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The Tipping Point: Competitors Collaborating Toward Circularity with Amanda Nusz, Michael Kobori, and Bridget Croke

GreenBiz

It’s clear that to achieve the level of systems change necessary for a circular economy, the world’s largest companies will need to band together to reach impact at scale.

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Starbucks, Volvo and ChargePoint to build electric coffee highway from Denver to Seattle

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Access to EV charging should be as easy as getting a great cup of coffee—and now, it can be,” said Michael Kobori, Starbucks Chief Sustainability Officer. Owners of Volvo Cars will get access at no charge or at preferential rates.

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New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald's, Netflix

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Meanwhile, Michael Kobori left Levi Strauss at the start of the year to become CSO at Starbucks. . Jeffrey Hogue is slipping into the CSO role at Levi Strauss, moving from the same role at C&A, where he was involved with the launch of the world’s first Cradle to Cradle T-shirt.

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4th Annual WCS Talks Recap: Find Your Tribe to Reveal Your Path

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

As a preface to sharing his advice, Michael Kobori , Vice President of Sustainability at Levi Strauss Co. Michael Kobori, Vice President of Sustainability at Levi Strauss Co. For the second prong— find your allies— Kobori learned to build relationships with people at work that he could count on to be in his corner.

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Unilever, Starbucks are founding members in venture to turn food waste into energy

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According to Michael Kobori, chief sustainability officer at Starbucks, Vanguard created a breakthrough in sustainable financing innovation. Ben & Jerry's previously directed the water used to clean its ice cream machinery to a water treatment plant.

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'The world needs leadership': Starbucks pledges to become 'resource positive'

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The strategy is being led by the board and the CEO, and this month Starbucks hired ex-Levi Strauss sustainability chief Michael Kobori as Starbucks' first ever chief sustainability officer to further drive progress, the company said.

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New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald’s, Netflix

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Meanwhile, Michael Kobori left Levi Strauss at the start of the year to become CSO at Starbucks. Jeffrey Hogue is slipping into the CSO role at Levi Strauss, moving from the same role at C&A, where he was involved with the launch of the world’s first Cradle to Cradle T-shirt.