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3 Tips for Getting Investors on Board With Your CSR Mission

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Companies have been publicly proclaiming their dedication to sustainability, philanthropy and diversity for decades. For instance, if you are proud to use sustainable ingredients in your products, provide a comprehensive list of those ingredients. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is not a new concept. Find common ground.

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AppHarvest is now APPH: Rise of the Rest’s First Publicly Traded Company

Revolution

The company’s sustainable growing techniques yield nutritious, chemical pesticide-free non-GMO fruits and vegetables at scale, using 90 percent less water than traditional open-field agriculture and 100 percent recycled rainwater. In response, AppHarvest has plans to launch 12 large-scale greenhouses by 2025.

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7 Steps to Become Climate Neutral in an Online World

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Are you an entrepreneur or CEO who has a goal of helping your company reflect the sustainability you want to see for the environment? Experts predict that these emissions will double by 2025. Include employees in the planning process and get them on board. of global greenhouse emissions. Purchase credits. Purchase offsets.

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Plant-based food startup Next Gen lands $10M seed round from investors including Temasek

TechCrunch

The company announced today that it has raised $10 million in seed funding from investors including Temasek, K3 Ventures, EDB New Ventures (an investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board), NX-Food, FEBE Ventures and Blue Horizon. Startups making meat alternatives are gaining traction worldwide.

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Kaiyo gets $36M Series B for its secondhand furniture marketplace

TechCrunch

He and his wife, who are passionate about sustainability, tried buying secondhand to furnish the apartment when they moved into a new place in 2014. billion in sales by 2025 , from 9.9 Loveseat gets comfy with new funding to expand its returned home goods marketplace. The furniture resale industry is projected to reach $16.6

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Z?m wins $150M from San Francisco schools to modernize and electrify student transport

TechCrunch

m has deployed a new fleet of connected school buses and other vehicles, which will be converted to electric by 2025.”. m’s goal to help SFUSD electrify its entire fleet by 2025. The buses previously used were old and owned by the incumbent and have been moved out of the city. Along with its fleet, Z?m

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Mushroom protein company Meati Foods opens ‘mega’ facility; closes $22M in new funding

TechCrunch

With a focus on providing products that are sustainable, nutritious and taste good, Mega Ranch enables Meati Foods to grow, harvest and process its mycelium and then produce its products under one roof. When I spoke with Huggins in 2022, he mentioned the company’s goal of reaching a $1 billion in revenue run rate by 2025.