For more than 30 years the world’s leading companies have trusted 3E to provide the intelligent compliance solutions they need to ensure safety and sustainability—one product, one workplace and one community at a time.

Our unmatched Environmental Health and Safety and Sustainability (EHS&S) and product compliance expertise empowers our clients to improve chemical and workplace safety, product safety and stewardship and supply chain transparency. 

We equip customers to capture market opportunity while proactively meeting regulatory obligations and ensuring the safety of their people and products. Clients can accelerate the development and launch of products designed with safety from the start. We provide actionable intelligence that increases the sustainability of products and business processes and improves Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance. 

We are deeply committed to serving our more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including many of the world's leading chemical manufacturers, retailers and pharmaceutical companies.

Together we are building a safer world and a more sustainable future.

The American Beverage Association is the leading policy and public education advocate for the non-alcoholic beverage industry. The association’s membership includes America’s leading beverage companies – The Coca-Cola Company, Keurig Dr Pepper and PepsiCo – as well as bottlers.  Together, these companies lead with bold solutions to some of our nation’s most challenging issues, including advancing circularity.  With Every Bottle Back, the industry is working with sustainability leaders Closed Loop Partners, The Recycling Partnership and World Wildlife Fund to reduce its use of new plastic. This includes making significant investments to improve the collection of the industry’s valuable plastic bottles so they can be remade into new bottles, which means less new plastic in the environment. Learn more at www.everybottleback.org.

Arkema is a global leader in Specialty Materials offering innovative solutions to address the ever-growing demand for new and sustainable materials. The Group is structured into three complementary segments dedicated to Specialty Materials - Adhesive Solutions, Advanced Materials, and Coating Solutions - accounting for 91% of Group sales in 2022, and a competitive Intermediates segment. Arkema offers cutting-edge technological solutions to meet the challenges of, among other things, new energies, access to water, recycling, urbanization and mobility. The Group reported sales of around €11.5 billion ($12.1 billion USD) in 2022, and operates in 55 countries with 21,100 employees worldwide.

Aura is a consultancy dedicated to helping brands and retailers manage their packaging sustainability in real time. The business brings together multi-disciplinary teams focused on delivering data-informed consulting to enable global businesses make insight-led decisions on materials, design, legislation, compliance and recyclability. Aura’s founding clients include the world’s biggest e-tailer, and the world’s biggest retailer.

Aura ensures clients can futureproof ahead of upcoming developments in global policy and practice, such as EPR by state/country. Aura offers horizon scanning services across 54 countries to advise on emerging regional and global trends that will feed into its clients’ longer-term strategic approaches.

Our Vision is to pioneer global change on packaging sustainability by helping businesses reduce the environmental impact of packaging.

ERI is the largest fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company in the United States. ERI is certified at the highest level by all leading environmental and data security oversight organizations to de-manufacture, recycle, and refurbish every type of electronic device in an environmentally responsible manner. ERI has the capacity to process more than a billion pounds of electronic waste annually at its nine certified locations, serving every zip code in the United States. ERI’s mission is to protect people, the planet and privacy.  For more information about e-waste recycling and ERI, call 1-800-ERI-DIRECT or visit https://eridirect.com. 

At Herbal Essences, we are committed to real ingredients, inclusively designed products and partnerships with experts and organizations that protect & preserve the planet for all nature lovers. That’s why we have ongoing partnerships with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to certify our real botanicals in Herbal Essences bio:renew as well as with TerraCycle to offer a National recycling program across the U.S. We’ve also partnered with Eastman to reduce the use of virgin plastic, which has resulted in one ton of plastic waste diverted from landfills for every two tons of our bio:renew bottles produced. We believe in the positive power of nature. We’re proud to be PETA cruelty-free. 

