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 […]
Coca Cola’s First LCA in 1969: A Brief History of LCA
It might come as a surprise – but the first Life Cycle Assessment was conducted by Coca Cola in 1969! The late 60’s were a time of sustainable awakening: The oil crisis and concerns about population growth led to environmental movements in many countries. The study The Limits of Growth summarized that sentiment in 1972. […]
Let’s Stop Debating Whether ‘Sustainability Pays Off’
The reality is we experience business executives still having doubts about it. The biggest challenge seems to be, how to substantiate the investments needed and how to calculate a simple RIO. But there are no shortcuts or quick wins here. What is needed is a longer term vision, strategy and persistance. Therefore we need to stop […]
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA): How Is It Different From LCA?
Environmental Impact Assessments (short EIA, sometimes also EA) is the assessment of a project’s environmental impact. It is conducted ex-ante, so before the project is concluded. This sounds similar to a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) – which is defined as: A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an analysis of the impact one object has on the world around it. […]
Measuring and Managing Scope 3 Environmental Impact
Based on several case studies from our portfolio and external resources, we see that in various sectors, the scope 3 emissions account usually for more than 80% of the total value chain environmental impact. And although the impact may be indirect, the impact can be strongly influenced by a company’s actions. This includes e.g. product […]
How To Calculate And Compare Product Environmental Footprints With Mobius
What’s the environmental footprint of your product? If you have ever asked yourself this question, you are not alone. The demand for sustainable products is constantly rising. How do you measure a product’s environmental footprint? A product footprint is measured via the scientific method Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). An LCA calculates the impact a product […]
What To Know About Direct & Indirect Emissions: Scope 1, 2, and 3 Emissions
The concept of emission scopes was introduced by The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol). The goal: to define how a company controls the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions it is responsible for. Do we cause the GHG emissions ourselves, or are we causing them indirectly, through our supply chain? Even though the emission scopes are related […]
How the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Can Help Businesses
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are a blueprint for the prosperity of our planet and the people on it. The agenda addresses 17 urging Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to inequality, climate, peace, justice, prosperity, and environmental degradation. Every part of society – state, industry, academia, and civil society – has to collaborate to achieve these goals […]
