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- reduce,
- reuse,
- repair,
- and recycle
as part of our own personal commitment to be part of the community driving sustainable change.
Between Us We Can Make a Difference
We must ALL apply a new model for growth - a new paradigm of prosperity a new model of growth that balances productivity with equity and sustainability.
Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Emirati Government official and business leader, reminded us at Davos 2024:
"With economic development comes prosperity, with prosperity comes stability with stability, ultimately, you have peace."
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Together with our sustainability partners we form a unique window into the exemplar world of sustainable change.
We are catalysts of change, a powerful mix of specialist suppliers of eco-friendly products together with national organisations equipped with significant scientific and technological resources all operating at the very heart of the UK's green shift towards a complete circular flow.
Between us We Can Help to Pull the World Together
1. Leaders need to 'pull together'
Global cooperation and security Børge Brende reminded us of the complexity of the geopolitical and geo-economic backdrop against which this year's Annual Meeting took place.-
2. 'Projections are not destiny'
A new model for growth Multiple factors, but also risks, will shape the global economy in 2024.
3. 'Humans are going to have better tools'
AI: Opportunities and challenges - AI was a hot topic in multiple sessions in Davos this week. Discussions were clear on the potential, for example, to accelerate scientific discovery
4. 'Urgency is our only saviour '
Tackling climate change and building new energy systems.
We have an 'existential climate crisis', Ajay Banga told us on Wednesday. "A sense of urgency is our only saviour", he said. It was a message repeated throughout the week.
Source: World Economic Forum
Takeaways Davos 2024
Increasing the supply of organic certified tree and hedging plants
Our science team has been looking at how the UK is approaching agroecology where farms integrate woodland into arable crop areas. Fortunately we didn't have far to look; our good friends at the Soil Association are conducting an Agroforestry in Action Project where agroforestry combines trees with crops or livestock. Learn more here.
In a second project on the same theme the Soil Association say: "To put the UK on the path to Net Zero by 2050, the Climate Change Committee recommends that the UK needs to plant around 30,000 hectares (90 to 120 million trees) of broad leaf and conifer woodland each year. The Soil Association’s own vision for agroecology and regenerative forestry is for the area of farm woodland to double by 2050 and for 50% of all farms to incorporate some form of agroforestry system". Learn more here.
If you are keen to protect our planet, by joining the Soil Association you will be making a real contribution.
Both projects are an indication of just how busy, how involved the Soil Association are in their work with farmers and the farming community. And it has to be if the UK is to maintain its place as one of the leaders in methods that preserve land, soil and reduce the amount of chemical fertilizers.
The projects key easily into the Circular Economy. In the model below, developed by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, we can see how farming and collection fits into the Renewables Flow. If farmers were to use agrochemicals their input would not fit the circular economy model, in fact we can see how agrochemicals have no place on the circular economy. Note how the diagram includes renewable energy - which if it is derived from fossil fuels equally has no place in the circular economy. Visit our
LIVE page on the circular economy and be part of how we can all make an impact.
We are all trustees of our inheritance of our British Isles.
Behind the scenes each of the six organisations below provide vitally important services across the nation, in cutting edge science and technology, in communities, they are all leaders in their field. Click on any logo to discover more of how they help our country everyday, everywhere.
Sustainable sourcing, products and packaging
Leaders in consumer goods do not compromise they focus on best practice, legislation and technology in their value chain
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Innovative packaging
ButtonBest practice packaging provides solutions within the container itself. Sachets and tubes are now made from a by-product of sugar cane, cartons from compostable grass paper. Both legislation and regulations are driving innovation and not just in large organizations, our B Corp partners demonstrate real skill, tenacity and agility.
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Reusable Packaging
ButtonAmong our suppliers are companies that provide post-free return of their re-useable screwtop sachets. A beauty products supplier rewards retailers that encourage customers to return their empty containers to be sanitized and refilled. Many of our suppliers have been able to remove or replace plastic from their packaging.
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Recyclable Products
ButtonThe ubiquitous corrugated case has remarkable insulation properties. One of our partners delivering fresh food to your door has taken advantage by retaining chilled air between layers of corrugated. Success came after a lot of development. Corrugated cases are the easiest products to recycle, the material can be used up to five times.
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Towards a Complete Circular Economy
Read our White Paper
We share with you our SME Climate Hub Commitment, freshly minted for 2024. You can support our role in the Hub whenever you support or purchase lifestyle options from our partners. we, our partners and you, we are all committed to NET ZERO let's get there.
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