Insight is a Global Fortune 500 Technology Firm.  As a leading solutions integrator, we drive speed, scale, resilience and innovation to our clients across the globe — combining our technical expertise, broad solutions portfolio and supply chain capabilities to help businesses achieve their ambitious goals. At Insight, we work in step with you to not just deliver IT solutions and services, but to also expand your power to realize big goals and drive bold changes. With deep expertise and end-to-end capabilities, Insight is here to help you prepare for what’s next. Let’s work together to define and meet your sustainability needs.V

At Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN), we exist to help our customers feel good and look their best. Since starting as a shoe store in 1901, how to best serve customers has been at the center of every decision we make. This heritage of service is the foundation we’re building on as we provide convenience and true connection for our customers. Our digital-first platform enables us to serve customers when, where and how they want to shop – whether that’s in-store at more than 350 Nordstrom, Nordstrom Local and Nordstrom Rack locations or digitally through our Nordstrom and Rack apps and websites. Through it all, we remain committed to leaving the world better than we found it.

Trusted by the world's leading organizations, Point B is a consulting firm that works at the intersection of expertise, industry insight and transformative technology. This collaborative approach enables you to solve your most important challenges, by bringing together the right mix of talent and technology to deliver greater value and impact.

With more than 25 years of expertise, our ESG & Social Impact practice not only helps our customers meet their goals but also accelerates systems change to improve the world for future generations. We accomplish this by championing an integrated approach across our five key focus areas: Climate action, ESG strategy, DEI+J, ESG reporting, and social impact measurement. We've helped numerous organizations, from Fortune 500 companies to SMEs, bring their ESG and social impact programs to life, whether that's activating a DEI+J operating model or building a climate action plan.

At Republic Services, we have long been a leader in providing sustainable solutions for our customers across their operations. We have a rich history of providing dependable recycling and waste services across the U.S., and today, we’re a leader in the environmental services industry—partnering with our customers for a more sustainable world. We’re also leading the industry with commitments to advance circularity, reduce emissions and decarbonize operations.

WestRock partners with our customers to provide differentiated, sustainable paper and packaging solutions that help them win in the marketplace. WestRock’s team members support customers around the world from locations spanning North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Learn more at https://www.westrock.com.

Aqua ChemPacs is the industry leader in manufacturing and contract packaging of quart size water-soluble liquid chemical packs. You can have your brand on this new technology! Simply add eco-friendly ChemPacs to quarts and buckets, add water and you are ready to clean! No cutting or tearing. The entire ChemPac dissolves easily in water. Since inception, Aqua ChemPacs has, through its system of reusing of bottles, prevented up to 151 million plastic bottles from being created and potentially disposed of in landfills. That’s 23.3 million pounds of plastic! Aqua ChemPacs is now operating out of our new, state of the art facility. Advanced high-tech production, packaging, and custom software are in place. We are trusted by major brands and Fortune 500 companies. Aqua ChemPacs will help you solve your sustainability objectives and help you differentiate yourself on retail shelves and to your clients.

Aucto provides solutions that empower organizations to manage and streamline their asset recovery efforts. AuctoARS is a circular supply chain software that enables companies to identify surplus assets across the business, automate approvals, and choose to redeploy internally and/or resell externally on the public marketplace.  The marketplace connects sellers directly to global buyers who are looking to source quality equipment, machinery, and materials. Headquartered in San Francisco and Toronto, the platform is being used in over 70 countries to help organizations achieve sustainability goals, meet compliance mandates, all while maximizing asset value. 

Better Packaging Co. is a carbon neutral, certified BCorp, on a mission to reduce waste and create impact through regenerative packaging solutions. 
Since 2018, they’ve diverted over 400 million single-use plastic bags from landfill and ocean. 
Their award-winning POLLAST!C range is the world’s first packaging made from 100% recycled ocean-bound plastic. POLLAST!C has a carbon footprint 75% smaller than virgin plastic and addresses 13 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. 
Better Packaging Co. is a founding signatory to the Ellen MacArthur New Plastics Pact, signatory to global packaging pacts, and a member of Elemental Excelerator, Unreasonable Institute, and Sedex.

Brooks Running sells its performance footwear, apparel, run bras, and accessories worldwide. Brooks’ purpose is to inspire everyone to run their path by creating the best gear, tools, and experiences. Founded 1914, Brooks is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and is headquartered in Seattle.

