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Mario de Vries
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Advertisements for fossil products, such as transport using fossil fuels (SAS in this case), intentionally boost sales for fossil fuel products which increase greenhouse gas emissions. On a rapidly heating planet, advertisement for even more emissions is simply immoral. Please review your practice Clear Channel, this includes advertising meat consumption causing deforestation and methane emissions. (you state to wish for a better society on your own billboards).
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Mario de Vries
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I was really moved when seeing this commercial by Norwegian Postal Services 'Posten'. It makes even more sense in a country where we consume about 4 times of what the planet could possibly support, if everyone would like the same lifestyle as Norwegians. Meaning we would need 4 planets. https://youtu.be/cRM5PpsAH4g
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Mario de Vries
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Each and every email we send, and store on a server, needs a tiny bit of energy. One spam email, depending on its size, costs about 0.03g of CO₂ in sending and hosting. Almost all of the 120 000 000 000 000 spam emails sent daily, will end up directly in a spamfolder and will never be looked at. By introducing a tax on spam emails, we could save millions of tons of CO₂ per year on wasted energy.
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Mario de Vries
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Every steak needs approximately 3500L of water to 'produce'. Every cow belches about 100kg of methane per year (one of the most potent greenhouse gasses). A cow needs almost 4000kg of food per year. There's about 1.4 billion (1,400,000,000) cows kept globally. The moral repulsion set aside, the bio industry is a massive contributor to the unfolding global climate disaster. So why do we still advertise it?
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Mario de Vries
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In order to inspire customers to invest their money with a green conscience, Nordnet offers several funds with exposure to sustainable companies. However, after a bit of digging it shows some of these funds have exposure to companies operating landfills and gascompanies. In my opinion this is not only misleading, it's also a mendacious practice which doesn't match the zeitgeist. I would really like Nordnet to seriously review their fund caterogies and adjust their communication accordingly.
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Mario de Vries
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'In our new advertising campaign, we take a clear stand against what we believe to be outdated attitudes. At Storebrand, we believe those who solve tomorrow's challenges are also tomorrow's winners. That's why we're taking a hit to invest in the solutions of the future!' Have a look at the campaign here (sorry, it's in Norwegian): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN1w5XpN4-Y&t=1s
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Mario de Vries
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I'm really enthousiastic about Swedish start-up Urb-it and I think they deserve some climate love on the We don't have time platform. I really hope they'll make it to Oslo at some point. What they say about themselves: Our customer-centric last mile delivery services are conducted by our couriers on foot, bike and our e-cargo fleet. This reduces noise pollution, air pollution and congestion - creating healthier communities. The way we deliver means we are more reliable and efficient than traditional methods in last mile deliveries, as we move through urban areas quicker. We deliver urban logistics services that create a positive impact on society & the environment.
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Mario de Vries
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Livestock is estimated to be responsible for around 14% of global greenhouse gas emissions and a direct link to deforestation, it seems in popular terms a low-hanging fruit to sharply reduce the demand for leather products in order to reduce methane emissions and deforestation. As I am working in the home furnishing industry, I am very much looking forward to see furniture manufacturers following Volvo’s example in banning leather from their products. Therefore I would like to challenge iconic furniture brand Vitra to take the lead in making the furniture industry leather free!
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Mario de Vries
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Methane leakages happen during extraction and transportation of gas. Methane is a so called super greenhouse gas, which serves as a turbo on climate change. Companies such as Gazprom need to shape up in the maintenance of their gas infrastructure in order to bring methane leakages to a minimum.
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Mario de Vries
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I remember the highly effective Montréal Protocol in which CFK gasses in refrigerators and spray cans where largely banned. I guess now it's time to ban all laundry machines that come without a PlanetCare microfiber filter from the European market in order to reduce the amount microplastics in ecosystems.
