🍃The Sustainability Top 10

Hi 🖐, This week, we have some interesting research on AI’s possible role in stakeholder management and Microsoft take on AI supporting workers (they might be slightly biased….ahem ChapGPT 😉), the first billion dollar market-cap water startup – cleaning wastewater pays!, Zimbabwe and Gabon’s big moves in carbon credits and green finance with big implications to the corporate world, and VCs coming together to support startups’ net zero journey. Learn about this and more in The Green Tea's Top 10 actionable, innovation, and hot sustainability stories this week! 👇

1. (KPMG) 72% of company executives think that generative AI can play a critical role in building and maintaining stakeholder trust

2. (Just Capital) Microsoft argues that the pace of work is already outstripping workers capacity and generative AI could be the answer to restoring a healthy balance

3. (Just Capital) Worker happiness is on the rise in America and the biggest increases in workers’ happiness came from work-life balance and workload

4. (Forbes) Gradiant is first water startup to reach billion-dollar valuation by cleaning up wastewater for TSMC, Coca-Cola, and Pfizer

5. (G&A) More than a third of public companies now reporting Scope 3 emissions

6. (ESG Today) VCs launch Net Zero Alliance to align startup portfolios with climate goals

7. (G&A) ISSB asking for feedback into SASB international applicability which will feed into their S1 & S2 standards to launch in January 2024

8. (Bloomberg) The global market for carbon offsets is projected to grow to as much as $1 trillion in 15 years

9. (Carbon Herald) Zimbabwe government will take control of CO2 credits trade, which will impact big corp buyers of Zimbabwe offsets such Gucci, Volkswagen AG and Bayer AG

10. (GreenEarth) Bank of America Corp. will arrange a $500 million debt swap for marine conservation in Gabon

Enjoy and reflect 💭. Warm regards / saludos, Julio