Sponsors
Premier Sponsors
Amazon
Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon. Learn more at amazon.com/about and follow @AmazonNews.
Bloom Energy
Bloom Energy’s mission is to make clean, reliable energy affordable for everyone in the world. Bloom Energy’s product, the Bloom Energy Server, delivers highly reliable and resilient, always-on electric power that is clean, cost-effective, and ideal for microgrid applications. Bloom’s customers include many Fortune 100 companies and leaders in manufacturing, data centers, healthcare, retail, higher education, utilities, and other industries.Learn more at https://www.bloomenergy.com/
Shell Energy
Supporting Sponsors
Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions
Your ambitious goals call for creative solutions. Forward-thinking ideas designed to help your business operate more reliably, more economically and more sustainably. That’s where Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions comes in. As a nationwide leader in renewable and sustainable energy, we know how to connect you to the energy infrastructure that your business needs today – and for decades to come.
Ecolab
A trusted partner at nearly three million commercial customer locations, Ecolab (ECL) is the global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services. Ecolab delivers comprehensive solutions, data-driven insights and personalized service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, optimize water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies and sustainability for customers in the food, healthcare, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world. Learn more at www.ecolab.com.
Our mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world together. Our products empower more than 3 billion people around the world to share ideas, offer support and make a difference. At Facebook we are constantly iterating, solving problems and working together to connect people all over the world. Learn more at https://about.fb.com/.
Liberty Mutual
At Liberty Mutual, we believe progress happens when people feel secure. As one of the largest global property and casualty insurers, we operate according to high standards of governance and behavior. Underpinned by our conviction that insurance is a force for social good, we are well positioned to address environmental and social challenges and deliver security for employees, customers, businesses, communities and the environment. As we embrace this next decade, we are more motivated than ever to ensuring Liberty Mutual continues to make a difference as we tackle the world’s most pressing challenges.
Neste
Neste creates sustainable solutions for transport, business, and consumer needs and is one of the world’s largest producers of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced from waste materials. Our wide range of renewable products enable our customers to achieve their climate goals. In 2019, renewable products made by Neste prevented 9.6 million tons of CO2 equivalent from entering the atmosphere and, in 2020, Neste placed 3rd on the Global 100 list of the most sustainable companies in the world. Learn more at: https://www.neste.us/
WSP
WSP USA is one of the nation’s largest environmental, engineering and professional services firms, with 12,000 employees in 175 offices across the U.S. WSP USA’s Climate, Resilience & Sustainability experts design Future Ready™ strategies that help organizations mitigate emissions, adapt to changing conditions, and identify climate-related risks and opportunities to become more resilient. We are a trusted partner in developing effective, equitable solutions across the entire process of climate preparedness. Reckon with the past. Innovate for the future. Learn more at wsp.com.
Contributing Sponsors
Rubicon
Rubicon is a software company that provides smart waste and recycling solutions for businesses and governments worldwide. 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 by helping its partners find economic value in their waste streams and confidently execute on their sustainability goals. Learn more at https://www.rubicon.com/esg-report/.
Tetra Pak
Tetra Pak is a world leading food processing and packaging solutions company. Working closely with our customers and suppliers, we provide 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, we believe in responsible industry leadership and a sustainable approach to business. Our promise, “PROTECTS WHAT’S GOOD™," reflects our vision to commit to making food safe and available, everywhere. More information about Tetra Pak is available at www.tetrapak.com/en-us.
Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch is an employee-owned engineering, procurement, consulting and construction company with a more than 100-year track record of innovation in sustainable infrastructure. Since 1915, we have helped our clients improve the lives of people in over 100 countries by addressing the resilience and reliability of our world's most important infrastructure assets. Our revenues in 2019 were US$3.7 billion. Lean more at www.bv.com and on social media.
BlueTriton Brands
BlueTriton Brands provides people with an unrivaled portfolio of bottled waters for healthy hydration. Brands such as Nestlé Pure Life®, Arrowhead®, Poland Spring®, Perrier® and San Pellegrino® have driven BlueTriton Brands to be the third largest non-alcoholic beverage company by volume in the U.S. Based in Stamford, Connecticut with some 8,500 employees, BlueTriton Brands is committed to reducing its environmental footprint across operations. As a natural resource company, BlueTriton Brands sustainably manages our 47 spring sources and maintains more than 20,000 acres of natural watershed area. The company is also committed to creating shared value and being a good neighbor in the 140 communities where it operates in the U.S.
