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28/08/2020

SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being

Good health and well-being is essential to sustainable development as we can only build prosperous societies with healthy populations.

Covid-19 has majorly disrupted the efforts to achieve this goal. Covid-19 has spread human suffering, destabilised the global economy and upended the lives of billions of people around the globe. It has also highlighted huge disparities in countries’ abilities to recover from health crises. Covid-19 is therefore an essential moment for Goal 3, illustrating the importance of emergency preparedness and investment in public services.

How can we achieve this target?
Immunisation is the most successful and cost effective solution to improving global health. This most likely doesn’t relate directly to your business, but it is essential to have an awareness of this goal, especially with regards to Covid-19.

Has Covid-19 affected your business? How are you looking after your employees to ensure good health? How has your business adapted to the pandemic? Do you promote well-being in your business? 🌿

21/08/2020

Do you know what sustainability means for your business? Do you have a sustainability strategy?

If the answers to one or both of these questions is no, then we can help you.

We’re launching an online course called ‘The Sustainability Toolkit’ on September 1st! The course is designed to give you the tools to formulate a sustainability strategy.

It covers the following topics:
* Why sustainable business is important
* The science and theory of sustainability
* How your strategy may be affected by policy
* The Toolkit elements: 4 key tools to help you to evaluate your business with a sustainability lens and formulate a strategy moving forwards.

The platform on which we host the course has built in community features, meaning you can easily network and engage with other course members.

The price of the course is just £49.99! The first 20 people to sign up also get 30 minutes of FREE consultation with our Director, Helen Taylor, who is an experienced small business owner and sustainability strategist. Any questions? DM us or email us at [email protected] 🌿

13/08/2020

SDG 2: Zero Hunger

The world is not on track to achieve zero hunger by 2030. If recent trends continue, the number of people affected by hunger would surpass 840 million by 2030. 2 billion people in the world do not have access to safe, nutritious or sufficient food.

Extreme hunger and malnutrition remains a barrier to sustainable development and creates a trap that people cannot escape. It means people are less able to improve their livelihoods.

What can you, or your business, do to help?
You can make sustainable good choices, supporting good nutrition for all and fighting food waste.
You can use your power as a consumer and voter to demand business and governments make choices and changes that will make zero hunger a reality.

🌿 Sources: UN.org 🌿

07/08/2020

This question is one that defines the purpose of our business.

A report by Uprising in 2018 indicated that whilst 88% of SMEs valued sustainability, 70% had struggled to embed sustainable practices and strategies.

Does this sound familiar? Is sustainability confusing and mysterious to you? Are you unsure how to leverage it within your business?

These are the questions we want to answer for you. We are launching a bespoke online course and a community platform so that we can answer these questions and help you on your sustainability journey 🌿 more details soon!

03/08/2020

SDG 1: No Poverty

Eradicating poverty is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity.

As of 2015, 736 million people lived on less than £1.47 a day and lacked food, clean drinking water and sanitation.

Progress has been limited in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, which account for 80% of those living in extreme poverty. New threats are brought on by climate change, conflict and food insecurity, meaning even more work is needed to bring people out of poverty.

The SDG fund supports initiatives that tackle poverty from a multisectoral perspective, and addresses the following dimensions:
1. Create opportunities for good and decent jobs and secure livelihoods
2. Support inclusive and sustainable business practices
3. Promote better government policies and fair and accountable public institutions

This is why sustainable business practices are so important. A sustainably managed environment is a pre-requisite for socio-economic development and poverty reduction. Small businesses have a role to play in ensuring their business practices are as sustainable as possible, to pave the way for a better future. Zero poverty is a massive goal, and can only be achieved if we all pull together. We all have a part to play.

Sustainability is a journey 🌿🌍 Sources: UNDP.org, SDGfund.org

30/07/2020

MEET THE HOSTA TEAM 🌿

Helen Taylor- Director
Rosanna Wilson- Educational Content Intern (right)
Rianna Forskitt - Business and Marketing Intern (left)

We are busy working behind the scenes for the LAUNCH of our online sustainability community and course on the 21st August! We are so excited about this and we can’t wait to share more details with you over the next few weeks!

The Hosta team 🌿

19/07/2020

A record breaking heatwave in Siberia would have been almost impossible without human- caused climate change, a study has found.

An international team of climate scientists, led by the UK Met Office, found the record average temperatures were likely to happen less than once every 80,000 years without human-induced climate change.

At Hosta, we support the UK government’s goal of rapid decarbonisation and green recovery to promote the long term well being of people and planet 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦🌍

17/07/2020

🌿New beginnings at Hosta🌿

We are in the process of pivoting our services and offerings here at Hosta.

We are moving away from landscape architecture to a new venture in sustainability consulting.

Our mission is to help SMEs embed sustainability into their business strategy, operations and culture.

We currently offer bespoke webinars and are in the middle of producing an exciting new online course to make sustainability accessible to SMEs.

Keep your eyes peeled for exciting things happening in the coming weeks 👀

Happy Friday!
The Hosta Team 🌿