Carbon Offsetting: The Do’s & Dont’s To Ensure Your Carbon Offset Is Credible
*This article was created with the help of Alessandra Souroujon from ClimateSeed. Who hasn’t heard of reducing carbon emissions by now, has been living under a rock for the past 6 years. According to the Paris Agreement, we have to halve our carbon footprint by 2030 and become completely carbon neutral in 2050. Over the […]
Science-Based Targets: What They Are, Why They Work & How To Get Going
Increasing numbers of organizations are embracing reporting and reducing their greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). With that incentive in mind, they often aim to set certain (short-term) goals to achieve. But what kind of goals should you really set? How can you make sure your targets truly matter in the long run? You make them science-based. […]
Webinar Recap: Towards Carbon Neutrality – Effectively Measuring Scope 1, 2 & 3 Emissions
This blog will include the 5 highlights of the webinar: Towards Carbon Neutrality – Measuring Scope 1, 2 & 3 Emissions. The 5 highlights: 1. Why is reporting on your GHG emissions so important? Carbon Neutrality is a relatively new term but is becoming an increasingly important one in every sector. Not only is environmental […]
Real vs. Fake Trees: How Sustainable is Your Christmas Tree?
Christmas Tree Graveyards Every year when the Christmas excitement starts (which somehow seems to be earlier and earlier every year, but I’m not complaining) I start thinking about all the Christmas trees that one can see on the streets around New Year. Quite literally; it looks like a Christmas tree graveyard as soon as the […]
Treating CO₂ as waste: How Two Drifters Distillery Became Carbon-Negative
Meet Two Drifters. Two Drifters is one of the most ambitious projects in the spirits industry. We love it. Because when Two Drifters found out that rum could be a viable business for them- they not only deep-dived into the impact of their operations. They designed them to be carbon negative from the ground up. Putting […]
The Biggest Impact on Sustainability That Nobody Talks About
When we conducted the interviews for our Frontrunner Report “Spirits of the Future”, I also talked to Tim Etherington-Judge, the co-founder of Avallen Spirits, a Calvados brand from France. After we’d talked about the ins and outs of how Avallen Spirits had reduced the impact of their Calvados, Tim said something that really stood out […]
Sustainability Maturity Model Explained: How Far Do You Go for the Planet?
There’s no silver bullet for a sustainable business. Becoming a sustainable, or more sustainable, business, is a process. Becoming more sustainable: The Sustainability Flywheel We define the process of becoming more sustainable through the Sustainability Flywheel: In order to improve your performance, you need to analyze your baseline emissions. This will help you understand the […]
The 5 Steps BrewDog Took To Become Carbon Negative
Last week – at the 26th of August – BrewDog’s CEO James Watt announced that the Scottish brewery is now the “World’s first carbon negative beer business”. BrewDog’s Punk IPA is a household name in the craft beer industry, and with an estimated 2019 revenue of 300 million US$, the company is on its way to become […]
13 Tips To Boost Environmental Awareness In Your Company
You want to make the world a better place, especially when you’re at work? That can often be a challenge – even more when your company isn’t focused on sustainability, and your colleagues don’t understand your passion for the environment. Short-term results beat long-term vision If you’re like us, you do of course understand why […]
These Food Companies Put Their Carbon Footprint On Their Packaging
Different food products have different carbon footprints. That is an obvious fact. 10 kg of CO₂ translates to 24 avocados, 32 kg of oats – but only 370 g of steak. Consumers can’t compare footprints “on the go” Nutritional labels have been present on packaging as long as most of us can remember. It’s easy […]
