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Past cohorts of the GreenBiz 30 Under 30 weigh in on how the pandemic year has reshaped priorities when it comes to the social side of sustainability.

HomeBiogas: The Circular Economy Meets Clean Cooking June 22, 2021 Sector News HomeBiogas, an Israel-based biogas system developer and member of the Clean Cooking Alliance’s (CCA) Venture Catalyst portfolio, was recently listed on the Israeli stock exchange in an Initial Public Offering (IPO) valued at $94 million after money.  Oshik Efrati, CEO of HomeBiogas, and Boaz Schweiger, Executive Chairman of HomeBiogas and Operating Partner at Closed Loop Partners, spoke with Colm Fay, CCA’s Senior Director for Market Strengthening, about the origins of HomeBiogas and what th...

(Page 1) Dow, LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) announced the establishment of the Closed Loop

Walmart Launches Bagless Pilots Walmart has launched a bagless pilot in Vermont, which underlines its commitment to achieving zero waste and moving towards a circular economy where materials that are used stay in use. According to the retailer, 78 percent of its Vermont customers support bagless options and key learnings from the pilot will be used to determine future direction for the company’s bagless efforts. In addition, Walmart Mexico y Centroamerica is going bagless due to new regulations banning plastic bags. “Instead of offering yet another single-use solution, we made the decisi...

Somewhere Beyond the Plastic Bag Lies the Future of Retail Published 02-23-21 By Jane Ewing, Senior Vice President, Sustainability Globally, people use about 1 trillion plastic bags a year, and each bag has a dismally short lifespan of as little as 12 minutes. Fewer than 10% of them are recycled in the U.S., and single-use plastic bags continue to be one of the top ten items found along beaches and waterways. This is a massive challenge we must approach as an industry. As we all know, however, true innovation is rarely immediate. Last summer, we set out on the path to look beyond the...