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Parsing Panera's plan to nudge consumers toward low-carbon meals

GreenBiz

At the grocery store, you’re bombarded with labels: organic and its new extension, regenerative organic; various competing fair trade standards; certifications relating to animal health and so on. In 2007, for instance, PepsiCo added a label to its Walkers potato chips noting that each bag generated 80 grams of carbon dioxide.

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Lessons from 3 emerging bio-based material technologies

GreenBiz

Founded in 2007, New York based Ecovative Design leverages the naturally binding properties of mycelium — mushroom’s root structure — in several sustainable materials. Loliware has sought out "the most sustainable farms in the blue ocean economy" and partnered with Greenwave , a regenerative seaweed farming nonprofit.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Natura, which issues a regular environmental profit-and-loss statement , went carbon-neutral in 2007 and became the first public B Corporation in 2014. Logan Green has cited growing up with Southern California traffic and carpooling as a student in Zimbabwe for inspiring the launch of Zimride in 2007.

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People Powering Microcredit: Matthew O'Hayer Augments Support of Whole Planet Foundation with $50,000 Donation

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: Back in 2007, when Matt O’Hayer started pasture-raising hens, his thoughts were never just on the birds in their care, but in using whatever means at their disposal to effect lasting change. SOURCE: Whole Foods Market Foundations. Whole Planet Foundation specializes in microloans, and nobody does it better!” .

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Regen / Notes

Martin Brown

Regular readers and subscribers to my Fairsnape blog here will be aware that I have shifted platforms to a substack called Regen/Notes that provides a better blogging experience as a email based newsletter. If you have enjoyed my blog posts here (and they go back to 2007) please do pop over and read or subscribe there.

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Closing the climate funding gap is key to Canada's prosperity

Corporate Knights

Emissions today are higher than they were in 1995, and in the 17 years since they peaked in 2007 they have declined a total of just 11%. Bringing Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions to a level anywhere in the vicinity of zero, net or otherwise, in the next 30 years will require a radical departure from what we’ve seen the last three decades.

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Paramount Consumer Products and Nickelodeon Announce Launch of Global Ocean Conservation and Sustainability Initiative SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Sea Change

3BL Media

Since 2007 they have been working to turn the tide for this critical ecosystem, and the SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Sea Change Fund will support their coral restoration efforts through 2023.