archiveDecember 2022

Supply chain activity generates around 60 per cent of all global carbon emissions and can represent 98 per cent of an organization’s CO2 emissions when taking into account overall climate impacts, writes Nick Gibson. With supply chain emissions being on average over 11 times higher than operational emissions, tackling the climate crisis requires a transition to both carbon-neutral production and carbon-neutral value chains. But obtaining a complete and accurate product carbon footprint can be challenging due to complexity of global supply chains and the lack of transparency in data. Research by The Sustainability...

isla, the events industry sustainability body, has launched an action-focused guide to support meetings and event venues in the transition to Net Zero. The isla guide encourages venues to review their sustainability progress and enables them to develop short to mid-term sustainability goals and set a realistic but ambitious aspiration to reach Net Zero by 2050 at the latest. The guide ‘Sustainability in Practice: A Pathway for Venues’, created in partnership with VisitBritain Business Events and supported by three leading industry associations: the Association of Event Venues (AEV), the Meetings Industry Association...

Green credentials are a valuable prize in the PR battle to promote eco-friendliness, writes Nick Gibson. But the race for ‘green’ credibility has seen companies make false and unproven claims that undermine efforts to reach net zero with consumers, businesses, investors and regulators now lacking trust in environmental claims. What is the scale of the greenwashing problem, why do organisations make unfounded claims and how can you navigate the maze of regulation to avoid eco-PR disasters? In a survey conducted by Clearly PR almost one in five said their organisations...

Gian Autenrieth, Co-Lead at D-REC argues that funding to help secure net zero and climate adaptation in emerging countries has too long been a slow, sclerotic process typified by a reliance on multilateral funding.   The opening day of COP27 has been marked by emerging economies repeating their calls for financial assistance to enhance adaptation to climate change, or reparation for historic climate damage by mature economies, as existing financing commitments fail to yield results. In a little over a week’s time, we should know whether this summit in Sharm-El-Sheik...