Is vegan leather more sustainable than animal leather? What to know. - The Washington Post

How does vegan leather stack up against animal leather? Here's what to know...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2024/06/03/leather-pleather-sustainability/

Biden aims to boost production of sustainable aviation fuel - The Washington Post

The Biden administration Tuesday sought to spur the growth of sustainable jet fuel, seen as crucial to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, with a system of tax credits for producers...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2024/04/30/biden-sustainable-aviation-fuel-production/

Could Amsterdam's New Economic Theory Replace Capitalism? | Time

... In April 2020, during the first wave of COVID-19, Amsterdam's city government announced it would recover from the crisis, and avoid future ones, by embracing the theory of "doughnut economics." Laid out by British economist Kate Raworth in a 2017 book, the theory argues that 20th century economic thinking is not equipped to deal with the 21st century reality of a planet teetering on the edge of climate breakdown. Instead of equating a growing GDP with a successful society, our goal should be to fit all of human life into what Raworth calls the "sweet spot" between the "social foundation," where everyone has what they need to live a good life, and the "environmental ceiling." By and large, people in rich countries are living above the environmental ceiling. Those in poorer countries often fall below the social foundation. The space in between: that's the doughnut...

https://time.com/5930093/amsterdam-doughnut-economics/

How Microsoft's carbon-negative plan will test the climate economy

Microsoft shook up the debate about global warming last week by vowing to make its operations carbon negative — meaning it will take more carbon out of the environment than it emits by 2030, and move rapidly to mop up the equivalent of every bit of carbon it has put into the atmosphere since its founding in 1975.....
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/22/how-microsofts-carbon-negative-plan-will-test-the-climate-economy.html

Apple wants every iPhone, watch, and Macbook made with recycled materials — Quartz at Work

Even for a company with a $1 trillion market capitalization, the goal that Apple has set for itself on sustainability is ambitious. Wildly, extraordinarily ambitious. The world’s most valuable company aims to eventually manufacture every new iPhone, Apple Watch, and glitzy yet-to-be-invented gizmo using 100% renewable power, and (this is the big one) without mining any new raw materials from the planet.....
https://qz.com/work/1760564/apple-wants-every-iphone-watch-and-macbook-made-with-recycled-materials/