Sustainability Week Kit: train your teams on sustainability

Sustainability Week Kit

You can only solve what you understand!

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This section is dedicated to several useful tools to train yourselves & your colleagues or teams on sustainability topics. For each topic we have selected:

‍Videos to watch. They are short and go straight to the point, making them ideal to watch during a lunch break, a zoom relax-time all together or during free times whenever you want.

‍Articles to read to better grasp the problem.

‍Workshops & Activities to engage your colleagues.‍

Quick-win Actions to implement in your company. Quick-wins may not have a huge overall impact but are easy steps to implement to show results and win colleagues' support for further impactful steps.

Topic: Climate Crisis & Singapore

Understand the why & how of Climate change, the impact on Singapore, what actions are taken and the importance to act NOW as an individual and as part of a company.

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‍Videos:

‍Our Planet, our Business - Documentary by WWF (38 min.)‍
Why it matters – S2E8: Killer Heat - Documentary by CNA - Why it matters (46 min.)
Setting the Stage, Climate Solutions 101 - Video by The Drawdown Project (14 min.)‍
Stopping Climate Change, Climate Solutions 101 - Video by The Drawdown Project (17 min.)‍‍‍‍
SG Green Plan2030 - Video by the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (15 min.)

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‍Articles:

Climate change - why it is important to take action - The Matcha Initiative Resource‍
SG Green Plan 2030 - The Matcha Initiative Resource
Why Singapore is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the world - CNA Insider

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‍Workshops & Activities:

Climate conversations - Contact point: Rajul
Climate Fresk - Contact point: Thibaut Meurgue ‍
Talks, Susgain - Contact point: Carolin Barr

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‍Quick-win Actions to implement in your company:

Organise a Sustainability Challenge, Susgain - Contact point: Carolin Barr

Download Kit on Climate Crisis

Topic: Waste

Understand the waste problem, Singapore specificities and its Waste Management System.

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‍Videos:

‍Green Heroes Part 1 - Vision for Zero Waste - Video by Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (3 min.)
An intro guide to recycling in Singapore - by Journey to ZeroWaste Life Singapore (5 min.)
What happens to the trash you toss into the recycling bin? - Video by CNA (4 min.)
Trash Talk: No time to waste in dealing with Singapore’s mounting trash problem (Semakau Island) - Video by TodayOnline (3 min.)

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‍Articles:

Overview of waste Management in Singapore - The Matcha Initiative Resource article
Singapore Zero Waste Masterplan - The Matcha Initiative Resource article

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‍Workshops & Activities:

‍Beach Cleanups, Green Nudge - Contact point: Heng Li Seng‍
Talk, Zero Waste City - Contact point: Remi Cesaro‍
Talks & Workshops, Green Nudge - Contact point: Heng Li Seng
‍Talk & Workshops, ZeroWaste SG - Contact point: Jasmine
Ocean Plastic - recycling workshop, Ayer Ayer - Contact point: Ernest Goh

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‍Quick-win Actions to implement in your company:

Download Kit on Waste

Topic: Digital Footprint & e-waste

Understand what our digital footprint is, how to decrease it, how & where to properly discharge e-waste.

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‍Videos:

What is Digital Footprint & How to recycle your electronic equipement? - Video by The Matcha Initiative (2min.30)
Greening the Net - Documentary by CNA Insider (46 min.)‍
E-waste recycling in Singapore - Video by National Environment Agency (4min.)‍
Green Heroes Part 2 - E-Waste Recycling - Video by Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (3 min.)

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‍Articles:

Seven top tips to start reducing the carbon footprint of your emails - eco age
The Price of Recycling Old Laptops: Toxic Fumes in Thailand’s Lungs - The New York Times

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‍Workshops & Activities:

‍Digital Collage - Contact point: Thibaut Meurgue
Talk about Green IT - Contact point: Thibaut Meurgue

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‍Quick-win Actions to implement in your company:

‍Share tips to reduce digital footprint with your team - The Matcha Initiative‍
Give old but useful computers to a charity, Re-PC or Engineering Good - Contact point: Re-PC, Engineering Good
‍Organise an e-waste collection - Contact point: Andrew Tay

Download Kit on Digital Footprint

Topic: Fashion & Sustainability

10% of the world's GHG emissions come from the fashion industry. Understanding how our fashion choices could be contributing

to climate change, and what we can do to reverse this, is therefore of utmost importance.

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Want to host a sustainable week on the subject? We have prepared a comprehensive guide to introduce the problems and solutions, with a daily agenda for you to conduct your very own sustainable fashion week! Dowload the Guide or choose from the "a la carte" menu below!

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Videos:

Singaporeans Embrace Clothes Swapping To Combat Fashion Waste - Video by SCMP (3min.) "Illustrates an alternative to fast fashion"
The True Cost of Fast Fashion - Video by The Economist (7min.) “Short & comprehensive on how fast fashion is tackled”
Unravel - Short documentary by Aeon Video (13 min.) "Short and lighter. About waste and consumerism"
SHEIN, AliExpress, Zaful haul: Toxic chemicals found in some clothes (Marketplace) - Video by CBC News (18min.) "Highlights how our day-to-day brands are contributing to the issue"
The Clothes We Wear - Documentary by DW Documentary (28 min.) "Long but comprehensive explanation of the direct environmental effects of textile production"

The Ugly Truth about Fast Fashion - Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj - Video by The Patriot Act (29 min.) "Entertaining, casual and comprehensive"

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‍Articles:

What Is Fast Fashion, Anyway? - The Good Trade "Comprehensive, straight to the point, provides historical context"

What is greenwashing? - Sustain.Life "Explains what is another issue coming out of fast fashion"
How fast fashion is destroying the planet – The New York Times "Comprehensive in language but slightly more complex issues explained"

Why Fashion Needs to Be More Sustainable - Columbia Climate School "With solutions proposed"
Vogue’s ultimate guide to sustainable fashion - Vogue Singapore "Comprehensive tips and recommendations to shop more sustainably"

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‍Podcasts:

Remember Who Made Them - (45min to 1hr10min per episode) "A 6-part series that highlights both worker exploitation and environmental degradation"

Chloe Assam on Fast Fashion’s Waste Crisis - All The Small Things Podcast (31min.) "More complex illustration and elaboration on the issue of waste"
Fighting Pollution and Detoxing Fashion with Greenpeace Eco Warrior Kirsten Brodde - Wardrobe Crisis with Clare Press (40min.) "More complex illustration and elaboration on the issue of pollution and what it would take to 'detox' fashion"

Jennifer Lavers: Ocean Plastic, Marine Conservation, and Birdlife - Wardrobe Crisis with Clare Press (49min.)

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‍Workshops & Activities:

Fabric Upcycling Workshop with Wah So Simple - Contact point: Wah So Simple
Fabric Waste Workshop with Green Nudge - Contact: Green Nudge
Sustainable Fashion Talks - Contact: Textile and Fashion Federation (TaFF) SG
Sustainable Fashion Talks and Lounge Sessions - Contact: Zerrin
Organise a small-scale sustainable fashion event - Contact: Green Square

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‍Quick-win Actions to implement in your company:

Implement a textile recycling point - Contact: Green Square
Gift sustainable fashion products (e.g. thrifted, eco-conscious) instead of brand-new/fast fashion products for celebrations (e.g. birthdays, Christmas exchange). See ideas on Corporate Gifts.
Organise movie nights as company team building sessions:

On worker exploitation