Carbon Direct helps organizations go from climate goal to climate action. We combine technology with deep expertise in climate science, policy, and carbon markets to deliver carbon emission footprints, actionable reduction strategies, and high-quality carbon dioxide removal. With Carbon Direct, clients can set and equitably deliver on their climate commitments, streamline compliance, and manage risk through transparency and scientific credibility.
 

Our expertise is trusted by global climate leaders including Microsoft, American Express, and Alaska Airlines, as well as by the World Economic Forum, which selected Carbon Direct as an Implementation Partner for the First Movers Coalition. To learn more, visit carbon-direct.com.

CheckSammy is a nationwide provider of on-demand, same-day waste and bulk junk removal and sustainability services.   We can solve an emergency fast and affordably or we can help you take a step back and plan the most cost-effective and value-adding solution for the materials that flow through your business. We work both ends of the spectrum - from same-day on-demand emergency waste and junk removal to strategic and customized sustainability solutions that identify, quantify and improve your ESG scores.  

Becoming more sustainable is a challenge in an increasingly cost-conscious economy, and navigating the rapids can become expensive.  CheckSammy is purely on-demand - use when you want to, and don’t pay anything when you don’t.   We’re affordable when you need us, and free when you don’t. 

Circular Action Alliance (CAA) is a U.S., non-profit Producer Responsibility Organization established to support the successful implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws for paper and packaging. CAA will deliver best-in-class compliance services across multiple states and build systems that help both companies and consumers waste less and recycle more. CAA was formed by leading companies from the food, beverage, and consumer goods industries in response to the passage of EPR laws in California, Colorado, Maine, and Oregon. These companies are united in their vision to create a circular economy for paper and packaging across the United States.

Circularise is a Dutch tech startup that develops digital product passports to drive transparency and sustainability in the most complex supply chains. Our mission is to accelerate the world's transition to a circular economy.

Circularise is disrupting the most polluting chemicals and plastics supply chains by changing how companies trace their materials, components and products and how they share information about them. With our blockchain-based digital product passports, Circularise enables customers to access data to improve resource use, verify provenance, conduct carbon footprint and impact assessments across supply chains. 

This enables supply chain actors to share sensitive data without risking privacy and confidentiality and unlock the potential of circular economy at an unprecedented level.

With more than 170 years of material handling expertise and 65 years of plastics innovations, ORBIS Corporation helps world-class customers move their product faster, safer and more cost-effectively with reusable totes, pallets, containers, dunnage and racks. Using a proven approach, ORBIS experts analyze customers’ systems, design a solution and execute a reusable packaging program for long-term cost savings and rapid ROI. Using life-cycle assessments to compare reusable and single-use packaging, ORBIS also helps customers reduce their overall environmental impact. As a steward of sustainability, ORBIS is committed to a better world for future generations. Social responsibility is at our core and ORBIS strives to make a positive difference by supporting organizations, agencies and projects in the communities in which we operate. ORBIS is a part of Menasha Corporation, one of the oldest family-owned manufacturers in the United States. Headquartered in Oconomowoc, ORBIS has more than 3,000 employees and 45 locations throughout North America and Europe.

Davies is Proud to be America’s Office Furniture Solution Provider. For over 70 years, Davies has been at the forefront of the sustainability movement with our sustainable recycling programs and remanufacturing of grade A Office Furniture Systems from industry leaders like Steelcase, Haworth, Herman Miller, Knoll, etc... into fully customized, "like-new" condition at a fraction of the price of our competitors. We put an emphasis on delivering value and closing material loops because we believe in innovation, creation and waste reduction. Visit our Booth to learn how we can get you into the office of your dreams.

Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations is a full-service electronics and materials lifecycle management corporation specializing in sustainable IT asset disposition (ITAD), electronics recycling, legislative compliance, product refurbishment, remarketing and resale, materials recovery, logistics, and data security. We create customized, worldwide service packages designed to safeguard our customers’ sensitive data and protect the environment from e-waste and other pollutants.

