What does sustainability mean to you?
Panelists will explore how the current paradigm of sustainability has developed over the last three decades.
Source: source.colostate.edu
Panelists will explore how the current paradigm of sustainability has developed over the last three decades.
Source: source.colostate.edu
Competition amongst IT services players to be the most ambitious in their environmental sustainability goals can only be a good thing. It looks like it is driving companies to do more and more quickly. Last month we looked at Sopra Steria’s target to achieve net zero emissions by 2028 and highlighted its sustainability achievements and goals (see Sopra Steria: Targeting net zero ahead of the curve). Today, we see announcements from Atos and Accenture that show the IT services suppliers are upping their games.
The most influential generation is challenging luxury brands to become more sustainable, showing that relevant messaging, product categories or interesting digital storytelling is not enough. Their expectations are significantly different from the millennials, for the younger generation sustainability matters, and even young investors would prefer to support brands with clear sustainability agendas. For example, Apple has become the leader in sustainability, after all the criticism regarding the waste their devices are producing. They have reinvented the entire customer lifecycle model. Digital practices with sustainability involve two components: the software side and the hardware side. The energy consumption put towards digital solutions and mobile devices will be a priority for consumers in the future. Consumers would likely demand more transparency on energy consumption and energy sources for the digital services they will receive.
BBC NI reporter Eve Rosato tries to live without single-use plastic for one week.
Today, Kroger Co. announced its plan to phase out single-use plastic bags and transition to reusable bags across its 15 brands of grocery stores by 2025, starting with Seattle-based QFC in 2019. Kroger is America’s largest grocery-only chain and the first major chain to make that type of pledge.
Outstanding work in the field of sustainability within the coffee industry can often go unnoticed. But each year, one project, business model, and individual are acknowledged for their work in the field with an SCA Sustainability Award during the Re:co Symposium.
With disposable cameras, it’s the camera that is for one-time use; with Instagram it’s the photos that are often the “throwaway.”…