EcoVadis
EcoVadis is the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, intelligence and collaborative performance improvement tools for global supply chains. Backed by a powerful technology platform and a global team of domain experts, EcoVadis’ easy-to-use and actionable sustainability scorecards provide detailed insight into environmental, social and ethical risks across 200 purchasing categories and 160 countries. Industry leaders such as Johnson & Johnson, Verizon, L’Oréal, Subway, Nestlé, Salesforce, Michelin and BASF are among the more than 75,000 businesses on the EcoVadis network, all working with a single methodology to evaluate, collaborate and improve sustainability performance in order to protect their brands, foster transparency and innovation, and accelerate growth. Learn more on ecovadis.com, Twitter or LinkedIn.
Edison Energy
Edison Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), provides independent, global advisory solutions to help large corporate, industrial, and institutional clients better understand and navigate the choices and risks of managing energy. Through an integrated portfolio approach, Edison Energy enables decision-makers in organizations to deliver on their strategic, financial and sustainability goals. Providing a suite of specialized services across sustainability, analytics, renewables, supply, and demand, Edison Energy addresses the three biggest challenges in energy today: cost, carbon, and complex choices. For more information about Edison Energy visit www.edisonenergy.com.
ENGIE Impact
ENGIE Impact accelerates sustainability transformation for corporations, cities and governments. We help organizations embed sustainability into their operational strategies, allowing them to bridge the gap between sustainability commitments and realized results that capture economic value and make organizations more competitive over the long term.
HydroPoint
HydroPoint®is the proven leader in smart water management solutions. Its WeatherTRAK®, Baseline®, and WaterCompass®product lines help companies maximize water savings, reduce operating costs, minimize business risks, and achieve sustainability goals. An EPA WaterSense®Partner of the Year, HydroPoint combines IoT technology, data analytics, and automation to optimize irrigation, flow management, and leak detection. Its solutions deliver visibility and control to commercial, government, education, and community sites. Located in the San Francisco North Bay for over 15 years, HydroPoint helps to reduce the world’s water waste by making the best and most efficient use of our most important resource.
HP Inc.
HP Inc. creates technology that makes life better for everyone, everywhere. Through our product and service portfolio of personal systems, printers and 3D printing solutions, we engineer experiences that amaze. As part of our Sustainable Impact strategy, HP is taking bold and comprehensive steps to drive climate action, protect human rights and accelerate digital equity. We hold ourselves accountable by striving for some of the most comprehensive goals in our industry. Learn more at www.hp.com/sustainableimpact.
NCX
With the creation of its carbon marketplace, NCX has reimagined forest carbon markets. We drive never-before scale by opening participation in forest carbon markets to landowners of all sizes while ensuring carbon buyers their purchase is driving real environmental and community impact. A heritage steeped in data, science, and forestry means precise measurements for every acre, every year. Learn more at ncx.com.
OneTrust
OneTrust ESG simplifies the gathering, storing and assessing of your company's ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) data and metrics. OneTrust ESG comes with a powerful assessment platform, that helps identify and track both internal and third-party risks and manage ESG goals to make a successful ESG program.
OneTrust ESG is a part of OneTrust, the #1 most widely used privacy, security and governance platform used by more than 7,500 customers and powered by 130 awarded patents. OneTrust ESG is powered by the OneTrust Athena™ AI and robotic automation engine, and integrates seamlessly with the full OneTrust platform, including OneTrust Privacy Management Software, OneTrust DataDiscovery™, OneTrust DataGovernance™, OneTrust Vendorpedia™, OneTrust GRC, OneTrust Ethics, OneTrust PreferenceChoice™, and OneTrust DataGuidance™.
To learn more, visit OneTrust.com or connect on LinkedIn.
Ørsted
The Ørsted vision is a world that runs entirely on green energy. Ørsted develops, constructs, and operates offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms, energy storage facilities, and bioenergy plants, and provides energy products to its customers. Ørsted ranks as the world's most sustainable energy company in Corporate Knights' 2021 index of the Global 100 most sustainable corporations in the world and is recognised on the CDP Climate Change A List as a global leader on climate action. Headquartered in Denmark, Ørsted's shares are listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen (Orsted). In 2020, the group's revenue was DKK 52.6 billion (EUR 7.1 billion).
