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Only 1 week left before our upcoming strategic dialogue and workshop on Reuse in South and Southeast Asia. Secure your spot now: https://hubs.ly/Q02HL6zV0 💡Engage with our panelists and moderator: - Eline Leising: Head of Zero Waste Living Lab Program Indonesia at Enviu - Dr. Nguyen Trung Thang: Vice Director of Institute of Strategy and Policy for Natural Resources and Environment (ISPONRE) at Government of Viet Nam - Maya Tamimi: Head of Division Environment & Sustainability at Unilever Indonesia Foundation - Simon Baldwin: Senior Vice President APAC at SecondMuse In collaboration with our esteemed partners InOff Plastic and The Reuse Portal (an open collaborative platform championed and developed by the World Economic Forum, the UN Environment Programme, and the World Wildlife Fund), we hope to foster a collaborative session, catalyze progress and drive systemic change. #PlasticPollution #Sustainability

Investing in women not only generates more revenue, but it helps us in making positive impact to the environment and well-being of communities. Yet, many women business owners in South and Southeast Asia continue to face persistent barriers when accessing finance. Addressing this challenge, SecondMuse Capital, with the support of Visa Foundation , has a designed a new financial mechanism called the 'Revolving Fund'. It aims to deploy $18 million and support up to 75 companies over the next 10 years, providing both capital and technical assistance to gender-smart MSMEs in the region. In this article, our Programs Director, Laura Benns, shares how the fund continuously recycles capital and integrates the plastic credits marketplace as a key innovation in making the Revolving Fund self-sustaining or evergreen in nature. Learn more about how the Revolving Fund can create change here: https://hubs.ly/Q02HDG-H0 Don't forget to follow SecondMuse Capital for news on our latest innovative financial mechanisms. #Sustainability #ImpactInvesting

Every year, 400 million tonnes of plastic end up in landfills, incinerators, or our oceans. Major corporations have set ambitious goals to tackle this by ramping up on recycling efforts, but only a few are on track and some have ended up using more plastic overall. The real solutions lies in upstream efforts to reduce and substitute single-use plastics with alternatives. In our latest blog, Clémence Fournier-Talmant, Senior Manager for Business Development at SecondMuse, shares how the Upstream Lab is designed to support companies in South and Southeast Asia to implement large-scale reuse and refill models. Read the full blog here: https://hubs.ly/Q02Hn9cW0 #upstreamsolutions #sustainability #plasticpollution

Every year, 400 million tonnes of plastic end up in landfills, incinerators, or our oceans. Major corporations have set ambitious goals to tackle this by ramping up on recycling efforts, but only a few are on track and some have ended up using more plastic overall. The real solutions lies in upstream efforts to reduce and substitute single-use plastics with alternatives. In our latest blog, Clémence Fournier-Talmant, Senior Manager for Business Development at SecondMuse, shares how the Upstream Lab is designed to support companies in South and Southeast Asia to implement large-scale reuse and refill models. Read the full blog here: https://hubs.ly/Q02Hn9cW0 #upstreamsolutions #sustainability #plasticpollution

📢 Don't forget to join our upcoming dialogue and workshop on Reuse in South and Southeast Asia in collaboration with our esteemed partners InOff Plastic and The Reuse Portal (an open collaborative platform championed and developed by the World Economic Forum, UN Environment Programme, and World Wildlife Fund). Featuring industry experts like Simon Baldwin from SecondMuse, Eline Leising from Enviu, and Thom Almeida from the World Economic Forum, this dialogue will include a panel discussing government initiatives, corporate perspectives, and innovative solutions with a focus on opportunities to collaboratively drive systemic change. 👉 Join us on July 31, 2024 (09:00 am - 10:15 am, GMT 8): https://lnkd.in/gphMetap

📢 Join us for our upcoming Headstream Learning Hub Webinar: Digital Health Interventions for Student Mental Well-Being! 🗓️ Date: July 30 🕒 Time: 2-3 pm ET / 11-12 pm PT 🔗Register at: https://bit.ly/3zE8HuB K-12 schools are at the forefront of addressing youth development, but there aren't enough resources to meet the demand. According to The National Center for Education Statistics, 39% of schools reported that lack of access to licensed professionals and mental health funding were major roadblocks to their efforts supporting student mental health. Join the conversation with panelists providing school care, building mental well-being products, and shaping school safety policies. We'll unveil Headstream's K-12 Mental Health Working Group’s Roadmap with 10 actionable recommendations for improving student mental health. Be the first to see the Roadmap! #YouthWellbeing #DigitalHealth #K12Education #Webinar #SecondMuse Sabrina Abdalla David Ball Ashley W. Megan Gruis Grace Collins

Have you heard of straws made out of coconut leaves? 🥥 Meet Saji Varghese, an English professor from Bengaluru who has created 100% biodegradable straws using coconut leaves through his company, Sunbird. Their journey with SecondMuse started when they took part in one of our programs under The Incubation Network, The Single-use Plastics (SUP) Challenge. Now, we're excited to continue journeying with them in the Circular Economy ClimAccelerator program with EIT Climate-KIC, funded by IKEA Foundation. Swipe to learn more of Subird's impact, and subscribe to our newsletter to stay updated with more stories: https://hubs.ly/Q02GlWg20

How can we support businesses and other stakeholders to accelerate the adoption of Reuse solutions in South and Southeast Asia? Join our online workshop to exchange insights, discuss innovative Reuse solutions, and explore opportunities for implementing and scaling them in the region. In collaboration with our esteemed partners InOff Plastic and The Reuse Portal (an open collaborative platform championed and developed by the World Economic Forum, the UN Environment Programme, and the World Wildlife Fund), we aim to foster a collaborative workshop and dialogue where you can: 🤝 Engage in intimate breakout sessions to brainstorm and explore Reuse solutions. 💡 Share inputs, best practices, and specific challenges hindering the implementation of Reuse solutions. ✨ Learn about upstream initiatives in South and Southeast Asia Save the date: July 31, 2024 (09:00 am - 10:15 am, GMT 8). Your participation is crucial! Let's catalyze progress together, build sustainable corporate partnerships, and ensure solutions can be adopted at scale for effective #Reuse. Secure your spot now: https://hubs.ly/Q02G2MbW0 #UpstreamSolutions #Innovation Simon Baldwin Eline Leising Enviu Thom Almeida

Thank you for the mentors who have volunteered their time to advise Venture For ClimateTech’s Cohort 4 teams! The startups just completed two weeks of Mentor Magic where they got the opportunity to meet with mentors from a variety of backgrounds, make new connections, and receive valuable feedback and advice. Teams will continue meeting with one or more lead mentors throughout the rest of the program. We appreciate their commitment to the program and our teams are lucky to have them! #ClimateTech #mentors #climate

Explore key takeaways from the second webinar of the Headstream Learning Hub series! Featuring insights from discussions led by amazing panelists Sidrah Durrani, Sabrina Abdalla, Bre'Lynn Lombard (She/Her), Cynthia Arenas and José Caballero that covered topics surrounding cultural wealth, honoring youth experiences, and its impact on innovation and mental well-being. ✨ Watch the full recording here: https://bit.ly/4b1rBZa