FID I S E RVI C E S As business gets to grips with new legislative requirements and customer and staff demands on environmental performance, FIDI has published new straightforward guidelines to help Affiliates make meaningful and permanent changes to their operations. FIDIs Communications and Marketing Manager Magali Horbert reports TAKING THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABILITY, ONE STEP AT A TIME T he world seems to be waking up to the reality of the climate crisis and about time, Greta et al might say. Those still in doubt, or denial, are facing increasing pressure from customers, business partners and legislators to go green. In the world of international moving and relocation, this reality is dawning on us, too. For the past months and certainly since the COP26 in Glasgow social media, especially LinkedIn, is awash with companies making grand statements of net zero, cutting down on their carbon footprint, and planting trees to mitigate their impact on the environment. A swarm of consultants, specialists, CO2 measurement and offsetting platforms have cropped up, offering quick-fix solutions to measure, improve, offset, and certify a companys sustainability efforts. Many of these proposals are easy to identify as mere greenwashing; but without a clear set of common references and standards, it is the Wild West out there, and there are plenty of sustainability cowboys around. Understanding the ins and outs of such a complex concept as sustainability can be overwhelming, and it can be difficult to figure out how to make a real and proven impact, and W W W. F ID I. O R G FF305 Mar_May 22 pp60-63 Sustainability guidelines report.indd 61 who to trust. To help make sense of it all for the moving business, we have decided to break environmental sustainability down into understandable and relatable guidelines, and practical steps, using real-life examples from FIDI Affiliates across the globe. This was the driving force behind the recently published FIDI guide, How to become environmentally sustainable in the moving business. With this document, we aimed to show that sustainability is, above all, a mindset and an ongoing journey, where small steps lead the way to real change. You do not need to be a MAGALI HORBERT, FIDI MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER 61 08/03/2022 08:20