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21/09/2021

[Get updated] It will soon be possible to invest in natural assets 💸🌳 ! This move recognises the value of and will allow people to help fund rain forest preservation or other efforts.

The NYSE has indeed developed a new kind of listing vehicle that will be called a "natural asset company", or .

Using NACs, governments, farmers, and other owners of will be able to form a specialized corporation that holds the rights to the ecosystem services produced on a given chunk of land, services like carbon sequestration or clean water.

NACs are intended to raise capital to preserve and restore swaths of land.

20/09/2021

[Get started] 🔎 This solution will allow companies can check if any level of its supply chain is involved in deforestation 🌱, water pollution 💧, as well as human rights violations or gender pay gap issues 💝.

If the world is to reach net zero, and avoid climate disaster, it needs to make every product sustainable, and that means every purchase. But to do that you need a lot more transparency, so that means more data on suppliers to improve sourcing and benchmarking companies. While companies are often d....

20/09/2021

[Get inspired] “We’re trying to solve for an underlying problem. That is: spreading bad information pays,” 🗞️🤑😡

A campaign is rallying shareholders for a vote at the November annual meeting of Fox Corporation.

The resolutions propose to convert media companies to public benefit corporations. 🗞️

ImpactAlpha, Sept. 14 – Talk about negative externalities.  False information intended to mislead viewers on climate, COVID-19, racial justice and other issues may drive ...

23/08/2021

[Get Inspired] Aspiration is the first -focused to go public !

It has pioneered the category of -driven consumer spending and saving products in the US.

Here is why millennials turn to Aspiration:
- assurance that your money will never be used to fund the oil or coal industries, you also can :
- calculate the of your purchases and plant trees to eliminate it
- avoid paying big bank fees
- get 10% cashback from mission-focused retailers
and more!

Other such banks are emerging in Europe as well, with Green-Got, Helios.do, Banx or OnlyOne

19/08/2021

[Get Inspired 🌱🤩] Apple's Impact Accelerator just launched , as part of Apple's $100 million Racial Equity Initiative launched in June 2020.

Hopefully it will inspire other corporates :

- it includes 15 Black and Brown startup founders.
- it is aimed to help Apple achieve net-zero carbon by 2030
- one third of the founders are women

Participants include tech recycling/refurbishment startup GreenTek, LLC, employee transportation service Mosaic Global Transportation, solid waste collection and recycling VMX International and solar projects Volt Energy Utility.

PRESS RELEASE August 17, 2021 Apple selects 15 Black- and Brown-owned businesses for first-of-its-kind Impact Accelerator These innovative companies from across the US are working on environmental solutions Fifteen Black- and Brown-owned green technology and clean energy businesses are joining Apple...

19/08/2021

[Get inspired] of atmospheric CO2 and recycling can help produce jet fuel ✈️ ... The proposed facility, a collaboration of Lanzatech, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic should be operational by the end of the decade, with a goal of producing 100 million litres of sustainable aviation fuel a year.

👏 Congratulations to LanzaTech for this new project !

Two UK sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects in the UK have been announced that involve British Airways, one to investigate a commercial facility that would produce more than 100 million litres per year of jet fuel made from atmospheric CO2 and the other to recycle carbon from UK wood waste and t...

17/08/2021

[Get inspired 🌱🔥] “There has never been a better time to start a company focused on reduction or actively removing already in the atmosphere. The total addressable markets are literally the biggest in history and we have no doubt that multi-trillion dollar market caps are just up ahead.💰” Chris Sacca, founder of Lowercase Capital who was an early investor in Twitter , Uber Instagram and other tech standouts, and just launched a new fund, Lowercase Carbon. 💰

Lowercase Carbon's portfolio includes green chemical maker Solugen, drone-driven restoration venture Dendra Systems and fusion startups Commonwealth Fusion Systems and Zap Energy.

Source: Impact Alpha

Lowercarbon now has an additional $800 million, in fiat, to expand our work of unf***ing the planet. Let's go.

13/08/2021

[Get inspired] 🔥Research is intensifying in turning carbon dioxide into new materials and preventing them from entering the atmosphere.

This startup from Oman just received $5 million by Apollo Projects and Breakthrough Energy Ventures to make the process of mineralisation of CO2 into rocks 🗿more economical and safe.

Reducing global greenhouse gas emissions is an important goal, but another challenge awaits: lowering the levels of CO2 and other substances already in the atmosphere. One promising approach turns the gas into an ordinary mineral through entirely natural processes; 44.01 hopes to perform this proce....

12/08/2021

[Get inspired 🍗🍔- for Good ] The food giant Nestlé is working with a -grownmeat startup in Israël, where the ecosystem is growing fast.

