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?? GreenBiz 25 — the premier annual event for sustainable business leaders is returning to Phoenix, February 10-12! ?? Why should you register for #GreenBiz25? If you're asking us, we'd mention… ? In-person connection with the incredible and resilient sustainability community ? Inspiring & informative keynotes by the most influential voices in sustainability ? 60+ sessions offering tangible takeaways to level up your sustainability strategies ? Advanced Perspectives sessions where speakers will jump right into systemic problems at an expert level for even deeper impact ? Guided networking you'll actually enjoy ?? Rates increase Friday — register today for $750 off your All-Access Pass: https://buff.ly/4cd8yfQ

“The goal of this lawsuit is to stop the unfair and illegal conduct, to address the marketing practices that deceive consumers, and to force these businesses to change their practices to reduce the plastic pollution problem in the county and in California." https://buff.ly/4hyJ2Vw ?? Dawyn R. Harrison, Los Angeles county counsel

There may be a temptation to cut costs and pull back on unproven projects or solutions, but sustainability leaders must advocate for continued, even increased, investment in sustainable technologies and practices. https://buff.ly/3UH5XUG

“It’s going to take more than offtake agreements to make this happen...We need every single member of the value chain. We need farmers to be incentivized. We need the government to come up with policies to do the incentives. We need investment in infrastructure to be able to build the right refineries, and we’ve made progress on each one of those.” https://buff.ly/3Z6FZwF ?? Gail Grimmett, senior vice president of sustainability performance and strategic partnerships, Delta Air Lines

Ecolab estimates it will save about $1,400 in annual fuel costs for each internal combustion-engined vehicle it replaces with a 2023 F-150 Lightning Pro truck, according to a Jan. 30 news release. https://buff.ly/3CBKYwg

?? What does it take to successfully invest $1 billion in reforestation and restoration initiatives? At #Bloom24, Theresa Lieb led a panel that took a look at a partnership between Conservation International, BTG Pactual Timberland and Microsoft that is a great example of how different organizations from different sectors can work together to do unconventional things at a big scale. ?? We need larger scale investments into nature! ?? ?? Melanie Nakagawa, Chief Sustainability Officer, Microsoft ?? Patricia Zurita, Chief Strategy Officer, Conservation International ?? Mark Wishnie, Chief Sustainability Officer and Head, Impact Investment - Management, BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group

So far, about half of the companies we surveyed are taking at least some sort of action to address their impact on nature. One quarter have started “small-scale or pilot projects,” and most of the rest say they have begun “significant actions to address some of the impacts we’ve identified.” https://buff.ly/3BZoDIT

Listed companies will emit an estimated 11 gigatons of greenhouse gases in 2024, almost 20 percent of the entire world’s footprint, predicts MSCI Sustainability Institute in the latest edition of its net-zero tracker. That’s just for Scope 1, or emissions directly attributable to their operations. https://buff.ly/3O23e4F

GSK, Holcim and Kering — along with 14 other companies including H&M and Nestle — participated in a year-long pilot program to test SBTN’s frameworks. The focus was on strategies related to freshwater and land. That initiative concluded in June 2024, and they’re the only companies to publicly disclose targets so far. https://buff.ly/3UVu2qT ?? Heather Clancy

If you could be any animal, what would you be? For Tina Morris, the answer is easy: a turtle, because, “they’re very thoughtful and take in the entire landscape as they move very slowly.” While we agree Tina is very thoughtful, her career has been anything but slow. ?? In this Executive Interview, Tina Morris, CEO of FLINTpro — a climate software and analytics company—talks to Alex Novarro, PhD, Director, Nature at Trellis Group, about her company’s new biodiversity product and the challenges organizations face when navigating complex data in the world of climate change and sustainability. https://buff.ly/3YMC9qX #sponsored