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02/10/2024

“There is a clear lack of ownership of corporate sustainability efforts, and a tendency to treat them solely as a brand building strategy. But the imperative today is meaningful cross-functional collaboration, and of course allocating capital toward these critical initiatives.”

"... While 90% of executives viewed sustainability as important to their organizations’ commercial success, including two-thirds who rate it as “very important,” only 37% consider sustainability to be very integrated into their businesses."

Only around one in four senior business executives report that they have access to high quality sustainability data, and nearly 60% anticipate difficulty complying with new sustainability reporting regulations, while nearly all agree that sustainability is crucial to the success of their organizatio...

07/29/2023

Tesla to open showrooms on sovereign Native American tribal lands to circumvent certain states' limited car dealership laws.

Over the years in numerous states, Tesla has sought and been denied dealership licenses, pushed for law changes and challenged decisions in courts.

07/06/2023

"A consistent theme: Young employees want their employers’ values to be aligned with their own–and they want to drive societal change through purposeful and meaningful work."

Nearly 4 in 10 respondents said they have rejected work assignments due to ethical concerns–and more than a third have turned down employers.

05/03/2023

Trust + Transparency : Organizational Purpose : Stewardship

Geoffrey Hinton, a trailblazer in AI, has joined the growing list of experts sharing their concerns about its rapid advancement.

09/16/2022

Patagonia Purpose Trust ✨🌎☀️✨

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, who became a reluctant billionaire with his unconventional spin on capitalism, has transferred the company's ownership. Here's where the profits will go instead.

06/04/2022

Blockchain company buys $1M in Pacific Northwest forest carbon credits, largest offset deal in U.S. history 🌲🌎

King County said Friday that Regen Network Development bought the credits generated by the 46-acre forest, and the money will be used to conserve more forestland.

12/17/2021

President Biden Orders Federal Government to Achieve Net Zero by 2050

President Biden signed a new executive order on Wednesday, outlining a series of goals and initiatives for the U.S. federal government to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. The order mandates major interim and long-term actions across the government’s buildings, vehicle fleets, procurement activi...

10/07/2021

Full EV charge 15 minutes ⚡🌎

ABB launches the world’s fastest electric car charger. It can become fully charged in 15 minutes.

09/22/2021

People Planet *Purpose* 🌲🌎💚

06/29/2021

REI further exemplifies People - Planet - Purpose, authentic Integrated Sustainability, with noteworthy investment in all-women fire crews serving America’s national parks during wildfire season.

REI Co-op is investing over $250,000 in the National Park Foundation this year to support all-women fire crews in America’s national parks. The support builds on the co-op’s longstanding partnership with the National Park Foundation. Each year, the co-op donates 10% of profits of

04/17/2021

"Washington State legislature has passed 'Clean Cars 2030,' a bill setting a goal to require all light-duty vehicles of model year 2030 or later to be electric. ... Washington State becomes the first US state to pass a gas car ban legislatively (as opposed to by executive order), and now has the earliest gas car ban in the US. California and Massachusetts also plan gas car bans by 2035."

Washington State legislature has passed “Clean Cars 2030,” a bill setting a goal to require all light-duty vehicles of model year 2030 or later to be electric. The bill passed as part of a larger package directing utilities to prepare the state for all-electric transportation. With this bill, Wa...

02/28/2021

Bitcoin mining, a deeply energy intensive process with environmental impact and resource tradeoffs.

Bitcoin mining – the process in which a bitcoin is awarded to a computer that solves a complex series of algorithm – is a deeply energy intensive process