Sponsors
Foundational Sponsor
Novelis
Novelis is the leading producer of flat-rolled aluminum products and the world’s largest recycler of aluminum. As a world-class business-to-business manufacturer, Novelis is focused on safely delivering innovative solutions to our customers in the aerospace, automotive, beverage can and specialty markets. Novelis operates an integrated network of technically advanced rolling and recycling facilities across North America, South America, Europe and Asia. The company leverages its global footprint to deliver consistent, high-quality products around the world. Driven by our purpose of “shaping a sustainable world together,” Novelis’ ambition is to be the world’s leading provider of low-carbon, sustainable aluminum solutions that advance our business, industry and society toward the benefits of a circular economy. https://www.novelis.com/
Premier Sponsors
American Chemistry Council | Plastic Division
The Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) represents leading manufacturers of plastics, as well as other companies throughout the entire plastics value chain, and focuses on advocacy initiatives that promote sustainability and contribute to a more circular economy for plastics.
To enable these ongoing innovations, The Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council advocates for public policies that support the creation of state-of-the-art products and technologies that improve lives, contribute to a lower carbon future, and create more prosperous global communities.
We are dedicated to fostering progress in our economy, environment, and society, through member engagement, political advocacy, communications, and scientific research for our members.
Learn more: https://www.americanchemistry.com/better-policy-regulation/plastics.
Eastman
Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables. As a globally inclusive and diverse company, Eastman employs approximately 14,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2021 revenues of approximately $10.5 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information, visit www.eastman.com.
Nike
NIKE, Inc., based near Beaverton, Oregon, is the world’s leading designer, marketer and distributor of authentic athletic footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories for a wide variety of sports and fitness activities. Among its portfolio includes the Converse and Jordan brands. Nike exists to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world. Nike’s Purpose is to move the world forward through the power of sport – breaking barriers and building community to change the game for all. *If you have a body, you are an athlete. Read more about NIKE, Inc.’s efforts and progress across diversity, equity and inclusion, sustainability and social and community impact here.
SC Johnson
Founded in 1886 and headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin USA, SC Johnson believes that a more sustainable, healthier and transparent world that inspires people and creates opportunities isn't just possible – it's our responsibility. A heritage of innovation and bold, transparent decisions is why our high-quality products and iconic brands – including OFF!® Raid®, Glade®, Windex®, Scrubbing Bubbles®, Ziploc®, Mrs. Meyer’s® Clean Day, method®, Autan®, Baygon®, Mr Muscle®, Duck®, Lysoform® and more – are in homes, schools and businesses in virtually every country worldwide. As a global, purpose-led company, we are committed to making the world a better place today and for future generations. That means relentlessly bringing our expertise in science, innovation and partnerships to bear on some of the world's most pressing environmental and health issues like reducing plastic waste and eradicating malaria. Around the world, we use our resources to unlock greater economic and educational opportunities for people and communities where access may be limited, but curiosity and potential are limitless. See how SC Johnson is a Family Company At Work For a Better World by visiting scjohnson.com or joining us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.
Supporting Sponsors
Amazon
Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge in 2019, committing to reach net-zero carbon by 2040—10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement. The Pledge now has more than 300 signatories, including Best Buy, IBM, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Siemens, Unilever, Verizon, and Visa. To reach its goal, Amazon will continue to reduce emissions across its operations by taking real business actions and establishing a path to power its operations with 100% renewable energy, five years ahead of the company’s original target of 2030. Amazon is also delivering on its Shipment Zero vision to make all Amazon shipments net-zero carbon, with 50% net-zero carbon by 2030, and purchasing 100,000 electric delivery vehicles, the largest order ever of electric delivery vehicles. The company is also investing $2 billion in the development of decarbonizing services and solutions through the Climate Pledge Fund. Learn more about The Climate Pledge and Amazon’s sustainability efforts.
Cisco
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San Jose, California, in the center of Silicon Valley, that develops, manufactures and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment and other high-technology services and products. Cisco helps seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when you connect the unconnected. An integral part of our DNA is creating long-lasting customer partnerships, working together to identify our customers' needs and provide solutions that fuel their success. Learn more at https://www.cisco.com
Coca-Cola
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is a total beverage company, offering over 500 brands in more than 200 countries and territories. Our beverage brands include the following category clusters: sparkling soft drinks; water, enhanced water, and sports drinks; juice, dairy, and plant-based beverages; tea and coffee; and energy drinks. In addition, we own and market four of the world's top five nonalcoholic sparkling soft drink brands: Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Fanta, and Sprite. We believe our success is a product of our ability to connect with consumers by providing them with a wide variety of beverage choices to meet their desires, needs, and lifestyle choices.
Cox Enterprises
Cox Enterprises is dedicated to building a better future through our leading communications, automotive and media companies. Our major operating subsidiaries include Cox Communications and Cox Automotive, and we are strategically investing in new industries and emerging technologies, with sizeable interests in clean technology and health care. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Cox is a global company with nearly $20 billion in annual revenues and brands that include Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book and Cox Homelife. Founded in 1898 by Ohio Governor James M. Cox, the company is a family-owned business committed to its people, communities and planet. To learn more about Cox, visit coxenterprises.com or view our collective impact report at coxcsrreport.com.
