Global Sustainability Calendar for 2024
2024 has arrived, and with it, plenty of chances to learn, get involved, and work together to create a greener world.
Let's dive into the major environmental awareness days and key climate-related events to look out for this year. Use this calendar to understand the significance of each day, plan marketing campaigns, inspire change and more.
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Lauren Savant
A Guide to Sustainable Christmas Gifts
So, here we are in October, and guess what? The holiday season is lurking just around the corner! If the mere thought of finding the perfect Christmas gift has you feeling frazzled, don't worry, you're not alone. But don’t panic (yet): because we're here to sprinkle a little early festive cheer and take the stress out of your holiday gifting endeavours. This year let's make Santa proud and go green with some sustainable corporate Christmas gifts!
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Lauren Savant
Forestmatic and Globhe Join Forces to Revolutionize Forest Ecosystem Restoration Through Innovative Partnership
Forestmatic, a pioneering tech startup in the field of reforestation & digital monitoring, reporting and verification (dMRV) is excited to announce a strategic partnership with Globhe, a leading force in drone technology for social and environmental good.
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Lauren Savant
Forestmatic Completes the Google Startups for Sustainable Development 2023 Impact Measurement Program
Businesses are increasingly acknowledging their role in shaping a sustainable future, and Forestmatic is no exception, continuing to lead by example by successfully completing the Google Startups for Sustainable Development 2023 Impact Measurement Program. This milestone not only underscores Forestmatic’s commitment but also highlights the growing emphasis on data-driven sustainability strategies in the corporate landscape.
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Lauren Savant
Introducing Forestmatic Drone Monitoring as Proof of Survival
Focused on monitoring the effects of tree planting and forest ecosystem restoration, Forestmatic is empowering users with unprecedented access to visual data and a remarkable user experience, adding yet another layer of transparency and engagement to its offerings... Drone recordings as proof-of-survival!
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Mattia Curmà
Why Your Hotel Should Be Planting Trees
At Forestmatic, we strive to find the balance between business growth, customer satisfaction, and environmental responsibility. We understand that hospitality leaders often face challenges in achieving this delicate equilibrium.
Today, let’s explore the reasons why incorporating tree-planting initiatives can strategically enhance your hotel's sustainability efforts.
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Mattia Curmà
A Guide to Spain's Regulation on Carbon Footprint Registration, Offsetting, and CO2 Absorption Projects
The Forestmatic team is constantly working towards understanding the regulatory frames that surround our shared goal of improving the environment. Today, we delve into the Spanish Regulation on Carbon Footprint Registration, Offsetting, and CO2 Absorption Projects.
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Mattia Curmà
The Role of Tree Tracking in Ecosystem Restoration
Forest conservation and sustainable management are critical to the health of our planet and its inhabitants. As an actor of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, Forestmatic is dedicated to promoting responsible ecosystem restoration practices that prioritise the well-being of both the environment and local communities. One of the ways we do this is through our innovative tree-tracking process.
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Mattia Curmà
Forestmatic recognized by United Nations for Ecosystem Restoration initiatives
It is a great honor to announce that Forestmatic is now an officially recognized “Actor” in the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration. There has never been a more urgent need to revive damaged ecosystems than now. The healthier our ecosystems are, the healthier the planet - and its inhabitants.
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Mattia Curmà
Forestmatic selected as Technology for the Public Interest by X4Impact
We are delighted to announce that thanks to our work at Forestmatic we have been selected as Technology for Public Interest (Tech4PI) by X4impact, the leading data insights, research, and advisory services company for social innovation in the USA.
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Lauren Savant
Do It Yourself (DIY) Sustainable Living: Zero Waste Households
They say the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. Not enough people did. So today, our mission can only be to shape a sustainable, greener future. Demanding changes, asking for solutions. There’s always a moment in time when complaining simply isn’t going to be enough. To make changes happen we need people, actions, objectives, facts.
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Mattia Curmà
Do It Yourself (DIY) Sustainable Living: Plastic Alternatives
Whether you like it or not, the great problem we have with plastic is a very simple factor: its tremendous success. And the explanation is as simple as it gets. It is convenient. Plastic is a durable, versatile, flexible, long-lasting, and cheap material. Which makes it the first go-to material to design and produce general use tools.
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Mattia Curmà
Do It Yourself (DIY) Sustainable Living: Energy Saving
More and more corporations and businesses are starting to acknowledge their responsibility and are on the way to enact change. But what about consumers? How can they start to mitigate their impact on the planet? In this series of Do It Yourself Sustainable Living articles, you will find easy-to-adopt tips you can start adapting to your daily routine to decrease your carbon footprint.
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Mattia Curmà
Do It Yourself (DIY) Sustainable Living: Reuse Items destined for the Bin
If there’s something we know about restoring and protecting the environment, is that we can’t just sit around waiting for things to happen. We can’t wait for policy makers to acknowledge the problem; we can’t wait for NGOs around the world to take action; we can’t wait for businesses to create sustainable development conditions.
We must create them. We must act. We are the ones who need to make it happen.
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Mattia Curmà
How Businesses & Brands Can Reduce Their Carbon Footprint
According to Nasa, the industrial activities that our modern civilization depends upon have raised atmospheric carbon dioxide levels from 280 parts per million to 414 parts per million in the last 150 years. And guess what? Businesses – no matter how big nor small - can really influence this result. By simply altering the way they...
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Mattia Curmà
Climate Change & Sustainability in Numbers
Restoring our planet is no easy task. Policymakers are struggling to maintain a balance between their growth objectives and ecosystem preservation efforts. The Paris Agreement, the latest international agreement that came into action in 2015, outlines sustainability goals spearheaded by the United Nations on Climate Change. It’s a great starting point, but...
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Mattia Curmà
Let’s talk Greenhouse Gases (GHG)
We figured out that in order to fight climate change, we first need to understand what we’re talking about. Luckily, organisations such as The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) were set up by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment to provide an objective source of scientific information on the topic.
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Mattia Curmà
Climate Change: it’s all cool until it’s not
If you are reading this, you are probably concerned for the future of our planet. If so, we feel you, and so do we. We all love our planet, we all understand the importance of preserving our ecosystem, of reducing gas emissions. Due to human practices, the combined land and ocean temperature has increased at an average rate of 0.07°C per decade.
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Mattia Curmà
