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The most hazardous elements in traditional refrigeration and cooling technology are refrigerants – chemical compounds used as the heat carrier within systems. When a refrigerant is released, the gas remains trapped in the atmosphere and absorbs heat, warming the earth and acting as a CO2 multiplier in the atmosphere. In fact, one kilogram of the highly-toxic refrigerant R410a has the same greenhouse impact as two tons of carbon dioxide, which is the equivalent of running your car for six months. Phononic’s solid state cooling, refrigeration and HVAC innovation uses just water mixed with naturally available CO2, with a GWP of just 1 or less, delivering the lowest GWP rating in the industry.

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Durham, NC, USA

https://phononic.com/ Phononic Jobs

Recycle everything with TerraCycle

Environment

Climate Change

Trenton, NJ, USA

Lisle, IL, USA

https://www.terracycle.com/en-US/ TerraCycle Jobs

Schaffer&Combs is a full-service organizational consultancy that helps purpose-driven companies and nonprofits accelerate their positive social and environmental impact— by working collaboratively to effect change from the inside out.

Environment

Partners & Advocates

Climate Change

San Francisco, CA, USA

https://schaffercombs.com/ Schaffer&Combs Jobs

Act everyday for you and the planet brushing your teeth!

Environment

Climate Change

New York, NY, USA

https://www.noicecare.com/ NOICE Jobs

Creating regenerative buildings and materials that foster human well-being, environmental health, and thriving communities.

Poverty Alleviation & Economic Development

Climate Change

Portland, OR, USA

https://living-future.org/ International Living Future Institute Jobs

The U.S. Green Building Council is committed to a sustainable, prosperous future through LEED, the leading program for green buildings and communities worldwide. Our vision is that buildings and communities will regenerate and sustain the health and vitality of all life within a generation. Our mission is to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life.

Clean Energy

Climate Change

Environment

Washington, DC, USA

https://www.usgbc.org/ U.S. Green Building Council Jobs

2 open tech roles

Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer. Ginkgo is a horizontal platform that enables our customers to create products that help solve the globe’s growing challenges in health, energy, food, materials, and more. We are poised to disrupt multiple industries by leveraging our innovative data, automation, and scale capabilities in biological engineering.

Climate Change

Environment

Food & Agriculture

Boston, MA, USA

https://www.ginkgobioworks.com/ Ginkgo Bioworks Jobs

Today, the steel industry is the largest industrial source of CO2 emissions because of a reliance on coal. Boston Metal removes coal from the process, driving CO2 emissions to zero and providing substantial OPEX and CAPEX savings.

Climate Change

Woburn, MA, USA

https://www.bostonmetal.com Boston Metal Jobs

Newlight was founded in 2003 with a question: why can't we use greenhouse gas emissions as a resource to make materials? After 10 years of research and development, Newlight has developed a carbon capture technology that pulls carbon out of greenhouse gas and uses that carbon to produce a bioplastic material called AirCarbon™: a naturally-occurring material that can match the performance of oil-based plastics and out-compete on price.

Environment

Climate Change

Huntington Beach, CA, USA

https://www.newlight.com/ Newlight Technologies Jobs

TômTex is 100% bio-based material created from chitin with the aim to work as a sustainable alternative to faux and animal leather

Environment

Climate Change

New York, NY, USA

https://www.tomtex.co/ TômTex Jobs

CarbonCure is on a mission to make concrete a climate solution and reduce embodied carbon in the built environment by 500 megatonnes annually.

Climate Change

British Columbia, CA

California, USA

https://www.carboncure.com CarbonCure Jobs

At AIR COMPANY, we’re leading the way to a more sustainable future for the long-term health of our planet — and for all who call it home. By utilizing excess CO2 from the atmosphere to create industrial alcohols and fuels, we’re turning our planet's most abundant pollutant into a never-ending resource. From the fragrances we wear everyday, to the jet fuel that moves us around the world, we are on a mission to fight climate change through radical innovation in supply chain and product development.

