Plastic—the mixture of chemicals forming one of the longest-lasting materials in human life. Very much visible to our eyes, yet many times invisible. Consumed in edibles, absorbed through our skin and carried in the clothes we wear. In spite of so much research on plastic, regulations, laws and bans on single-use plastics, this one material still survives and thrives. Plastic taxes, regulations and bans exist, but are we investing enough in research, innovation and the develo

What happens when companies stop treating nature as a sustainability issue and start managing forests, water, soil and ecosystems as part of the business itself? For years, corporate transition planning has largely revolved around one question: how does a company reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions? That question remains essential. But it is no longer sufficient. A company can reduce its carbon footprint while remaining heavily dependent on ecosystems that are degrading aroun

The carbon market does not have a shortage of credits. It has a shortage of confidence in the data behind them For years, the central question in carbon markets was relatively straightforward: How many credits are available? Today, the more consequential question may be: Can we trust the information behind each credit? A carbon credit represents a claim about an environmental outcome. Somewhere behind that claim is a project, a measurement, a methodology, a monitoring process