4 ways to take action on climate and nature into 2024 ??

As COP28 and 2023 draw to a close, we reflect on the tussle between 'business-as-usual' and the exciting opportunity for a new fossil-fuel-free era. 'After 30 years of waiting, COP28 deal addresses the elephant in the room' wrote Fiona Harvey in The Guardian.?

More than 190 nations accepted a 'de facto' phase-out of fossil fuels. Scientists say the deal does not go far or fast enough to meet climate science.

Whatever the long-term outcome of COP28, we should all remember the incredible power of people coming together to make a difference. As individuals within organisations, we can make the right choice to act on climate and nature. So for our final update of this year, we offer 4 ways to take action into 2024 below??? and a big round of applause to you for taking steps to be a part of the solution.

?? The Compare Your Footprint team wishes you a wonderful festive period.

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4 WAYS TO TAKE ACTION ON?CLIMATE AND NATURE IN 2024

1. ADDRESS YOUR OWN IMPACT!

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?? How to align your organisation to climate science by setting science-based targets

?? Get inspired by the action taken by some of our clients, like Bowmark Capital, Oddbox, J Coffey Group, Solve, and Internet Fusion Grou

2. CAMPAIGN!

Business Declares has been instrumental in campaigning for the UK government to act on climate and nature. They gathered over 300 business leaders to take part in the Queue for Climate and Nature protest in September of this year. Then collected over 2,000 signatures to deliver an Open Letter to No.10 Downing Street. Join Business Declares and their campaigns.

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3. COLLABORATE!

Join an industry association! Here are 3 examples of industries coming together to act on climate:

??Textiles Services Association

The Textile Services Association (TSA) has teamed up with Grain Sustainability and Compare Your Footprint to establish a harmonised approach to help measure, benchmark, and reduce the global industrial laundry sector’s environmental impact.?

?? Market Research Society

Two years ago the Market Research Society (MRS) launched its net-zero pledge initiative which calls on research organisations to report on and reduce their carbon emissions. Compare Your Footprint has been a trusted carbon footprinting partner to the MRS, offering tools and resources to help organisations to meet their pledge.

We took part in their Sustainability Summit this month to discuss the findings of the MRS survey of organisations who signed the pledge. Find out the results and read advice from our expert, Walter Tucker, and others to those struggling to get on the journey.

?? Carbon Accounting Alliance Compare Your Footprint is a Founding Member of the Carbon Accounting Alliance. Since its launch last month, the Alliance has grown to 180+ member organisations across 28 countries worldwide. Software companies like us, consultancies, auditors, and certifying bodies have come together to collaborate on solving challenges faced by our industry, to share best practice, and to promote the development of robust standards.

?4. DARE TO BE DIFFERENT!

Our client and sustainable outdoor clothing brand, Finisterre, dared to be different. They shunned Black Friday for the third year running and swapped discounts for donations that make a difference.

Sustainability Solved's latest Podcast, Raising the Bar: Making Beer More Sustainable, delved into the world of sustainable brewing. Pall Filtration is addressing the tens of millions of tonnes of waste in the brewing process by advancing brewing technology.

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