Since our inception in 2007, Dynamic has become an industry leader by constantly refining our services and processes as we gain new insights into materials lifecycle management. In this capacity, we’ve developed a third-party validated carbon calculator tool to help our customers track potential avoided scope 3 emissions. By partnering with Dynamic, customers not only improve their bottom line, but also achieve their sustainability goals.

Eunomia was founded in 2001 with the aim of working with clients to develop credible, intelligent solutions that support a more sustainable future. Over the past 20 years, driven by a genuine passion to make a positive change, they have worked with hundreds of prominent public and private sector organizations in the UK, Europe, North America and beyond. Their experienced consultants work in partnership with clients, offering a deeply personal service based on their specific requirements, seeking to create long-term partnerships which drive change. The North American office is headed by Sarah Edwards and, in just a few short years, has immersed the company in the nuances of its geography with the technical knowledge and skill to offer clients innovative, clear, and practical recommendations.

FiscalNote ESG Solutions empowers organizations to achieve their ESG goals through best-in-class technology and expertise. Powered by a combination of an award-winning platform – Equilibrium, a global advisory service, essential ESG intelligence, and a strong peer community, leaders can take charge of their entire ESG strategy. From getting started with strategic insights, benchmarking, audit-ready reporting, and ultimately proving ROI, FiscalNote ESG Solutions is tailored to your organization's unique ESG needs.

Good Filling is a first of its kind automated refiller of homecare, personal-care, and beverage products, running 25+ locations throughout the Northeast. Through our expansive network of high-rise apartment complexes, we make circular economies more sustainable, more affordable, and more convenient than single use purchasing at retail and e-commerce. Simply Bring Your Own Bottle (BYOB), select your product, pay, and dispense: it’s that easy.  As the largest automated refiller, we hope to redefine the Consumer Packaged Goods market by promoting reuse over single-use. Good Filling Sanitization Stations offer refills for soaps, cleaners and detergents, while Good Filling Hydration Stations offer refills for cold brew coffees, nitro coffees and teas. Our mission is to make waste reduction and plastic reuse more accessible for all.

Manifest Climate helps clients improve their climate risk management and disclosures. By combining our climate expertise and technology, we enable clients to assess the maturity of their current management and disclosure practices, identify gaps between disclosure frameworks, regulations and peers, and understand the actions that can be taken to improve.

Mill is a household food waste prevention service that is better for your kitchen, and our planet. Mill’s membership-based solution makes it easy to prevent food waste at home, while building an entirely new, closed loop in our food system that conserves the nutrients in uneaten food, and gets it back to farms where it can feed chickens. Every Mill member receives a Mill kitchen bin that shrinks and dehydrates scraps overnight, turning them into nutrient-rich Food Grounds. Once the bin is full – which takes a few weeks – members schedule a USPS pickup for the Food Grounds in the Mill app and send them back to Mill where they can be turned into a chicken feed ingredient.  Mill offers people an easy, practical way to have a better, cleaner kitchen experience, reduce potent methane emissions, and participate in a circular loop that keeps food scraps in the food system, where they belong. 

r.Cup is the nation’s No. 1 reuse platform, providing a simple, turnkey and cost effective reusable alternative to single-use disposables. Founded in 2017, r.Cup has diverted millions of single-use cups and containers from landfills in over 100 venues, 80 cities, 30 states and 12 countries. r.Cup was named by The Reusies as the 2022  “Most Innovative Reuse Company” (Food & Beverage). For more information, visit rcup.com.

Recology King County is an employee-owned, resource recovery company which hauls and processes material from 12 King County communities. In addition to hauling municipal solid waste and processing comingled recycling, the company also has a street-cleanup division, a waste-consulting division, and four retail stores. Recology King County is one of 25 operating Recology companies which service communities across California, Oregon, and Washington.

Replenysh is the enterprise circularity platform. Their technology and network enable brands to recover and reuse their materials with full traceability, making it easy to take action, accelerate sales growth, and achieve rapid impact.