Lab-grown meat is a with immense potential for the planet. According to Appetite for Destruction, 60% of all biodiversity loss is due to livestock farming. Looking forward to more of such collaborations!

Nestlé is working with Israeli startup Future Meat Technologies, which produces non-GMO cultured meat components from animal cells.

10/08/2021

[Get inspired ♻️] Amazon is finally entering the , with 2 new initiatives to manage returns more sustainably and avoid .

This move will contribute even more to the already booming , a great news for the at a time when the IPCC announces that the planet may be warming even faster than current models and conventional wisdom suggest. 🌱

Small businesses selling on Amazon are getting new options for managing unwanted merchandise.

19/07/2021

[Get Started] Corporate is changing ... too slowly but let's celebrate the small wins 👏🥳

Corporations so far in 2021 have tapped bond markets for a record $72.8 billion in -linked debt and are expected to issue as much as $150 billion by the end of the year, according to ImpactAlpha.

>> How does it work?
The bonds tie interest payments to investors directly to environmental, social and governance targets. The bond’s coupon rate will increase if the company fails to meet its -reduction goals. 🌱

“What began with ‘Why should I issue?’ is now ‘Why aren’t you?’” Marilyn Ceci of JPMorgan Chase, one of the largest underwriters of sustainable bonds, told Bloomberg. “Your absence in the market says something now.”

16/07/2021

[Get inspired] ✈️ by is one of the most intensive activities we do but also one of the hardest to give up on... To give us hope, there are interesting investments in this field...🤩😍

United Airlines and regional carrier Mesa Airlines, Inc. , alongside Breakthrough Energy , backed Heart Aerospace to build a 19-seat capable of flying 250 miles.

✈️ United and Mesa each agreed to buy 100 of Heart’s aircraft.
✈️ Heart Aerospace is targeting a 2026 launch for its airplane.

-electric airplane developer ZeroAvia which has backing from British Airways , and Universal Hydrogen , which is retrofitting commercial aircraft with hydrogen-based powertrains, have similar timelines.

ImpactAlpha, July 15 – Mainstream air carriers are getting on board latest hot topic in the decarbonization race: electric airplanes (see, “Zero-carbon air ...

15/07/2021

[Get Inspired] ♻️ "CO2Made® : Products made from air 💨, not oil 🛢️" sounds like a dream in this context of . The tech to transform or into products already exists.

Several companies are at the stage of raising investments to scale up and industralize this born in the labs, such as LanzaTech leveraging on , or Twelve through CO2 electrocatalysis. A space to watch out!

Twelve, formerly known as Opus 12, has closed a $57 million Series A round to industrialize its technology.

05/07/2021

[Get Inspired ] 🌎🤩 ❤️ Happy to learn this morning that the belgian bank Belfius is working with the startup Doconomy to bring a different kind of bank to our new generation, offering them the tools to monitor the of their purchases to gain awareness and make more conscious consumption choices.

They are talking about , "the banking service at the pace of the planet".

Curious enthusiasts are invited to help shape Banx and join the conversation. They can already pre-register now to receive sneak peaks, share their views, and of course, be the first Banx

01/07/2021

[Get updated] J.P. Morgan 💰has just acquired the American investing platform OpenInvest❤️🌱🌎.

Retail platforms for such as OpenInvest are targeting a niche yet growing market but find it difficult to survive on their own.

It's interesting to they chose to pivot from direct-to-consumer approach toward partnerships with larger companies, but for this company, what drove this move is how much they will be able to scale and have more impact eventually . The acquisition gives OpenInvest “the ability to reach nearly half of all American households," said co-founder Joshua Levin.

We are excited to announce that we are officially being acquired by J.P. Morgan. At OpenInvest, our mission has been and, always will be, to mainstream... 17 comments on LinkedIn

29/06/2021

Recycle Track Systems (RTS) is making recycling more efficient. This "Uber for ", has just raised $35 million in Series C. RTS uses rideshare technology to connect businesses with independent haulers, tracking waste from pickup to drop-off. The waste is either sent to farms where it is converted to soil or to a cleaning facility so that it can be reused.

21/04/2021

[Get Inspired] 🥑 🥦 🍅 Hazel Technologies raised $70 millions, with Singapore-based Temasek as an investor, to address the huge problem of food waste with technologies that help extend shelf life and protect quality from field to fork.

Addressing food waste is a major component of reducing climate change 🔥. The target 3 of the United Nation’s SDG on Sustainable production and consumption is to halve food waste by 2030 🎯.

