INDUSTRY the business of sustainability
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SUSTAINABILITY BY SOPHIA BENNETT
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n October 2018, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a report saying that nations needed to significantly lower their carbon emissions by 2030 or face dire, irreversible consequences. The warning hit home for millions of people who were beginning to clearly see the signs of a changing
planet, including stronger storms, flooding, longer droughts and mass dieoffs of birds and other animals. “We are in a critical situation with climate change,” says Susan Inglis, executive director of the Sustainable Furnishings Council (SFC). “Really and truly, we all—individuals, designers, industry sectors—need to take radical action and do what we can to address the problems that are causing these dramatic changes to our climate."
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