🌱 COP26: Catch Up With Week 1
Featuring When in Rome, DAME, Sipsmith and more...
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This week we cover:
Catch Up With COP26: Week 1
Meet the Knowvember Brands: When in Rome and DAME.
In case you missed it: How Sipsmith's 5-part plan includes a 46% emissions reduction target, featuring Ellie Stirk (Sustainability Lead at Sipsmith).
> Good News This Week
🎯 Berczy Hard Seltzer are climate neutral. They’ve worked with ClimatePartner to measure emissions from their entire supply chain.
🎯 UNLESS Collective launched, aiming to be the first streetwear brand whose products leave zero waste at their end of life.
⭐️ Luxury fashion brand Chloé became the first luxury Maison to certify as a B Corporation.
⭐️ Iceland has pledged to become plastic neutral with launch of a new plastic recovery programme. It’s partnering with Seven Clean Seas to collect the equivalent to their plastic footprint. However, this comes as they admitted that they may not achieve their target of eliminating plastic from own-label packaging by the end of 2023.
⭐️ Waitrose announced that its trialling wirelessly charged electric delivery vans in London, in a bid to be at the forefront of ‘green home delivery’.
⭐️ Unilever brand Knorr announced it will launch 50 regenerative agriculture projects across the world, aiming to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and water usage of each project by 30%. This investment stems from their €1 billion Climate and Nature Fund.
⭐️ Allbirds made its stock market debut on Wednesday. Founded in 2015, Allbirds said it would tap the public markets through what it described a "sustainable public equity offering" as an environmental, social and governance, or ESG, company. Valuation is now above $4 billion.
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> Quick Take
Catch Up With COP26: Week 1
There’s lots of news surrounding COP26. Like, lots. So, we’ve organised a few of our favourite bits of news for you, making it easier than ever to keep up.
Signs of progress:
India’s COP26 climate pledges help to push warming projections below two degrees, study shows
Amount of finance committed to achieving 1.5°C now at scale needed to deliver the transition
UK’s flagship green investment programme receives £66 million funding increase
What’s caught our eye:
'Two degrees is a death sentence' for island nations - Barbados PM Mia Mottley
Cop26: Greta Thunberg joins Emma Watson on green discussion panel
COP26 interview: Gonzalo Muñoz, UN climate champion for business
Catch up: FSB Small Business Virtual Conference: The Journey to Net Zero
We’re not the only ways you can keep up. We also recommend checking out:
What’s coming up? COP26 Calendar: 40 events next week
Missed our COP26 Events calendar? All online, mostly free, and all sure to inspire you. There are 40 events in the next week, and we’ve recently added 16 new events for you to check out.
A few recommendations:
Mobilising systems-change for a regenerative future - 6/11/2021 at 10:00 - Ecosia - Link Here.
Climate resilience is business resilience - 7/11/2021 at 08:30 - High Level Champion Race to Resilience Team and CLG UK-Europe - Link Here.
All in for 1.5ºC: How are corporate leaders going to halve emissions by 2030? - 7/11/2021 at 10:00 - We Mean Business Coalition and Boston Consulting Group - Link Here.
Driving demand for climate neutral materials and products - 9/11/2021 at 10:00 - Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership - Link Here.
Climate Con 2021 (Event Series) - 10/11/2021 at 17:00 - - My Climate Journey - The Regenerates - Link Here.
The Burning Issue? Waste, Climate, Health and Development - 11/11/2021 at 10:00 - WasteAid and Bright Blue - Link Here.
Fix the economy to fix climate change: the role of the circular economy - 11/11/2021 at 14:00 - Ellen MacArthur - Link Here.
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> Brand Spotlight - in partnership with Knowvember
⚡️ Meet the Knowvember Brands: When in Rome
Mission: 39% of the wine industry’s emissions globally are caused by single use glass bottles. All of When in Rome’s wines are sold in eco-friendly packaging that generates up to 10x less CO2 than single use glass bottles. We overtly state the climate footprint of each of our wines on the packaging for maximum transparency.
Targets: Having only just very recently calculated the footprint of our products, WiR is in the process of establishing realistic targets. Our initial analysis of the climate impact of our supply chain in particular, suggests there is a large scope to further reduce our emissions. We do know however that we prefer to concentrate on emissions reduction as opposed to aiming for net zero, as we believe this is the most transparent approach.
We chatted to When in Rome about their innovative approach to packaging, and why they’re proud to be part of the Knowvember campaign.
Read the full interview for more:
⚡️ Meet the Knowvember Brands: DAME
Status: Climate Positive
Targets: We are certified Carbon Neutral Plus (offsetting twice as much carbon as we produce), and are planning to be Net Zero by 2030.
We chatted to DAME about the savings customers make by switching to DAME products, and what steps they’ll take to achieve their targets.
Read the full interview for more:
> In case you missed it
💥 #8 - Meet the Brands: How Sipsmith's 5-part plan includes a 46% emissions reduction target.
Featuring Ellie Stirk, Sustainability Lead at Sipsmith.
> Follow up with…
Article: What Business Needs From COP26 To Deliver Cn Global Climate Goals
Article: Patagonia doesn’t use the word ‘sustainable.’ Here’s why
Article: 7 surprising facts to know about the circular economy for COP26
Guidebook: The 1.5°C Business Playbook: your company’s roadmap for exponential climate action