B Climate Collective ASIA: Towards Zero Emission by 2030
By: Himawan Prakosa
Tags: Climate Action, B Corp, Business, Asia, Climate Change

Following the “Climate Ambition Summit” (December 12th 2020), a movement called “B Climate Collective ASIA” was launched last Friday (December 18th 2020). More than 30 representatives of various groups and individuals took part in this online kickoff meeting, mainly B Corp certified companies. Focusing on the urgency of climate change issues, the main highlight of the event is how we raise awareness and spread it.

B ClimateCollective ASIA launched!

Not only representatives of B Corp certified companies; people from non B Corp companies, members of other regional collectives, students, and other individuals were also involved. The online meeting was attended by participants from China, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, and other countries in Asia. Representatives from Europe joined as well, including John Featherby from B Corp UK. Vivian Wang, one of the participants said that the movement was a wonderful initiative. “I can’t wait to dig deeper into the website, and everything that you guys are doing”, she added. Another interesting participant is a class of students from National Taiwan University Global MBA, whose representative mentioned that the issues highlighted were relevant to their course.

This movement was initiated by Corey Lien from DOMI Earth (Taiwan), Kino Rodriguez from Wellview Universal (China), and Sartika Oktianti from 24Slides (Indonesia). It started from the “Global B Corp Climate Collective”, a voluntary global movement within the “B Corp Community”. The community consists of representatives of companies meeting the highest standards of social and environmental impact.

Preparing for the kickoff

Starting from 30+ people, more will follow

No less than 800 B Corp certified companies have committed to being net-zero emissions by 2030. They committed to accelerating the reduction of the emissions, setting the targets 20 years ahead of the 2050 targets set in the Paris Agreement. This “Net Zero 2030” climate action has regional collectives around the globe, and this newly launched Asia Climate Collective is one of those.

As one of the initiators, Corey thought that it was hopeful for people from Asia and across continents to join the call, to work together, to lend support, and to energise. “It reaffirmed my belief that this is a global issue that affects all of us, and we are tackling it together — as one”, he added. Corey also said that this is a “game on” for Asia, and we are invited to do our part together for our planet and all the living things on it.

Sartika, another initiator, thought that the response was superb. “It was unbelievable how people responded to the initiative”, she said. She was amazed by how remarkable the B Corp community is. She also expressed her gratitude for the leadership shown by other initiators, Corey and Kino. “Hopefully, people will start soon providing insights to their climate action, and we’ll go from there”, she added.

Let the race begin

B Climate Collective Asia has set some checkpoints for the next steps of the movement in 2021. One of them will be in April. As for the closest one, they are inviting everyone to spread the news. Anyone can be a part of this movement, even by only showing your interest and sharing your hopes about the movement. B Climate Collective Asia is open to any voluntary initiatives, donations, and collaboration.

If you are interested to be a part of this climate change movement, kindly visit the page linked below.

https://www.bclimatecollective.org/take-action