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Sesame Workshop Initiates Leadership Transition

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
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NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street, today announced that Steve Youngwood has decided to step down as CEO and a member of the Board of Trustees, in concurrence with the Board. The Board has appointed Sesame Workshop President Sherrie Westin as Interim CEO. Mr. Youngwood will remain available to the organization in an informal advisory role for a period of time to help ensure a smooth transition.

Key Points: 
  • The Board has appointed Sesame Workshop President Sherrie Westin as Interim CEO.
  • Gabrielle Sulzberger, Chair of the Sesame Workshop Board of Trustees, said, "Under Steve's leadership, Sesame Workshop has expanded its reach and impact globally, and is well positioned for ongoing success.
  • Mr. Youngwood commented, "It has been a highlight of my professional career to work alongside the talented and creative individuals on the Sesame Workshop team.
  • Ms. Westin has held leadership positions in the media, nonprofit, and public service sectors and possesses a deep understanding of Sesame Workshop.

Aptar Named One of America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek for the Fifth Consecutive Year

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
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AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE: ATR), a global leader in drug and consumer product dosing, dispensing and protection technologies, today announced that it has been named one of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2024 by Newsweek for the fifth consecutive year.

Key Points: 
  • AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE: ATR), a global leader in drug and consumer product dosing, dispensing and protection technologies, today announced that it has been named one of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2024 by Newsweek for the fifth consecutive year.
  • Aptar is ranked number 29 out of 600 U.S. companies and is ranked first in its industry category.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240123575188/en/
    “We are extremely proud to be recognized by Newsweek for the fifth consecutive year.
  • Newsweek’s full list of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2024 can be found here .

REMADE Announces Registration Is Open for 2024 REMADE Circular Economy Tech Summit & Conference

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Thursday, January 18, 2024
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The REMADE Institute, a 168-member public-private partnership established in collaboration with the United States Department of Energy (DOE), is pleased to announce that registration is open for the 2024 REMADE Circular Economy Technology Summit & Conference and conference proceedings from the Institute's inaugural 2023 conference are now available.

Key Points: 
  • ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The REMADE Institute, a 168-member public-private partnership established in collaboration with the United States Department of Energy (DOE), is pleased to announce that registration is open for the 2024 REMADE Circular Economy Technology Summit & Conference and conference proceedings from the Institute's inaugural 2023 conference are now available.
  • "REMADE and our partners are very excited to convene, once again, an in-depth, multidisciplinary, action-based scientific conference and international thought-leadership event addressing all aspects of the circular economy," said REMADE CEO Nabil Nasr.
  • The REMADE Circular Economy Tech Summit & Conference, now an annual event, advances the conversation on a circular approach and how it can benefit nations in meeting their multiple energy, environmental, manufacturing, industrial decarbonization, and economic goals.
  • The 2024 REMADE Circular Economy Technology Summit & Conference is open to REMADE members, non-members, and university students from across the U.S. and around the world.

Compostable Coffee Capsules Made with NatureWorks’ Ingeo Biopolymer Score Highest Sustainability Marks in New Study by Wageningen University & Research

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023
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A new study reveals that coffee capsules made with Ingeo™️ PLA biopolymer from NatureWorks outperform aluminum, conventional plastics, and other compostable capsules when it comes to sustainability performance.

Key Points: 
  • A new study reveals that coffee capsules made with Ingeo™️ PLA biopolymer from NatureWorks outperform aluminum, conventional plastics, and other compostable capsules when it comes to sustainability performance.
  • The thermoformed Ingeo-based capsules used in the study were produced by NatureWorks’ partner and food packaging producer, Flo SpA .
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231115629225/en/
    New study from Wageningen Food & Biobased Research found that compostable coffee capsules made with Ingeo biopolymer are the most sustainable option for single-serve coffee.
  • The compostable capsules maintained robust sustainability metrics even in a scenario where consumers disposed of the capsules improperly into another waste stream.

Protecting Watersheds and Preventing Catastrophic Wildfire: Yuba I Forest Resilience Bond Returns Investor Capital, Driving Successful Restoration Efforts on the Tahoe National Forest

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Monday, December 4, 2023
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In a conservation finance industry milestone, the Yuba I FRB returned all investor capital in line with expectations, financing restoration efforts on a 15,000 acre planning area on the Tahoe National Forest, which reduced the risk of catastrophic wildfire.

Key Points: 
  • In a conservation finance industry milestone, the Yuba I FRB returned all investor capital in line with expectations, financing restoration efforts on a 15,000 acre planning area on the Tahoe National Forest, which reduced the risk of catastrophic wildfire.
  • Planning was completed by USFS, who chose the NFF to manage the implementation of restoration activities on the Tahoe National Forest.
  • "The Forest Resilience Bond's success underscores the necessity of scaling finance models for ecosystem restoration to mitigate wildfire risks."
  • This partnership has attracted over $150 million in funding to continue forest restoration work in the North Yuba watershed.

