For 15 years, the American Sustainable Business Network (ASBN) and our affiliate organizations, the American Sustainable Business Council
Cultivating Change: The 2025 Farm Bill and the Future of Regenerative Agriculture
As we turn the page to 2025, the fight for transformative agriculture policy is far from over—despite the challenges of a slow-moving Congress and the potential of agency upheaval, the opportunity for meaningful change is still within reach. Congress wrapped up…
US Climate Policy in 2025: COP29, NDCs, and the New Administration
As the COP29 negotiations in Baku enter their final days, the atmosphere remains charged with urgency to deliver a final text. Delegates from nearly 200 nations are working around the clock to resolve pivotal issues, yet several key items remain unresolved. Among them are the finalization of Article 6 rules governing the international carbon market, agreement on the timeline for the $1 trillion New Collective Quantified Goal for climate finance, and firm commitments to enhance Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in line with the Paris Agreement’s ambitions.
How Initiatives Are Addressing Supply Chain Missing Middles
For 15 years, the American Sustainable Business Network (ASBN) and our affiliate organizations, the American Sustainable Business Council
Critical Remaining Moments at COP29, Baku
As the COP29 negotiations in Baku enter their final days, the atmosphere remains charged with urgency to deliver a final text. Delegates from nearly 200 nations are working around the clock to resolve pivotal issues, yet several key items remain unresolved. Among them are the finalization of Article 6 rules governing the international carbon market, agreement on the timeline for the $1 trillion New Collective Quantified Goal for climate finance, and firm commitments to enhance Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in line with the Paris Agreement’s ambitions.
How Initiatives Are Addressing Supply Chain “Missing Middles” Paving the Way for a More Regenerative, Inclusive and Sustainable Economy
As the COP29 negotiations in Baku enter their final days, the atmosphere remains charged with urgency to deliver a final text. Delegates from nearly 200 nations are working around the clock to resolve pivotal issues, yet several key items remain unresolved. Among them are the finalization of Article 6 rules governing the international carbon market, agreement on the timeline for the $1 trillion New Collective Quantified Goal for climate finance, and firm commitments to enhance Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in line with the Paris Agreement’s ambitions.
COP29 Begins
The 29th annual Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP29, opens this week in Baku, Azerbaijan, offering a unique opportunity for US businesses to demonstrate private-sector leadership in the global climate arena.
Camilla Taylor Takes the Helm at American Sustainable Business Network
Just two weeks ago, the American Sustainable Business Network (ASBN) announced a new Executive Director, Camilla Taylor, who has taken the helm at the national business-focused nonprofit organization.
From Organic Month to Parkinson’s National Day of Action
To protect farmworkers and communities across the US from Parkinson’s disease, the EPA must ban the use of paraquat, a highly toxic and widely used herbicide that is banned in 58 countries –– but not the US.
American Sustainable Business Council Sued Texas on Behalf of Members
On Thursday, August 28, 2024, the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) sued Texas on behalf of members, including Etho Capital and Sphere, for violating the free speech and association rights protected under the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution through the implementation of SB-13—a law that penalizes investors that choose not to make risky investments in fossil fuel companies and businesses that choose not to pursue practices and products that are fossil-fuel reliant.