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Mario de Vries
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One simply can't set aside a court ruling. A reduction in emissions of 45% before 2030 is not realistic according to c.e.o. Ben van Beurden. I think it's not realistic to further postpone significant efforts to lower CO2 emissions. https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theguardian.com/business/2021/jul/29/shell-raises-dividend-soaring-oil-prices
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Mario de Vries
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Since the entire planet is under threat, I think it deserves a special status as world heritage by UNESCO. The obligation we all have to take care of our own surroundings needs to be explicitly expressed and enforced.
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Mario de Vries
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The climate should not be the subject of geopolitical or economical power-moves nor do these sort of statements fit the current zeitgeist. It's not in line with where the world needs to go. Besides, one could argue it's not in line with the Koran either. Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-07-22/saudi-prince-abdulaziz-bin-salman-seeks-to-tame-oil-prices-opec-russia
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Mario de Vries
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Through Plastic Soup Foundation: Much of the plastic sold in the Netherlands originate from Chemelot, the largest industrial complex in the country. According to the company, sustainability is a high priority. For example, since last year, the company has been participating in Operation Clean Sweep, a worldwide program to eliminate plastic granules and litter from the environment. So from raw material suppliers to products, transporters, and recyclers. That all sounds wonderful, but meanwhile, last year, Chemelot applied for and received a permit to discharge residual waste streams into the Maas for seven years. The permit application acknowledges that (in addition to numerous other substances) these residual streams also contain 468 μg/l of polymers (microplastics). This amounts to a discharge of at least 14,040 kg per year of minuscule particles of plastic. These particles have been floating around in an industrial water treatment plant where they have come into direct contact with dangerous chemicals and can absorb them. Moreover, it is recognized that the effect of these polymers on the ecology in surface water and on drinking water production from the Maas is not yet sufficiently clear: “(Micro and Nanoplastics) hardly break down in the environment and are often poorly to very poorly water-soluble. The generic policy for this group of substances is aimed at prevention… Due to their physical characteristics, microplastics can negatively influence specific functions in aquatic organisms, such as respiration, movement, or food intake. Furthermore, they can have toxic effects, especially through additives present in microplastics or through chemicals that are adsorbed by microplastics in the (aquatic) environment,” according to the permit. Therefore, Chemelot is required to investigate these effects. However, they do not have to return with a report until January 2024. “So for the coming 2.5 years, the chemical industrial complex may continue to discharge plastic compounds into our (drinking) water undisturbed, with strong suspicions about their harmfulness to humans and the environment. That is the world upside down,” says Maria Westerbos, director of Plastic Soup Foundation. That is why Plastic Soup Foundation is making an urgent request to Chemelot to respond to this statement about the dumping and is also taking exploratory steps to see what can be done about it.
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Mario de Vries
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I still hear every now and then that certain measures to tackle climate change are considered too expensive. I suddenly got curious about the following: What would be the monthly insurance premium I would have to pay as an individual to insure myself against human extinction? I think it would be really cool if big insurance companies such as you AXA would give a quotation on that. The amount you come up with would then serve as a benchmark for the G20 (20 biggest economies) to spend a certain percentage globally on behalf of every human individual for preventing exactly that (by limiting climate change and restoring eco-systems etc). We basically put a value on human life on earth, which could serve as an extra motivation for politicians and captains of industry to really use this momentum to write history!
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Mario de Vries
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I had an idea the other day. What would be the monthly insurance premium I would have to pay as an individual to insure myself against human extinction? I think it would be really cool if big insurance companies such as AXA or Allianz would give a quotation on that. That amount would then serve as a benchmark to spend a certain percentage globally on behalf of every human for preventing exactly that (by limiting climate change and restoring eco-systems etc). Let's get their attention: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mario-d-3759679_insurance-lifeassurance-environment-activity-6819297739537436672-E4CD
Mario de Vries
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Is everyone ready for the launch of #jointhecountdown today? Live on YouTube this morning/afternoon (wherever you are)! https://youtu.be/osy5qtx9R4M
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