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is one of the largest combined natural gas and electric energy companies in the United States. Based in San Francisco, PG&E delivers some of the nation’s cleanest energy to nearly 16 million people in Northern and Central California. PG&E offers a full portfolio of options to help customers save energy and reduce their carbon footprint. PG&E is also working to build climate resilience into its business along with the communities it serves. To learn more, visit www.pgecorp.com/sustainability and www.pgecurrents.com.
Participating Sponsors
3Degrees
3Degrees, a certified B Corporation, makes it possible for businesses and their customers to take urgent action on climate change. We help organizations around the world achieve renewable energy and decarbonization goals through our work with global Fortune 500 companies, utilities, and other organizations that want to join the fight against climate change. The 3Degrees team has deep expertise in sustainability consulting, environmental markets, renewable energy and carbon project development, transportation decarbonization solutions, and utility renewable energy programs. Together with our customers, 3Degrees helps develop and implement creative solutions that ensure environmental integrity and make good business sense. Learn more at 3degrees.com.
Genentech
Genentech is a leading biotechnology company dedicated to pursuing groundbreaking science to discover and develop medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases. Our transformational discoveries include the first targeted antibody for cancer and the first medicine for primary progressive multiple sclerosis. Learn more at https://www.gene.com/.
Natural Capital Partners
Natural Capital Partners, the leading experts on carbon neutrality and climate finance, works with more than 300 clients in 34 countries, including Microsoft, Logitech, Interface, HP and Nestle Waters, to deliver climate action solutions of the highest quality. Through a global network of projects which reduce carbon emissions, generate renewable energy, build resilience in supply chains, conserve and restore forests and biodiversity, and improve health and livelihoods, Natural Capital Partners’ clients are able to meet carbon neutrality and net zero targets. The CarbonNeutral Protocol, which is managed by Natural Capital Partners, provides a robust framework for clear, transparent and high quality carbon neutral action for businesses to achieve carbon neutrality, including CarbonNeutral® product certification.
One Tree Planted
One Tree Planted is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a mission to make it simple for anyone to help the environment by planting trees! They lead reforestation projects in North America, South America, Africa, and Asia by working with local communities and only native tree species that are grown in nearby nurseries. Each project focus is different, and can include forest fire restoration, agroforestry, watershed health, biodiversity, environmental disaster recovery, climate, and social impact. Many projects have overlapping objectives, creating a combination of benefits that contribute to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Beyond such projects, One Tree Planted believes that truly engaging people who want to have a personal experience is critical to raising awareness through action. That's why they also organize volunteer events throughout the world in order to help get more hands in the dirt to help the planet! Learn more at https://onetreeplanted.org/.
Persefoni
Persefoni is a SaaS company that enables enterprises and institutional investors to measure, analyze, plan, forecast, and report on their carbon footprint. The Persefoni platform leverages AI to provide users contextual sustainability performance scores for their organization and enables them to manage their carbon transactions and inventory with the same rigor as their financial ones. Built for both reporting companies and institutional investors, Persefoni is a complete carbon footprint management system.
QuantumScape
QuantumScape is a leader in the development of next generation solid-state lithium-metal batteries for use in electric vehicles. The company’s solid-state lithium-metal battery technology will enable electric vehicles to charge faster and have a longer range than what is currently available today and be safer, longer-lasting, and cheaper. This drives QuantumScape’s mission to revolutionize energy storage to enable a sustainable future.
Community Partners
New Energy Nexus
New Energy Nexus works to accelerate the great energy transition by supporting entrepreneurs who are powering the thousands of businesses, technologies, and innovations needed to break open the economic and social opportunities of a clean energy future. Learn more at http://www.energynexus.co.
Renewable Thermal Collaborative
The Renewable Thermal Collaborative (RTC) is the global coalition for companies, institutions, and governments committed to scaling up renewable thermal energy – energy used for industrial processes and the heating and cooling of buildings. RTC members recognize the growing demand and necessity for renewable thermal solutions that deliver sustainable, cost-competitive options at scale. The RTC works with its members and sponsors to address technology, market, and policy barriers, and to accelerate renewable thermal development and deployment.
