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Courtney Pineau
Executive Director
Climate Collaborative 

Webinar - Biodiversity and Climate Action: How COP15 Could Inform Your Company's Climate Strategy

November 7th, 1 PM EST // 12 PM CST // 11 AM MST // 10 AM PST

The 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP15, will convene governments from around the world in December to discuss how best to protect and restore the Earth's biodiversity. We know that an increase in biodiversity can help mitigate the impacts of climate change and that many of our companies incorporate biodiversity health as an indicator of soil health. However, what are the ways companies can intentionally tie biodiversity into their climate strategy?

Join the Climate Collaborative on November 7th, where we'll hear from World Business Council for Sustainable Development, UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre, and Pure Strategies on why COP15 matters to your business and how you can tie the biodiversity framework to your climate strategy. There will be ample time for Q&A, so bring questions!

Webinar - UNFI Climate Action Four-Part Series: IMPACT

November 14th, 1 PM EST // 12 PM CST // 11 AM MST // 10 AM PST

UNFI is excited to announce the third session in their four-part webinar series. Join UNFI, along with the teams from the Climate Collaborative and Shift Advantage, to explore the steps you can take to accelerate your climate action.

These webinars, informed by UNFI's Climate Action Guide, will cover the four stages of climate action:

• MEASURE: watch recording
• COMMIT: watch recording
• IMPACT: register for November 14th session 
• DISCLOSE: register for the December 7th session

These sessions are perfect for anyone on your team that wants to learn more about how to take climate action and will feature case studies of companies on the leading-edge of this work.

Attend as many as you would like, and please share this invite with your team or anyone else within your organization that might be interested. 

Webinar - Updates From the Compostable Packaging Landscape: How You Can Align Climate Action With Packaging Commitments

November 15th, 1 PM EST // 12 PM CST // 11 AM MST // 10 AM PST

Join the Climate Collaborative for a special November session to hear updates and insights into the packaging landscape, with a special focus on compostable packaging. OSC's Packaging Collaborative will inform attendees about the role of LCA's and how they can help inform packaging considerations. Elevate Packaging will share insights from the field, including ways your packaging work can support your company's climate commitments. 

Online Course - Climate Action for Business (In Partnership with Leeds School of Business)

November 15-16, 2022

The University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business is hosting an upcoming two-day training (November 15-16) on Climate Action for Business. This course was developed utilizing the Project Drawdown framework and will equip you to lead your organization through a complete climate strategy, from data gathering through emissions reductions to reporting, and much more.

In partnership with the Climate Collaborative, they are offering a 20% discount for five of our Committed Companies to take the course. This is a first-come, first-served opportunity. 

• Learn more about the course here
• Submit an inquiry form here to initiate the registration process (mention you are a Climate Collaborative company)

In case you missed part or all of our sessions at Expo East, you can access the recordings on the Natural Products Expo Virtual Platform. Watch the recordings to learn more about investing in climate focused CPGs, operationalizing climate action within your organization, and a discussion on what makes a food climate friendly.

Climate Solutions at Work (Guide from Drawdown Labs)

Climate Solutions at Work, presented by Drawdown Labs, is a how-to guide for employees looking to make every job a climate job. This easy-to-browse guide will help climate-concerned employees assess whether or not their company is taking adequate steps to address the climate crisis, and how they can utilize their power to push their company well beyond 'net zero'. Throughout, the guide mentions specific job functions (e.g., marketing, human resources, government affairs, etc.) that have enormous untapped potential to drive climate action. 

How Food Companies Can Reduce Their Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Transition to a Lower Emissions Economy (Report from Ceres)

Climate transition plans are intended to act as accountability mechanisms for companies and their external stakeholders, and they can provide a critical pathway for ensuring that companies are reducing greenhouse gas emissions in line with what is needed to achieve the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global temperature rise to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. This brief focuses in on examples of companies taking actions to reduce their GHG emissions in four key areas that should be covered by a climate transition plan: growth and innovation strategy; corporate procurement strategies and supply chain implementation; operations, waste, and transportation; and customer engagement. 

Guidelines for Credible, Science-driven Environmental Footprint Claims (Guidance from Quantis)

A new guidance created by Quantis, "Guidelines for credible, science-driven environmental footprint claims" provides best practices and recommendations to help companies understand and comply with existing standards and regulations when making environmental claims. 

Grow Organic: The Climate, Health, and Economic Case For Expanding Organic Agriculture (Report from NRDC)

Organic agriculture holds significant and largely untapped potential to address multiple crises facing our society, including climate change, health, and struggling economies. Public policies that support expansion of organic farming and ranching across America--including substantial investments in the next Farm Bill--can unlock this potential and deliver a critical triple win for our climate future, the health of farmworkers and consumers, and prosperity in farming communities.

A new report suggests that the Inflation Reduction Act could be even bigger than Congress thinks. Late last month, analysts at the investment bank Credit Suisse published a research note about America's new climate law that went nearly unnoticed. The report shows how even after the bonanza of climate-bill coverage earlier this year, we're still only beginning to understand how the law works and what it might mean for the economy.