Waste Diversion
Julianna Radzinski
Tackling Difficult-to-Manage Waste Streams with ...

Difficult-to-manage waste streams are a hurdle for corporations to overcome in their pursuit of reducing waste. In this episode, Tad and Julianna sit down with Hannah Julian, Environmental Project Coordinator at g2 revolution, to discuss g2's work with managing materials that are traditionally difficult to recycle, managing pre-consumer and post-consumer waste, working with retailers and manufacturers to establish recycling programs for their materials, giving materials a second life through their Second Life® Solutions, working with small businesses in the beauty sector through their brand GLO™, the drivers behind pursuing and achieving GreenCircle certification, and more.

Waste Diversion
Julianna Radzinski
Textile Waste Innovations for Achieving a ...

Textile waste is the fastest growing waste stream in the United States. In this episode, Tad and Julianna sit down with Raymond Randall, Sr. Manager of Textile Recycling at WM, to discuss what WM is doing to drive circularity with textile waste, why textile waste is such a big problem for both the environment and for business, how fast fashion plays a role in textile waste, the textile recycling program at WM, and more.

Life Cycle Assessment
Julianna Radzinski
Deep Dive into LCA, EPD, and PCF with LCA ...

Life Cycle Assessments (LCA), Environmental Product Declarations (EPD), and Product Carbon Footprints (PCF) are essential to reducing your company’s carbon footprint, but many companies have unanswered questions about the process for completing them. In this episode, Tad and Julianna sit down with LCA experts Nicole Meyer and Marquis Miller from Sustainable Solutions Corporation to answer some of the most frequently asked questions they receive about LCA, EPD, and PCF. They discuss the data collection process, timelines, what to include in your LCA, relevant standards and frameworks, Product Category Rules, functional units, how LCA, EPD, and PCF relate to carbon footprint, and more.

Julianna Radzinski
Consumer Perception: How to Craft a Credible ...

A good marketing plan should include communication about your company’s sustainability efforts. In this episode, Tad and Julianna sit down with Suzanne Shelton, CEO of Shelton Group, an ERM Group Company, to discuss the consumer research studies Shelton Group has been conducting for the past 17 years, the results of their recently published report The Buzz on Buzzwords: Seven Years Later, the biggest challenges companies have in marketing their sustainability efforts, best practices for communicating sustainability goals and achievements such as third-party certified products and facilities, how companies should handle not hitting a goal, and more.

Energy Efficiency

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Decoding Supplier Targets: What Pharmaceutical Suppliers Must Know to Stay Competitive

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Signed by CEOs of major pharmaceutical companies including Novo Nordisk, Merck, AstraZeneca, and GSK, the letter makes it clear: suppliers must prioritize sustainability or risk getting left behind. Pharmaceutical companies are setting firm expectations for their supply chains to reduce carbon emissions and align with net-zero targets, signaling that sustainability is no longer optional, but a critical business requirement.

Optimizing Energy Efficiency: A Practical Approach for Business

Energy efficiency is a crucial component of cost savings and sustainability for businesses. The first step in optimizing energy use is tracking consumption. Understanding how much energy your facility uses, whether you operate a single site or multiple locations, provides a baseline for comparison and improvement.