DevvESG
DevvESG creates products that reduce risk by bringing trust, transparency and simplicity to the ESG space. Using an innovative solution called the ESG Value Web, we leverage Web3 technologies to help organizations create, certify, capture, and convert digital ESG assets into real value to address their plastic, methane, carbon, and energy problems—quickly and effortlessly. We do more than simply quantify or report our customers’ ESG challenges. Our mission is to meet these challenges head-on, delivering real-world solutions with sustainable impact and helping organizations self-fund their most ambitious SDG initiatives. Join us at www.DevvESG.com.
Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth; asset integration and scale; focused innovation and materials science expertise; leading business positions; and environmental, social and governance (ESG) leadership to achieve profitable growth and deliver a sustainable future. The Company's ambition is to become the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world. Dow's portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated, science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Dow operates 104 manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 35,700 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $55 billion in 2021. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.dow.com or follow @DowNewsroom on Twitter.
INDEED Innovation
INDEED is the innovation firm for a circular economy. We combine design, engineering, and strategy services with sustainable development practices and behavioral science principles to drive your business into a circular future. We create innovations that make your business thrive in a circular economy. Whether you are already running a circular business and need to expand it, or you are keen on making it circular, we partner with you to create sustainable products and services in ecosystems that eliminate waste, regenerate resources, and close the lifecycle loop. We help you deliver immediate market success while at the same time enabling your long-term transformation towards circularity. Learn more at www.indeed-innovation.com.
Keurig Dr Pepper
Keurig Dr Pepper is a leading beverage company in North America, with annual revenue in excess of $11 billion and nearly 27,000 employees. KDP holds leadership positions in soft drinks, specialty coffee and tea, water, juice and juice drinks and mixers, and markets the #1 single serve coffee brewing system in the U.S. and Canada. The Company is committed to sourcing, producing and distributing its beverages responsibly through its Drink Well. Do Good. corporate responsibility platform, including efforts around circular packaging, efficient natural resource use and supply chain sustainability.
Tetra Pak
Tetra Pak is a world leading food processing and packaging solutions company. Tetra Pak provides safe, innovative and environmentally sound products that each day meet the needs of hundreds of millions of people in more than 160 countries. With more than 25,000 employees around the world, Tetra Pak believes in responsible industry leadership and a sustainable approach to business. Tetra Pak’s promise, “PROTECTS WHAT’S GOOD™," reflects their commitment to making food safe and available, everywhere. Learn more at www.TetraPakUSA.com.
WM
As North America’s largest environmental solutions provider, WM is “Always Working for a Sustainable Tomorrow.” Previously known as Waste Management, WM is driven by commitments to put people first and achieve success with integrity. The company provides collection, recycling and disposal services to millions of residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers throughout the U.S. and Canada. With innovative infrastructure and capabilities in recycling, organics and renewable energy, WM collaborates with its customers to help them achieve their sustainability goals. WM.com. The WM Sustainable Sports & Entertainment Team supports organizations with benchmarking, holistic sustainability planning, zero waste and implementing impact reduction tactics. With unique industry expertise and experience in event management, WM designs value-driven solutions to help its partners work for a sustainable tomorrow.
WestRock
WestRock partners with our customers to provide differentiated, sustainable paper and packaging solutions that help them win in the marketplace. WestRock’s team members support customers around the world from locations spanning North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Learn more at www.westrock.com.
Contributing Sponsors
Colgate-Palmolive
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom’s of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Science Diet and Hill’s Prescription Diet. We are recognized for our leadership & innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and improving children’s oral health through the Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures program, which has reached more than 1.4 billion children since 1991. For more information, visit www.colgatepalmolive.com.
Everywhere
Everywhere creates data-enabled, maximally sustainable materials and finished goods that are easy to adopt, cost effective, and digitally connected. Everywhere's patented BioBlend yarns and recycled, circular apparel solutions address textile waste and microplastics pollution while making sustainability attainable for the world’s largest brands. Everywhere's forthcoming Arc API framework attaches semantic data onto physical things to help companies with machine-learning optimized supply chains (e.g. cost vs carbon), industry standards passthrough, and ESG accounting along with novel consumer activations. Everywhere’s service, technology and IP licensing portfolio provide a way for brands to accelerate their sustainable transformation. everywhereapparel.com
EY
Climate change and sustainability continue to rise on the agendas of governments and organizations around the world with rapidly evolving drivers and expectations. Businesses face regulatory requirements and the need to meet stakeholder expectations as well as respond to the opportunities presented for revenue generation and cost reduction. This means a fundamental and complex transformation for many organizations and the embedding of climate change and sustainability into core business activities to achieve short-term objectives and create long-term shareholder value. EY’s global, multidisciplinary teams combine core experience in assurance, tax, transactions and advisory with climate change and sustainability skills and deep industry knowledge. Learn more at https://www.ey.com/en_us.
IBM
IBM is the global leader in business transformation through an open hybrid cloud platform and AI, serving clients in more than 170 countries around the world. Today 47 of the Fortune 50 Companies rely on the IBM Cloud to run their business, and IBM Watson enterprise AI is hard at work in more than 30,000 engagements. IBM is also one of the world’s most vital corporate research organizations, with 28 consecutive years of patent leadership. Above all, guided by principles for trust and transparency and support for a more inclusive society, IBM is committed to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world. For more information about IBM visit: www.ibm.com.
Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain, a global leader in information management solutions, is committed to putting our core values into action every day and in everything we do—from safeguarding our customers’ information to empowering employees, serving our communities, and protecting the environment. We find innovative ways to reduce our environmental impacts and support our customers in doing the same through our offerings. All the electricity in our data centers is 100% renewable, and the Green Power Pass lets customers count the green power they use from us as part of their own sustainability reporting. All shredded materials from our Secure Shredding Services are recycled, and we provide our shredding customers a Green Report to document their sustainability efforts. And as an e-Stewards Enterprise, we help you securely dispose of obsolete IT assets in an environmentally responsible manner through our Secure IT Asset Disposition Services. Learn more at https://www.ironmountain.com/resources/whitepapers/a/a-force-for-good.
Neste
Neste is in the business of fighting climate change. Over the past 15 years, Neste has transformed from a local oil refiner to becoming a global leader in renewable and circular solutions. Today, Neste is a leading producer of renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable feedstock solutions for various polymers and chemicals industry uses. In 2021, Neste employed about 4,900 employees and 90% of its profits came from renewable businesses.
Neste is committed to supporting customers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20 million tons annually by 2030. With production facilities in Finland, Singapore, and the Netherlands as well as a proposed Joint Venture to produce renewable diesel in the US, Neste is the only global renewable fuels producer that produces in three continents.
P&G Beauty
Procter & Gamble (P&G) Beauty serves consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Head & Shoulders®, Herbal Essences®, Olay®, Pantene®, and Secret® globally. P&G Responsible Beauty, a systems-thinking approach to decision making, provides a blueprint to navigate today’s challenges and tomorrow’s growth.
The Recycling Partnership
At The Recycling Partnership, we are solving for circularity. We mobilize people, data, and solutions across the value chain to unlock the environmental and economic benefits of recycling and a circular economy. We work on the ground with thousands of communities to transform underperforming recycling programs; we partner with companies to achieve packing circularity, increase access to recycled materials, and meet sustainability commitments; and we work with government to develop policy solutions to address the systemic needs of our residential recycling system and advance a circular economy. Since 2014, we have diverted 500 million pounds of new recyclables from landfills, saved 968 million gallons of water, avoided more than 500,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases, and driven significant reductions in targeted contamination rates. Learn more at recyclingpartnership.org
rePurpose Global
rePurpose Global is the world's leading Plastic Action Platform dedicated to reducing waste, reviving lives, and restoring nature's balance. Through its pioneering ecosystem of solutions that span across advisory, action, and advocacy, the organization helps people and companies calculate, reduce, and offset their plastic footprint, while empowering grassroots innovators on the cutting edge of solving for the planet's future. On behalf of its global coalition, the organization eliminates millions of pounds of plastic waste from nature every year, and in doing so, positively impacts the lives of 10,000+ marginalized waste workers and community members worldwide. Visit https://www.business.repurpose.global/ to join the movement.
Rubicon
Rubicon is a digital marketplace for waste and recycling, and provider of innovative software-based solutions to businesses and governments worldwide. Creating a new industry standard by using technology to drive environmental innovation, the company helps turn businesses into more sustainable enterprises, and neighborhoods into greener and smarter places to live and work. Rubicon’s mission is to end waste. It helps its partners find economic value in their waste streams and confidently execute on their sustainability goals.
Target
Minneapolis-based Target serves guests at nearly 1,900 stores and at Target.com. Building on our heritage as a responsible business, we’re constantly putting the needs of people, communities and the planet at the heart of how we work today, to help build a better tomorrow. We are committed to addressing the environmental impacts of our business within our operations and across our value chain because we believe operating a sustainable business and using resources responsibly responsibility will allow us to serve our guests for generations to come. And we are working toward a future where everyone, regardless of their race or background, has equal access to opportunities and in which everyone feels welcome, valued and respected. For more information, visit www.target.com/corporateresponsibility.
WAP Sustainability
WAP Sustainability provides ESG services to asset managers, private equity firms and investment banks around the world. WAP was built to accelerate ESG performance across the investment portfolio while creating consistent ESG data that empowers governance at the Board / Management level. Core services include ESG Scoring & Assessment and Carbon Accounting (Operational and Product level) Services. Unique services include ESG Performance Contracting, Portfolio Wide Carbon Accounting, ESG Due Diligence and ESG Preparedness. Learn more at www.wapsustainability.com.
American Beverage Association
The American Beverage Association (ABA) is the leading policy and public education advocate for the non-alcoholic beverage industry. Together, these companies lead with bold solutions to some of our nation’s most challenging issues. In 2019, we launched Every Bottle Back, a comprehensive initiative to reduce our industry’s plastic footprint and advance a circular economy, working with sustainability leaders Closed Loop Partners, The Recycling Partnership and World Wildlife Fund. This unprecedented commitment from The Coca-Cola Company, Keurig Dr Pepper and PepsiCo is making significant investments to improve the collection of the industry’s valuable plastic bottles so they can be remade into new bottles, which means less new plastic in the environment. Learn more at www.everybottleback.org.
