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As the Biden transition team plans to announce picks to lead the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this weekend, a growing chorus of health experts are saying the administration should look to Medicaid and Medicare to spur climate action. Read More

Vince Digneo on Adobe’s three pillars of sustainability This video is sponsored by Adobe. “It’s everything from policy advocacy, to thought leadership, to our entire value chain sustainability, and our work with some really valuable NGOs like REBA, CERES, and the Environmental Paper Network. Having those kinds of relationships throughout our entire business is the […]

Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan (D) says he’s prepared to defend the state’s new clean energy law, even if the challenge comes from the governor. Read More

Why investor Green Century has taken an active interest in fighting deforestation Julie Nash Wed, 12/02/2020 – 00:15 Jessye Waxman is a shareholder advocate at Green Century Capital Management, where she uses the environmentally responsible investment firm’s leverage as a shareholder to protect forests. Ceres talked with Waxman about Green Century’s focus on deforestation and its growing […]

Can big data, AI and chemical footprinting help the renewable energy sector avoid a toxic waste legacy? Krishna Rajan Tue, 12/01/2020 – 01:00 The launch of the digital economy has brought with it an expansion of disruptive technologies such as predictive analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics that are readily being used to transform the […]

Booming secondhand clothing sales could help curb the sustainability crisis in fashion Hyejune Park Fri, 11/27/2020 – 01:00 A massive force is reshaping the fashion industry: secondhand clothing. According to a new report, the U.S. secondhand clothing market is projected to more than triple in value in the next 10 years — from $28 billion in 2019 […]

More pieces of IKEA’s sustainability puzzle come together Deonna Anderson Wed, 11/25/2020 – 08:00 Black Friday is upon us. For IKEA, that marks the expanded launch of a program to buy back furniture in an effort to curb consumption. “We don’t want to encourage people to overconsume. That’s one of the challenges we’ve identified that […]

Will shifting to smaller turkeys help combat food waste? Jesse Klein Wed, 11/25/2020 – 05:00 Thanksgiving looks different this year in America. Grandpas and grandmas, uncles and aunts, and cousins of all numbers probably aren’t gathering together for dinner, unless it’s over Zoom. That reality is creating challenges for producers and suppliers — and new […]