Transforming the fashion industry
Earth Logic is an initiative launched by two of the world’s most cited scholars within fashion and sustainability. The initiative serves as an action research plan for the fashion industry to move away from the damaging climate, environmental, and social impacts it creates. Earth Logic is summarised into seven elements of action to rethink fashion […]
European standards for sustainability
CEN, the European Committee for Standardization, and CENELEC, the European Electrotechnical Committee for Standardization, have teamed up to create European standards for the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) divided into three key categories: economic, environmental, and societal sustainability. CEN and CENELEC’s new standards provide mutual and clear rules for behaviour, facilitating the sharing of best […]
WWF takes on the food system
WWF’s Basket initiative sets out a blueprint for food companies to sustainably transform the food system. Centred on the UK, the WWF Basket includes both a defined set of outcomes and measures and a clear blueprint for action. Through this initiative, priority actions against climate and nature crises for UK food retailers are identified, serving as […]
Investment in solar for profit
Trine is a company making it easy for people to invest in solar energy in growing markets. Their mission is to give people a triple return on investment: earning a profit while making positive social and environmental impacts. After setting up a Trine account, you can invest in loans for sustainable business around the world, […]
Sportswear in the planetary boundaries
Houdini is a sportswear and outdoor clothing brand grounded in sustainability. In 2018, they became the first company in the world to release a sustainability report based on the planetary boundaries model. For Houdini, using this holistic framework enables them to evaluate and understand their business while prioritising what areas they need to work on […]
Transforming the convenience industry
PBX is a living lab and concrete result of the transformation that is necessary to create a convenience store that is both profitable and sustainable. The doors to this experimental kiosk opened in the Autumn of 2021 after almost two years of collaboration between Prosperous Planet and Reitan Convenience Sweden. The ambition is to develop […]
Sustainable packaging from seaweed
Notpla is an up-and-coming company working to scale sustainable, biodegradable packaging material made from seaweed and other plants. The team is a combination of designers, chemists, engineers, and entrepreneurs, and their work offers an alternative to single-use plastics. As WWF’s Cost of Plastic report estimates that the lifetime cost of plastic is 10x the market cost, […]
Regenerative aquaculture
Kelp Blue is a new company working towards practical solutions to ocean acidification, showing there are lucrative business opportunities that can be achieved through addressing this issue. Leading to transformative benefits across markets, Kelp Blue plants kelp forests around the globe that sequester CO2 from the ocean while boosting the health of ecosystems. Kelp harvests […]
Turning nothing into something
It’s not just the big names that are making strides in the fight against the climate emergency, though–innovative, up and coming companies such as Air Company are taking what could be seen as limitations and catalysing them for business success. Air Company is driven by using technology to remove carbon from the atmosphere and create […]
Energy company turns a new leaf
Ørsted knew what was needed and knew what was coming, and the tables turned. The prominent Danish energy company has successfully transitioned from being a coal-intensive utility company to an almost entirely renewable energy provider bringing power from offshore wind farms to more than 13 million people. Companies like Ørsted are positioned well to finance such […]