INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY -
Inspired by work on lunar resource extraction, the Helios Cycle creates zero
direct emissions and uses 30% less energy than traditional methods of extracting iron — offering
transformational potential for the heavy-emitting steel industry.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
Mycocycle and Mogu are harnessing mycelium to transform industrial waste into
resilient, circular materials for the construction sector.
MATERIALS & PACKAGING -
The auto giants are collaborating with makers of hemp- and flax-based materials that reduce weight and manufacturing emissions and enhance recyclability.
MATERIALS & PACKAGING -
Economic models shift slowly, and consumer habits are hard to break. A shift
from linearity to circularity won’t happen overnight, but there are tangible
ways businesses can help consumers shift their behaviors today.
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY -
The engineers believe they have discovered the recipe for running a sustainable
hydrogen reactor, which they plan to test first in marine and underwater
vehicles.
COLLABORATION & CO-CREATION -
Clif's Zbar brand is working with the nonprofit KABOOM! to create modern, outdoor play
spaces and increasing the organization's capacity to influence and build a
more sustainable playground industry.
FINANCE & INVESTMENT -
The USDA's $1.5B investment in the RCPP will advance climate-smart agriculture in the US while expanding the number, reach and variety of conservation programs. Realizing the full potential of this funding requires intentional action and collaboration across the agricultural ecosystem.
MATERIALS & PACKAGING -
Colorifix's technology uses DNA sequencing to replicate nature's hues into
sustainable pigments, curbing the industry's overreliance on water- and
chemical-intensive dyeing processes.
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY -
There is immense potential for sustainable innovation in the ever-growing space
economy — in ways that could bring the industry’s own impacts, and an infinite
source of solar power, back down to Earth.
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY -
2 new studies examine the potential of edible insects and mycelium to boost both
human and planetary health, and the barriers and systemic issues that must be
overcome to realize that potential.
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY -
Using enhanced rock weathering to draw down carbon from the
atmosphere, UNDO aims to spread enough crushed rock on farmlands by 2025
to permanently remove 1M tons of CO2.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
Leveraging the potential of anaerobic digestion and utilizing digestate as a renewable soil amendment offers significant opportunities for sustainable and regenerative agriculture.
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY -
Reducing GHGs can’t be maximized by simply building solar arrays or windmills. While we upgrade our existing power grid, we must embrace and scale other clean-energy technologies — including renewable natural gas.
MATERIALS & PACKAGING -
Convened by Lonely Whale, the program aims to accelerate scaling and market adoption of seaweed-based alternatives to thin-film plastics made from fossil fuels.
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY -
In the Glasgow megavenue, BODYHEAT technology transforms the energy generated by visitors into sustainable power — utilizing a previously wasted, and readily available, power source.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY -
As part of Nestlé’s bid to source 50% of its key ingredients from regenerative-ag methods by 2030, the three are turning the waste steam into a win-win, circular solution for food companies and farmers alike.
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY -
Vesta is accelerating natural processes using carbon-removing olivine sand to promote coastal resilience, advance ocean uptake and storage of carbon dioxide, and reduce ocean acidity.
MATERIALS & PACKAGING -
By upcycling agricultural waste, these three startups are replacing plastic with a new wave of packaging materials that ‘make no compromises along the supply chain.’
COLLABORATION & CO-CREATION -
The US is rich in love of the outdoors but poor in access and infrastructure — especially for communities in dense, urban areas; over 100M people do not have a public park or green space within a 10-minute walk from home.