The Week in Low Carbon Commerce

April 1, 2024

Author

Keith Anderson
April 01, 2024

Happy Monday, low carbon commerce enthusiasts.

Did you catch Friday’s round-up of climate and sustainability innovators from Shoptalk 2024?

Since I started working in this space a bit over a year ago, I’ve continued to be amazed by the volume of companies being started and funded to help retailers and brands get more effective, efficient, and lower-emission.

It reminds me of the five years following the launch of the iPhone, when venture capital really started flowing into companies with solutions for helping retailers and brands embrace digital commerce.

And, as in those days, we’ve been fielding more questions and interest from retailers and brands trying to make sense of the landscape and prioritize where to focus.

Since we published our initial Commerce Climate Tech market map last Fall, we’ve identified more than 30 new players working in areas like food waste, resale, recycling, data, and others.

If your company wants an introduction to what’s happening across this landscape — or a deep dive in an area you’re focused on — I’d love to connect with you.

You can book time to speak with me here.

Until next week…

-Keith

P.S. Have a friend or family member looking for a summer internship? The Decarbonize.co Career Board has 14 internships at companies like Henkel, Uniqlo, Monster Energy, Voyage Foods, Post Foods, Einride, and more.

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From the podcast — new episodes Thursday mornings

Ep. 21: The Potential of Smart Packaging in Sustainable CPG with Adhithi Aji of Adrich

This week's episode features Adhithi Aji, founder and CEO of Adrich, a smart packaging solution for connected e-commerce. Adrich takes some of the friction out of replenishing consumable products, helping overcome some of the challenge of changing behavior in the shift to more sustainable consumption models.Tune in to hear more about how it plays a role in accelerating behavioral change in areas like refillable packaging, other use cases and possibilities, and the unit economics of new technologies in the connected packaging space.

decarbonize.co/podcast/ep-21-the-potential-of-smart-packaging-in-sustainable-cpg-with-adhithi-aji-of-adrich

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Deals and funding

Poseidona, based in Spain, raised €1.1M for its algae-based proteins.


The Bezos Earth Fund announced an initial $60M commitment to establish Bezos Centers for Sustainable Protein as part of the Bezos Earth Fund’s $1 billion commitment to food transformation.

The Centers will target major technological barriers to reducing cost, increasing quality, and boosting nutritional benefit of alternative proteins.

Check out all of the jobs (or post your open roles) on the Decarbonizing Commerce Career Board.