Watershed
Watershed is the enterprise climate platform. Leading companies like Walmart, Airbnb, Spotify, Klarna, and Twitter use our software to run end-to-end climate programs with quantifiable results. Watershed delivers granular, audit-grade carbon measurement; one-click disclosure and reporting; and real emissions reductions—all in a single, intuitive, enterprise-grade software platform. Watershed customers have access to our exclusive marketplace of scientifically vetted, high-additionality carbon removal projects and high-quality offsets; in-house climate and policy expertise; and ongoing support throughout their climate journey. Watershed’s advisors and investors include Mark Carney, Christiana Figueres, Al Gore, Sequoia, and Kleiner Perkins. Watershed is based in San Francisco, Calif., and London, U.K. To learn more, visit watershed.com.
Ball Corporation
Ball Corporation supplies innovative, sustainable aluminum packaging solutions for beverage, personal care and household products customers, as well as aerospace and other technologies and services primarily for the U.S. government. Ball Corporation and its subsidiaries employ 24,300 people worldwide and reported 2021 net sales of $13.8 billion. For more information, visit www.ball.com, or connect with us on Facebook or Twitter.
BASF
At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 111,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of €78.6 billion in 2021. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the U.S. Further information at www.basf.com.
Berry Global
At Berry Global, we create innovative packaging and engineered products that we believe make life better for people and the planet. We do this every day by leveraging our unmatched global capabilities, sustainability leadership, and deep innovation expertise to serve customers of all sizes around the world. Harnessing the strength in our diversity and industry-leading talent of 47,000 global employees across more than 300 locations, we partner with customers to develop, design, and manufacture innovative products with an eye toward the circular economy. The challenges we solve and the innovations we pioneer benefit our customers at every stage of their journey.
Participating Sponsors
American Chemistry Council
The American Chemistry Council’s North American Flame Retardant Alliance (NAFRA) was formed in March 2011 to serve as a lead advocacy organization in North America for flame retardant producers and users to actively promote responsible methods for developing, handling, and expanding knowledge about new and existing flame retardants. NAFRA champions fire safety activities at the state and federal level in the U.S., as well as in Canada, and partners with the International Bromine Counsel (BSEF) on regulations within the European Union. NAFRA also works with ABICHAMA, the Brazilian association of the flame retardant industry, to raise awareness about the importance of fire safety in that country. Learn more: https://www.americanchemistry.com/industry-groups/north-american-flame-retardant-alliance-nafra and https://www.flameretardantfacts.com/
Amplo Global
We at Amplo Global build tools/practices to help you create, operate and measure strategic business initiatives. AmploFly4.0(TM) structures your Sustainability strategy synthesis process based on a combination of market data, consensus tools and iterative performance metrics to deliver robust, impactful, measurable, sustainable strategies. Machine Learning (ML) algorithms guide your strategy teams to create measures for each strategy component to tie to business operational data to measure results. Our platform significantly reduces strategy development time, decision making errors and increases digital (data) readiness for your organization. AmployFly4.0(TM) is a platform that incorporates industry best practices and facilitates effective data/reporting exchange to create cohesive models enabling compliance and a committed roadmap.
Aqua ChemPacs
Aqua ChemPacs is the industry leader in manufacturing and contract packaging of quart size water-soluble liquid chemical packs. You can have your brand on this new technology! Simply add eco-friendly ChemPacs to quarts and buckets, add water and you are ready to clean! No cutting or tearing. The entire ChemPac dissolves easily in water. Over the last year alone, we have prevented 36 million bottles, the equivalent of 6,804,000 pounds of plastic, from reaching landfills. Aqua ChemPacs has recently begun operating out of our new, state of the art facility. Advanced high-tech production, packaging, new computer systems and custom software are in place. We are trusted by major brands and Fortune 500 companies. Aqua ChemPacs will help you solve your sustainability objectives and help you differentiate yourself on retail shelves and to your clients. www.chempacs.com.
Anthesis
Anthesis is the sustainability activator. Proud to be a B Corp, we seek to make a significant contribution to a world which is more resilient and productive. We do this by working with cities, companies, and other organisations to drive sustainable performance. We develop financially driven sustainability strategies, underpinned by technical expertise, and delivered by innovative collaborative teams across the world. Anthesis has clients across industry sectors from corporate multinationals such as Target, Cisco, J&J, 3M, and Microsoft, and also supports early-stage companies through Anthesis Ventures. The company brings together 950+ experts operating in 40 countries around the world and has offices in Andorra, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Middle East, the Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and the US. www.anthesisgroup.com
Davies Office
Davies Office is Proud to be America’s Sustainable Office Furniture Solution Provider. For over 70 years, Davies Office has been at the forefront of the Circular Sustainability Movement with our sustainable banking and exchange programs and remanufacturing of grade A Office Furniture Systems from industry leaders into fully customized, "like-new" condition at a fraction of the price of our competitors. We emphasize service, knowledge, and delivering value while closing material loops because we believe in innovation, creation, and waste reduction.
Electronic Recyclers International
ERI is the largest fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company in the United States. ERI is certified at the highest level by all leading environmental and data security oversight organizations to de-manufacture, recycle, and refurbish every type of electronic device in an environmentally responsible manner. ERI has the capacity to process more than a billion pounds of electronic waste annually at its eight certified locations, serving every zip code in the United States. ERI’s mission is to protect people, the planet and privacy. For more information about e-waste recycling and ERI, call 1-800-ERI-DIRECT or visit https://eridirect.com.
