"The footprint is the sign that leaves the foot of the man or the animal on the earth from which it passes," according to the definition of the Royal Spanish Academy. And it is true, our passage through the planet does not go unnoticed or is exempt from loading. In recent years we are witnessing historical heat waves, intense storms that cause devastating floods and large increasingly frequent forest fires worldwide. Global warming is constant and has accelerated in this last decade. This is corroborated by a study by the World Meteorological Organization (OMM) that opens the door to the dangerous barrier of the temperature increase in 1.5 degrees. Stop warming around these degrees would avoid, or at least reduce, some of the most catastrophic effects on the weather, and for some people it is a matter of life or death, as experts have pointed out in many reports. The health of the planet is in danger and before the climatic emergency, the worldwide commitment to reduce CO2 emissions has accelerated in the last two years.

The newly held United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26) brought together about 120 world leaders who sought to boost a global action capable of saving the planet from the climate emergency.The excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere implies the great threat of climate change and all efforts should focus on ceasing to emit more and even eliminate a part.The summit left promises of change by the states to avoid a catastrophe.

But in addition to states, administrations and companies turn to put proposals on the table with which to reduce greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change. Corporate commitments with zero net have accelerated in the last two years and this year, almost a third of the largest European companies announced that they will achieve zero emissions by 2050, according to a new Accenture study. Large companies, essential social agents to achieve a transformation towards a low carbon society, are adopting sustainability and compensation strategies of their environmental impact with diverse initiatives, including the recovery of natural spaces. In Spain, Siemens SA, with a social commitment to help comply with the UN 2030 Agend Reforestation of an area of ​​the Sierra de Gredos that was razed by a fire years ago. In November, more than 80 people from the company planted 480 trees. It was the beginning of a work that will continue in the coming months.

In addition to the mass plantation, another suggestions to stop the global warming more quickly on the high -tech direct capture devices that aspire to carbon dioxide.

Currently, according to the International Energy Agency there are 15 direct air capture plants in the world that capture more than 9,000 tons of CO2 per year.The largest has been inaugurated this year in Iceland thanks to the union of the Swiss Start Up Climeworks AG, specialized in taking the gas directly from the air, and the Icelandic firm of carbonix carbon storage.The plant sucks up to 4,000 tons per year of CO2 and deposits them under the ground, a figure that represents the equivalent of annual emissions of about 790 cars.It is a vital step to limit global warming produced by the 6,400 million tons of global emissions issued this year, according to Global Carbon Project.Given these figures, the United Nations claim that the world must cut their current emissions around half by 2030.

In the race to reduce figures, large and small companies turn to negativize carbon emissions, compensating for double the emissions generated by their collection.And this is what Blue Banana has done this year.The firm, with a turnover of 4.1 million euros in 2020, has become the first Spanish fashion brand to achieve it thanks to its collaboration with the DCycle Environmental Intelligence Start UP, which has allowed analyzing the impact of itsAutumn-winter collection 2021 and make it negative by analyzing three variables: the impact of the CO2 issued;eutrophization, that is, contaminated fresh water;and the water footprint, or fresh water used in the process of manufacturing garments.With an eye on sustainability, the company has also initiated a resource efficiency process to minimize the amount of water used in the manufacture of its garments.

And although the tour of the consolidation of the green business model in the world economy is still very long, all steps, however small, add up to this purpose.Our future is in the hands and actions of all.