Climate Philanthropies Announce $450 Million to Deepen Investment in Super Climate Pollutants

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Saturday, December 2, 2023
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at COP28, leading climate philanthropies announced an investment of $450 million in 2023 and over the next three years to help catalyze a faster phase-down of non-CO2 super climate pollutants. The new commitment designates the majority of the funding to methane abatement and the remaining funds will support the phase-out of fluorinated gases, nitrous oxide, black carbon and ground-level ozone. Super climate pollutants contribute to over half of global climate change1, and cutting these, when paired with necessary, ambitious decarbonization efforts, can help reduce near-term warming four times faster than focusing on decarbonization alone.

Key Points: 
  • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at COP28, leading climate philanthropies announced an investment of $450 million in 2023 and over the next three years to help catalyze a faster phase-down of non-CO2 super climate pollutants.
  • Super climate pollutants contribute to over half of global climate change1, and cutting these, when paired with necessary, ambitious decarbonization efforts, can help reduce near-term warming four times faster than focusing on decarbonization alone.
  • It will assist countries in expediting national actions and help catalyze ambitious economy-wide NDCs that incorporate all climate pollutants.
  • "It also requires cutting super climate pollutants like methane as quickly as possible, something that will only happen through a combination of significant investment, technical assistance and robust regulation."

Climate Philanthropies Announce $450 Million to Deepen Investment in Super Climate Pollutants

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Saturday, December 2, 2023
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at COP28, leading climate philanthropies announced an investment of $450 million in 2023 and over the next three years to help catalyze a faster phase-down of non-CO2 super climate pollutants. The new commitment designates the majority of the funding to methane abatement and the remaining funds will support the phase-out of fluorinated gases, nitrous oxide, black carbon and ground-level ozone. Super climate pollutants contribute to over half of global climate change1, and cutting these, when paired with necessary, ambitious decarbonization efforts, can help reduce near-term warming four times faster than focusing on decarbonization alone.

Key Points: 
  • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at COP28, leading climate philanthropies announced an investment of $450 million in 2023 and over the next three years to help catalyze a faster phase-down of non-CO2 super climate pollutants.
  • Super climate pollutants contribute to over half of global climate change1, and cutting these, when paired with necessary, ambitious decarbonization efforts, can help reduce near-term warming four times faster than focusing on decarbonization alone.
  • It will assist countries in expediting national actions and help catalyze ambitious economy-wide NDCs that incorporate all climate pollutants.
  • "It also requires cutting super climate pollutants like methane as quickly as possible, something that will only happen through a combination of significant investment, technical assistance and robust regulation."

Vestiaire Collective Bans Industry Giants From Platform In A Second Wave Of The Fight Against Fast Fashion

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Friday, November 17, 2023
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PARIS, Nov. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting today, Vestiaire Collective, the leading global second-hand luxury fashion platform, announces it is banning a second wave of fast fashion brands from its platform.

Key Points: 
  • PARIS, Nov. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting today, Vestiaire Collective, the leading global second-hand luxury fashion platform, announces it is banning a second wave of fast fashion brands from its platform.
  • This marks the second year in a three-year rollout to ban all fast fashion from Vestiaire Collective's website.
  • Furthering their commitment to create a more circular economy, Vestiaire Collective worked with a committee of nine fashion and sustainability experts to create a clear definition of fast fashion and leverage this framework to ban industry giants from its website.
  • To create awareness, Vestiaire Collective is launching a global campaign "Think First, Buy Second" across its digital channels.

Vestiaire Collective Bans Industry Giants From Platform In A Second Wave Of The Fight Against Fast Fashion

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Friday, November 17, 2023
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PARIS, Nov. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting today, Vestiaire Collective, the leading global second-hand luxury fashion platform, announces it is banning a second wave of fast fashion brands from its platform.

Key Points: 
  • PARIS, Nov. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting today, Vestiaire Collective, the leading global second-hand luxury fashion platform, announces it is banning a second wave of fast fashion brands from its platform.
  • This marks the second year in a three-year rollout to ban all fast fashion from Vestiaire Collective's website.
  • Furthering their commitment to create a more circular economy, Vestiaire Collective worked with a committee of nine fashion and sustainability experts to create a clear definition of fast fashion and leverage this framework to ban industry giants from its website.
  • To create awareness, Vestiaire Collective is launching a global campaign "Think First, Buy Second" across its digital channels.

SC Johnson Demonstrates Industry Leadership in Plastic Packaging in Latest Global Commitment Progress Report

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Thursday, November 16, 2023
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RACINE, Wis., Nov. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SC Johnson, one of the world's leading manufacturers of household cleaning and other consumer and professional products, was recognized as a leader in the Household and Personal Care industry in tackling the plastic waste crisis in the fifth annual Global Commitment Progress Report. Produced by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the UN Environment Programme, this report highlights a set of plastic packaging commitments uniting more than 1,000 businesses, governments and other organizations with a vision for a circular economy for plastics.

Key Points: 
  • According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the world is still not on course to eliminate plastic waste and pollution.
  • Yet while there is much progress to be made, SC Johnson demonstrated meaningful advancement in all three of the key commitments evaluated by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation:
    2.
  • Percent of plastic packaging that is recyclable, reusable or compostable: As noted in the report, SC Johnson is making progress in moving toward refill/reuse models.
  • And businesses can't do it alone," said Fisk Johnson, Chairman and CEO of SC Johnson.