proposed rules requiring companies to back up climate-friendly claims to stamp out misleading green labels

9. (Just Capital) Did you know? This European Corporate Sustainability Directive (CSRD) will require more disclosures for many large US companies and potentially for their suppliers

10. (IOL) Do electric vehicles need lithium? Chinese carmaker JAC has the battery world buzzing with world’s first sodium-ion battery car

+. (NYTimes) Earth to hit 1.5°C degrees warming threshold by early 2030s

+. (Atlantic) But where did the 1.5 target come from, and does it trigger any planetary thresholds?

Enjoy and reflect 💭. Warm regards / saludos, Julio