Depeche Mode has selected the hublot luxury watch brand as a charity partner for their world tour ‘Momento Mori’, currently underway. Together, they will support various projects run by Conservation Collective member foundations around the world to reduce single-use plastics, promote reusable alternatives, drive education and awareness initiatives, and address marine pollution.
From Depeche Mode, Dave Gahan and Martin Gore explain why they opted for this partnership: “Conservation Collective caught our attention early on because of how tangible their work is. That’s why, we are very proud to support this network and help expand their programs in Europe, Africa and Asia, thus contributing to the reduction of plastic waste and its pollution of the environment.”
Specifically, in the Pitiusas the funds will go to support the work of Plastic Free Ibiza and Formentera as a wholeespecially the promotion of the Global Tourism and Plastics Initiative of the UNWTO and the United Nations Environment Program, which seeks to encourage the global tourism sector to lead the shift towards a circular economy.
Assessment to 50 Pitiusas companies
Thanks to this funding, among other things, a series of workshops will be held with different actors in the sector, both companies and institutions, to raise awareness of this initiative and disseminate the tools it makes available to its signatories to help meet its main objective of eliminating unnecessary plastic packaging and articles by 2025.
On the other hand, Depeche Mode’s funds will allow Plastic Free Ibiza and Formentera to offer 50 local companies in the Horeca sector the possibility of being evaluated for Plastic Free Balearics certification completely free of charge.
“In IbizaPreservation we are very happy to have the support of one of the most mythical bands of the international scene, such as Depeche Mode, to disseminate the Global Tourism and Plastics Initiative.”
“Plastic pollution is one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time”
and tourism has an important role to play in solving it. A large part of the plastic used in tourism is manufactured to be thrown away and often cannot be recycled, which leads to a significant level of pollution,” says Inma Saranova, director of IbizaPreservation, who reminds us that to tackle the scale of the problem, changes must occur throughout the entire tourism value chain. “Therefore, in IbizaPreservation we are very happy to have the support of one of the most legendary bands on the international scene, such as Depeche Mode, to disseminate the Global Initiative on Tourism and Plastics and help fifty companies in the Horeca sector of Ibiza and Formentera to eliminate single-use plastics,” she says.
In addition, this aid will also go to support in 2024 the 4th edition of Kilometers of Plastic for Iris, a Balearic initiative that seeks to raise awareness of the importance of reducing the use of single-use plastics to young people aged 12 to 19 years in memory of Iris Goldsmith, the daughter of Ben Goldsmith, co-founder of IbizaPreservation and president of Conservation Collective.
Outside of the Whitsundays, Conservation Collective will channel the funds it receives through the Depeche Mode and Hublot charity partnership to projects focused on fighting the fight against the plastic pollution in Kenya, Sri Lanka, Cyprus, Greece, the United Kingdom and Italy. More information at hublot.depechemode.com.
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