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Circular Economy
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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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79
Circular Economy
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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
8.7
Integration
7.3
Proof
7.3
Pathway
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Circular Economy
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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
Proof
5.3
Pathway
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Social Enterprise
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Greyston Bakery

Greyston Bakery: We Don't Hire People to Bake Brownies

The bakery that supplies Ben & Jerry's brownies pioneered Open Hiring—no interviews, no background checks, no resumes. Just show up ready to work.

Food & BeverageB2B
8.0
Integration
8.7
Proof
9.0
Pathway
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77
Circular Economy
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Sanergy

Sanergy: Turning Human Waste Into Fertilizer and Animal Feed

Three MIT graduates built East Africa's largest organic waste recycling facility by solving Kenya's sanitation crisis—converting toilet waste into fertilizer and insect protein.

Waste ManagementHybrid
9.0
Integration
7.7
Proof
5.7
Pathway
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80
Regenerative
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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
Proof
4.7
Pathway

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