Trayak is offering an opportunity for Climate Collaborative packaging-committed companies to engage in two package climate optimization studies. Each study will focus on working directly with one company to optimize an identified packaging type to reduce climate-related impacts; these two projects include:

• A short packaging optimization engagement to be completed by October 2019.
• A longer packaging optimization engagement to be completed by the summer of 2020.

Today is Earth Day, a day that causes all of us working on climate to pause, assess how we are doing, celebrate wins, and challenge ourselves to do more. Three years ago on Earth Day, the historic Paris Climate Accords were signed, setting out the first truly global effort to drawdown emissions; and next year marks the 50^th anniversary of the Earth Day holiday.

If one thing has excited me this past month, it’s been seeing climate policy take center stage in the platforms of numerous candidates on the campaign trail and watching the companies in our network enthusiastically embrace the next frontier -- climate policy.

Two years into the Climate Collaborative’s work, the natural products industry truly feels energized. I felt this palpably a few days ago at Climate Day, from the way people stood up one after the other to commit to climate action during the session to the sea of commitments companies proudly displayed at their booths to the tenor of people’s remarks throughout the day.

In the lead up to Climate Day this year, we asked for videos sharing the positive impact and progress you're seeing in your climate work. We received a tremendous number of videos from companies across the industry showcasing your work. Enjoy the compilation of great work throughout the industry! 

ANAHEIM, Calif. (March 6, 2019) –The natural products industry has long been home to companies at the forefront of corporate environmentalism. Eight bold companies were honored for their innovative contributions to climate change reduction yesterday during Climate Day at Expo West.

If you missed Climate Day at Expo West you can watch the full recording here!

In anticipation of the 2019 National Co+op Grocers Climate Collaborative Awards, we're talking with the leaders of our 2018 award-winning companies to learn a little bit more about what drives their climate leadership.

Our eighth interview is with Gary Erickson and Kit Crawford, Co-CEOs of Clif Bar & Company, winner of the 2018 Outstanding Influencer Award (View our previous interviews with Straus Family Creamery, Alter Eco, Veritable Vegetable, Guayaki, Organic Valley, Lotus Foods and Community Food Co-op).

In anticipation of the 2019 National Co+op Grocers Climate Collaborative Awards, we're talking with the leaders of our 2018 award-winning companies to learn a little bit more about what drives their climate leadership.

Our seventh interview is with Albert Straus, CEO of Straus Family Creamery, winner of the 2018 Outstanding Influencer Award (View our previous interviews with Alter Eco, Veritable Vegetable, Guayaki, Organic Valley, Lotus Foods and Community Food Co-op).

In anticipation of the 2019 National Co+op Grocers Climate Collaborative Awards, we're talking with the leaders of our 2018 award-winning companies to learn a little bit more about what drives their climate leadership.

Our sixth interview is with Edouard Rollet and Mathieu Senard, Co-Founders of Alter Eco, winner of the 2018 Outstanding Company Award (View our previous interviews with Veritable Vegetable, Guayaki, Organic Valley, Lotus Foods and Community Food Co-op).