The Tschuggen Collection, a Swiss hotel group, has been recognized for its commitment to sustainability and climate action. The group’s four hotels are implementing green initiatives and innovative energy solutions to reduce their environmental impact.
The C40 Food Systems Network, a global network of 50+ cities working to create healthy and sustainable food systems, has been awarded the prestigious Food Planet Prize 2024 for its efforts in tackling food-related challenges in urban environments. The network’s focus on reducing food loss and waste, promoting planetary health diets, and supporting cities in developing sustainable food policies has been recognized by the Food Planet Prize jury.
Cloverly, the leading platform for climate action, has partnered with IMEX to enable attendees of IMEX Frankfurt 2024 and IMEX America 2024 to take actionable steps towards positive climate contributions. This collaboration allows participants to purchase vetted carbon credits through their IMEX accounts, effectively offsetting their estimated travel emissions while supporting high-impact environmental projects.
The United Nations’ COP28 climate talks introduced CHAMP, the Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships, emphasizing collaboration between states and subnational governments in climate planning, financing, implementation, and monitoring. Examples from Oslo, Stockholm, and Amsterdam showcase how cities have been implementing CHAMP principles through partnerships across sectors, demonstrating the potential for scaling up climate action and achieving ambitious climate targets.
ViewSonic, a leading provider of visual solutions, has had its ambitious targets for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). This milestone underscores ViewSonic’s commitment to environmental sustainability and its proactive role in combating climate change. ViewSonic has committed to reducing its carbon footprint by 42% by 2030 and achieving net-zero GHG emissions across its entire value chain by 2050.
Tamil Nadu aims to leverage the carbon market to finance climate actions such as the Wetland Mission and expanding mangrove cover. The state government intends to create new mangrove areas, restore degraded patches, and provide green jobs to local communities while registering projects for carbon credits. Blue carbon credits, based on the state’s extensive coastline, offer another avenue for funding. Additionally, partnerships for agroforestry expansion and forest restoration are being explored. Tamil Nadu has established a first-of-its-kind Green Climate Fund and allocated an additional fund for Green Shoe Option. The carbon market serves as an alternative funding source for climate initiatives, helping Tamil Nadu advance its greening and low-carbon aspirations.
rePurpose Global, the leading plastic action platform, has acquired Bluebird Climate, a sustainability software company that helps consumer brands assess, improve, and transparently communicate the environmental performance of their products, ingredients, and packaging.
Bluebird Climate’s industry-leading software platform offers on-demand Lifecycle Assessments, packaging waste & recyclability analysis, and consumer transparency tools for the CPG & consumer goods industry. This acquisition will broaden rePurpose Global’s capabilities and accelerate its roadmap of becoming a one-stop platform to help consumer brands meet growing demands for climate action, waste reduction, and supply chain transparency.
The combined entity will focus on expanding Bluebird Climate’s functionalities and continuing to serve its existing roster of customers and partners, while integrating the platform into rePurpose Global’s technology stack. rePurpose Global also aims to extend the platform’s methodologies and features to home care, food and beverage, and apparel industries.
This acquisition will enable brands to confidently take on existential challenges related to sustainability, compliance, and action.
