RSVP for Circular Fashion Event + Sustainability Job Openings
The Understory Team talks to diverse leaders and experts to get their perspectives on innovation and the future of sustainability.
In this episode, Jessica Camus shares how Diginex Solutions is making ESG reporting simple, cheap, and fast for small businesses.
NEW UNDERSTORY EVENT
We will talk to three leaders who are pioneering new ways to design, sell, and recycle fashion by incorporating circularity as a central tenant to their business models.
Tuesday, June 8th
11am ET / 8am PT / 5pm CET
Lizee and Adidas launch new gear rental program. The program allows adventurous in France to rent technical Adidas apparel and footwear and return them after use.link
Learn more about Lizee and how they enable rental business models.link
Recyclable toothpaste tubes! Colgate created a sustainable tube and has offered to share it with competitors.link
Can chemical recycling recycle the unrecyclable? This article discusses the barriers to recycling plastic and discusses new innovations to turn plastic back into oil.link
Biden issues new order on climate-related financial risk. The requirements lay the groundwork for climate related financial disclosure in banking and other sectors.link
Green Bond, meet Green Equity. Wall Street firms are experimenting with a new asset class called Green Equity, creating a market for green stocks that meet measurable climate metrics.link
KKR buys sustainability advisory firm. The private equity firm acquired a majority stake in ERM, the largest global pure play sustainability consulting firm.link
Chief Sustainability Officer. 31 U.S. public companies hired this C-suite role over the past year, bringing the grand total to 95 executives. More than half are women.link
Renewable acquisition in India. Adani Green becomes one of the leaders in renewable energy after purchasing SoftBank's $3.5 billion renewables business.link
Innovation in wind turbines. Improvements in modern wind turbine design make them more cost efficient.link
And Vestas has developed new technology to recycle wind turbines.link
New EV battery venture. Ford and SK Innovation established a new joint venture called BlueOvalSK which will manufacture EV batteries in North America.link
How to reach net zero by 2050. A detailed look at how energy and other sectors need to evolve over the next 30 years to meet the Paris Agreement.link
Latest corporate net zero commitments. Whirlpool, Cathay Pacific, Bed Bath & Beyond.
Venture Funding. Cervest, a climate risk platform, raised a $30 million Series A.link
And WeaveGrid, an EV grid startup, raised $15 million from investors including Breakthrough Energy Ventures.link
May Startup Showcase recording is available. Did you miss our event? Catch the replay.link
Sustainability Job Opportunities
Director of Sustainability at Georgia Pacific
Strategy Senior Director, Sustainability at PepsiCo
Senior Director, Sustainability at Tory Burch
Head of Sales at Lizee
Software Engineer at LimeLoop
Director of Operations at Returnity
Sustainability Operations Director at GSK
Summer Intern at Arbor
Internship at Applied Negative Emissions Centre
See real time postings or share your open positions on the Understory Slack channel.