The images below show projected future sea levels at various locations around the world due to human-caused global warming under two different scenarios. Climate and energy choices in the coming few decades could set the destination, but the timing of rise is more difficult to project: these sea levels may take hundreds of years to be fully realized.
Which Future will you Choose?
The images below show projected future sea levels at various locations around the world due to human-caused global warming under two different scenarios. Climate and energy choices in the coming few decades could set the destination, but the timing of rise is more difficult to project: these sea levels may take hundreds of years to be fully realized.
Imagine Using the Power of a Name to Inspire Your Next Project
NASA has renamed its headquarters after its first black female engineer, Mary Jackson, whose work contributed to America’s early space programs.
She achieved success in the face of racial discrimination, despite black employees being forced to use different canteens and bathrooms. When Jackson applied for engineering training, she needed permission to take classes with her white peers. She went on to gain NASA’s highest engineering title in 1979. In 2019, NASA renamed its address to Hidden Figures Way, following a movie of the same name, which tells Jackson’s story.
What part of your business or brand could you rename to honor a person or cause? It’s the quickest way to appeal to the next generation of customers looking for brands with broader social meaning.
Imagine Using the Power of a Name to Inspire Your Next Project
NASA has renamed its headquarters after its first black female engineer, Mary Jackson, whose work contributed to America’s early space programs.
She achieved success in the face of racial discrimination, despite black employees being forced to use different canteens and bathrooms. When Jackson applied for engineering training, she needed permission to take classes with her white peers. She went on to gain NASA’s highest engineering title in 1979. In 2019, NASA renamed its address to Hidden Figures Way, following a movie of the same name, which tells Jackson’s story.
What part of your business or brand could you rename to honor a person or cause? It’s the quickest way to appeal to the next generation of customers looking for brands with broader social meaning.
Imagine Working with Nature Instead of Trying to Dominate It
Singapore has an innovative way of putting nature at the heart of construction that can make us happier, healthier and closer to the natural world.
It’s called biophilic design, and it replaces walls, windows, columns, signs and neon, with leaves, bark, birds and insects. Khoo Teck Puat Hospital is the most biophilic hospital in Asia with more than 700 species of native plants growing on the site. Users feel a greater sense of calm with lower stress levels, and patients take fewer strong doses of painkillers.
“As humans we evolved in nature, surrounded by the natural world,” says Richard Hassell, cofounder of WOHA, an architectural firm that focuses on the integration of the environment at every stage of design. If you feel helpless watching the destruction of natural resources on a grand scale, think of what you can change — properties and land that you control.
Imagine Working with Nature Instead of Trying to Dominate It
Singapore has an innovative way of putting nature at the heart of construction that can make us happier, healthier and closer to the natural world.
It’s called biophilic design, and it replaces walls, windows, columns, signs and neon, with leaves, bark, birds and insects. Khoo Teck Puat Hospital is the most biophilic hospital in Asia with more than 700 species of native plants growing on the site. Users feel a greater sense of calm with lower stress levels, and patients take fewer strong doses of painkillers.
“As humans we evolved in nature, surrounded by the natural world,” says Richard Hassell, cofounder of WOHA, an architectural firm that focuses on the integration of the environment at every stage of design. If you feel helpless watching the destruction of natural resources on a grand scale, think of what you can change — properties and land that you control.
Imagine Putting a Bunch of Kids on Your Advisory Board
Have you noticed how many young people have been pushing for change this past year? Maybe it’s time to start listening.
They are the consumers, customers, and business owners of the future, and they’re giving us clues today about the business opportunities of tomorrow. “Young people are now coming to discussions as contributors and not just listeners,” says Vladislav Kaim, a youth advisor to the U.N. secretary-general, “and they are asking tough questions.”
There is a heightened awareness of environmental and social issues among today’s youth that will translate into the next few decades’ consumer markets. Late last year, a statement was negotiated by youth from more than 140 countries during an online “Mock COP,” held instead of 2020 U.N. climate talks. The statement was presented to the respective governments of the participants. “We have things to propose… and we are here to stay,” says Kaim from Moldova. Inviting young people to sit on your company advisory board may just be the best investment you ever make.
Imagine Putting a Bunch of Kids on Your Advisory Board
Have you noticed how many young people have been pushing for change this past year? Maybe it’s time to start listening.
They are the consumers, customers, and business owners of the future, and they’re giving us clues today about the business opportunities of tomorrow. “Young people are now coming to discussions as contributors and not just listeners,” says Vladislav Kaim, a youth advisor to the U.N. secretary-general, “and they are asking tough questions.”
There is a heightened awareness of environmental and social issues among today’s youth that will translate into the next few decades’ consumer markets. Late last year, a statement was negotiated by youth from more than 140 countries during an online “Mock COP,” held instead of 2020 U.N. climate talks. The statement was presented to the respective governments of the participants. “We have things to propose… and we are here to stay,” says Kaim from Moldova. Inviting young people to sit on your company advisory board may just be the best investment you ever make.
PUMA Thinks Inside the Box
Sports company PUMA has introduced a new shoebox design which will save 2800 tonnes of cardboard every year, as part of its sustainability strategy to make a positive environmental impact across its product range.
The new shoeboxes, which have been rolled out in 2021, are just one element of PUMA’s commitment to make its retail supplies more sustainable. By 2023, the company will also no longer use plastic bags in its stores and will also switch other retail supplies, such as hangers and shoe trees, to more sustainable alternatives.
“If we consider that it takes about 12 trees to make a tonne of cardboard, we are saving 33,600 trees every year. That is more than the number of trees in Central Park in New York,” said Stefan Seidel, Head of Corporate Sustainability at PUMA. “Such initiatives, which are part of our 10FOR25 Sustainability Strategy, help us make a positive impact at scale.”
The new shoeboxes are just as sturdy as their predecessors and are made of more than 95 % recycled cardboard.
Earlier this year, PUMA announced a partnership with not-for-profit environmental organization Canopy and said it would source all of its cardboard and paper packaging from recycled or certified sources to ensure they are not derived from the world’s most integral forests.
PUMA’s 10FOR25 targets cover a wide range of sustainability topics including Climate Action, Human Rights, Circularity as well as Plastics and the Ocean. The targets are aligned with the United Nations Sustainable development goals and ensure that PUMA works on making its core business more sustainable.
PUMA Thinks Inside the Box
Sports company PUMA has introduced a new shoebox design which will save 2800 tonnes of cardboard every year, as part of its sustainability strategy to make a positive environmental impact across its product range.
The new shoeboxes, which have been rolled out in 2021, are just one element of PUMA’s commitment to make its retail supplies more sustainable. By 2023, the company will also no longer use plastic bags in its stores and will also switch other retail supplies, such as hangers and shoe trees, to more sustainable alternatives.
“If we consider that it takes about 12 trees to make a tonne of cardboard, we are saving 33,600 trees every year. That is more than the number of trees in Central Park in New York,” said Stefan Seidel, Head of Corporate Sustainability at PUMA. “Such initiatives, which are part of our 10FOR25 Sustainability Strategy, help us make a positive impact at scale.”
The new shoeboxes are just as sturdy as their predecessors and are made of more than 95 % recycled cardboard.
Earlier this year, PUMA announced a partnership with not-for-profit environmental organization Canopy and said it would source all of its cardboard and paper packaging from recycled or certified sources to ensure they are not derived from the world’s most integral forests.
PUMA’s 10FOR25 targets cover a wide range of sustainability topics including Climate Action, Human Rights, Circularity as well as Plastics and the Ocean. The targets are aligned with the United Nations Sustainable development goals and ensure that PUMA works on making its core business more sustainable.