Soccer’s world governing body, FIFA, claimed the 2022 World Cup in Qatar was carbon neutral. Switzerland, France, Belgium, the UK and the Netherlands all filed complaints, via the Climate Alliance (a group that functions as a watch dog against Greenwashing) saying the claim was not true. The Swiss Fairness Commission ruled against FIFA. FIFA has [...]
Last Friday (28 July 2023) was Plastic Overshoot Day – the day plastics produced exceeds global waste management capacity. 68.5 million tonnes of plastics, or 43% of the plastics produced this year, will become pollution. Plastics production has grown 20x faster than plastics recycling capacity over the past 10 years. Think about this next time [...]
Many articles, like this one, talk about the sacrifice organizations need to make to pursue sustainability. In effect, ‘Give up on short-term ROI goals and focus on long-term ROI goals;’ or, ‘think in non-financial ways.’ Those folks have never sat in the corner office. You don’t have to settle for a bad program and only [...]
Earth Overshoot Day is the annual day we consume more than the Earth is able to generate that year. Today, 2 August, is Earth Overshoot Day for 2023. For the balance of 2023, we will be consuming more than the Earth is producing. We are not just borrowing from future years, we are reducing the [...]
You have to make decisions every day on where to spend money. Per this article - 97% of B2B corporate buyers say a vendor’s sustainability credentials (ie, validation/certification) and positioning are important in their buying decisions. You are saying, “That’s not what I am seeing from my clients.” Think about it this way [...]
Per this article, if July has felt like the warmest month, in say, the past 120,000 years, to you, there is a reason – it was. Scientists say this is the hottest temperatures in human history. But, like they say in sports, records are made to be broken. This one might not last a month. [...]
Think about all those companies that have publically stated that they will become net zero by a certain date. None of them can do that without their vendors having a verified/certified sustainability and carbon program. As we have repeatedly stated and as this article discusses, supply chains will determine if companies meet their net zero [...]
We all know extreme heat drains your energy and efficiency. This article discusses how extreme heat could cost the U.S. $100 billion in lost productivity and, if not addressed, could sap one-sixth of global economic activity ($14 trillion) by 2100. 9 out of 10 consumers want to know that your business is doing something [...]
This article, titled “The Small Business Blind Spot in Supply Chains” talks about a topic we have been posting on for a while – Over 70% of a company’s greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) are via its supply chain Climate change is causing companies to set goals to reduce their GHG 90% of these companies then [...]
This year, your company will lose roughly 5% of its profit due to the Big 5 - employee insomnia, stress, anxiety, physical pain and mental acuity. Even if you are a one-person micro-company, you are a human; and as a human, you suffer from the Big 5. We are seeing more and more articles like [...]