Recycled Paperboard Alliance
The Recycled Paperboard Alliance and Recycled Paperboard Technical Association are non-profit associations bringing together the expertise of paper mills worldwide that manufacture products from at least 90 percent recovered fiber. RPA100 and RPTA are dedicated to the improvement of the recycled paperboard products industry. RPA100/RPTA member companies have been recycling recovered paper since the turn of the 20th century. This heritage of responsible resource management has forged a tradition of innovation and ingenuity that is unmatched in the paper-making industry. Serving the needs of companies engaged in producing recycled paperboard since 1953, these organizations are dedicated to the improvement of the industry through product stewardship, benchmarking, materials investigations, and education. Website: rpta.org rpa100.com
Rheaply
A leader in the circular economy, Rheaply (pronounced REE-plee) enables companies to share and sell physical assets within and between organizations on its modernized asset management platform. With Rheaply’s Asset Exchange Manager (AxM)™, organizations in a number of verticals, including higher education, healthcare, technology, government, and retail, can gain transparency about and utilize available assets, which enables them to decrease procurement costs, storage costs, and unnecessary waste. To learn more about Rheaply, visit rheaply.com or follow @RheaplyInc.
RTI Innovation Advisors
As you embrace a circular future, do you understand what’s needed to make that future a reality? Do you believe that solving sustainability challenges is a simple matter of finding the right technologies? To address sustainability, your organization must innovate in new ways that require increased collaboration with competitors and across the value chain. In our work to solve clients’ toughest challenges, we know systems change is fundamental to success in the circular future. We help clients turn insights into products, services and technologies that have meaningful business and human impact. For over 50 years, we’ve helped Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and global foundations innovate by
- transforming internal innovation capabilities and processes.
- uncovering actionable insights and developing strategies to solve organizational challenges.
- streamlining the path to market for technologies.
Sonoco
Founded in 1899, Sonoco is a global provider of consumer, industrial, healthcare and protective packaging. With annualized net sales of approximately $5.5 billion, the Company has approximately 19,000 employees working in more than 300 operations in 34 countries, serving some of the world’s best-known brands in some 85 nations. Sonoco is committed to creating sustainable products, services and programs for our customers, employees and communities that support our corporate purpose of Better Packaging. Better Life. The Company was listed as one of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies for 2021 as well as Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies for the fourth-consecutive year.
Yupo
Before it’s sold, it has to be packaged, and no paper makes a product shine like YUPO(R). Not only are we the largest producer of 100% tree-free and sustainable synthetic papers in the Western Hemisphere, but we also manufacture an extensive line of technical papers. As leaders in providing synthetic paper stock, you’ll find that our labeling and packaging solutions can be customized and fitted for your very distinct needs.
Principal Partner
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Community Partners
BSR
BSR works with its global network of more than 250 member companies to build a just and sustainable world. From its offices in Asia, Europe, and North and South America, BSR develops sustainable business strategies and solutions through consulting, research, and cross-sector collaboration. Visit bsr.org to learn more about BSR's more than 20 years of leadership in sustainability.
Product Stewardship Institute
PSI is a national nonprofit that brings diverse stakeholders together to reduce the health and environmental impacts of consumer products and packaging. Together with members from 47 states and hundreds of local governments, as well as over 120 partners from companies, organizations, universities, and international governments, PSI advances extended producer responsibility laws and voluntary programs to create a circular economy. Learn more: productstewardship.us.
Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, a non-profit organization, educates and empowers manufacturers of consumer products to become a positive force for society and the environment, helping to bring about a new industrial revolution.
Reverse Logistics Association
The Reverse Logistics Association is the only authoritative body for best practices related to reverse logistics. RLA is a member-driven, global trade association for the returns and reverse industry. The RLA offers information, research, solutions, and facilitates networking introductions for manufacturers, retail companies, and third-party providers. Our goal is to educate and inform reverse logistics professionals globally and be the voice of the reverse industry.
The Sustainability Consortium
The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) is a global organization transforming the consumer goods industry to deliver more sustainable consumer products. We are dedicated to improving the sustainability of consumer products. Our Members and partners include manufacturers, retailers, suppliers, service providers, NGOs, civil society organizations, governmental agencies and academics. Each member brings valuable perspectives and expertise. TSC convenes our diverse stakeholders to work collaboratively to build science-based decision tools and solutions that address sustainability issues that are materially important throughout a product’s supply chain and lifecycle. TSC also offers a portfolio of services to help drive effective implementation.
Future 500
Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council
The Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council is a non-profit organization whose mission is to support and recognize purchasing leadership that accelerates the transition to a prosperous and sustainable future.
Association for Supply Chain Management
The Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) is the global pacesetter of organizational transformation, talent development and supply chain innovation. As the largest association for supply chain, ASCM members and worldwide alliances fuel innovation and inspire accountability for resilient, dynamic and sustainable operations. ASCM is built on a foundation of world-class APICS education, certification and career resources, which encompass award-winning workforce development, relevant content, groundbreaking industry standards and a diverse community of professionals who are driven to create a better world through supply chain. To learn more, visit ascm.org.
