Green and Sustainable Working Group of BPW Europe

Sustainable environment for the future

Green and sustainable working group of BPW Europe

• Siiri Puttonen - President of BPW Estonia Tallinn club, Chair of the Working Group
• Eva Pumpure - President of BPW Latvia Riga, initiating member
• Dovilė Šipelienė - President of BPW Panevezys, initiating member
• Ozge Varis – Secretary of BPW Istanbul Turkey, initiating member

The Working Group is inspired by the Worldwide GREEN TIGER project.

UN sustainable goals

WHY?

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To rise the awareness about green and sustainable economic development among the BPW Europe members

OUR GOAL

• to develop and integrate best practices
• to rise the awareness of every person in making minimal impact on nature
• to keep the environment clean
• to tolerate zero pollution

TARGET GROUPS

1. BPW Federations and Affiliate Clubs,

BPW Clubs and members

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Pilot - BPW Tallinn, Latvia Riga, Lithuania Panevėžys, Istanbul

TARGET GROUPS

2. Our families and ourselves:�

• Change starts from myself
• My family members
• My community
• My organization

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TARGET GROUPS

3. Companies, organizations, institutions of BPW members

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HOW WE DO IT?

ACTIONS

PROMOTION & COMMUNICATION

EDUCATION

FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL

EDUCATION

Organising seminars and visiting organizations!

Seminars all over the Europe digitally and local Working Groups visiting organisations and organising awareness events�

Subjects we are covering:

1. Circular economy and vocabulary

2. Reducing waste and consumption

3. Energy consumption:� a. electricity, heating, cooling� b. transportation travelling� c. pure water� d. Food security

4. CO2 footprint and necessary KPl-s

5. Act locally then globally

6. Nature - environment

7. Sustainability certifications for organizations: with �collaborations with relevant institutions

8. Environmental projects overview with whom we can make �change together

PROMOTION & COMMUNICATION

1. Webpage and blog - articles, videos

2. Social media - sharing is caring - awareness rising actions - Strong social media presence via BPW Green Facebook and Instagram pages, website and blogs and partner networks; building awareness and facilitation discussions

3. PR articles from local influencers and environmental speakers around the world

ACTIONS

1. Green and sustainable pledge of BPW Europe
2. To celebrate Earth Day every year 22.04

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Sub-projects and activities for movements:

• Save forests
• Keep rivers clean
• Save bees
• Plant trees, etc

The first stage of our work

2020

Building the program

WE EXPAND GLOBALLY TO BPW INTERNATIONAL!

1. Raising awareness - lectures, visits

2. Rising local awareness and establishing projects

3. KPl-s definition locally and regionally

4. Europe local task forces

5. Statutes

6. we expect 30% of clubs at the end of 2021 to have joined with program

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2021

2022

1. Local projects support and empowerment

2. we hope 60% of Europe clubs has joined

3. KPl-s and activeness measurement

Expected OUTCOME

1. BPW Europe green and sustainable pledge

2. Action day on the Earth day (22nd of April) all over BPW Europe

3. BPW Europe Green and Sustainable social media channels and website

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After 2022 we:

1. Expand our project to international level
2. Encourage every BPW Europe Federation and Affiliate Club to sign the UN Global Compact and WEP in their countries (UN Global Compact https://www.unglobalcompact.org/, WEP https://www.weps.org/ )

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Expected outcome

1. We have educated Women as stakeholders to become advocates and educators of green and sustainable world. To build up network of women to become the speakers for sustainability and green world�

2. We have women entrepreneurs to educate and help the others to build sustainable businesses giving them facts, skills and tools to start sustainable businesses

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3. New business opportunities for women

THANK YOU!

Siiri Puttonen, Eva Pumpure, Dovilė Šipelienė, Ozge Varis

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