Data provided to Reuters by the not-for-profit environmental disclosure platform CDP reveals that only 1% of companies submitting climate change data allow investors to assess whether they have a credible plan for transitioning to a low-carbon economy, highlighting the wide gap between ambitious plans and little follow-through from these companies.
More and more companies are deciding to fit out their offices with eco-responsible furniture, and furniture designers are restoring plastic to its former glory – recycled of course – and committing themselves to offering recycled products that appeal to a wider public than just a handful of informed consumers.
Helicopter drop-off generates noise, pollution and wildlife disturbance. This practice is now prohibited by a law passed on February 21, after a parenthesis during which amateurs benefited from a legislative amendment to the 1985 Mountain Law. Not only has the law been reinstated, it has even been strengthened, since the ban applies to both passenger disembarkation and embarkation.
The new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concludes that countries are not doing enough to protect themselves against the disasters that will be generated by global warming. Written by 270 researchers from 67 countries, the report is “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of the failure of climate leadership”, said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
Fifteen countries, including Switzerland, have proposed the creation of a “scientific and political group” to tackle the threat of chemical waste and plastic pollution. This proposal came ahead of discussions currently taking place at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi with the aim of reaching a global treaty to reduce plastic pollution, which according to a recent report is more dangerous than Covid.
Thanks in part to its ability to be nimble by reconnecting with local consumers and creating close relationships with retailers, the luxury goods industry has risen to the challenge of the pandemic and has experienced growth in 2021. But this sector cannot ignore the need to transform itself in order to have a positive social and environmental impact. Greenwashing is no longer an option, and will be less and less so.
The startling revelations published on February 20 in an investigation dubbed “Swiss Secrets” and conducted by a consortium of 48 media outlets, including the Guardian, are a continuation of the work of the Panama Papers and the Paradise Papers. For decades, Credit Suisse is said to have hosted billions of francs on behalf of dictators, criminal networks and spies. Switzerland’s number two bank disputes the facts.
On the occasion of the César 2022 ceremony held on February 25, Reporterre looks back at the century-old practice of introducing products into film sets and scripts. Clothes, cars, accessories: an essential incentive for industry professionals, an incentive to consume and a trivialization of polluting behavior for its detractors.
Cosmetics made from coffee grounds, clothes made from plastic bottle residues or designer furniture made from agave fiber. Faced with the depletion of the planet’s resources, entrepreneurs and creators around the world are imagining new ways to create value from all kinds of waste. In response to this overproduction of plastic, the UN is holding a meeting this week in Nairobi with a view to a future treaty or agreement on plastics.
A study published in Nature Sustainability reveals that lifting hundreds of millions of people out of extreme poverty – those living on less than $1.9 a day – would increase emissions by less than 1%. By way of comparison, a person living in sub-Saharan Africa generates a carbon footprint of 0.6 tonnes of CO2, while that of an American citizen averages 14.5 tonnes per year.
