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What is Earth Day?

By Gabriella Mangham on 22/04/23 00:00

Today, 22nd April, the world is celebrating Earth Day, but what is it exactly?  

Earth Day is an annual event that began in 1970 designed to celebrate the birth of the modern environmental movement. It helps shine a light on the importance of our planet and raise awareness of the climate crisis and other issues surrounding the destruction of our environment. 

Every Earth Day has a theme, but this year for the first time ever Earth Day is continuing last year’s important theme of “Invest In Our Planet”! 


What Does “Invest In Our Planet” Mean? 
 
“Invest In Our Planet” is all about the physical and monetary investments needed to make environmental change and help protect our planet and its natural resources.

This theme is focused on engaging governments, organisations and institutions to do their part in conserving the environment, with “everyone accounted for, everyone accountable”. 

Earth Day has decided to continue with this theme for the first time in history, in order to emphasise the importance of investing our time, resources, and energy into solving climate change.


How Can Your Organisation Better “Invest In Our Planet”? 
 
The best way your organisation can make a difference is with a clear ESG plan. Having a minimal impact on your environment can be achieved by investing in the right type of energy providers, software, technology and reporting systems.  

Creating a quality ESG report is crucial for demonstrating your organisation’s commitment to the environment, and the data found in these reports helps organisations align their ESG plans for a better and more sustainable future.


How Can Convene Help Your Organisation’s ESG Plan? 

We are in the midst of an ever changing ESG landscape. From the evolving regulatory requirements to the increase in public and investor scrutiny, maintaining a resilient foothold in your organisation's ESG efforts is challenging.

That’s why we created Convene ESG, our own reporting tool to help your organisation on its ESG transformation journey.

Convene ESG takes an end-to-end approach that will allow your organisation to spend more time on moving towards net zero, by alleviating the challenges of ESG data gathering, performance tracking and reporting.

Learn more about Convene ESG and how it can help your organisation in investing in our planet here.

Gabriella Mangham

Written by Gabriella Mangham

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