Climate Change

Education

New York, NY, USA

https://www.aircompany.com/ Air Company Jobs

Oceanworks® is the global marketplace for recycled ocean plastic materials and products. Our mission is to accelerate the market for recycled ocean plastic. We aim to support the circular economy by intercepting plastic waste before it enters the environment and providing material options that reduce the use of new materials. Join us! Let’s design a world without plastic pollution.

Environment

Climate Change

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Boston, MA, USA

https://oceanworks.co/ Oceanworks, Inc Jobs

We're Twelve, a new kind of chemical company built for the climate era. Our breakthrough technology eliminates emissions by turning CO2 into essential products. We call it carbon transformation. Reinventing what it means to be a chemical company, we're on a mission to create a climate positive world and a fossil free future.

Climate Change

Environment

Berkeley, CA, USA

https://www.twelve.co Twelve Jobs

AlgiKnit is creating eco-conscious, renewable yarns for the circular economy. We’re developing durable yet rapidly degradable yarns from kelp, one of the most regenerative organisms on the planet. Our material is built for everyone: a functional and accessible resource without environmental harm. We’re envisioning a future where the textile industry operates in a closed-loop product lifecycle, utilizing materials with a significantly lower footprint than conventional textiles.

Environment

Climate Change

Brooklyn, NY, USA

https://www.algiknit.com AlgiKnit Jobs

2 open tech roles

Carbon Direct was founded in 2019 to drive real climate impact by scaling carbon management through science. Our team brings together deep experience and expertise in carbon science and policy, as well as commercial markets and technology.

Climate Change

Partners & Advocates

San Francisco, CA, USA

Seattle, WA, USA

New York, NY, USA

https://www.carbon-direct.com/ Carbon Direct Jobs

Interface is the first global flooring manufacturer to sell all products as carbon neutral across their full life cycle. From the production of our products to the relationships we have with our customers, the way we work is driven by our mission to help restore the health of the planet. The journey to more sustainable business practices is ongoing, as is our commitment to running our business in a way that creates a climate fit for life.

Climate Change

Environment

Partners & Advocates

Atlanta, GA, USA

https://www.interface.com/ Interface Jobs

At Monolith, our vision is to be the world’s leading Clean Hydrogen and clean materials company. By developing methane pyrolysis technology that can be produced on a commercial scale, Monolith is the only manufacturer in the world that can offer zero-emission, low-cost Clean Hydrogen and high-value carbon black.

Climate Change

Environment

Lincoln, NE, USA

https://monolith-corp.com/ Monolith Jobs

TemperPack was created to help the world waste less. We protect what's perishable, whether that's a shipment of food or life saving medicine, all using materials that help protect our most perishable resource, the Earth. We build revolutionary insulation products that allow large organizations to manage their global supply chains with zero environmental impact. We aim at bringing to market sustainable packaging solutions that consumers and companies feel great about using.

Climate Change

Environment

Richmond, VA, USA

https://www.temperpack.com/ TemperPack Jobs

Carbon Crusher Inc. is a climate tech company on a mission to move the planet from grey to green, by making better roads that are also carbon negative, using the biosphere to heal the atmosphere, and inspiring minds to think in new ways about the climate challenge.

Climate Change

Public Infrastructure

New York, NY, USA

https://www.carboncrusher.io/ Carbon Crusher Jobs

Grove Collaborative is an online brand and retailer for natural home and personal care products. Our replenishment-based service gives families across the country access to products they love, that are good for their bodies, their homes, and the environment.

Partners & Advocates

Climate Change

San Francisco, CA, USA

Durham, NC, USA

https://www.grove.co Grove Collaborative Jobs

We are a women-founded reverse logistics company building the infrastructure for circular packaging. Based in San Francisco, we enable restaurants, grocery stores, and direct-to-consumer brands to offer their customers food in completely reusable packaging, again and again.

Climate Change

Environment

San Francisco, CA, USA

https://dispatchgoods.com/ Dispatch Goods Jobs

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