Julia

is aligning consumer brands with the fight against climate change.

About Planet FWD

Planet Forward is the leading carbon management platform for consumer companies to tackle climate change. Leveraging the largest LCA database for agricultural production systems in North America, the company helps brands measure, reduce, and offset their carbon emissions. Planet FWD's core technology has robust Scope 3 emissions modeling capabilities, making it the best solution in the market for consumer brands, where more than 85% of emissions come from the supply chain.

Why Now

One of the biggest challenges of this generation is reducing the effects of climate change and beating the carbon clock. With a push towards net zero carbon emissions, more and more brands are looking for tools to help them assess and improve their carbon position. Planet FWD gives them the most robust way to monitor and improve their climate friendliness.

Founder
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Julia Collins

Founder & CEO

Julia Collins is a serial entrepreneur who spent her career building food companies, including Zume Pizza where she became the first Black woman to co-found a unicorn company. Today, Julia leads Planet FWD, a company on a mission to tackle climate change by making it easier to bring climate-friendly products to market. Julia serves on the board of Black Girls Code and the All Raise operating committee. She also sits on the Launch with GS advisory council and is an EIR for Cleo Capital. Julia is an active angel investor focused on female and BIPOC founders.

Planet FWD in the news
TechCrunch
Zume co-founder goes from pizza to climate-friendly food with 2.7 million in funding
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Forbes
How Julia Collins and Moonshot Snacks are using the power of regenerative agriculture to tackle the climate crisis
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Green Queen
Carbon-neutral snacks are coming to a supermarket shelf near you – the rise of climate positive food
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