The founder of the outerwear brand and pioneer of an unconventional view of capitalism decided with his wife and two children to transfer ownership of Patagonia, valued at about $3 billion, to a specially created scheme to preserve the company's independence and ensure that its roughly $100 million in annual profits are well spent on protecting the planet.

Documents obtained by congressional investigators as part of a House of Representatives investigation into climate misinformation show that oil industry executives privately downplayed their own companies' public messages about efforts to reduce GHG emissions and downplayed industry-wide commitments to promote climate policies.

Concrete is an economical, abundant and resistant material that has allowed an unprecedented material expansion. The downside is its environmental impact and perishability. A recent study tells us that replacing it with wood would make up 10% of the carbon budget needed to limit global warming to below 2°C. 

The committee of the glacier initiative withdrew the text following the adoption by the Council of States of an indirect counter-proposal, which anchors in law the objective of zero net CO2 emissions by 2050. Europe is adopting a text that requires companies to guarantee that their products do not contribute to deforestation and plans to ban all products made from forced labor and thus affect exports from Xinjiang.

Sport is also fuelling the environmental debate. On the one hand, trail champions are setting an example through their responsible commitment, and on the other hand, the Qatar World Cup is belatedly causing an outcry. Voices are being raised to boycott this sporting event because of the human rights violations in its organization and its overall carbon footprint.

Cattle farming emits methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that has the greatest impact on the climate after CO2. Its warming power is more than 80 times that of CO2 over 20 years. Adding certain feed additives to the feed would help reduce emissions from cows and thus contribute to more sustainable agriculture. But what about the long-term effects on the animals?

The environmental NGO Mighty Earth reproaches Carrefour, in a report published on the occasion of World Amazon Day, for sourcing from "meat and soy traders with devastating practices". It targets in particular its activities in Brazil where the retail group controls 25% of the market, and asks it to respect its commitments to fight against deforestation.

Using animals for meat is twice as polluting as producing plant-based food. Based on the observation that meat contributes to the climate crisis, a Dutch city of 160'000 inhabitants located west of Amsterdam decided to ban advertisements on buses, shelters or screens in public places in order to reduce meat consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

Boohoo, the UK-based online fast-fashion brand has announced that it will partner with Kourtney Kardashian to embark on a "sustainable path." It's hard to believe when you know that its clothes are made from cheap, environmentally damaging materials, that its workers in Pakistan are paid only 33 cents an hour and work in dangerous conditions.

This concept invented by Adrien Nougaret aka "ZeratoR" and Alexandre Dachary aka "Dach" brings together about sixty of the most popular streamers in France for an online charity marathon consisting of video games, challenges and debates broadcast live on the Twitch account of each streamer. This year, ecology is the lucky beneficiary!