This chapter explores the significant role of supply chains in tackling the climate crisis and reducing carbon footprints. It discusses the detrimental impacts of industries like fossil fuels, plastics, forestry, and paper, while also highlighting potential game-changing solutions that face challenges in financing and markets. Urgent scaling of these sustainable innovations is emphasized to combat climate change and preserve biodiversity.
If we're going to solve the climate crisis, we need to talk about supply chains, says biodiversity champion and 2023 Audacious Project grantee Nicole Rycroft. Her organization, Canopy, partners with key industry leaders to overhaul their base materials in favor of more sustainable alternatives. Learn more about how they're shifting production of everything from T-shirts to the Harry Potter book series out of the world's ancient and endangered forests — and how solutions for every sector are closer than we think. After the talk, Modupe shares some tips on transforming simple pleasures (like buying clothes or ordering takeout) so they’re a bit better for the planet.