Sustainability Report 2020

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If
not
us,
who?

The task we are facing could not be more of a challenge. Our economy and society require ecological modernization. And time is running out. This decade will be crucial. So we have no choice: We must make the years ahead the “roaring twenties” of sustainability and transformation.

The future is in our hands!

A tipping point...

IS COMING.

A tipping point...

IS COMING.

1,170

gigatonnes of CO2

24

years

THIS HAS JUST GOT...

TO STOP.

THIS HAS JUST GOT...

TO STOP.

8,000,000

tonnes of plastic end up in our oceans each year.

1

truckload every 60 seconds

WE’RE STRIPPING
THE LIFE...

FROM OUR PLANET.

WE’RE STRIPPING THE LIFE...

FROM OUR PLANET.

5

species go extinct every hour.

1,000,000

plant and animal species are at risk of extinction.

AND WE’RE REAPING...

what we sow.

AND WE’RE REAPING...

what we sow.

10 billion

people

50%

reduction in food waste will generate net emissions reduction of 20-30 percent of total food-sourced greenhouse gas emissions.

IT’S TIME TO REDRESS...

THE BALANCE.

IT’S TIME TO REDRESS...

THE BALANCE.

1%

of the richest people own 44 percent of the world’s wealth.

$1.9

is what more than 700 million people in the world have at their disposal per day. They thus live in extreme poverty.

foreword

"It´s in our hands."

The task we are facing could not be more of a challenge. Our economy and society require ecological modernization.

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