Search Sustainability News Sustainability News Updates Covering Sustainability, Zero Waste, ESG, Carbon Footprint & Green Business COP26 was a flop but there is still hope Nov 23rd, 2021 - Only revolutionary activism can help save civilisation from a climate catastrophe. The outcome of international climate summits has barely changed during the last few decades. The task of forging a global consensus on transformative mitigation strategies to the climate emergency somehow always eludes the participating parties, and the result is to keep kicking the can down the road as if to say, “Let future generations take care of the problem.” Unfortunately, despite being touted as “our ... [Read More] SOURCE: ALJAZEERA.COM Single-use plastic products (SUPPs) may epitomize convenience, but with the damage they cause through production, distribution and litter, they are a major threat to environmental and human health. Nov 23rd, 2021 - The open burning of plastic waste, consumption of plastic-contaminated seafood and creation of harmful microplastics are just some reasons why SUPPs should be phased out. Eliminating plastic product pollution is an important component of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration . The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP’s) recent report From Pollution to Solution shows there is currently between 75-199 million tons of plastic waste in the ocean, and in 2016 some 9-14 tons of waste ... [Read More] SOURCE: UNEP.ORG COP26 Emissions Promises Improve Global Climate Targets but Continued Action is Needed Nov 23rd, 2021 - New and increased commitments to emissions reductions made at COP26 will, if realized and made on time, help the world record its best climate numbers but it still could fall short of the Paris Agreement, according to analysis by the International Energy Agency. The new commitments would be enough to hold the rise in global temperatures to 1.8 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, the first time governments have made targets to hold it below 2 degrees Celsius, according to the IEA. That ... [Read More] SOURCE: ENVIRONMENTALLEADER.COM To corporate America: Stop saying, 'We’ve always done sustainability!' Nov 22nd, 2021 - Shelton Group has been helping companies articulate their sustainability stories for 15 years. And I can’t tell you how many times, at the beginning of a client relationship, I’ve heard some version of: "We’ve been doing sustainability since before it was called ‘sustainability!’" I heard it again last week at the Fortune Global Sustainability Forum , but with new words meant to give it more gravitas: "Sustainability is in our DNA!" Please stop. Stop because it short-changes the ... [Read More] SOURCE: GREENBIZ.COM IT Lessons Offer Clues To Reaching Climate Change Goals Nov 22nd, 2021 - The fact that the 26th United Nations Climate Change conference (COP26) has set "keep 1.5 degrees within reach" as its goal reveals how challenging it has become to deliver on the promises of the Paris Climate Change Agreement. And one of the biggest challenges is that the world is plowing through its natural resources at a stunning pace. According to the Global Resources Outlook 2019 report , half of total greenhouse gas emissions come from natural resource extraction and processing. Also, ... [Read More] SOURCE: CDOTRENDS.COM How the chemicals industry’s pollution slipped under the radar Nov 22nd, 2021 - While the industry has an important role to play in moving to low-carbon economies it’s also hugely carbon intensive and predicted to become more so Supported by About this content I t’s one of the biggest industries in the world, consumes more than 10% of fossil fuels produced globally and emits an estimated 3.3 gigatons of greenhouse gas emissions a year, more than India’s annual emissions – yet the chemicals sector has largely slipped under the radar when it comes to climate. This ... [Read More] SOURCE: THEGUARDIAN.COM These policies are needed to spur the green hydrogen economy Nov 22nd, 2021 - As we prepare to transform global economies to avoid the worst effects of the climate crisis, no sector can go untransformed. And in the hard-to-abate sectors where little or no other decarbonization options exist, green hydrogen is a critical tool. With its applications in industry, power and transportation, hydrogen must be deployed, and fast. Such a rapid growth of any new technology requires policy support, and hydrogen is no different. Yet not all policy is equal. Targeted policy is ... [Read More] SOURCE: GREENBIZ.COM ‘We are five to 10 years behind’: long road ahead for solving Australia’s textile waste crisis Nov 21st, 2021 - Australia has the second highest rate of textile consumption per capita globally, but measures to address the issue are still in their infancy Last week, the Australian Fashion Council received a $1m grant to start working with industry to reduce the country’s mountain of textile waste. It’s a sum that pales in comparison with the money on offer for recycling other products, however, and it has left some in the industry feeling underwhelmed. Julie Boulton and Aleasha McCallion are project ... 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