10 takeaways from Circularity 19 – GreenBiz

Last week in Minneapolis, 850 sustainability professionals came together for the sold-out Circularity 19, North America’s largest circular economy conference, hosted by GreenBiz. Here are 10 takeaways from the event – including one of our very own, on plastic waste being Americans’ No. 1 environmental concern.

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ‘kicking gas’ parody shows sad reality electric car shopping – The Drive

See Arnold Schwarzenegger go undercover as a used car salesman with a penchant for muscle cars and gas-guzzling vehicles. Watch as he tries to steer you away from electric and energy-efficient cars. (In reality, Schwarzenegger is a clean-energy proponent – and the ad is by Veloz, a nonprofit “coalition of automakers, government, utilities and clean-air advocates” working to “accelerate the shift” to EVs, with plenty of puns.)

More companies link executive pay to sustainability targets – Wall Street Journal

“How do you get management to make progress on social, environmental and governance goals? Make their compensation depend on it.” A sustainable business is about more than just profits; now, companies are implementing ESG-linked pay plans for the C-suite.