Jeans are one of the most polluting items in fashion. Over one billion jeans are sold yearly and manufacturing each pair of jeans takes a staggering 7,000 litres of water. If that doesn’t make you think twice about buying a new pair of jeans, I don’t know what will. Lease your jeans and avoid landfill … MUD – Revolutionising the Sustainability of Jeans
The extreme weather events all around the world this summer set me thinking, not just about how we address climate change, but how we adapt to the change that has already happened. Flooding is the most common weather hazard globally, according to the University of Bristol. The annual global economic losses from flooding are in … Floodbase – Climate Tech Addressing Flooding
Every death matters, and we only have one chance to get it right. As I listened to Dr Eve Namisango of the African Palliative Care Association (APCA) presenting her research on what is regarded as a good death in Africa (see box below), I was struck by how similar views of a good death in Africa are … Supporting Education & Training to Improve Dying, Death & Bereavement in Africa
“We are training the future leaders of palliative care in Africa and internationally,” said Dr Eddie Mwebesa, Clinical Director at Hospice Africa Uganda in Kampala, Uganda, as he introduced me to students who have received scholarships from Irish Hospice Foundation. “These students have been chosen because of their ability to become leaders in palliative care in their own countries, across Africa … Supporting the Development of Future Leaders of African Palliative Care
The Katanga slum in Kampala is both heartbreaking and heartwarming. The level of poverty is in many ways beyond belief, and yet the kindness and neighbourliness I saw there would put many of us in wealthy countries to shame. I was there accompanying Roselight, a nurse from Hospice Africa Uganda (HAU), to visit Safina, a … Bringing Dignity and Love to Dying in Uganda
I love when I discover a company actively leveraging its knowledge of its customers to meet their needs better, contribute to a better world AND improve the bottom line! This is what Denmark’s Coop has been doing, and there is a lot that other retailers can emulate here. Each and every week some 5 million … Coop Denmark – Nudging the Consumer Towards More Climate-friendly Purchases
Co-opetition is an expression I stumbled across, have robbed (I can’t quite recall from where) and now use repeatedly. It captures a “movement” or “approach” which I believe is key to helping us accelerate our respective sustainability journeys. I have been seeing it in action firsthand among my colleagues in the Irish Funds Industry, wider … Co-opetition- Working Together For a Better World
What should I do, as a blogger writing about sustainability, when I am halfway through a blog about a company that is doing great things in the area of sustainability, and then discover they have been called out on a whole lot of other issues, not linked to climate change, but not in keeping with … When Winning Sustainability Awards Is Not Enough
On holidays in France last week, I was reading the newspaper reports that Ireland was projected to fall well short of climate targets. It set me thinking about whether it was inevitable that we would need to significantly curtail international tourism and I started to wonder whether there were any countries that were making real progress … Sweden – Leading the Way in Sustainable Tourism
“We believe that ice cream can change the world. We love making ice cream—but using our business to make the world a better place gives our work its meaning.” How’s that for a thought-provoking corporate mission? Ben & Jerry’s were a purpose-led brand before the concept existed, and long before it became cool. Purpose has been … Ben & Jerry’s – Ice Cream With a Vision to Change the World
