Ever thrown away food that's gone bad? ๐ Let's reduce food waste together with these simple tips:
๐ Plan your meals
๐ Make a shopping list
โ๏ธ Freeze leftovers
Share your wasteful confessions below for solutions in our next post!
Did you know...? 30% of unwanted clothes end up in UK landfill sites! ๐๐๏ธ
Before you throw away old clothes, consider...
๐ Donating them
๐ Selling them online via @eBay_UK, @vintedUK or @depop
๐ Cut them up and use as cloths for cleaning
We recently partnered with @TheO2 & @AEGworldwide to give @oliviarodrigo's iconic purple tour carpet a second life!๐
By redirecting event materials away from landfill, we supported incredible causes like @AccessiBlues & @REMO_CCORRN.๐โจ
Over the past 3 years, we've supported 882 #charities, community groups & social enterprises! ๐
๐ฃ Work for a #charity that could benefit from useful #donations such as household items, food, building materials?
Sign up here: https://t.co/3NBp5KmSqo
๐ to spread the word!
Good climate news this week
1 2023 marked peak emissions in the power sector
2 Investment in low-carbon electricity likely to be 10 times higher than investment in gas and coal power generation
3 Climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum to become Mexico's first woman president
4 Worldโs biggest solar plant at 5GW comes online in China, can power a small country
5 California 2023 sales of new zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty trucks double v 2022
6 China plans new carbon measurement standards to boost climate efforts
7 UK EVs reach record 17.9% of new cars in May
8 UN chief calls for global fossil fuel ad ban
9 Australian pension fund found guilty of greenwashing
10 Sri Lanka brings net zero emissions goal forward 10 years to 2040
NEWS | Sainsburyโs to reduce plastic by โ694 tonnesโ with new packaging
Sainsburyโs switches own-brand chicken and fish line packaging from plastic to pulp cardboard in a move the supermarket said could save 694 tonnes of plastic annually.
https://t.co/EPnfU8Np89
Share how ๐ซต supporting #BSGGOESGREEN at #BSGLIVE24
๐ฑonly veggie food on 2 days
๐ฑcarpet has been recycled, reused or repurposed
๐ฑexhibitors encouraged to ๐ช sustainability
๐ฑredistribution of family room items to a local charity
๐ฑpartner with @EventCycleUK@BritSocGastro
Buying local seasonal produce can help to reduce carbon emissions! ๐ Here's what's in season this month.
Follow us for more every day #SustainabilityTips โ
Exciting News! ๐ We have joined the amazing network of supporting organisations for @power_of_events ๐
We are proud to support their mission and contribute to the vibrant and dynamic UK events landscape.
The Scottish capital became the latest UK city to ban ads for polluting products on council-owned billboards
Read more on this story, and find out what else went right this week:
https://t.co/M7xPMQiBRT
Good climate news this week
1 China's emissions may have peaked in 2023 (huge)
2 Emissions reductions provided $249b of climate and health benefits to the US in just 4 years (huge)
3 EU gives final approval for exit from Energy Charter Treaty
4 New EU law to hit gas imports with methane emissions limit
5 China to spend $828m on high-tech all-solid-state EV batteries
6 BYD unveils hybrid powertrain capable of 2,000km (1,250 miles) drive
7 62% of US voters back climate litigation against Big Oil
8 New EU law to up domestic green tech production
9 Edinburgh bans SUV and cruise ship ads
In Nov 2023, we worked on the UK Government #AISummit, hosted by @Identityglobal. The event brought together visionaries like @elonmusk & its impact went beyond discussions. Identity partnered with us to ensure that event materials were repurposed, benefiting 15 organisations! ๐
Patrick Holden, chief executive of the Sustainable Food Trust, weighs in on why food security and environmental sustainability are two sides of the same coin.
#Agriculture#Farming
https://t.co/Uf2nEQlE47
Good climate news this week
1 Top oceans court rules nations must reduce emissions
2 Deforestation down 22% in Brazilian Amazon and 30% in Colombian Amazon in 2023
3 India added 5 times more solar in 1Q24 v. a year ago
4 Wind overtakes gas as Britainโs #1 source of power
5 Texas generates more power from solar than coal for 1st time in March
6 Cement recycling breakthrough could slash sector emissions
7 Youth climate-change lawsuit targets Alaska LNG project
8 First-of-its-kind criminal case filed against fossil fuel company Total and its shareholders