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Up to 80% of a hotel's CO2 footprint is attributable to the supply chain. Besides concrete, steel and glass, the CO2 impact of interior design is massive. The US company MindClick analyses interior furnishings, translates data into information and helps owners, operators, architects, designers and suppliers to meet sustainability reporting requirements. Founder & CEO JoAnna Abrams explains the concept she plans to enroll in Europe soon.
The "Golden Vulture" has once again singled out Nestlé as an example of greenwashing. The EU initiative aims to put a complete stop to this by 2026. Environmental organisation Deutsche Umwelthilfe has once again denounced brazen environmental lies.
The capital city of Denmark launches "CopenPay" - for locals and tourists. The original initiative rewards climate-friendly actions in everyday life and on holiday, e.g. travelling by train or grass skiing.
How can greenwashing and greenlushing be avoided? How serious are holidaymakers about green tourism? At any rate, flying on holiday remains a sustainable challenge. Searching for the truth at a new Sustainable Tourism Summit.
Biodiversity is everyone's business. The EU has now adopted the long-controversial renaturation law. Scientists show how biodiversity can be assessed on this basis.
Implementing an ESG strategy is both a puzzle and a marathon at once. What sustainable measures can be implemented? Premier Inn/Whitbread, Pandox, Arabella Hospitality and Place Value - four very different companies - open up about their challenges. This primarily includes the stakeholders. A snapshot.
Saving the world on the fly? Difficult. But with a smart culinary identity design and plant-based cuisine, something could be achieved already. This is the belief of Antje de Vries and Friederike Bothe, who spread green thoughts throughout the world with their newly founded Culinary Identity Agency (CIA), showing creativity and an infectious sense of mission.
Last week's update of the Climate Protection Act (KSG) in Germany cancels out sector targets and distributes responsibility for CO2 reductions to the entire federal government. Critics complain this as a "watering down of climate protection targets". The building sector is in the clear as it will no longer be held separately accountable.
Who knows the term anastrophe? Only very few. But everybody knows catastrophe and we are waiting anxiously for the next one to happen. It would be better to be on the lookout for the next anastrophe – the turn for the better. Anne Schüller's book "Zukunft meistern" (master the future, in German language only) gives the red card to progress stallers and mental couch potatoes. The author knows from her time at Accor, how the industry works.
Every year, countless tonnes of concrete are produced from demolished buildings. Recycling this is an important step. But a Swiss company has come up with an idea to help the climate even more.