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Our blog provides you with the latest updates and news in sustainability. Our experts discuss how to optimize sustainability performance from reducing carbon footprint, waste management, and more.

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How can organizations help to #movethedate of Earth Overshoot Day? >

Earth Overshoot Day is an annual reminder of the amount of natural resources that we consume but also how everyone has an opportunity to address this and help accelerate progress towards a sustainable world.

The future of sustainable fashion >

BSI partnered with the University of Glasgow to hold a 'Future of Sustainable Fashion Symposium'. The event, initiated by Dr Lynn Wilson, Professor Deirdre Shaw, and Dr Katherine Duffy from the Adam Smith Business School at UofG, brought together 60 industry experts to examine how standards might catalyse global change in the fashion sector.

World environment day >

Since 1973, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has hosted World Environment Day, an annual international celebration for the environment. In its 50th year, for 2023 the UNEP is promoting a global call to action to beat plastic pollution.

Achieving Biodiversity Net Gain >

Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is the term used to mean that biodiversity is measurably better off as a result of a development project compared to the pre-development state. There are many opportunities to restore biodiversity and businesses and local councils can play a leading role. One way is for development projects to achieve Biodiversity Net Gain.

april 17 2023

How can organizations invest in the planet through their sustainability strategies? >

Earth Day, an annual international celebration that raises awareness of the need to protect natural resources for future generations, reminds us that now is the time to invest in our planet.

Shifting gear to sustainability in motor sport >

When BSI presented the Aston Martin F1 team with its certificate to ISO 14001 Environmental Management System, it marked the organization’s first step to net zero. Here Matt Page, Managing Director of UK&I Assurance at BSI, shares the insights of the day and why it heralds the start of a new era of sustainability in motor sport.