Net-Positivity’s Post

Cherishing local forests for a global impact At Gimmersta Wallpaper we are passionate about sustainability. We actively support carefully selected organizations as a long-term commitment. Through our collaboration with Plantmore.com, we support tree-planting initiatives, ensuring that every tree used in our wallpaper production is replaced by a newly planted one. Planting local for global impact Through strategic climate investments, Plantmore focuses on reforestation efforts within Europe, ensuring a direct impact on our environment. Plantmore’s core concept is enabling people and businesses to come together with land owners, forests, and farms to support work to improve biological diversity and environmentally positive development. Plantmore.com works actively with biodiversity, planting diverse plants, trees, bushes, and crops, letting land grow freely, and adapting to local conditions.  Read more about our fantastic work with Plantmore.com and how it meets 5 of the UN's 17 global sustainability goals at Gimmersta.com.

Diving into sustainability 🌊 In line with this year’s B Corp Month theme, we’re always ‘moving forward’ in terms of trying to reduce our water use. One of the ways we do this is the Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant we have at our Tweed Valley Maltings, which gives us the ability to treat used process water - that would ordinarily be discharged - and reuse it. This reduces the demand on the area’s water resources and boreholes we abstract from, whilst also reducing the wastewater we discharge. Explore more about how we are ‘moving forward’ 👉 https://buff.ly/3CbNvKd

Our green initiative is in full swing! This April in collaboration with OneTreePlanted we planted 17 trees, and we haven't stopped there. With every license purchase, you join us in our ongoing commitment to sustainability. Let's keep planting for a brighter future! visit our website for more insights on the link below : 🌐 https://lnkd.in/eqRx8PyF #ESG #sustainability #plantatree #green #greenerfuture #earthmonth #environment #ClimateAction #CSR #Sustainability2024 #esg #sustainability #plantatree #greenimpact #greenerfuture #earthmonth #environment #climatechange #CSR #sustainabilitygoals #planet #GreenCities #CommunityImpact

The theme for our Sustainability Week this June was "Get out into nature", and we ran a competition for our employees to share photos of nature local to them, at our sites around the world. The photos below are just a small selection of the amazing photos taken during the month, and show the diversity of nature across our sites worldwide. Once the competition closes at the end of the month, our employees will vote for their favourites, with prizes for the top three photos. At Essentra, we recognise it's important to protect the local habitats our company operates in. To reduce our impact as a business on nature, we have a target to be zero waste to landfill across our operations, and to reduce our waste intensity by 50%, by 2030. In 2023, 94% of solid waste was diverted from landfill across our operations, an increase of 18% compared to 2022, and our waste intensity has reduced by 28% against our 2019 baseline. We also encourage our employees to use the volunteer day they get each year to protect local habitats, and our employees have taken part in a wide range of activities from coral reef planting in Thailand, to forest restoration in Spain. Find out more in our ESG section of our latest annual report: https://lnkd.in/gJvYK_Vr

Sheila Ongie, our Senior Director of Sustainability, attended GreenBiz Group's Bloom '23. She put together her top takeaways in one of our recent articles (full article linked in the comments): 1. It is critical that conservation and restoration plans center the wisdom and participation of Indigenous communities. 2. Since the economy and nature are inextricably linked, we need to consider nature in the context of every business system - not as a separate practice. 3. The top five factors driving nature loss are well-known, so let’s do something about them while we still can. 4. As the corporate biodiversity topic unfolds, sustainability professionals everywhere are searching for ways to measure and baseline their biodiversity impacts. What were your takeaways from Bloom '23? To read Sheila's full article, learn about resources that came up during the conference, and connect with us, click the link in the comments.

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Moving towards sustainability development, Green space is a must encompassing parks, forests, and urban greenery which plays a vital role in enhancing biodiversity, promoting mental well-being, and mitigating environmental challenges. Greenery, particularly trees and vegetation, is highly effective at reducing heat in urban areas through a process called evapotranspiration. As plants release water vapor through their leaves, it cools the surrounding air, creating a localized cooling effect. Additionally, trees provide shade, which reduces the amount of solar radiation absorbed by buildings and paved surfaces. AND the hardest challenge is getting all the relevant authorities to be on the same boat as to combat against climate changes

PLANET EARTH: STEWARDSHIP VS OWNERSHIP? Does the earth belong to us or do we belong to the earth? This same question has been ringing in my head for years through my journey on Environmental Sustainability. Pondering on this fundamental question has really widened my perspective about the lifelong co-existing relationship between us humans and our dear planet. Before jumping into a conclusion on the answer to the above question, let us take a quick look at the two sides of the coin. THE EARTH IS OURS: Human beings have persistently considered the earth as our inheritance, hence, the reason for the over exploitation of the earth and its resources. The Ownership mindset has consistently led to extinction of various precious species that would have contributed hugely to the planet and humanity. We believe the earth is ours and we go about degrading the environment, sending several species of plants and animals into extinction, rapidly reducing the biodiversity and depleting the natural resources. After all, the effects are not far fetched as we can all now see the effects of these actions everywhere around us, ranging from the polluted environment down to climate change effects such as global warming, natural disasters, wildfires, flooding, glacier melting etc. It is essential we now shift our attention towards building a balanced co-existential relationship with the earth instead of this parasitic relationship we have been embarking on from ages past. WE BELONG TO THE EARTH: This is a point of view that puts us in the position of being the caretaker that is tasked with the wellbeing and constant grooming of the responsibility that lies solely on our shoulder. This mindset puts humans in the state of recognising our obligation and shared responsibility to protect, conserve and preserve our home. When we see ourselves as the children of the mother earth, then it stir up a sense of respect for the Earth and this mindset imbibes in us to work tirelessly to safeguard the resources therein in such a sustainable manner that meets the present generation needs and still have the interest of the generations to come in mind. Looking at the two points of views above, we can choose to believe we belong to the earth or continually caress our ego by believing that the earth belongs to us, our embrace of sustainability practices or shunning of the practices today will equally determine what becomes of both the Earth and we the inhabitant in the nearest future. We can decide to reflect on our current relationship with earth and start taking cogent sustainable actions that protect, preserve and conserve the earth or continue the ownership mindset and furthermore continue the exploitation. One thing is certain in the law of nature, both actions have equal and retaliatory reactions. It is time to embrace our role as stewards of the Earth and work hand in hand to build a sustainable world together. #Sustainable #sustainableliving #SDG #sustainability

As winter comes to an end in Iceland the migratory birds arrive, ready to nest and indulge in nature. They depend on areas with sufficient food supplies, but impacts of climate change are diminishing the availability of crucial feeding and nesting grounds. As an industry we are making strides to look after our world – from cooling technology to heat reuse to increasing energy efficiency. At atNorth, we give priority to choosing data center locations that reduce energy. We prioritize materials with lower carbon footprints in our buildings. We all have a responsibility to change our mindset and day to day practices to support biodiversity and a sustainable environment. If we take time to put sustainability at the forefront of our daily activities and decisions, then the whole practice becomes a lot easier and less overwhelming. Read this insightful blog by our Sustainability Manager Ásdís Ólafsdóttir in support of International Day of Migratory Birds on 11th May. https://lnkd.in/etYs6xQA #sustainablefuture #biodiversity #climateimpact #datacenters