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As 2024 winds down, it's the perfect time to pause, reflect and recharge. We've handpicked a few of our favorite reads to fuel your focus for the year ahead. 📖 Discover our top insights from the year: ➡️ https://bit.ly/3VLpaVQ ➡️ https://bit.ly/3VGUogD ➡️ https://bit.ly/3BFzUhF ➡️ https://bit.ly/3VLnJXB ➡️ https://bit.ly/3VIYy7S ➡️ https://bit.ly/3VKAwcJ Here's to a restorative holiday break and an inspiring start to the new year!

🤫 While companies may view greenhushing as a cautious approach to mitigating reputational risk, there are significant drawbacks to keeping quiet on sustainability. In an article for TriplePundit, Quantis' Julia Lyon outlined 6 reasons businesses greenhush — and what to do instead. 🔗 Read her take here: https://bit.ly/3VBdOUj

📣 Major milestone announcement >> The Quantis-supported Fashion Leap for Climate initiative, launched by ABOUT YOU, YOOX NET-A-PORTER and Zalando, is expanding! The fashion industry's shared climate education platform enters a new, exciting chapter in welcoming ASOS.com, Selfridges Group, Boozt and Cascale to the initiative, extending the initiative's invitation to hundreds of brands within its combined portfolio. It's Quantis' long held conviction that cross-industry collaboration is critical to unlocking real sustainability transformation. As such, we're thrilled to see this initiative evolve and grow, with 85% of participants already reporting greater progress towards their target setting and improved knowledge. Designed to support fashion brands to learn how to measure their carbon footprints and set targets in line with climate science, welcoming additional members marks an important next step in the scaling of the program's impact. 🔗 Read the full press release: https://bit.ly/3BtAwXH 🔗 Discover the project scope: https://bit.ly/4gnUouE

2024 was filled with inspiring projects for Quantis teams across diverse industries and geographies. One highlight for our fashion and sporting goods team was a collaboration with British Fashion Council (CFIN) and the materialist. Through this pilot, we supported a circularity initiative aiming to explore giving deadstock a second life. 🔗 Discover more on page 15 of the Circular Fashion Innovation Network Interim Report (below): https://bit.ly/3BxYfGg Congrats to Lara Pizzato, Kate O'Brien, Mireille Faist Emmenegger, Philipp Meister and Emanuela Boem for supporting this industry initiative.

Our chemicals crew is still thinking about the engaging discussions at last month's Sustainable Chemicals Conference & Expo. High on the list was nature — and we conducted a small survey with participants to get a sense for how companies are approaching the topic. 📊 Here's what they said: 🌱 While every participant was at least somewhat aware of the nature topic, with 71% of those working in sustainability claiming to know "a lot" about the topic vs. 14% of the non-sustainability participants). But all in all, 29% said they still don't have a plan in place to address it. 🌍 Climate is still the main focus for respondents, with more than 50% claiming to have a plan in place. 💧 Neither plastic nor water appeared to be on the radars of those who participated. What does this tell us? Though the sample size of our informal was small, participation suggests the chemical industry needs to accelerate the integration of nature into sustainability strategies. Get in touch with our chemicals lead Philipp Meister to get started, and learn more about our work here >> https://bit.ly/3V3W9V4

💡 NEW >> Digitalization is becoming a game-changer for businesses aiming to hit ambitious sustainability targets and keep pace with new regulations. For the fashion and sporting goods industry, the historical challenge of accessing and maintaining high-quality data is becoming easier to address through digital tools. In our latest piece, Quantis' Carole Dubois, Philipp Meister and Stefan Frehland explain how digitalization is helping brands scale and improve environmental footprinting, meet regulatory expectations, accelerate sustainability progress and drive industry-wide collaboration. 🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/3ZJQLcd

💡Employee Spotlight >> Meet Luca Mosca, senior strategist & Fashion+Sporting Goods Lead at Quantis Italy 🇮🇹 We had a chat with Luca about his professional journey, what a day-in-the-life looks like and his advice for others sustainability. See what he had to share below and discover our stories here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3CMT59l #quantisspirit #sustainabilityjobs #careerswithpurpose

🌍 Celebrating World Soil Day with the launch of a groundbreaking report on soil health 🌱 This October, the World Living Soils Forum by Moët Hennessy, co-organized by ChangeNOW, brought together committed actors to tackle one of our planet's most pressing challenges: the health of our soils. This milestone event covered four themes and featured experts, including Quantis sustainability expert Laura TASSO, who joined the session, "Putting Nature on the Balance Sheet." Behind the scenes, Quantis proudly partnered with Moët Hennessy to develop a groundbreaking report on soil — a crucial resource for biodiversity, climate stability, water systems, economic resilience and human health. 📖 This aim of this report is to serve as a compass to navigate the Forum’s key topics and provide actionable insights to accelerate meaningful change at every level. 👉 Dig into the report and take part in the movement to restore soil health: https://bit.ly/3D2UJEc #WorldLivingSoilsForum #LivingSoils #MoetHennessy #ChangeNOW

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📦 New Whitepaper: Is Your Business Ready for the EU’s PPWR? The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) will reshape the future of packaging in the EU. With mandatory targets for recyclability, recycled content and packaging minimization, 80% of existing packaging solutions may need to be redesigned to comply with the new standards. This whitepaper, co-authored by Laura Peano, Quantis’ Global Plastics and Packaging Lead aims to: + Summarize the objectives, targets and approach of the regulation + Offer perspective on potential implications of PPWR for businesses that produce, use and handle packaging + Share practical next steps for businesses to take action We see this as more than a compliance challenge—it’s an opportunity to lead. By redesigning packaging and embedding sustainable practices, businesses can unlock new efficiencies, strengthen customer trust and position themselves as sustainability pioneers. >> Read the whitepaper here: https://bit.ly/3Oz0lIN #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #PPWR #ClimateAction #PackagingInnovation