RLG is a leading global provider of EPR compliance, data management and reverse logistics services.   Founded in 1991, we currently operate in 80+ countries around the world through a dedicated team of 750 employees.  Globally we manage 40+ producer responsibility organizations (PROs) for packaging, batteries and or WEEE.  We are an asset light, tech enabled 4PL enabling a Circular Economy for major producers and retailers.

Samsara Eco has developed a revolutionary enzyme-based technology that can infinitely recycle plastic waste. The technology breaks down plastics (polymers) into their molecular building blocks (monomers), which can then be resynthesized back into virgin quality plastic in an infinite loop or can be upcycled to more valuable commodities. This world-changing technology ensures that plastics no longer need to be made from fossil fuels or plants (both of which have a significant environmental impact) and won’t end up in landfills or our oceans. Their technology will save an estimated 3 tons of carbon emissions for every ton of plastic recycled.

 A global non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in the United States, SERI is a “Champion of Electronics Sustainability” with a mission to help create a world where all electronic products are reused and recycled in ways that promote resource preservation, the well-being of the natural environment, and the health and safety of workers and communities. We accomplish this through a variety of sustainability programs including the R2 electronics reuse + recycling Standard, the IEMN (International E-Waste Management Network, a community for regulators around the world), R2U, and the Electronics Sustainability Alliance, where enterprise collaborates to achieve electronics sustainability and reach zero e-waste.

At Sonoco, we believe you deserve world-class packaging. With a reputation for providing better packaging for almost 125 years, we strengthen well-known, global brands with industry expertise and innovative teams. Our sustainability team collaborates with you to drive initiatives that meet your needs. From first contact point to delivery, we’re committed to helping you reach your goals with people- and planet-friendly packaging—delivering on our promise of Better Packaging. Better Life.

Trove is the market leader in branded resale and trade-in for world-class brands and retailers such as Canada Goose, lululemon, Patagonia, REI, Levi’s, Arc’teryx, Allbirds, and more. Through its proprietary Recommerce Operating System, Trove is accelerating the shift toward more sustainable  business models, foundational for circularity. Over the last decade, Trove has equipped leading brands with technology and operations to create and scale branded resale programs by enabling customer trade-in of items, single-SKU identification and condition grading, site build and maintenance, and customer data collection, analytics and reporting. A Certified B Corporation, Trove is pioneering a new era of retail essential to a more sustainable future. To learn more, visit Trove.com.

WAP Sustainability is a global provider of an array of sustainability services to the retail, vendor, and manufacturing communities of consumer products. We specialize in providing our clients with fast and efficient sustainability support, while utilizing leading technology to assure speed and accuracy of our services.  Whether conducting a life cycle assessment, ESG Support, product transparency, obtaining certification or verifications, WAP's staff of highly trained professionals allow our clients to stay focused on what they do best, while we handle the rest!

The Recycling Development Center formed to provide or facilitate marketing, policy analysis, research, and development to strengthen recycling markets and processing in Washington. The Center is a partnership between the Washington State Departments of Ecology and Commerce. The Center's main goal is to improve recycling markets, focusing on conversion or remanufacturing of waste into new products.

The Department of Commerce is the one agency in state government that touches every aspect of community and economic development: planning, infrastructure, energy, public facilities, housing, public safety and crime victims, international trade, business services and more. They work with local governments, tribes, businesses and civic leaders throughout the state to strengthen communities so all residents may thrive and prosper.

The Department of Ecology is Washington’s environmental protection agency and deeply committed to protecting, preserving, and enhancing Washington’s environment for current and future generations. Through innovative partnerships, Ecology seeks to protect and sustain healthy land, air, and water in harmony with a strong economy.

Upstream® was founded in 2003 as a public-interest, non-profit organization by a group of Zero Waste activists in the US and Canada. While working together in the 1990s, these leaders felt too many environmental groups were only focused on “downstream” or “end of pipe” solutions like recycling and composting. But they knew we can’t recycle or compost our way to a sustainable future. We have to work “upstream” to redesign the systems generating all the waste in the first place.

