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Secrets for circular supply chain partnerships from Interface and Aquafil

GreenBiz

They've innovated on raw materials, resulting in Aquafil's Econyl yarn that it recycles from ghost fishing nets, carpet fluff and other would-be waste. When he heard Interface legend Ray Anderson position Interface as a regenerative company by 2020, he thought the man had lost his mind. Instead of oil, we use waste," he said.

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These circular cities want to send landfills to the trash bin of history

Corporate Knights

Except for one thing: nothing in that house was wasted. Cities are incredibly wasteful places. And then there’s the waste that results from poor policy and planning: roads clogged with single-driver SUVs, suburbanites commuting hours to work, the unhoused having to pitch tents in parks for lack of affordable housing.

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Climate Emergency Risks Stranding Women

Chris Hall

US-based private equity asset manager EcoEnterprises Fund targets investments across regenerative agriculture, agroforestry and the circular economy that have a positive impact on local communities and the natural ecosystems they depend on.

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Dead Dolphins, Radioactive Mountains: Inside Florida’s Phosphorus Crisis

Sense and Sustainability

billion more gallons of wastewater were dumped into Tampa Bay between 2003 and 2007. In 2003, a top state regulator called Piney Point “one of the biggest environmental threats in Florida history.” Here, regenerative agriculture comes into play. Under state control after the plant’s closure, 1.1

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. LinkedIn | Personal website.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wasted little time raising the stakes in her nation’s fight against climate change after handily winning re-election in October. has orchestrated collaborative initiatives targeting everything from plastics to food waste and bringing together large companies, NGOs and policymakers.