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
WBCSD is a global, CEO-led organization of over 200 leading businesses working together to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world. We help make our member companies more successful and sustainable by focusing on the maximum positive impact for shareholders, the environment and societies.
Our member companies come from all business sectors and all major economies, representing a combined revenue of more than USD $8.5 trillion and 19 million employees. Our global network of almost 70 national business councils gives our members unparalleled reach across the globe. Since 1995, WBCSD has been uniquely positioned to work with member companies along and across value chains to deliver impactful business solutions to the most challenging sustainability issues.
Together, we are the leading voice of business for sustainability: united by our vision of a world where more than 9 billion people are all living well and within the boundaries of our planet, by 2050. Learn more at wbcsd.org
Reusable Packaging Association
The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) is a non-profit trade organization promoting the use and value of reusable transport packaging systems for the smart and sustainable distribution of goods in supply chains. Since 1999, RPA works with member companies to advance market awareness on the advantages of reuse and to address common industry issues for a stronger business climate.
PACE
PACE is the platform for global leaders and their organizations to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. PACE provides leaders in the circular economy with the connections, learning, and opportunities to pilot and rapidly scale best practices.
PACE hosts projects that generate learning used by leaders for further decision making and investments. At the start of 2020, the PACE community consists of 75 public, private and civic executive leaders and over 200 members championing 18 tangible projects across the globe. The community is supported by the PACE Hub, a team hosted by the World Resources Institute in The Hague. Learn more: https://pacecircular.org/
Ocean Plastics Leadership Network
The Ocean Plastics Leadership Network (OPLN) is a diverse group of leaders, organizations and interests, all coming together with one common goal – end the flow of plastics into our oceans. Through healthy debate and a shared vision, OPLN develops the programs and experiences that build relationships, deepen understanding and drive action.
The Recycling Partnership
At The Recycling Partnership, we are solving for circularity. We mobilize people, data, and solutions across the value chain to unlock the environmental and economic benefits of recycling and a circular economy. We work on the ground with thousands of communities to transform underperforming recycling programs; we partner with companies to achieve packing circularity, increase access to recycled materials, and meet sustainability commitments; and we work with government to develop policy solutions to address the systemic needs of our residential recycling system and advance a circular economy. Since 2014, we have diverted 500 million pounds of new recyclables from landfills, saved 968 million gallons of water, avoided more than 500,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases, and driven significant reductions in targeted contamination rates. Learn more at recyclingpartnership.org
US Plastics Pact
The U.S. Plastics Pact (“U.S. Pact”) is a collaborative, solutions-driven consortium that unites 95+ stakeholders across the entire plastics value chain behind a common vision of a circular economy for plastics, aligned on four targets to address plastic waste at its source by 2025: 1) Define a list of packaging that is problematic or unnecessary by 2021 and take measures to eliminate them by 2025; 2) 100% of plastic packaging will be reusable, recyclable, or compostable by 2025; 3) Undertake ambitious actions to effectively recycle or compost 50% of plastic packaging by 2025; 4) And an average of 30% recycled content or responsibly-sourced, biobased content by 2025.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation is dedicated to strengthening America’s long-term competitiveness. We educate the public on the conditions necessary for business and communities to thrive, how business positively impacts communities, and emerging issues and creative solutions that will shape the future. Learn more about our mission.
Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)
The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) is an American trade association headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. RILA promotes consumer choice and economic freedom through public policy and industry operational excellence. Executives participate in RILA for its educational forums, its public policy advocacy, and its advancement of the industry. To learn more about Rila, visit rila.org
Biomimicry Institute
The Biomimicry Institute is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded in 2006 that empowers people to seek nature-inspired solutions for a healthy planet. To advance the solution process, the Institute created AskNature.org, a free online tool that contains strategies found in nature and examples of how they could be used in design. It also hosts a Biomimicry Global Design Challenge and Youth Design Challenge to support project-based education, supports startup innovation through the Launchpad and Ray of Hope Prize® to bring designs to market, and connects innovators through the Global Biomimicry Network. Learn more at https://biomimicry.org.
CDP
CDP works to transform the way the world does business to prevent dangerous climate change and protect our natural resources. We see a world where capital is efficiently allocated to create long-term prosperity rather than short-term gain at the expense of our environment. Learn more at https://www.cdp.net.
3BL Media
Founded in 2009, 3BL Media is a leading news distribution and content marketing company focused on niche topics including sustainability, health, energy, education, philanthropy, community and other social and environmental topics. 3BL Media’s unrivaled content distribution platforms and Brand Studio promote the environmental, social, governance (ESG) initiatives of leading companies, nonprofits and NGOs. Learn more at 3blmedia.com
Metabolic
Metabolic is a consulting, research, and venture-building firm focused on tackling global sustainability challenges and advancing a circular economy. We advise governments, businesses, and NGOs on how to adapt to a fast-changing global context while creating disruptive solutions that can dramatically shift how the economy functions. Combining systems thinking and data science, we map and understand local and global systems to assess where to intervene for the biggest impact.
Headquartered in Amsterdam, Metabolic has three core areas of operation. Our consulting arm has developed systems analyses and circular economy strategies for numerous global clients, including WWF, Danone, Duracell, and Akzo Nobel, and city governments such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Charlotte. Our non-profit think tank works at the intersection of academic research and real-world experimentation, advancing open-source knowledge on global sustainability issues, and our venture building arm has launched spin-offs focused on the renewable energy transition, green chemistry, and sustainable urban development in underserved communities.