“Roughly a third of the world’s food is never eaten, which means land and resources used and greenhouse gases emitted in producing it were unnecessary. The food we waste is responsible for roughly 8% of global emissions”, according to The Drawdown Project.

More innovations to make food last longer include Apeel and Mori.

Check our article to discover more innovations to address food waste: https://scalable-impact.com/how-to-impact-your-stakeholders-and-your-bottom-line-positively-environment/

21/04/2021

[Get Inspired] Imagine companies where benefiters (employees and/or customers) are also owners... Could this transform ? A business model where maximizing profit 💰actually benefits its main stakeholders 🥰...

A - far too rare - example of this model is Grameen Bank , the first truly social business, where all benefiters of the bank micro-loans are also its shareholders . 🏆

I'm glad to see this French startup Meet My Mama, working to integrate women from migrant background to the workforce 👩🏾‍🍳 in France, opening their capital to the Mamas ! And also to the crowd through the equity crowdfunding platform LITA.co .

This kind of model is promising. A bunch of are supporting a move towards , investing for example in conversions to Plans, or , in which worker-members own and govern the business together.

Pour une finance plus éthique, LITA.co vous permet d'investir en ligne dans des entreprises à vocation sociale, sociétale ou environnementale à partir de 100€.

21/04/2021

[Get Inspired] Imagine companies where benefiters (employees and/or customers) are also owners... Could this transform ? A business model where maximizing profit 💰actually benefits its main stakeholders 🥰...

A - far too rare - example of this model is Grameen Bank , the first truly social business, where all benefiters of the bank micro-loans are also its shareholders . 🏆

I'm glad to see this French startup Meet My Mama, working to integrate women from migrant background to the workforce 👩🏾‍🍳 in France, opening their capital to the Mamas ! And also to the crowd through the equity crowdfunding platform LITA.co .

This kind of model is promising. A bunch of are supporting a move towards , investing for example in conversions to Plans, or , in which worker-members own and govern the business together.

[POURQUOI NOUS OUVRONS LE CAPITAL AUX MAMAS 📣] Il y a quelques semaines, on vous annonçait notre levée de fonds participative : tous ceux qui veulent ...

31/03/2021

[Get Started] The annual ranking of bank ⛽ by the Rainforest Action Network shows that financing levels are still higher than 2016 and fell only an average 9% in 2020, as the pandemic cratered demand. Check out where your bank ranks: https://www.ran.org/bankingonclimatechaos2021/

This creates an opportunity for forward-thinking banks and Fintech startups such as Triodos Bank in Holland or Green-Got and Helios.do in France, which are differentiating themselves by committing to invest only in sustainable organisations and financing the . 🌳☀️🌬

29/03/2021

[Get inspired] Emmanuel Faber's ousting from Danone 😢 has highlighted the misalignment between shareholders's search for short term profits 🤑 and long term value creation for all the company's stakeholders 🌎.

This is the fundamental problem with capitalism today, and the reason why many are looking at a more human capitalism which would benefit all stakeholders.

Supporters of "stakeholder capitalism" call for changing the rules 🎲 with new policies and taxation systems. For example, adjusting the corporate tax rate according to the value created by the company for the society, which suppose that we would be able to assess the impact companies have on the society and the environment.

In the meanwhile, here are forward-thinking initiatives 🤩 on how to make sustainability financially desirable for shareholders...

Discover how innovative business models are turning immediate costs involved by a more sustainable development into strategic investments.

24/03/2021

[Get Inspired] In their Annual Letter, Bill and Melinda Gates raise concern about 3 big issues amplified by the pandemic which need investment. Beside the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we have highlighted some organizations trying to solve these issues at scale.

- 👩🏿 Women's (cooking🍳 , cleaning and 👶childcare) > it has surged with people staying home. Globally, a two-hour increase in women’s unpaid care work is correlated with a 10% point decrease in women’s labor force participation.
> KLAY Preschool and Daycare is offering teaching and childcare services "on-demand" in India.

- 💉 > As things stand now, low- and middle-income countries will only be able to cover about one out of five people who live there over the next year.
> Nano (US) is a biotech which recently received $90M to move vaccine delivery beyond syringes and shots, to an array of nasal, dermal, ophthalmic, sub-lingual, and oral options, a gamechanger for improving access and vaccine delivery to people of all regions.

- 😷 Stopping the > It will require spending tens of billions of dollars per year—but the COVID-19 pandemic is estimated to cost the world $28 trillion.

Read the Annual Letter here: https://www.gatesnotes.com/2021-Annual-Letter

How to turn the lessons of this pandemic into a more equal future for all.

