25 Climate Tech Startups to Watch 2024: Last day to apply
The competition has started for Trellis’ annual 25 Climate Tech Startups to Watch list and pitch competition. Read More
White House order flexes muscle against plastic pollution
The Biden administration move will end federal purchases of disposable plastic products. Read More
Arc’teryx, Zalando and H&M ask how to ‘make money without making more clothes’
Eight fashion brands have banded together to form The Fashion ReModel, a project that hopes to create a $700 billion market for reuse and recycled clothes. Read More
How H&M will push suppliers to use thermal batteries for energy
The fashion company wants to decarbonize its textile vendors by switching them to heat brick startup Rondo Energy. Read More
Circular Fashion Index awards failing grades to apparel brands
Clothes are complicated to make, difficult to recycle and have low resale value — and that’s holding back the industry’s green credentials. Read More
Nearly half of all $1 billion-plus companies are failing the Plastics Scorecard
107 of 225 companies received an F grade, Amazon and Macy’s among them, as “plastic intensity” increases. Read More
Pact including Coca-Cola, Nestlé moves 2025 plastic reduction goals to 2030
The absence of federal standards is hindering the progress of the U.S. Plastics Pact, according to the group. Read More
Circular textile ‘phoenix’ Renewcell is bought out of bankruptcy
Private equity firm Altor, which is renaming the company Circulose, recently raised 3 billion euros to invest in green businesses. Read More
FedEx and Pyxera Global launch Circular Supply Chain Coalition to upcycle rare earth minerals
The group wants to mine used electronics for valuable metals to reduce waste and grow jobs. Read More
Corporations buy into sustainable fuel certificates to address air travel emissions
More companies are purchasing certificates to offset their Scope 3 emissions, a tactic that critics see as a potential new landscape for greenwashing. Read More