So we’ve been hard at work for nearly 20 years - ideating, co-creating and accelerating real-world practical solutions to plastic pollution and today’s throw-away culture. We're building a movement to "make throw-away go away" through business, policy and cultural innovation. 

Founded in 1995, the Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) serves one of the world’s fastest-growing, diversified and low-carbon economies. Our team works to strengthen Vancouver’s economic future by providing programming, supporting local companies, advising business leaders and policymakers, monitoring the region’s economic health, and conducting and publishing leading-edge industry research. 

VEC focuses on issues-based market and economic transformation. We provide industry-agnostic services and support to business, investor, and worker communities to help achieve a resilient, inclusive, zero-carbon economy for all.

The U.S. Plastics Pact is a solutions-driven consortium founded by The Recycling Partnership and the World Wildlife Fund, launched as part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s global Plastics Pact network, connects diverse public-private stakeholders across the plastics value chain to rethink the way we design, use, and reuse plastics, to create a path forward to realize a circular economy for plastic in the United States.

In line with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s vision of a circular economy for plastics, which unites more than 850+ organizations, the U.S. Plastics Pact brings together businesses, not-for-profit organizations, research institutions, government agencies and other stakeholders to work toward scalable solutions tailored to the unique needs and challenges within the U.S. landscape, through vital knowledge sharing and coordinated action.

Metabolic advises governments, businesses, and NGOs on how to adapt to a fast-changing global context, while creating disruptive solutions that can dramatically shift how the economy functions. We crunch data, provide strategies and tools, build pilots, and create new ventures that develop scalable solutions to critical problems. Core to achieving our mission is the transition to an economy that is regenerative and ‘circular’ by design.

The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute is dedicated to powering innovation for the circular economy through products that have a positive impact on people and planet. 

Through the Cradle to Cradle Certified® Products Program, the Institute sets the global standard for products that are safe, circular and made responsibly. Cradle to Cradle Certified® is used by future-focused designers, brands, retailers and manufacturers across the value chain to innovate and optimize materials and products according to the world’s most advanced science-based measures for material health, product circularity, renewable energy and climate, water and soil stewardship, and social fairness.

Verra was founded in 2007 by environmental and business leaders who saw the need for greater quality assurance in voluntary carbon markets. We now manage the world’s leading voluntary carbon markets program, the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program, as well as a suite of other programs, incubate new ideas to generate meaningful environmental and social value at scale, and advance the use of these programs worldwide.

Post Script Media is the leading producer of podcasts that explore life on our overheating planet. Our award-winning work ranges from original podcasts to studio productions for clients. With podcasts that examine the intersection of climate with culture, politics, business, tech, and more, we tell stories about climate change that surprise, uplift, and connect to everything.

The Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) is the global leader in supply chain organizational transformation, innovation and leadership. As the largest non-profit association for supply chain, ASCM is an unbiased partner, connecting companies around the world to the newest thought leadership on all aspects of supply chain.

At Clean Energy Ventures we’re beating back climate change through energy innovation. We fund disruptive, capital-light technologies and business model innovations that can reshape how we produce and consume energy. Each startup we invest in has the potential to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions between our investment and 2050.

Since 2005, our leadership team has invested in over 40 climate tech startups alongside our angel-investor partners at the Clean Energy Venture Group, prominent venture capital firms, leading OEMs, global materials companies, oil majors, and more.

Beyond funding, we provide hands-on guidance through dedicated leadership coaching, strategic marketing, IP development and active board participation. Our collection of 19 Venture Partners guide our startups and enhance our value with their deep technical and operating experience.

gener8tor is a nationally-ranked venture capital firm and accelerator that brings together startup founders, investors, corporations, job seekers, universities, musicians and artists. The gener8tor platform includes more than 75 programs spanning startup accelerators, corporate programming, speaker series, conferences, skills accelerators and fellowships. gener8tor believes that everyone deserves opportunities, regardless of race, place or gender. And that is what we consider our mission.

