Companies Taking Action: Climate Collaborative Tracking Progress 2019
We've just released our 2019 Tracking Progress Update, and alongside its release, are sharing examples of progress we're seeing in the industry across our nine commitment areas.
2019 Tracking Progress Update Trends and Analysis
View our full results in PDF form here, and check out examples of progress here.
What is the Tracking Progress Update?
The Climate Collaborative’s (CC) Tracking Progress Update highlights the type and amount of progress that committed companies are making around their climate action commitments. We ask these questions via a short annual survey. We ask companies where in the implementation process they are, whether they are quantifying emissions reductions, and for details on their progress. Companies are expected to provide information for each commitment they have made; quantitative data is welcome but not required.
This update is the primary way we are able to assess progress in the industry on an annual basis. 2019 is the second tracking progress cycle for the CC; we asked all companies that made commitments before December 31, 2018 to respond, a total of 324 companies. To learn more about CC commitments visit www.climatecollaborative.com/take_action.
Nominations Open for 2020 National Co+op Grocers Climate Collaborative Awards
We are excited to share that nominations for our third annual National Co+op Grocers Climate Collaborative Awards are now open!
General Mills launches a Regenerative Agriculture Self-Assessment Tool
Up to 1/3 of global greenhouse gas emissions stems from the food system, an estimated 80% of which comes from agriculture.[1] Nearly 200 companies in our community are working to reduce their agricultural footprint through carbon farming practices. Among them, CC committee company General Mills is going one step further to create an open-source self-assessment tool for any farmer to use to identify and boost their regenerative agricultural practices.
Announcing our Food Waste Resources for Retailers
The Climate Collaborative is thrilled to release a new 10-step Food Waste Reduction Toolkit and self-assessment tool, both geared at supporting retailers in reducing their food waste impacts.
Taking on Transportation
This month’s Climate Collaborative webinar welcomed BSR’s Nico De Golia for a dive into how companies can work to decarbonize their transportation supply chains. We wanted to share some of his takeaways below. To learn more visit here.
Check Out Our New Retailer Food Waste Toolkit!
If the United States went shopping in your store, it would leave with five bags, drop two in the parking lot, and leave them there. This may seem crazy, but as a country, we leave a full 40 percent of our food uneaten. And it’s not just food going in the trash: Up to about one-fifth of U.S. cropland, fertilizers, and agricultural water go towards growing food that’s ultimately wasted. Food waste is responsible for at least 2.6 percent of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions (equivalent to more than that of 37 million cars), and wasting less food was ranked third of 100 solutions to climate change by Project Drawdown.