22/03/2021

[Get Started] 👩🏼👨🏽👳🏾👧🏿 is a new way to "fix capitalism" and create a more . It allows anyone, and not only the few wealthy ones, to invest 💵 in promising ideas. Recent results have shown that this could help build a more .

For example, Wefunder, a "Public Benefit Corporation" has crowdfunded 1,449 founders in the US so far. In their recent Impact Report, more than 20% of founders raising on Wefunder have been female 👩🏼, compared to the 3% backed by VC firms. Black representation 👧🏿(4.4%) is more than 4x the share of VC funding.

Beside funding under-represented founders, crowdfunding can also help fund innovation to solve under-invested causes, such as 🌡️. Time for the Planet is a not-for-profit company which enables anyone to become a shareholder. It has almost reached a fundraising of 3 millions, which will allow them to build their first 3 companies. Each company needs to be profitable, and the profit is reinvested to scale the impact. 😍

Find out more ways you can invest for the society you want on our website: https://scalable-impact.com/how-to-contribute-financially/

19/03/2021

[Get Started] We visited the startup INFARM from Berlin in 2019 during a learning expedition with Innovation is Everywhere.

It just raised an additional $270 million to scale up its urban smart modular 🥬 in retail stores.

They also entered Asia, with the first Infarms in retail stores in Japan 🇯🇵, in January, and have now 550 Infarms around the world.

Impressive development 👏 for a startup working on a big sustainability challenge : feeding the cities of tomorrow.

/// Grown and harvested in stores. Infarm produce, now in Copenhagen /// We are thrilled to welcome Irma (Coop Danmark) in the Infarm family. Take a look at ...

17/03/2021

We help Fortune 500 companies to become champions and turn sustainability imperatives into value creation and business opportunities. Here is how we do this.

Happy to connect to share more!

A global corporate movement towards carbon neutrality is accelerating. And that's a great news for the planet! There is a huge shift in the consciousness of employees, consumers and investors, led by a search of purpose ❤️ and a growing awareness about climate risks.

17/03/2021

[Get Started] 🌱 🌎 As consumers are increasingly conscious about , we will probably see more and more solutions helping businesses in retail and finance to amplify their actions and make it visible to the customers, through their -commerce or -banking platforms. Here are two interesting ones in this space:

🇸🇬 Handprint in Singapore allows e-shops to set up a widget to show customers that they are planting trees with every purchase they make.

🇫🇷 Greenly in France helps banks to integrate a technology to show their customers the carbon emissions of their transactions, identify eco-responsible alternatives and reward good behaviour with green cashback to finance certified projects.

15/03/2021

[Get inspired] Helping the participate to the -commerce economy and access new markets is an efficient way to lift them out of .

🇨🇳In China, the rural program from Taobao launched in 2014 has helped many villagers and artisans to sell on Taobao, with some artisans earning as much as in the urban areas. There are >4000 villages in China generating at least $1.5 billion of e-commerce transactions, reported Alibaba.

🇰🇪 🧵 In Kenya, Powered by People (PBP) just raised $1.5 million to scale its B2B marketplace helping artisan women sell online to international brands and retail buyers.

Twiga Foods, also in Kenya, is a mobile B2B supply platform connecting suppliers and small and medium size vendors since 2014.

🇮🇳 In India, 10.000 tech-enabled women are hired by Frontier Markets to play the role of local influencers and take e-commerce orders in rural villages for essential products while collecting customers feedback. The company raised $2.5 million after the Covid-19.

👨🏿‍🌾 Farmers also benefit from e-commerce with grocery e-commerce startups such as Ninjacart or WayCool Foods & Products Pvt Ltd in India which connect directly farmers and retailers or even consumers. Ninjacart reports an increase of farmers revenue by 20%.

10/03/2021

[Get Inspired] Data transparency around carbon footprint is going to play a major role to the industry. 🌱

Imagine a future in which each product's carbon footprint is measured automatically, with the same methodology, and shared transparently so that everyone can compare products to buy more responsibly. 😍 Businesses will be able to calculate their emissions along their whole supply chain (Scope 3). 😍
A consortium of companies including Microsoft IBM and SAP is building this technology. 😍
That is called the project, by the WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
👏 Heads up to the startup CircularTree which is taking its idea to the next level as a new member of the project.

Another interesting solution aiming at automating the carbon emissions calculation for businesses is Patch , a startup developing which integrate into the user experience on a company’s internal site to track things like business flights for employees, recommending and managing the purchase of carbon credits to offset employee travel. They just raised $4.5 million ! 👏

We launched the Carbon Transparency Pathfinder—a new initiative dedicated to enabling widescale exchange of primary, carbon emissions data