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Earth Month 2023: Building better futures. Together.

The time to act is now.

Beyond World Earth Day, we have an incredible opportunity—all 415,000 of us across Deloitte and beyond—to help shape the world we live in and the environment we leave to future generations.

We believe it’s crucial to devote time, energy, and resources to the increasing environmental crisis we face as a global community. Our WorldClimate strategy drives responsible climate choices within our organisation and beyond.

Deloitte will celebrate Earth Month 2023 with a month-long global campaign featuring livestream events for Deloitte people and clients, thought leadership, and internal activities.

Nature and Biodiversity

Our ecosystems are directly impacted by climate change. If we make progress on climate change but ignore biodiversity, environmental challenges will likely remain. To help preserve our sustainable future, we should understand how living species coexist with the water, atmospheric, and other systems on our planet, and help protect and restore natural ecosystems.

Decarbonisation

Our world has been powered by fossil fuels for decades – with historically few clean, electric options. However, choosing renewable energy, home electrification, or electric transportation options can help reduce emissions and limit climate change.

Circular Economy

Most products are produced, used, and discarded in a linear fashion with a permanent end. How can we transition into a more efficient and thoughtful way of consumption? Embracing circular economy principles extends the life of products, reducing waste, and increasing reusability. It’s time to help create a world without waste.

Earth Month 2023 event schedule

Join Deloitte Global Sustainability & Climate practice leaders for a series of livestream events exploring current trends driving the sustainability conversation.

Global livestream event presented by Deloitte

Join a diverse set of cross-sector climate champions such as climate justice advocates, circular fashion heroes, and executive leaders in sustainability to explore how the concepts of empowerment and circularity can inspire climate action beyond the world of business.

  • Our multi-session virtual event will explore:
    • Sustainable style and how circular fashion is changing the fashion industry
    • How businesses are working together to impact the climate
    • The role of biodiversity in coming together for a greener tomorrow
    • How the sports sector is impacting the environment

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Featured Speakers:

Jennifer Steinmann, Deloitte Global Sustainability & Climate Practice Leader; Katie Brill, Spokesperson, Junk Kouture; Dr. Susan Chomba, Director of Vital Landscapes for Africa, World Resources Institute; Georgina Grenon, Director Environmental Excellence, Paris 2024 International Olympic Committee; Ty Hunter, Principal TyTryOne, LLC (and Beyonce's former stylist) and Michal Nachmany, Founder & CEO, Climate Policy Radar.

While climate action is a critical aspect of good governance for many organisations, we should use this momentum to bring the same sentiment to integrating nature into business practises and explore how businesses can support wildlife and biodiversity protection and the transition to a nature-positive future. During this session, panelists will discuss:

  • The role of nature in achieving net-zero emissions targets and lessons from both COP27 and COP15
  • The business case for action on nature and how the C-suite and the board can put nature on their agenda while addressing this matter with suppliers, employees, and other stakeholders
  • How business leaders can better value nature and biodiversity in their decision-making and the Accounting for Nature® Framework

The scale and scope of disruption over the past few years has prompted organisations to give more consideration to their supply chain strategies. Currently, many organisations typically evaluate the sustainability and resilience of their supply chain as two independent factors, but in order to help enhance and reinforce client-supplier relationships and comply with evolving regulations, organisations should take a longer-term view.

During this conversation, we will explore:

  • How organisations can benefit from integrating both sustainability and resilience into their supply chains; and
  • How leveraging technology and data can help organisations improve transparency, traceability, and trackability

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Climate insights

Join our #iAct movement.

From the food we consume to what we buy and how we travel, the choices we make have an impact. Take the climate impact quiz to learn more about these impacts and the actions you can take to live more sustainably.

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The Global Circularity Gap

 

Embracing circular economy principles can help relieve planetary pressures and advance climate goals. We can transform how materials satisfy our needs by using less, using longer, using again, and using regenerative resources. Find out how to accelerate circularity in four high impact value.

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WEF The Chairperson’s Guide to Valuing Nature – in collaboration with Deloitte

Nature is the foundation of human existence. Although businesses depend on nature for all activities, they undervalue and neglect it as an asset, leading to poor business decisions with respect to the natural world. This guide explores these risks and opportunities and outlines key steps to help chairpersons incorporate nature as core to business strategy.

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Indigenous leadership is the key to unlocking value in nature-based solutions

 

Embedding traditional ecological knowledge and empowering Indigenous peoples as co-investment leaders is key for long-term health of nature. A new report lays out a set of principles to teach investors how to engage Indigenous peoples in conservation and restoration of landscapes.

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