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Climate Neutral Checkout allows customers opt-in for climate neutral shopping - including shipping - How Online Retailers Can Empower Their Customers to Tackle the Problem in One Click.

Flash forward: it is 2075 and we’ve set sail for the RCP 8.5 trajectory for 2100, the worst case climate scenario according to the IPCC. Imagine this: Pacific islands such as Tuvalu have long sunk into a rising ocean, heat and pollution take a toll on the global population, hurricanes and fires devastate poor communities on a regular basis, and huge swaths of Asia and Africa have become uninhabitable due to heat and drought. Quick shift back to the present: luckily we are not there. However, we are still far away from the emissions trajectory necessary for a 1.5 degrees Celsius global warming.

The maritime shipping sector faces a decarbonisation deadlock. While pressure to downsize its GHG footprint increases rapidly, the sector remains responsible for over 1 billion tons of CO2e or 2.89% of global emissions, with an increase of 9.6% in 2018 compared to 2012 levels. Looking specifically at methane emissions, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) found an increase of 150%.

Para construir ecosistemas globales más saludables y resilientes, debemos actuar localmente. A medida que las sequías,las inundaciones y los ecosistemas en declive se hacen cada vez más comunes, los proyectos de conservación y restauración han demostrado su capacidad para unir a las comunidades locales y crear impacto a escala mundial.

Becoming a corporate water steward requires a shift in focus when addressing water risks - moving beyond improvements in direct operations to engaging in the watershed they operate in.

Mientras que los “informes no financieros" se vuelven cada vez más sofisticados, un punto ciego queda: la cadena de suministro. La mayoría del impacto medio-ambiental muchas veces se encuentra más abajo en la cadena de suministro, donde datos sólidos y prácticas de información pueden ser desafiantes. ¿En qué temas pueden participar las marcas globales con sus proveedores para enfrentar este problema?

Auch wenn die Berichterstattung zu Nachhaltigkeitsthemen immer differenzierter wird, bleibt ein blinder Fleck bestehen: die Lieferkette. Der überwiegende Teil der Umweltauswirkungen entsteht in der nachgeschalteten Lieferkette, genau dort, wo belastbare Daten und zuverlässige Berichtspraktiken schwer zu finden sind. Wie können globale Unternehmen sich besser mit ihren Zulieferern vernetzen, um eine Lösung für diese Herausforderung zu finden?

As corporate non-financial reporting becomes ever-more sophisticated, one blind spot remains: the supply chain. The majority of environmental impacts often lie further down in the supply chain, where robust data and reporting practices are often a challenge. On what topics can global brands engage with their suppliers to address this problem?

A thirsty crop, the coffee beans in Kagera require a great deal of water but, ironically enough, the majority of the actual coffee farmers have a hard time ensuring safe water for themselves and their families. This is a story of corporate climate action, your cup of coffee, and how people’s lives have been changed with the wide availability of household water filters.

Around 70% of the world’s deforestation can be attributed to commercial agriculture - exacerbated by the operations along consumer good supply chains. Luckily it is not all bad news: leading corporates, key in helping deforestation free initiatives reach scale, have acknowledged the urgency to act. In this post, I would like to share the journey of a private company with a global presence as a successful case of quantifying impacts and implementing action along the supply chain.