Tag: World Wildlife Fund

Tide and World Wildlife Fund Join Forces to Encourage Next Impactful Eco-Habit: Washing in Cold

Stuart Mitchell

Tide and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are joining forces to encourage a new eco-habit in response to survey data that finds Americans are looking for more ways to save energy in their daily lives: “wash your laundry in cold water.” Washing in cold saves up to 90% of the energy in every wash cycle and can save Americans up to $150 a year. Put another way, switching one load from hot to cold saves enough electricity to power the average American home for over an hour. To raise awareness of…

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New Mississippi Initiative Will Combat Leading Cause of Involuntary Land Loss Among Black Families

Stuart Mitchell

The Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation™ and the Mississippi Center for Justice announced the Mobile Basin Heirs’ Property Support Initiative, a two-year program designed to help historically underserved families in Mississippi protect and keep their forestland; build generational wealth; and promote productive, sustainably managed forests. With support from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Kimberly-Clark, the new initiative will provide a combination of legal services, information, and assistance accessing financial resources to help Mississippians resolve land title issues that disproportionately affect Black families and often lead to loss of land, wealth,…

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EV manufacturers and tech companies pledge to exclude ocean minerals from their supply chains

Stuart Mitchell

BMW, in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and joined by Samsung SDI, Google and Volvo Group, announced that it is committing to not use minerals mined from the ocean in their electric vehicle batteries. This announcement—which will make waves in the electric vehicle (EV) market—makes clear the rapid growth in EVs needed for tackling climate change does not need to be responsible for severe and irreversible damage to ocean biodiversity, fisheries and carbon stores.  By committing to excluding ocean minerals from their supply chains, these companies offer a…

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World Wildlife Fund Joins the Walmart Foundation, Cargill, McDonald’s to Launch Million-Acre Grazing Initiative to Help Restore Grasslands, Address Climate Change

Stuart Mitchell

Cross-industry collaboration is crucial to meeting the global demand for protein while also addressing the urgency of climate change and nature loss. Responding to this challenge, the Walmart Foundation, Cargill and McDonald’s are investing over $6 million in an initiative led by World Wildlife Fund that aims to make lasting improvements to the grasslands of the Northern Great Plains. The new program, known as the Ranch Systems and Viability Planning (RSVP) network, will support ranchers across the ecoregion—focusing primarily on Montana, Nebraska and South Dakota—with technical expertise, training and tools…

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World Wildlife Fund Announces Investment in Seaweed Farming Through Ocean Rainforest

Stuart Mitchell

In a first for World Wildlife Fund (WWF), with generous support from The Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust, the organization announced an $850,000 investment in Ocean Rainforest, to accelerate growth of offshore seaweed production for the benefit of people, communities, and climate gains. Earlier this week, the Faroe Island-based company publicized the closing of an investment round to enable the scaling of seaweed farming operations in the North Atlantic, which was led by WWF. Through impact investments like this, WWF aims to advance the technologies and processes needed to…

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