Inspired by The Climate Pledge, Amazon launched its flagship sustainable shopping program, Climate Pledge Friendly, in 2021. Four years later, the program is one of the largest on Amazon, helping millions of customers to discover and switch to more-sustainable products. Learn how Amazon's new features, storytelling tools, and support for brands are making it a better time than ever to invest in sustainable innovation, and get a peek at academic research from NYU, Carnegie-Mellon, and USC demonstrating strong sales lift for products certified by one of more than 50 eco-labels. Plus, hear new customer switch data, international expansion updates, and customer insights to help you make the business case back home for sustainable innovation. Finally, we'll take a look into the future of the program, giving you a head start as we work together to build a better future.

This talk will describe Logitech’s recently-launched search for breakthrough next-generation materials, components, and processes to help accelerate the development of superior products with sustainability as a high design priority. Find out how the company structured this technology and engineering challenge, which entrepreneurs and disruptors won in the first round, and what lies ahead for this project.

Learning outcomes: How Logitech’s Future Positive Challenge was conceived, promoted and executed What cutting-edge solutions look like in the areas of materials, packaging, batteries, printed circuits and integrated circuits Why and how Logitech has doubled down on decarbonizing and how it plans to transform its supply chain in pursuit of its ambitious climate goals

Learn how Victor Casale, renowned beauty industry leader and cosmetic chemist behind such iconic brands as MAC Cosmetics, Pure Culture, and clean beauty newcomer MOB Cosmetics, is in a relentless pursuit to advance sustainability in the beauty industry. Follow his personal journey from the 1980s when, frustrated by the lack of municipal recycling capabilities, he created recycling and recovery programs for used beauty packaging from scratch. Fast forward to ongoing collaborations with materials innovators to create fully compostable, refillable, plastic-free, and easier-to-recycle packaging alternatives. Vic invites the whole industry to come along through Pact Collective, a nonprofit he co-founded to help beauty industry leaders work together, share knowledge, and push each other toward a brighter, eco-friendly future that brings consumers along for the journey.

Dr. Katherine Hofmann will dive into the role of molecular recycling in the circular economy. She will challenge common perceptions about plastics and highlight their essential contributions to modern life. As a polymer scientist, she will explore Eastman's innovative process of molecular recycling, which offers circular material solutions the world needs now. Discover how Eastman is using these technologies to recycle a broad range of materials, reducing reliance on fossil fuels – with a lower environmental impact. Learn about the collaborative efforts needed across the value chain to implement these solutions effectively and restore confidence in recycling. This session is a call to action for manufacturers, policymakers, brands, and consumers to embrace and support new innovations in recycling for a more sustainable future.