Planet Ark

Happy New Year! And a huge thank you to you, our community. Thank you for supporting our programs, and most importantly, continuing to take positive environmental action in your daily lives. We can't do what we do without you. Here's to a great and green 2025! 🙌

If you're celebrating, we wish you a safe, sustainable, healthy and happy Christmas. Enjoy time with loved ones and time in nature this holiday season.

If you're not already part of the thriving community that is the Australian Circular Economy Hub Portal, consider joining us! Access knowledge, learnings and a dynamic networking centre to help you and your industry grow in the circular economy. https://lnkd.in/gB7CwcT8 #Circularity #circulareconomy #Leadership #Innovation

Since Planet Ark launched The Seedling Bank, over 180,000 native seedlings have been granted to schools and community groups across Australia. But we can’t meet the demand. Every year, hundreds of applications go unfunded, leaving passionate volunteers without funding they desperately need. With your help, we can bridge the gap and provide volunteers with the resources they need for regeneration projects. Give the gift that grows! Your donation will support local communities in planting native trees, shrubs and grasses in 2025. Each donation will receive a digital thank you card. 🌱 Donate here: https://lnkd.in/g7YtvTKg #donate #endofyear #regeneration #leadership #environment

Researchers are testing wood’s potential in space to offer a more eco-friendly alternative to traditional materials, while also supporting future off-Earth habitation. The satellite’s experiment would also benefit industries like data storage by demonstrating wood’s ability to shield electronics from space radiation. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g2QVnwky #research #sustainability #innovation

Paris’ new climate plan outlines measures to help the city prepare for extreme heat and reduce car dependency. These include lowering speed limits, repurposing traffic lanes, removing parking spaces and replacing them with trees. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gwW8TFsF #leadership #sustainability #climateaction #transportation

Earlier this week Planet Ark and Boston Global Group officially launched the Circular Future Fund, Australia's first dedicated circular economy investment fund. The fund was launched by a panel including UN Environment Programme International Resource Panel (IRP) Co-Chair Dr Janez Potocnik, Planet Ark's Paul Klymenko and Rebecca Gilling and Boston Global's Managing Director Corey Cooney. The panel discussed the critical need for investment in circular economy projects to achieve Australia’s net zero circular future and the role the Circular Future Fund can play in reaching that goal. The Circular Future Fund will target multiple high-impact sectors, with a focus on recycling and waste management, product design and renewable resources. With the expected growth of the circular economy in Australia and globally, the CFF will aim to raise capital in 2025 through a staged approach. The ambition is to have up to $1 billion in funds under CFF management in the next five years, all focused on solving our triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and toxic pollution. The CFF is currently open to expressions of interest from both investors and innovators who share the vision of a circular economy and a resilient future for the Australian economy. For more information about the Australian Circular Future Fund, or to explore investment and innovation opportunities, visit https://lnkd.in/gaijEUGs. Thank you to our ACE Hub Partners KPMG Australia for generously hosting the partnership launch.

🌱Today is #GivingTuesday – a day of global generosity, a day for people and organisations to transform their community through the power of giving. We’re running a ‘Giving Treesday’ campaign to seek funding for native seedlings to help volunteers around Australia to run planting projects in their local communities. Every year, hundreds of applications to #TheSeedlingBank go unfunded due to a growing demand we can’t yet meet. Your donation will help fill the funding gap, providing volunteers with the resources they need to buy native seedlings. In 2023, approximately 34 million people participated in Giving Tuesday, contributing an impressive total of $3.12 billion to charitable causes. Will you join the movement? Donate here: https://bit.ly/3OpwrGX

Take a look at the incredible transformation achieved by beneficiaries of The Seedling Bank grants. This before and after is from The Friends of Lake Claremont in Perth, who have dedicated decades to restoring Lake Claremont. They received support in our very first grant round back in 2019. Your support makes transformations like this possible! Join us this #GivingTuesday—or Giving Treesday, as we like to call it! Choose generosity over consumerism and support schools and community-led regeneration projects. 🌱 All donations are tax-deductible. Donate here: https://bit.ly/3OpwrGX Photo credit: The Friends of Lake Claremont, Western Australia. Mural by Brenton See.

After a successful trial across 100 Chemist Warehouse pharmacies in Victoria last year, Chemist Warehouse and Pharmacycle have teamed up with Codral® to roll out a national recycling program for blister packs around the country. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gBzJ_B39 #leadership #recycling #wastemanagement #packaging #collaboration