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Corporate partnerships turn dreams like Shannon Lemanski's into realities. We're delighted to see our global partner, Octopus Energy, welcome Shannon with open tentacles! 🐙 From The King's Australia's Enterprise Accelerator programme all the way winning the The King's Trust's 2026 Global Sustainability Award, Shannon is using his business, Aqua Ubique, to bring clean drinking water to communities across Australia. Building relationships is a vital step in enterprise - we can't wait to see Aqua Ubique continue to change the world! 🌍

A brilliant visit to Octopus Energy with this year's Global Sustainability Award winner, Shannon! Shannon shared the story behind Aqua Ubique and how, with support from the Enterprise Accelerator programme delivered by The King's Trust Australia, he turned an idea inspired by his military service into a business that creates clean drinking water from air. His innovation is helping reduce plastic waste while improving access to safe drinking water in remote communities.💧 Connecting our award winners with our corporate partners is a key part of what we do, creating space to share ideas and build relationships! 🤝 Find out more about Shannon - https://lnkd.in/dMtK3Dgm

A fantastic opportunity to hear from some leading voices on a topic that will become increasingly important across WA's resources and infrastructure sectors. Decommissioning is a critical enabler of circularity, resource recovery and sustainable legacy outcomes. Looking forward to the discussion - hope to see many of you there.

Our Swedish Sustainability Report for 2025 is now available – discover how we are turning ambition into action. At Tetra Pak, we develop innovative solutions in both packaging and processing to help reduce food waste, lower climate impact, and create long-term value for the future. This has guided us for 75 years and continues to shape how we work with partners across the value chain. We know there is more to do. Together with our employees, customers, and suppliers, we are tackling future challenges with concrete actions and a shared sense of optimism, because real progress happens when we act together – it’s in our hands. Explore our report and see examples of local initiatives in Sweden: https://bit.ly/4gu6HbI

Sustainability at #Locarno79 is a shared commitment. From renewable energy and sustainable catering to eco-friendly merchandise, responsible waste management, and greener mobility, we’re working to reduce our environmental impact while creating lasting value for our community and region. This commitment is also reflected in the Pardo for Change, awarded to the film that best explores today’s environmental, ethical, social, and cultural challenges, inspiring audiences to imagine new perspectives and positive change. The Pardo for Change is founded in collaboration with WWF Switzerland and supported by ARX | smart minds and Wyss Academy for Nature. → Discover more about our sustainability initiatives on our website: shorturl.at/t8Rdp

When I worked in a lab, sustainability was held together by volunteers. It happened in the gaps between experiments, usually because one person in the department cared enough to keep pushing. Now? Wellcome requires labs to hold sustainability accreditation like LEAF or My Green Lab to be eligible for funding. CRUK asks for LEAF Silver as a minimum on new applications. Read that again. Two of the UK's biggest funders have tied money to sustainable practice. This is exactly the shift I hoped (an love!) to see. Not because labs suddenly care more (most always did), but because the system finally makes sustainability the path of least resistance rather than an uphill battle fought by volunteers. Waste is a core part of these frameworks. And that's where we come in. RecycleLab gives labs the recycling infrastructure and the data to evidence it, from collection volumes to carbon savings. Lab sustainability is such an exciting and growing space to be part of and watching it go mainstream has been the best part of building RecycleLab.

A Circular Aotearoa isn't a waste strategy. It's real value and positive impact for people, our economy, and nature — and right now, we're leaving most of it on the table. Over three mornings this week, we're opening up our draft white paper behind Circular by Nature: Unlocking Aotearoa's Full Potential. Three domains, three conversations, one question underneath all of them — what will it take to unlock Aotearoa's potential? 🍽️ How we EAT — Wednesday 15 July, 9:30 am 📍 Register: https://lnkd.in/evd5cRWF 🚚 How we MOVE — Thursday 16 July, 9:30 am 📍 Register: https://lnkd.in/ePgJZaXe 🏡 How we LIVE — Friday 17 July, 9:30 am 📍 Register: https://lnkd.in/eBMhRihX These sessions are built for the people who are shaping this future right now: farmers and food manufacturers, fleet operators and infrastructure planners, retailers, builders, and the councils and agencies who set the rules for procurement and beyond. We're asking for your feedback on our vision: What are we already doing in 2025? How were these actions strengthened? How has society changed to make this possible? What impact has it had on our environment, our regions and our people? Nau mai, haere mai — come and shape it with us.

As we celebrate Bakels Sustainability Week, we are proud to highlight an important milestone from Bakels Sweden. Thanks to the dedication, focus and commitment of our employees, our production process has been effectively carbon neutral since April 2026, powered by 100% renewable electricity and 100% renewable district heating. While we are proud of what we have achieved, we know our sustainability journey does not end here. Our focus now is on reducing emissions across the entire value chain through: 🌱 Responsible ingredients ♻️ Less waste ⚙️ Greater efficiency 🚛 Smarter logistics For us, sustainability is not a one-time achievement, it is an integral part of our continuous improvement journey. Every improvement we make today helps us build a more sustainable tomorrow.

🌱A circular economy keeps resources in use for as long as possible, instead of extracting, using once, and discarding. In practice, that means designing waste out of the system from the start repairing, reusing and regenerating instead of replacing. It's a shift already playing out in real projects across Africa, and one we'll be unpacking through real examples over the weeks ahead. #CircularEconomy #ACEN.

🏙️How can cities and regions turn circular ambitions into real-world solutions? Discover the latest CORDIS Results Pack showcasing 6 EU-funded projects under #CCRIEurope that are demonstrating practical solutions across Europe. From industrial symbiosis and nutrient recovery to bio-based products, water reuse and stronger regional cooperation, these local success stories show how cities and regions can recover valuable resources, create new local value chains and build more resilient communities. Together, they demonstrate the ambition of the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative: empowering territories to implement systemic circular solutions that can inspire replication across Europe. 👉 https://lnkd.in/grPyY-Tn 📍HOOP Project 📍Agro2Circular 📍TREASoURcE 📍FRONTSH1P 📍 P2GreeN 📍 Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI) 📍@robinhorizonproject