3 Sustainability News Stories You May Have Missed
From climate pledges, to a major climate treaty being passed, and progress being made with food waste, there have been exciting developments in the environmental news world to give us more insight into the climate change issue at large.
We have selected and summarized the top three sustainability related new-stories for you that have emerged this week.
#1 Nestle Pledged 1 Billion to Build a Coffee Sustainability Plan
Nestlé recently announced their plan to source coffee more sustainably by the year 2030, pledging 1 billion swiss francs to the cause. The food and beverage conglomerate previously pledged to source its coffee sustainability by 2025, but has a new goal of having 20% of their coffee be grown using “regenerative” agriculture practices by 2030.
Studies are showing that almost half the land used to grow coffee, particularly the arabica kind, may be unusable due to rising temperatures, crop disease, and additional climate change effects.
Governments and consumers are also starting to look at supply chain sustainability of large multinational corporations, causing many to start assessing and clearing up their global supply chains.
Why this matters: With increasing agricultural issues and rising scrutiny from governments and consumers, Nestlé, who has one of the largest coffee businesses in the world, is future-proofing their organization by prioritizing sustainability initiatives.
Read more here.
#2 The US Senate Just Ratified the Kigali Amendment, a Major Climate Treaty
The Senate just passed an international climate treaty that could potentially help avoid 1 degree Fahrenheit increase of global warming.
The ratification of the Kigali Amendment passed last week will phase out the use of hydrofluorocarbons, aka HFCs, around the world. HFCs effects are well known - considered a climate pollutant, they’re commonly used as an industrial refrigerant and are also found in sprayable consumer products.
Why this matters: HFCs are hundreds of thousands of times more potent at capturing heat than other pollutants. With an official declaration to phase out this greenhouse gas, significant and lasting change can be made to reduce global warming.
Read more here.
#3 IKEA Restaurants Have Slashed Their Food Waste by 50%.
IKEA recently announced that they’ve accomplished reducing half of their food waste in an effort to be more environmentally conscious. The company announced their food waste reduction goal back in 2017, and have succeeded five years later due to their use of AI tools to better assess demand and supply at their restaurant chains.
Their food sustainability efforts translate into more than 20 million meals saved from trash cans, 36 thousand tons of avoided carbon dioxide equivalents, and total savings of $37 million euros.
Why this matters: With global food waste accounting for 8% to 10% of total greenhouse gas emissions, IKEA’s innovative technology is helping reduce a crucial part of this equation by lowering the amount of food that goes into landfills.
Read more here.
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