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HQ: San Francisco, USA

Joined the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Network: 2013

Website: https://tsffoundation.org/

Primary Ellen MacArthur Foundation engagement: Plastics initiative and the Big Food Redesign Challenge

Established in 2006 by Eric and Wendy Schmidt, the Schmidt Family Foundation works to restore a balanced relationship between people and planet. Through grantmaking and investments, the foundation partners with communities around the world in working for renewable energyrenewable energyEnergy derived from resources that are not depleted on timescales relevant to the economy, i.e. not geological timescales., resilient food systems, healthy oceans and the protection of human rights.

News stories:

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Article

A handful of companies have the power to save the oceans. Here’s why we’re urging them to reinvent our land-based food systems

The Circular Economy Show
Podcast

Ep 173: Food for thought | How do we fix our broken system?

The food industry is one of the biggest drivers of biodiversity loss and accounts for a third of...

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Press release

Press Release: Ellen MacArthur Foundation Launches Industry Challenge to Redesign our Food System

Published on 26 May 2023

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Open Letter

An Open Letter calling on businesses and governments to work together to draw a line in the sand...

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Project

Innovation Prize

Calling designers, entrepreneurs, academics and scientists to rethink the plastics system and...

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Learning resource | Article

Design and the circular economy

This deep dive covers the role of design in creating a circular economy.

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