ADVOCACY

As one of the world’s leading design organizations, we have a responsibility to help shape the world by sharing our global experience. Our advocacy includes organizations we support through member participation, events we sponsor, and through our project and operational commitments. We also invest in research that expands our understanding of design’s role in the world, sharing those ideas through the Journal, our sustainability newsletter, Not so much, and special publications and reports. Our Advocacy is explained in more detail in Section 5 of the Playbook.

In 2021, our carbon footprint was approximately 16% less than 2020 owing to significant reductions in business travel.

The Global Impact Dashboard tracks our progress against our goals and commitments on an annual basis. It summarizes our activities and achievements so we can compare our performance year-over-year.

All projects designed to be zero carbon for Scopes 1 and 2 emissions.

Update our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy

BY 2023

Implement our GIG Activist program to recognise emerging sustainability advocates

All projects reporting mandatory sustainability performance in the DI Portal.