The Week in Low Carbon Commerce

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In this edition:

• Hot links

• Podcast: Roadmap to Net Zero with Autumn Fox of Mars

• Deals and funding

• Featured jobs 

Hot links

• Unilever takes tougher stance on supply-chain emissions
  

• Sainsbury’s ramps up ambitious emission reduction commitments

• Walmart and unspun Take On Apparel Manufacturing Waste With 3D Fabric Weaving Pilot Project
  

• Keurig’s New Coffee Pods Are Completely Compostable—but You’ll Need a New Machine to Use Them
  

• Mars powers packaging progress with digital transformation
  

• Supermarkets are tackling emissions from their freezer aisles

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Deals and funding

Liquid Death, a producer of canned beverages based in Santa Monica, CA, raised $67M to expand distribution and accelerate product innovation. The company is known for its slogans “Murder your thirst” and “Death to plastic.”

Packfleet, a fully-electric delivery courier based in London, raised a $10M Series A.

Suri, based in London, raised a £6M Series A for its sustainable electric toothbrush brand.

Umaro Foods, based in Berkeley, CA, raised $3.8M for its seaweed-based meat alternatives. The company claims its automated production process will produce its plant-based bacon product at half the cost of pork bacon. “We are laser focused on undercutting Hormel and Smithfield on cost,” said CEO Beth Zotter.

Orbillion, based in Berkeley, CA, raised new capital for its predictive modeling platform to de-risk cultivated meat scale-up.

Featured jobs

• Head of Strategy
  Vienna, Austria, Hybrid
  Refurbed
  

• Marketing Lead
  Palo Alto, USA, Hybrid
  Wing
  

• Product Owner
  Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
  Picnic Technologies
  

• Marketing Director
  New York, NY, USA
  Wasteless
  

• Sr. Manager, Brand Marketing
  Santa Monica, CA, USA
  Beautycounter

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