Earth Day 2024

It’s World Earth Day! Kingfisher Lighting are taking this opportunity to discuss the origins of this day, the ‘Planet vs. Plastic’ theme and of course Kingfisher’s sustainability work as part of accepting our corporate responsibility.

The Origins of World Earth Day

Dating back to 1970, World Earth Day is promoting the global movement for environmental change. It all started with American senator G. Nelson and D. Hayes who organised the day due to their growing concern of the deteriorating environment. It was inspired by the popularity of the student anti-war movement and aimed to raise awareness of air and water pollution.

 

Planet vs. Plastic

This year, the theme is Plastic and refers to how we should be eliminating single-use plastics for the sake of human and planetary health. The aim is to have a reduction of 60% on all plastics by 2040 and you can join the movement here - https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2024/

 

The aim is to get people to act fast by signing The Global Plastics Treaty, encouraging them to reject fast fashion and support The Great Global Clean Up. You can find events near you by visiting https://www.earthday.org/campaign/cleanup/#map   

 

Kingfisher’s Work

With a close focus on environmental responsibility as well as customer satisfaction, we are determined to create innovative solutions providing optimised results with minimal impact to the environment.

 

We have worked meticulously to improve our products and services and have developed our very own circular economy luminaire. We’ve also reduced an average of 95% of single use plastics from our products with an aim to achieve 100% by 2025.

 

We also put immense effort into reducing our carbon output which has resulted in our very own collection of circular inspired products. We have also added a ‘Circular Economy Score’ in some of our datasheets as well as our TM66 Embodied Carbon Score.

 

By choosing Kingfisher products, you will be opting for sustainable solutions that pack both a powerful output and a sleek aesthetic. Contact our team to find out how we can help you create a lighting scheme that is mindful of the surrounding environment.

 

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