We are an international and interdisciplinary team with expertise in areas ranging from industrial ecology and natural sciences to economics and business modeling. Our advisory work covers a broad spectrum of focuses, from crafting circular economy roadmaps and sustainability strategies, to resource management plans and new designs for products, supply chains, or systems. Above all we focus on creating real impact, which means putting interventions into practice so they can scale up and generate results.
When we identify key market gaps in our consultancy work, we formulate our own research and development strategies to take them forward (which can also include pilot projects, like de Ceuvel, our circular neighborhood development in Amsterdam). And when projects emerge that have true potential for scalability, we help build them out into organisations that can address important needs. The practical expertise we gain through this approach is ultimately translated back into the quality of advice we are able to deliver in our advisory work; in many cases we have first-hand experience in the real practicalities and challenges around executing projects.
Pyxera Global
We leverage the unique strengths of corporations, governments, social sector organizations, educational institutions, and individuals to enhance the abilities of people and communities to solve complex problems and attain mutually beneficial goals. With a quarter century of experience in more than 90 countries, our team is passionate and dedicated to navigating challenges and pinpointing purposeful global engagement opportunities for our clients and partners.
Textile Exchange
Textile Exchange is a global nonprofit that creates leaders in the sustainable fiber and materials industry. The organization manages and promotes a suite of six leading industry standards, as well as, collects and publishes critical industry data and insights that enable brands and retailers to measure, manage and track their use of preferred fiber and materials. With more than 400 members representing leading brands, retailers and suppliers, Textile Exchange has, for years, been positively impacting climate through accelerating the use of preferred fibers across the global textile industry and is now making it an imperative goal through its 2030 Strategy: Climate+. Under the Climate+ strategic direction, Textile Exchange will be the driving force for urgent climate action with a goal of 35-45% reduced CO2 emissions from textile fiber and material production by 2030. To learn more about Textile Exchange, visit: TextileExchange.org.
Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC)
Renewable Matter
Renewable Matter is the international magazine to become an expert of circular economy, bioeconomy and future-proof strategies. Through inspiring stories, ideas and interviews with inspiring gurus, Renewable Matter aims to strengthen and inform a wide community of businessmen, innovators, researchers and policy makers engaged in building the regenerative economy.
Accelerate Partners
Elemental Excelerator
Elemental Excelerator helps startups change the world, one community at a time. Each year, it finds 15-20 companies that best fit its mission and funds each company up to $1 million to improve systems that impact people's lives: energy, mobility, water, agriculture, and beyond. To date, it has awarded over $30 million to 82 companies. Learn more at https://elementalexcelerator.com.
Unreasonable Group
On Deck
On Deck helps people start companies, find their next role, and invest in their careers. Our programs are where top talent comes to accelerate their ideas and careers, surrounded by a world-class community. On Deck Climate Tech exists within On Deck, and is focused specifically on catalyzing early stage climate tech entrepreneurship. We run Build for Climate, an 8-week build sprint that helps aspiring climate tech founders turn an idea into a company.
Circulate Capital
At Circulate Capital, we identify, incubate, and invest in opportunities designed to intercept ocean plastic at the source by collecting, sorting, processing, and recycling waste in South and Southeast Asian countries. As a result, waste is diverted from the environment into the recycling value chain, furthering the circular economy.
Circulate Capital established the world’s first investment fund dedicated to preventing ocean plastic: Circulate Capital Ocean Fund (CCOF). CCOF is a new, blended financing mechanism, bringing together the public and private sectors to invest for maximum impact. It was created in partnership with leading corporations, PepsiCo, the first investor, Coca-Cola, Danone, Chanel, Unilever, Dow, Procter & Gamble, Chevron Phillips Chemical, Mondelez International and backed by DFC and USAID.
Third Derivative
Founded by RMI and New Energy Nexus, Third Derivative is a global climate technology startup accelerator aimed at accelerating the rate of climate innovation. Our vertically-integrated model rapidly finds, funds, and scales climate tech globally by uniting investors, corporates, market and policy experts, and startups to work together to increase the success and speed to market for climate innovation. Learn more at https://third-derivative.org/.
Clean Energy Ventures
At Clean Energy Ventures we’re beating back climate change through energy innovation. We fund disruptive, capital-light technologies and business model innovations that can reshape how we produce and consume energy. Each startup we invest in has the potential to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions between our investment and 2050.
Closed Loop Partners
Closed Loop Partners is a New York-based investment firm comprised of venture capital, growth equity, private equity, project-based finance and an innovation center focused on building the circular economy. The firm has built an ecosystem that connects entrepreneurs, industry experts, global consumer goods companies, retailers, financial institutions and municipalities. Learn more at www.closedlooppartners.com.
OpenGrants
OpenGrants is a grant search engine and marketplace of grant experts for startups, nonprofits, and small business. You can find grants on your own, or hire an expert to help you search, apply for, and manage your grant.
