The Week in Low Carbon Commerce - February 12, 2024

The Week in Low Carbon Commerce
February 12, 2024

Love is in the air — and so are webinars.

Following hot on the heels of last week’s sessions on driving traffic, sales, and profitability with Amazon’s Compact by Design and Climate Pledge Friendly programs and Product-Level Climate Footprinting and Labeling, this Friday, February 16, we hope you’ll join us for an Intro to retail and CPG Climate Action.

Oriented to those new to or not specialized in sustainability, the session covers the proliferation of initiatives affecting commercial outcomes in areas like product design, packaging, assortment, marketing, and merchandising.

Because we love you (❤️), friends of Decarbonize.co (that’s you!) can attend and access a recording and event materials at no cost with the link below.

In this edition:

• Hot links

• Deals and funding 

• Jobs 

• Podcast — Reuse Realism with Mike Newman of Returnity

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Hot links

• The Revolution That Died on Its Way to Dinner
  

• Tesco admits food waste miscalculation as reduction figures more than halved

• Decarbonization: Stocks and flows, abundance and scarcity, net zero
  

• Colgate-Palmolive must face lawsuit over toothpaste tube recycling claims
  

• Nestlé debuts Orgain better whey, its first animal-free protein powder
  

• U.S. postal service sets broad goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
  

• LIDL launches first-of-its-kind recycling pilot offering ‘uncapped’ savings on shopping
  

• Fillogic to offer fully recyclable, reusable packaging for retail ecosystem [Ed.: Check out this week’s podcast episode with Mike Newman, founder and CEO of Returnity — Fillogic’s partner.)

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Deals and funding

Planet A Foods, based in Munich, Germany, raised $15.4M for its cocoa-free chocolate.

Cirplus, based in Hamburg, Germany, raised a “seven-figure” round for its marketplace for recycled plastics.

Greyparrot, an AI waste analytics company based in London, entered a strategic partnership with Bollegraaf to retrofit thousands of Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs).

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Featured jobs

• Head of Retail Media Business Development
  North America, Remote
  Scope3
  

• Senior Manager, Retail Sustainability 
  Boston, MA, USA, Hybrid
  Lego
  

• Enterprise Account Executive DACH Region (m/f/x)
  Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Hybrid
  Makersite
  

• Content and Social Media Manager, Good Time 
  Los Angeles, CA, USA, Remote
  Who Gives a Crap
  

• Manager, Business Intelligence and Analytics
  Salt Lake City, UT, USA, Remote
  Packsize

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