Tag: Parley for the Oceans

Doconomy and Parley for the Oceans partner to accelerate climate and plastic waste solutions through impact tech innovation

Stuart Mitchell

The impact tech company Doconomy, providing banks with carbon and water footprint calculations for every transaction, and Parley for the Oceans, a global environmental organization with a futurist’s approach to environmentalism, today announce they are entering into a long-term partnership to boost solutions to the interconnected climate and plastic crises. The partners will work together to quantify the unseen environmental costs of consumption decisions in ways that empower individuals, businesses and governments to align spending with climate action and solutions, focusing initially on carbon, water and plastic. Delivering to the…

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Cannes Lions partners with Parley for the Oceans to make the Sustainable Development Goals Lion trophies out of Parley Ocean Plastic® derived from reclaimed fishing nets

Stuart Mitchell

Cannes Lions has announced a partnership with Parley for the Oceans to create the Sustainable Development Goals Lions trophies from Parley Ocean Plastic®. The trophy spotlights the necessity of creative collaboration and eco-innovation, essential to overcome the current threats facing our planet. Parley for the Oceans addresses major threats to our oceans, the most important ecosystem on our planet. Parley Ocean Plastic® is a premium material created from reclaimed fishing nets and upcycled plastic waste recovered from shorelines and coastal communities by the Parley Global Cleanup Network. Ocean Plastic® was…

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Marine Plastic Pollution Turned Into 50,000 Reusable PPE Items For Front-Line Healthcare Workers Fighting Covid-19

Stuart Mitchell

HEROES, the charity founded by and for NHS workers, has partnered with global environmental organisation Parley for the Oceans (Parley), for a world-first collaboration, bringing recycled and reusable PPE visors to UK health workers and NGOs in the Dominican Republic. Uniting two imperative environmental and humanitarian causes, HEROES and Parley have combined already-established and community-led marine debris and plastic waste interception programmes from the Dominican Republic with a UK volunteer network producing sustainable eye protection. The raw materials used to make the pellets are intercepted in the Dominican Republic and…

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American Express and Parley for the Oceans Announce First-Ever Card Made Primarily with Reclaimed Plastic from Parley and Launch a Global Campaign to #BackOurOceans

Stuart Mitchell

American Express is proud to announce an expanded commitment to combat marine plastic pollution through several company-wide programs, including: Unveiling the first-ever Card made primarily with reclaimed plastic collected from beaches, islands and coastal communities from Parley for the Oceans A global call to action to #BackOurOceans and help remove up to 1 Million lbs of marine plastic through beach clean-ups in partnership with Parley A new American Express Card recycling program “Each year nearly eight million metric tons of plastic enters the oceans, threatening the ecosystems and wildlife that…

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Corona Swaps Sales for Plastic During World Oceans Week as Part of Mission to Protect Paradise with Parley

Stuart Mitchell

An estimated 8 million metric tonnes of plastic pollution enter the world’s oceans each year. In light of this, Corona is accepting plastic intercepted in cities and on the coast as payment for beer during the week of World Oceans Day; giving up sales to protect paradise from marine plastic pollution. Hundreds of locations around the world are involved in the initiative, which includes recycling machines in key retailers and popular bars in Mexico, Brazil, Italy, Spain and Colombia. Corona and Parley for the Oceans, who have been working together…

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