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Slow flower: all the beauty of fresh cut flowers, without harmful effects on the environment
The slow flower movement is growing in Europe and aims to provide local, seasonal and organic flowers. Why? Because the international flower industry is very harmful to nature and has major negative impacts in developing countries.
Yannick Vesters
A textile evaluation by Clear Fashion: Buying less but better!
Clear Fashion, independant expert of garment evaluation, is a solution that informs consumers on brands' practices and clothes' impact, and enables fashion brands to communicate their scores, in order to bring more transparency in the fashion industry.
Wegozero: mapping businesses with zero waste potential in Europe
The zero waste consultancy wegozero has mapped more than 1000 businesses with zero waste potential in four European cities. Its maps are available for a monthly subscription and aim to tell people which businesses in their city are sustainable and geared to circular thinking.
Innovation in packaging: toilet paper products wrapped in cardboard
The project of LC Paper consists in the migration of all the plastic packaging of paper products (toilet paper, hand towels...) to cardboard packaging and folding.
Evoléna de Wilde d'Estmael
Yuman Village: a circular economy shopping centre in Brussels
Yuman Village is a temple of the circular economy located in Brussels. It offers a unique 'one stop shopping' experience that encourages the emergence of new circular economy models, creates local jobs and reduces the number of trips needed to buy sustainable and local products.
Agroamb: processing organic waste into fertilisers
Agroamb Prodalt SL is a rural SME working in the primary sector. It provides agricultural services for farmers and organic fertilisers from biodegradable waste generated in the primary and agri-food sectors. Its process sanitises biodegradable waste and animal by-products with lime and produces organic fertilisers (turning these waste materials into resources).
UPMADE® by Reet Aus turns textile leftovers from cost into value
The mission of Reet Aus is to minimise the ecological footprint of one of the world's most contaminating businesses – the fashion industry. They do it by industrial upcycling. This not-wasteful way of production is based on a scientific methodology called UPMADE® that has been developed by the designer and founder PhD Reet Aus in cooperation with Stockholm Environment Institute Tallinn Center.
Kaspar
Rakesh Vazirani
Ana Struna Bregar
Spirit of Progress 2030: Diageo's action plan to help create a more inclusive and sustainable world
Commitment Targets
- Other (Sustainable management of water)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Reduce water use in Diageo's operations with a 40% improvement in water use efficiency in water stressed areas and 30% improvement across the company.
- Other (Sustainable management of water)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Replenish more water than Diageo uses for their operations for all their sites in water-stressed areas by 2026.
- Other (Sustainable management of water)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Invest in 150 projects to improve access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in communities near Diageo sites and local sourcing areas in all of Diageo's water-stressed markets.
- Other (Sustainable management of water)
Start Date:
October 2021Engage in collective action in all of their Priority Water Basins to improve water accessibility, availability and quality and contribute to a net positive water impact.
- Recycling (also including specific waste streams)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Achieve zero waste in Diageo's direct operations and zero waste to landfill in Diageo's supply chain.
- Recycled materials as part of raw materials demand (recycled content)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Ensure 100% of Diageo's packaging is widely recyclable (or reusable/compostable).
- Recycled materials as part of raw materials demand (recycled content)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Continue to reduce packaging and increase recycled content in Diageo's packaging (delivering a 10% reduction in packaging weight + increasing the % recycled content of the packaging to 60%).
- Recycled materials as part of raw materials demand (recycled content)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Ensure 100% of Diageo's plastics are designed to be widely recyclable (or reusable/compostable) by 2025 and achieve 40% recycled content in Diageo's plastic bottles by 2025, and 100% by 2030.
- Other (Sustainable agriculture management)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Provide all of Diageo's local sourcing communities with agricultural skills and resources, building economic and environmental resilience (supporting 150,000 smallholder farmers).
- Other (Sustainable agriculture management)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Develop regenerative agriculture pilot programmes in 5 key sourcing landscapes.
- Other (Accelerate to a low carbon world)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Become Net Zero carbon in Diageo's direct operations.
- Other (Accelerate to a low carbon world)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Reduce Diageo's value chain carbon emissions by 50%.
- Other (Accelerate to a low carbon world)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Use 100% renewable electricity across all of Diageo's direct operations.
How to capture the value of the circular economy with Gate C
The French management consulting firm Gate C helps clients map the benefits and capture the value of the circular economy.
Society 2030: Diageo's action plan to help create a more inclusive and sustainable world
Society 2030: Spirit of Progress is Diageo's 10-year action plan to help create a more inclusive and sustainable world. This global leader in beverage alcohol has set itself 25 goals aligned to the UN's SDGs.
Marc
ZenRobotics
ZenRobotics has harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to improve the quality of waste sorting. ZenRobotics' AI-powered robot technology is used at its material recovery facilities (MRFs) to capture valuable high-purity materials from waste streams in construction and demolition, commerce and industry, and municipal solid waste.
Ccrave: a circular lifestyle platform offering more than just the shopping experience
Ccrave is a content and ecommerce platform all in one, with a focus on waste-based and zero-waste products in the home, fashion and lifestyle categories.
Officina Naturae: a plastic-free choice for a plastic-free sea
All products (detergents and cosmetics) at Officina naturae are conceived to be safe and effective for humans and the environment in the name of sustainability, eco-design and circularity.
Renycle: from scrap to new nylon
Renycle® is a product obtained from recycled nylon 6, a highly valued material because of its excellent resistance, dyeability, softness and versatility.
Betti
RETEX Panels: construction materials made from recycled waste
RETEX products are the first ones in the market that utilise textile, plastic and rubber waste from the construction industry on a large scale. The panels are made of shredded textile waste that has been pressed and bonded together using a proprietary manufacturing process and are designed to replace various types of wood-based construction panels.