Adaptation
Adaptation means innovating to compete and thrive in a changing global environment.
Housing, food, transportation, health and energy are all impacted by our changing climate and natural resource constraints. New technologies and business models that enable regenerative, distributed, secure, and abundant resources will enable sustainable growth for future generations.
At Valo, we are investing in solutions that:
Rethink
Reimagining business models, tools, materials, product designs, and risk scenarios in pursuit of harmony between economic growth and climate resiliency.
Recycle
Reengineering products and supply chains to create closed-loop systems, extend the value of existing products across multiple lifetimes, and upcycle waste into higher-performing outputs.
Regenerate
Restoring biodiversity, preventing wildfires, and better monitoring weather through technology innovation that builds natural and financial capital.
Signals
Estimated annual adaptation needs are $160-340 USD billion by 2030 and USD 315-565 billion by 2050.
Source: UN Adaptation Gap Report 2022
9 million clean energy-related jobs over the next decade, with 10% growth in trade-oriented careers.
Source: Forbes
The EU has banned most single-use plastic food and beverage ware.
Source: European Commission
60% of fashion executives have already invested, or plan to invest, in closed-loop recycling in 2022.
Source: McKinsey
~$47 billion from the IRA is dedicated to backing environmental justice initiatives.
Source: NPR
