The coronavirus pandemic may have infused the world with uncertainty, but one thing remains clear: the climate crisis is not going away. With that in mind, global media company Condé Nast, publisher of Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Wired, and others, has recently committed to becoming carbon-neutral by 2030.
According to Condé Nast’s own sustainability assessment, 92% of the company’s greenhouse gas emissions arose from its supply chain. If the company continues to chip away at about 10% of those supply-chain emissions every year, it believes it can hit its carbon-neutral goal by 2030.
What’s particularly praiseworthy about the company’s sustainability goals is that it goes beyond the targets set out in a 2018 IPCC report, which suggested emissions need to be at net-zero by 2050 to limit global warming to 1.5° Celsius.
In addition to the 10% supply-chain pledge, the publisher has set an initial target of 20% in corporate emissions by the end of 2021. It will also work with suppliers to transition to more sustainable materials, with a commitment to use 100% sustainably-sourced paper by the end of 2021.
Condé Nast has also launched a new sustainable fashion glossary, which will act as a new resource to help outline the fashion industry’s role in combatting the climate emergency and showcasing new examples of sustainable fashion.