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. The company works with organizations including multinational corporations, SME's, and non-profits to distribute multi-format media assets through social, traditional and new media channels. 3BL Media leverages its expertise in communications, technology and social media to enable organizations to more effectively communicate about their initiatives to the press, investors, consumers and other critical stakeholder groups. Learn more at 3blmedia.com
Antenna
Center for Resource Solutions
Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) is a national nonprofit with global impact. It develops expert responses to climate change issues with the speed and effectiveness necessary to provide real-time solutions. Its leadership through collaboration and environmental innovation builds policies and consumer-protection mechanisms in renewable energy, greenhouse gas reductions, and energy efficiency that foster healthy and sustained growth in national and international markets.
Arizona State University
The Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability is the hub of Arizona State University’s sustainability initiatives. The ASU Wrigley Institute advances research, education and business practices for an urbanizing world. Its School of Sustainability, the first of its kind in the U.S., offers transdisciplinary degree programs focused on finding practical solutions to social, economic and environmental challenges.
REBA
The Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA) is a membership association for large-scale energy buyers seeking to procure renewable energy across the U.S. Today, our membership of over 200, includes stakeholders from across the commercial and industrial sector, non-profit organizations, as well as energy providers and service providers. Learn more at https://rebuyers.org.
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.
The North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE)
NACFE, The North American Council for Freight Efficiency, works to drive the development and adoption of efficiency enhancing, environmentally beneficial, and cost-effective technologies, services and methodologies in the North American freight industry. Learn more at https://nacfe.org.
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.
Climate Neutral
Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC)
Ecosystem Marketplace
Ecosystem Marketplace, a project of Forest Trends, is a leading source of news, data, and analytics on markets and payments for ecosystem services – water quality, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity. We believe that by making accessible information on policy, finance, regulation, science, and business, markets for ecosystem services will one day become a fundamental part of our economic system.
RMI
RMI is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit organization of experts across disciplines working to accelerate the clean energy transition and improve lives. Since our founding in 1982 by Amory Lovins, RMI’s chairman emeritus, we have grown to 300 staff working on four continents with a global reach and reputation.
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. sustainabilityconsortium.org
Gold Standard
Gold Standard was established in 2003 by WWF and other international NGOs to ensure projects that reduced carbon emissions featured the highest levels of environmental integrity and also contributed to sustainable development. With the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals, we launched a best practice standard for climate and sustainable development interventions, Gold Standard for the Global Goals, to maximise impact, creating value for people around the world and the planet we share.
E2
Environmental Entrepreneurs is a national community of business leaders who promote sound environmental policy that builds economic prosperity. E2 is the independent business voice for the environment. Learn more at http://www.e2.org.
World Climate Forum
Taking place virtually on September 22 during New York Climate Week and the United Nations General Assembly, World Climate Forum NORTH AMERICA 2021 will gather senior policymakers and high-level public and private actors from around the world for action-oriented discussions on advancing net-zero targets across all sectors, required to limit global warming to 1.5 degree, as well as accelerate the green recovery and adaptation. Through a strong and engaging digital platform, World Climate Forum NORTH AMERICA 2021 will present opportunities for the advancement of global climate goals and momentum towards COP26 through public-private collaboration, innovation, policy regulations and sustainable investment strategies.
Food Tank
We’re building a global community for safe, healthy, nourished eaters. We aim to educate, inspire, advocate, and create change. We spotlight and support environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable ways of alleviating hunger, obesity, and poverty and create networks of people, organizations, and content to push for food system change.
The Climate Collaborative
The Climate Collaborative is a project of OSC2 and SFTA to catalyze bold climate action among natural products companies. The ClimateCollaborative brings manufacturers, retailers, brokers, distributors, and suppliers together to build existing climate solutions to scale and to find innovative, new ways to help reverse climate change. Follow the Climate Collaborative on Facebook @climatecollab and on Twitter @ClimateColl. Learn more at https://www.climatecollaborative.com.
Accelerate Partners
Urban Future Lab
Urban Future Lab is the center of cleantech innovation in New York. We are leading the way to a more sustainable world by connecting people, capital, and purpose to advance market-ready solutions to address climate change. Learn more at http://ufl.nyc.
Cleantech San Diego
Cleantech San Diego is a nonprofit member organization that positions the greater San Diego region, including Imperial County, as a global leader in the cleantech economy. The organization achieves this by fostering collaborations across the private-public-academic landscape, leading advocacy efforts to promote cleantech priorities, and encouraging investment in the San Diego region.
Cleantech San Diego’s membership includes more than 100 local businesses, universities, governments, and nonprofits committed to advancing sustainable solutions for the benefit of the economy and the environment. Learn more at http://cleantechsandiego.org.