Fashion for Good
Fashion for Good is the international organisation that brings the entire apparel industry together through collaboration and community with the aim to make all fashion good. At the core of Fashion for Good is our Innovation Platform – where we connect those working on sustainable innovation with brands, retailers and funders to bring new ideas and technologies from niche to norm. We also act as a convenor for change with a visitor-facing museum, co-working space for like-minded organisations and by producing open source tools around the production of circular apparel. To learn more about Fashion for Good, visit fashionforgood.com
Gener8tor
We are a nationally-ranked accelerator that brings together startup founders, investors, corporations, job seekers, universities, musicians and artists. The gener8tor platform includes more than 75 programs spanning startup accelerators, corporate programming, speaker series, conferences, skills accelerators and fellowships. gener8tor believes that everyone deserves opportunities, regardless of race, place or gender. And that is what we consider our mission.
ReFED
ReFED is a multi-stakeholder nonprofit, powered by an influential network of the nation’s leading business, nonprofit, foundation, and government leaders committed to reducing U.S. food waste. ReFED takes a data-driven approach to move the food system from acting on instinct to insights to solve our national food waste problem. Llearn more at refed.com
Greentown Labs
Greentown Labs is a community of climate action pioneers working to design a more sustainable world. As the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, Greentown Labs brings together startups, corporates, investors, policymakers, and many others with a focus on scaling climate solutions. Driven by the mission of providing startups the resources, knowledge, connections, and equipment they need to thrive, Greentown Labs offers lab space, shared office space, a machine shop, an electronics lab, software and business resources, and a large network of corporate customers, investors, and more. With its headquarters in Somerville, Mass. and a recently opened incubator in Houston, TX, Greentown Labs is home to more than 180 startups and has supported more than 400 startups since the incubator’s founding in 2011. These startups have collectively created more than 8,400 jobs and have raised more than $2.2 billion in funding.
The Circulars Accelerator
The Circulars Accelerator program connects industry leaders with ground-breaking circular economy entrepreneurs to scale up disruptive, cross-sector value chain innovation at an unprecedented pace. The program is led by Accenture in partnership with Anglo American and Ecolab, and run in collaboration with the World Economic Forum and UpLink.
Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)
Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) is Canada's oldest and largest public equity market, with more than 160 years of experience. Companies listed on TSX include a broad range of companies from Canada, North America and around the world across a diverse array of industry sectors. Approximately 1,500 companies are listed on the Exchange, with a total market capitalization of $2.7 trillion (as at December 31, 2016).
Climax VC
We invest in early-stage founders that are determined to dominate a market and change the world. At Climax, we believe founders who innovate in climate tech will solve the world’s biggest problems and create a better future. Not politicians and not regulation. Our driving ethos is sustainable capitalism: combining profit-driven, environmental, and social values, as the path to maximum impact and superior returns.
Plug and Play
Plug and Play is the leading innovation platform, connecting startups, corporations, venture capital firms, universities, and government agencies. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, we're present in 35+ locations across 5 continents. We offer corporate innovation programs and help our corporate partners in every stage of their innovation journey, from education to execution. We also organize startup acceleration programs and have built an in-house VC to drive innovation across multiple industries where we've invested in hundreds of successful companies including Dropbox, Guardant Health, Honey, Lending Club, N26, PayPal, and Rappi.
Sustainability Partners
WM
As North America’s largest environmental solutions provider, WM is “Always Working for a Sustainable Tomorrow.” Previously known as Waste Management, WM is driven by commitments to put people first and achieve success with integrity. The company provides collection, recycling and disposal services to millions of residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers throughout the U.S. and Canada. With innovative infrastructure and capabilities in recycling, organics and renewable energy, WM collaborates with its customers to help them achieve their sustainability goals. WM.com. The WM Sustainable Sports & Entertainment Team supports organizations with benchmarking, holistic sustainability planning, zero waste and implementing impact reduction tactics. With unique industry expertise and experience in event management, WM designs value-driven solutions to help its partners work for a sustainable tomorrow.
Copia
Every day in America, we waste 3 times more food than there are mouths to feed. It is not a lack of food that's the issue, rather an ineffective distribution of that food. Hunger is not a scarcity problem — it's a logistics problem. For the first time ever, we can effectively donate prepared and highly perishable food to those who need it when they need it most. Copia’s technology allows businesses to request pickups of their surplus food. Copia’s platform then dispatches a driver to pick up the donation and deliver it to a nonprofit in need. Businesses that partner with Copia benefit from significant tax savings; robust waste tracking analytics to help reduce future waste; and marketing materials to share environmental and community impact with employees and stakeholders. Copia has diverted more than 1 million pounds of edible food from landfills and distributed over $9M worth of food to local nonprofits. We’re on our way to feeding over 2 million people with great food that would have otherwise been wasted!
TerraCycle
TerraCycle is Eliminating the Idea of Waste® by recycling the "non-recyclable." Whether it's coffee capsules from your home, pens from a school, or plastic gloves from a manufacturing facility, TerraCycle can collect and recycle almost any form of waste. We partner with individual collectors such as yourself, as well as major consumer product companies, retailers, manufacturers, municipalities, and small businesses across 20 different countries. With your help, we are able to divert millions of pounds of waste from landfills and incinerators each month.
Bonneville Environmental Foundation
BEF sustainability products and services empower business to be in balance with offset products, environmental programs and custom solutions.