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Toast Ale

How Toast Ale Proves Waste Can Become Premium Product

This UK brewery turns surplus bread from bakeries into award-winning craft beer, reducing food waste while replacing expensive malted barley with a free ingredient.

Food & BeverageD2C
8.0
Integration
8.0
Proof
9.0
Pathway
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MUD Jeans

MUD Jeans: The Netflix of Denim

A Dutch denim brand proving you can look good without owning anything—they lease jeans and turn old pairs into new ones in a fully circular model.

Fashion & ApparelD2C
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7.3
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7.3
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White Oak Pastures

White Oak Pastures: The Farm That Became Carbon Negative

A 6th-generation Georgia cattle farm transformed from conventional to regenerative practices, now sequestering more carbon than its cows emit.

AgricultureD2C
8.3
Integration
9.3
Proof
6.3
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Patagonia

Patagonia: The Company That Told You Not to Buy Its Jacket

An outdoor apparel company that repairs 100,000+ items yearly for free, runs anti-consumption ads, and gave away the entire company to fight climate change.

Fashion & ApparelD2C
8.3
Integration
10.0
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5.3
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Fairphone

Fairphone: The Smartphone You Can Fix With a Screwdriver

A modular smartphone designed to last 8+ years with user-replaceable parts, conflict-free minerals, and the industry's first 10/10 iFixit repairability score.

TechnologyD2C
7.3
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7.7
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5.3
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Natura

Natura: Making Standing Forests Worth More Than Cutting Them Down

Brazil's largest cosmetics company sources 44 bio-ingredients from the Amazon by partnering with 7,000+ families who earn more from harvesting seeds than from logging.

Consumer GoodsD2C
8.3
Integration
10.0
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4.7
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