Convening, Facilitating, Bridge-building

At Upstream, we help leaders ideate, accelerate, and scale circular strategies that create thriving communities and build the reuse service infrastructure of tomorrow. This requires innovators, corporate sustainability officers, NGO staff, community and environmental justice leaders and government officials to all work together to transform how we consume. Join one of our networks today! 

Reuse Solutions Network:

A community of NGOs, entrepreneurs, local organizations, community leaders, and governments working to catalyze reuse.

Network Benefits

  • Learn and collaborate in a space that fosters insight into reuse policy and infrastructure solutions

  • Share resources, tools, and best practices on source reduction and reuse/refill concepts

  • Gather in dialogue with like-minded reuse leaders to support new initiatives

  • Catalyze and pass policies that promote reuse and reduce single-use products and packaging

  • Develop reuse infrastructure and financial opportunities for reuse initiatives

  • Accelerate the growth of innovative reuse businesses

  • Occasional dedicated sessions for government leaders & employees

    Held regularly throughout the year, each 90-minute meeting focuses on a specific topic and features guest speakers and presentations, followed by discussion/Q&A.

Brand & Business Mailing List:

Serving leaders from food service, beverage, CPG and retail brands

About the mailing list

  • Receive a quarterly email newsletter dedicated to business and corporate leaders who want to make an impact. We’ll offer insights, educational tools, and opportunities to engage throughout the year. 

  • This online community grew out of the Reuse Refill Action Forum. Launched in Fall 2022, in partnership with the Ocean Plastics Leadership Network and Meridian Institute, the RRAF offered opportunities to forge connections among leaders of major NGOs, companies, and governments.

  • Phase I, now complete, included plenaries for the Foodservice, Beverage, and CPG sectors to align around barriers, foster enabling conditions to scale, and launch projects to help scale reuse in these sectors.

  • We look forward to carrying on the conversation and inspiration, and sharing the lessons from the RRAF with a growing network of stakeholders. 

Reuse Coalitions:

Get involved in bringing reuse to your community

Coalition Benefits

  • Access to open source toolkits and campaigns

  • Listservs and video conference support

  • Direct access to policy resources and our staff expertise

The Friends Network:

The Friends Network is a special circle for fans of the circular economy, open to those who support us at a level of $5,000 or more.

Friends Network Benefits

  • Quarterly curated news to help you stay on top of the most important information, with special messages from Upstream’s thought leaders.

  • Invitations to Upstream VIP events in your area.

  • An opportunity for one-on-ones with Upstream’s thought leaders at least one time per year.

  • A shout-out in our year-end blog. 

  • Inclusion in our annual Impact Report.

  • Exclusive access to quarterly Friends Learning Sessions, an opportunity to connect and learn from leading members of the reuse movement.

  • A gift of Upstream merch.

Business Sponsors:

Align your business with your values

Business Sponsor Benefits: 

  • Membership in our Friends Network.

  • Logo link on our Business Sponsor page.

  • Opportunity to embed customized and synchronized co-branded content across our comms assets including The Indisposable Podcast, Indisposable Live (livestreams), weekly email, social and The Reusies.

  • Opportunity for one-on-ones with Upstream’s thought leaders.