BOUNCE: Demand Sustainable Rubber

BOUNCE is a global movement to demand sustainable rubber.
Click the link below to pledge now. #PledgeBounce

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🌿 As part of our Bounce values, anchored by the United Nations SDGs, we support a transparent and sustainable supply chain.

⬇️ Explore the full results of @ZSLSPOTT's 2021 assessment of 15 natural rubber companies against 123 ESG indicators :

https://t.co/eWcdxjSXPM

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#SPOTTthread: We've published our 2021 assessments of 15 of the most significant natural #rubber companies that control over 1.4 million-ha of land in the tropics. Explore the headlines in this thread, and read more here: https://t.co/cxiP5tDWxv

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NEW: Less than half of SPOTT-assessed natural rubber companies have a #sustainability policy that applies to all their non-smallholder suppliers. All our data is freely available on SPOTT: https://t.co/kEyns9Lw5k

#SupplyChain #transparency

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#SPOTTthread: @ZSLconservation urges the rubber industry to help ensure #sustainable and #equitable production of natural rubber can continue whilst enabling the recovery of #wildlife within the landscapes it occupies. https://t.co/cxiP5tDWxv

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#SPOTTthread: @ZSLconservation is urging buyers and #FinancialInstitutions, such as tyre manufacturers and investors, to publish their own sustainability policies and use their influence to ensure commitments are being implemented and reported on across the whole supply chain.

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#SPOTTthread: We've published our 2021 assessments of 15 of the most significant natural #rubber companies that control over 1.4 million-ha of land in the tropics. Explore the headlines in this thread, and read more here: https://t.co/cxiP5tDWxv

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🌿 Whilst smallholder plots more closely mimic the diversity of natural forest ecosystems and hold higher carbon stock value, low yields & record low international prices are causing smallholders to cut down their rubber trees.

➡️Read more here: @USAID https://t.co/ZZFaauyrD6

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💡 Did you know that 90% of the world’s natural #rubber comes from S.E Asia? In Indonesia, more than 80% of natural rubber raw material is sourced through smallholders cultivating <2 ha of land!

➡️ Read more in this @USAID study: https://t.co/ZZFaauyrD6

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Did you know that each #rubber tree captures and stores approx 6kg of atmospheric #CO2 per year?

If farmers were incentivised to follow #sustainable practices, such as the #recycling of wood, we would see huge environmental benefits and #farmers would be better compensated!

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The natural #rubber industry urgently requires innovation and investment across the entire #supplychain, from production and processing to responsible usage.

@Tyre_Collective explore how tyre particles can be recycled into a range of new products: https://t.co/qt8dZmlQTd

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🌳The global natural #rubber industry has taken a hit from the #Covid-19 pandemic, with some sustainability initiatives put on pause and #smallholders struggling to make a living.
What can businesses do to protect both?🤔

Read more in @ecobusinesscom :
https://t.co/ja8I4YMjRA

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Happy Friday! 🌿 Here's @WWF, @HeveaConnect and @Target's innovative report on #smallholder solutions. The report investigates the viability of selling rubberwood from the perspective of all stakeholders in the natural #rubber #supplychain: https://t.co/Do9FJLRZOl

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@BounceDemand 🌿 The natural #rubber industry today is virtually unchanged from the emergence of the modern industry in the 1950s. Its supply mechanics, pricing mechanisms and infrastructure are archaic by modern standards, and in dire need of disruption.
✊ #Bounce

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✊ Read Mighty Earth's letter to the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen on post Covid-19 EU bailout and recovery support for EU-based tire and rubber-based companies.
https://t.co/INpWRs52Zq

#Bounce #PledgeBounce #rubber #naturalrubber #sustainability #EU

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In Indonesia, a typical benchmark for the cost of living is the cost of a kilo of rice. Historically 1kg of natural rubber🌳would have purchased 2kg of rice🍚. Today, 2kg of🌳= 1kg of🍚. This is an income below minimum wage.

✊ Demand fair pricing, #PledgeBounce.

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🌳 'If you want to save forests, pay more for sustainable rubber.' 🌳

https://t.co/pKrqzvxuK7

#rubber #naturalrubber #latex #sustainability #smallholders

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💭 Did you know that Natural #Rubber was added to the most recent list of 27 ‘critical raw materials’ for the #EU?

Whilst NR is essential in our day-to-day lives for a multitude of products, from #tyres to #medicalgloves, there are currently no readily available substitutes.

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🌎 Happy Earth Day 2020! 🌍
Let's spread the word and grow the sustainability movement this year. #PledgeBounce

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Did you know that between 2008 - 2013, 3 million hectares of forest was deforested for rubber farming? 🌳 By supporting BOUNCE, you help promote a sustainable industry that supports and protects our planet.

#PledgeBounce #Bounce #rubber #naturalrubber #latex #deforestation

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There is a wealth of new #technology that would positively disrupt the industry from satellite imaging of #plantation areas to #traceability products, and blockchain applications for pricing. The industry needs to invest to ensure a truly sustainable natural #rubber industry.

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Did you know that rubber trees take 44 million tonnes of carbon out of the atmosphere each year?

This could be worth $1.2 billion in carbon credits to subsistence farmers.

#PledgeBounce #rubber #naturalrubber #latex #sustainability #farming #climatechange #carboncredits