Founded by RMI and New Energy Nexus, Third Derivative (D³) is accelerating the rate of climate innovation through our inclusive ecosystem approach, which rapidly finds, funds, and scales climate tech globally. We launched in December 2020 with 46 companies, the largest cohort of climate tech companies in the world.

By uniting and aligning committed investors, large corporates, and market and policy experts with the world’s most promising climate tech startups, D³bridges finance and resource gaps to increase speed to market. Our flexible and highly curated accelerator program enables startups to focus on their unique needs and opportunities.

Today D³’s collaborative ecosystem includes $4T market cap of corporate partners, $8B AUM of investor partners (across five continents), and over 100 startups addressing climate challenges across all major emissions sectors. Together, we are moving markets to achieve a brighter, more equitable climate future.

The Circulars Accelerator is advancing the global transition to a more circular economy, connecting organizations prioritizing circular innovation, with disruptors seeking to scale circular solutions. The accelerator plays a pivotal role in catalyzing circular innovation across the globe.

Led by Accenture in partnership with Anglo American, Ecolab and AWS and hosted digitally on the World Economic Forum’s platform for SDG innovation, Uplink.

Closed Loop Partners is a New York-based investment firm comprised of venture capital, growth equity, private equity, project-based finance and an innovation center focused on building the circular economy. The firm has built an ecosystem that connects entrepreneurs, industry experts, global consumer goods companies, retailers, financial institutions and municipalities.

Raise Green is the marketplace for impact investing in climate solutions. From solar farms on Maui, to water reuse systems in Phoenix, to geothermal power installations in Alaska, the solutions to climate change are taking shape all around us – powered by heroic entrepreneurs and innovators who are not content to wait for big energy and leaders in government to get their act together. And thanks to RaiseGreen you don't have to be a solar finance guru or a billionaire to participate in this frontline work. For as little as 100 dollars we enable investors to supercharge the efforts of those building a better tomorrow – and give them a chance to earn a healthy return in the process.

4WARD.VC’s “Partner in Crime” Climate Accelerator is disrupting the outdated venture industry with the world’s most hands-on, sales & traction-focused accelerator for elite early stage climate companies.

We invest $100k for 5% in CRAZY ASS, world class climate founders tackling MASSIVE problems in areas including Food & Agriculture, Construction & Manufacturing, Commerce & Circularity, Recycling & Waste Reduction, Energy & Renewables, Transportation & Mobility and open up our network and that of our 50+ industry expert mentors to unlock unparalleled growth and scaling through a process we call “networked growth hacking” involving warm introductions to dozens (if not hundreds) of potential customers, corporates, partners and investors.

We Don’t Have Time is where the climate conversation continues 24/7—even when the COPs stop. We connect companies, communities, scientists, policymakers, advocates, journalists — everyone, who wants to solve the climate crisis. Through our community, we have an average monthly reach of more than 190 million. 

Carbon Direct helps organizations go from climate goal to climate action. We combine technology with deep expertise in climate science, policy, and carbon markets to deliver carbon emission footprints, actionable reduction strategies, and high-quality carbon dioxide removal. With Carbon Direct, clients can set and equitably deliver on their climate commitments, streamline compliance, and manage risk through transparency and scientific credibility.
 

Our expertise is trusted by global climate leaders including Microsoft, American Express, and Alaska Airlines, as well as by the World Economic Forum, which selected Carbon Direct as an Implementation Partner for the First Movers Coalition. To learn more, visit carbon-direct.com.

Recology King County is an employee-owned, resource recovery company which hauls and processes material from 12 King County communities. In addition to hauling municipal solid waste and processing comingled recycling, the company also has a street-cleanup division, a waste-consulting division, and four retail stores. Recology King County is one of 25 operating Recology companies which service communities across California, Oregon, and Washington.

We’ve partnered with Greener by Default, which consults with events and institutions to apply behavioral science to food policy, nudging diners towards sustainable plant-based options while preserving freedom of choice.