Greater sustainability demanded at international level
A topic of international importance
Greater sustainability demanded at international level
Many facets of poverty are actually worsening around the globe. This can be seen in part as the expression of a lack of sustainability in efforts to overcome poverty. With a post-2015 development agenda, the international community is aiming to remedy this state of affairs.
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• The gap between poor and rich
• The unstable frameworks for development
• Persisting hunger and malnutrition
• The consequences of climate change and accelerating loss of biodiversity
• Dwindling resources
• Worsening soil degradation around the globe.
All issues closely related to reducing poverty are more topical than ever. The transition to a green economy, as laid out in the outcome document of the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, is a very specific approach with a very specific goal.
Brune Poirson Joins Accor
Brune Poirson to the role of Chief Sustainability Officer.
Brune Poirson will report directly to Sébastien Bazin, Chairman and CEO, and will become a member of the Executive Committee.
Her role will be to define, drive and monitor the commitments, the strategy and the roll-out of the Group’s action plans in terms of sustainable development.
She will also be responsible for the Accor Solidarity Foundation and the ALL Heartists Fund. This appointment will become effective on May 5th, 2021.
Sébastien Bazin, Accor Chairman and CEO declared: “For more than 25 years, Accor has been at the forefront of efforts to address the environmental and human challenges related to the development of travel and tourism. With Brune Poirson’s appointment, I want us to scale up our commitments in terms of environmental protection, give fresh impetus to our efforts to support our local communities and uphold, wherever we operate, our strong beliefs and our actions.
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Four nations make global call for action to curb marine plastics pollution
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Four countries are upping their engagement in the fight against marine litter and plastic pollution by teaming with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) to organize a ministerial conference on preserving the oceans through the sustainable production and consumption of plastics.
Germany, Vietnam, Ecuador, and Ghana are organizing the ministerial conference, to be held in September 2021, in line with a decision made during the first session of the fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) – held virtually between 22 and 23 February – as the push for a common position on marine litter and plastic pollution intensifies among global community members.
UNEP partners with local Korean governments to combat air pollution
The Republic of Korea has recently turned to some high-tech devices in its ongoing fight against air pollution.
Last month, 5G-enabled autonomous robots began rolling through an industrial complex in the country’s south to monitor air quality. This week, thousands of miles above them, a Korean satellite began offering real-time air quality data to the public.
The machines are the latest additions to a state-of-the-art arsenal the country has deployed to fight its notorious air pollution.
Now, a new partnership between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Republic of Korea’s Capital Metropolitan Area, which includes Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi province, will help officials expand their efforts to tackle air pollution and share their best practices with other regions suffering from poor air quality.