UN SDG 6 main goal is to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. However, the most recent UN report on Water warned of an approaching global water crisis because of pollution, global warming and overconsumption.

In today’s blog, you'll read about some of ...

The main goals of SDG 7 are to create a world where everyone has access to energy, where the proportion of renewable energy is higher, and where funding and infrastructure are made available to the countries that need it most!

Energy can mean many different things - from the food we put in our bodi...

SDG 5 - Gender Equality

This goal focuses on achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls by promoting equal rights, opportunities, and access to resources. 

The purpose of SDG 5 is to eliminate all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls, promote their acces...

Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) places a huge focus on ensuring inclusive and fair quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all. As we all know, education is a fundamental human right and crucial for personal and societal development, economic growth, and sustainabl...

Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3) aims to ensure good health and well-being at all ages. This includes a commitment to end the increase of AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, and other communicable diseases by 2030. It also aims to achieve universal health coverage and provide access to safe and effec...

The main goal of SDG 2 is to create a world that is completely free from hunger by 2030. The main aims are to completely end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.

The world is currently on the verge of a global food crisis, with millions of people ex...

Poverty definition and types

Poverty is a state in which a person lacks the financial resources and essentials for a certain standard of living. Poverty can have diverse social, economic, and political causes and effects.

When I think about poverty it evokes images of malnourished children, ent...

The benefits of having an electric vehicle

In late 2020 I took the plunge and decided to buy an electric vehicle (EV), why not? Imagine never having to pay for petrol again (what a plus), imagine saving money (another plus) while I am helping the environment (super plus).

I guess what I didn’t know ...

Guilt Free Sustainable Valentine’s Day

 

Whether you are spending the Valentine’s Day with your partner, celebrating Galentine’s day with friends or practicing some self-care for this time of year we have tips and ideas to stay sustainable this Valentine’s Day!! 

Gifts

Bring your love a...

ESG is currently a buzzword that people are either very familiar with or have simply heard about.

The fact is, that ESG is going to become an integral part of how we all do business, particularly on how we report on the sustainable practices of our company in a transparent way.

KALDEWEI is a comp...

“As the Climate Crisis deepens, the financial sector will play a key role.”

Without the financial sector's support, it will become increasingly difficult to bring the required awareness to environmental issues globally. Money talks and money propels action.

Investment is crucial to projects and bu...

Check out our Sustainable Christmas Guide 🌲 from FSG  with tips to get you through the festivities!

With everything going on in the world today, we need the restorative nature of Christmas to return. A time to relax and enjoy the holiday with all of your loved ones.

At FSG we believe that sustaina...

Check out our Sustainable Christmas Guide 🌲 from FSG  with tips to get you through the festivities!

The days are getting shorter, and we are near the mid way mark of December. That means that the festive season is nearly upon us and as the weather turns frostier, we all can’t help but think about t...

The United Nations set a global goal to limit global warming to 2 C (preferably 1.5C) above pre-industrial levels. To achieve such an important target, most of the companies need to be Net Zero in their emissions by 2050. 

What does “Net Zero” really mean? 

To achieve Net Zero, an organisation ...

Every newspaper is talking about the climate summit that is happening from the 6th to the 18th of November in Egypt: the COP 27.  In this post, we will explain to you what is being discussed, and why it is so important. 

🤷‍♀️ What is COP? 

Since 1992, there have been 27 climate summits called “...

Dane Barnard becomes the first qualified Green Manager in the UK 

Dane Barnard, executive chef at Humble Grape - Battersea, has become the first person in the UK to successfully complete a brand-new qualification for Environmental Sustainability Management in Hospitality.  

Fifty Shades Greener (F...

Today, 16th of October, is “World Food Day”. Food is rising in price, but in 2019, Ireland wasted 1.1 million tonnes of food waste, or 55 kg per head.  We are dedicating this post to showing you how to reduce your food waste, save money and buy more sustainable. 

Food waste 

Retain this sentence: ...

We are sure you already know that we are in a climate crisis caused mainly by our GHG emissions. But have you ever heard about Scopes, and more specifically, about Scope 3 emissions? In this post, we explain the basics and the first steps you can take to start measuring and managing them. 

🌱 Wha...

Gone are the days when business was just ‘business’, with economics and essentially ‘making money’ at any cost, taking precedence above all. 

The bottom line was the sole focus of all shareholders, CEOs, chair people and executive managers. It was really that black and white. 

Where was the huma...

How many plastic bottles of water or soft drinks do you purchase every month? Or every week or every year?

There is a lot of talk about reducing plastic as it continues to end up in our oceans and rivers, but there isn’t too much talk about the possible harmful effects that plastic might have on ou...

In today’s world of instability, there are certain parts of our daily lives both personally and in business that we feel we have SOME amount of control over. 

The COVID Climate that still shadows us daily, has reinforced the idea of personal responsibility across the globe and it came down to the s...

Allow us to steal 3 minutes of your time today to show you just how simple it is to reduce your hotel’s carbon footprint and even achieve carbon neutrality. 

Sustainability is a word that is thrown around constantly and in so many scenarios that it becomes an unachievable task and a blurry concept ...

In collaboration with the Confederation of Tourism & Hospitality (CTH), Fifty Shades Greener has created the first Level 4 certificate in environmental sustainability management in hospitality. 

This is the first qualification of its kind to be regulated as an official qualification on the Ofqual f...

Do you own or run a Hospitality Business? And do you know how much money are you putting in the bin? 

There is a staggering statistic that 70% of the Food Waste produced by Hotels and Restaurants is actually avoidable. While we are putting food in the bin there are millions of people starving in ot...