Greentown Labs
Greentown Labs is a community of bold, passionate entrepreneurs creating solutions for today’s biggest climate and environmental challenges. Located in Somerville, MA, and founded in 2011, Greentown Labs is the largest cleantech incubator in North America, operating a 100,000 sq. ft. campus comprised of prototyping and wet lab space, shared office space, a machine shop, electronics lab, and a curated suite of programs and resources. Greentown Labs is home to more than 100 startups and has supported more than 250 startups since its inception. These startups have collectively created more than 6,500 direct jobs and have raised more than $750 million in funding. The incubator’s mission is to provide entrepreneurs with the community, resources, and space they need to thrive. Learn more at www.greentownlabs.com or on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.
KitchenTown
KitchenTown champions innovation in all its forms so we can drive positive change in our food system from the ground up.We play a critical role in the development, commercialization, and launch of impact driven and transformational food products.We are actively building a global community of food entrepreneurs and innovators to support each other and create a new sustainable food system.
ReFED
ReFED is a national nonprofit working to end food loss and waste across the food system by advancing data-driven solutions to the problem. ReFED leverages data and insights to highlight supply chain inefficiencies and economic opportunities; mobilizes and connects people to take targeted action; and catalyzes capital to spur innovation and scale high-impact initiatives. ReFED’s goal is a sustainable, resilient, and inclusive food system that optimizes environmental resources, minimizes climate impacts, and makes the best use of the food we grow. For more information, visit refed.com.
Scale for ClimateTech
Imagine H2O
Imagine H2O®, the water innovation accelerator, provides entrepreneurs with the resources, insight and visibility to launch and scale water solutions. By partnering with industry and policy experts and a global network of customers and investors, Imagine H2O has become a proven path-to-market for emerging water technology businesses. Participants benefit from access to mentorship, industry exposure, customer and investor connections and strategy, marketing and sales support. Since 2009, Imagine H2O’s accelerator has helped over 70 innovative companies win customers and receive more than $1 in every $10 of early stage investment in the water sector.
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)
Los Angeles has launched its cleantech business incubator to accelerate development of cleantech start-ups by offering flexible office space, CEO coaching and mentoring, and access to a growing network of experts and capital. LACI is the business equivalent of baseball’s farm system: it identifies local talent, nurtures it, and helps it get to market, resulting in more jobs and a bigger green economy in Los Angeles.
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.
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/.
Sustainability Partners
Natural Capital Partners
Natural Capital Partners, the leading experts on carbon neutrality and climate finance, works with more than 300 clients in 34 countries, including Microsoft, Logitech, Interface, HP and Nestle Waters, to deliver climate action solutions of the highest quality. Through a global network of projects which reduce carbon emissions, generate renewable energy, build resilience in supply chains, conserve and restore forests and biodiversity, and improve health and livelihoods, Natural Capital Partners’ clients are able to meet carbon neutrality and net zero targets. The CarbonNeutral Protocol, which is managed by Natural Capital Partners, provides a robust framework for clear, transparent and high quality carbon neutral action for businesses to achieve carbon neutrality, including CarbonNeutral® product certification.
One Tree Planted
One Tree Planted is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a mission to make it simple for anyone to help the environment by planting trees! They lead reforestation projects in North America, South America, Africa, and Asia by working with local communities and only native tree species that are grown in nearby nurseries. Each project focus is different, and can include forest fire restoration, agroforestry, watershed health, biodiversity, environmental disaster recovery, climate, and social impact. Many projects have overlapping objectives, creating a combination of benefits that contribute to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Beyond such projects, One Tree Planted believes that truly engaging people who want to have a personal experience is critical to raising awareness through action. That's why they also organize volunteer events throughout the world in order to help get more hands in the dirt to help the planet! Learn more at https://onetreeplanted.org/.
rePurpose Global
rePurpose Global is the World's First Plastic Credit Platform dedicated to making planetary action delightfully accessible for purposeful people and companies of any size, anywhere. Its one-stop solution platform empowers anybody to take meaningful environmental action and go Plastic Neutral by financing innovators on the frontlines of fighting for our planet's future. Since inception, the venture has created environmental impact for people across 26 countries and 100+ purposeful brands, and in doing so, it is eliminating 2.5 million pounds of plastic waste every year and positively impacting the lives of 9,500 waste workers and marginalized community members worldwide.