Ms Rachel Rodricks, HR (NEA and SEA), from Commscope invited Earth Society to conduct an online Biodiversity talk for her company in Oct. Commscope was running an INSPIRE series where they invite organizations to share about their stories to their APAC employees over a 30-minutes online session.

The INSPIRE platform is an opportunity for employees at CommScope to listen to the inspiring stories of those who make a positive difference to the community through their visible actions.

On 19 Oct, Earth Society joined in the online INSPIRE session (via MS Teams) at 11.45 am. We conducted an online “Biodiversity Loss” talk for CommScope staffs from 12 pm to 12.50 pm. The INSPIRE session attracted 100 staff across India, South East Asia, North East Asia, India, Australia and New Zealand to attend the session.

In the Biodiversity Loss talk, we presented on Biodiversity Loss, Overfishing, Deforestation, Climate change and Factory farming.

Our planet Earth is facing the 6th Mass Extinction driven by Humans. Up to 1 million species of animals and plants are at the risk of going Extinct. From WWF Living Planet Index report, 68% of wildlife are lost in the past 50 years. The Biodiversity Loss is driven by Overfishing, Deforestation, Habitat loss and Climate change.

We recommended Solutions such as reduce Fish consumption, reduce Animal Factory farming, Meatless Mondays, protection of Ocean and Forest Eco-systems etc. If everyone on the planet consumes resources as Singaporeans do, we will need 3 planets to support our consumption pattern. We need to reduce our consumption pattern to keep our needs within the limit of 1 Earth.

CommScope staffs listened to the talk attentively. They actively participate in the Q and A session at the end of the talk.

Feedback from staffs

Thank you for providing us with the opportunity to listen to Earth Society (a very well informed and inspirational advocate) to save Planet Earth as there is no Planet B! The session was very balanced with factual information and statistics to support this. The focus on what we can do and the difference we can make is very well presented and with much enthusiasm. Thank you for continuing to raise awareness to make a change. I definitely will be utilising your website to try and make a difference too. – Rejins Claudia, Staff, CommScope

Thanks for sharing an inspirational journey of Earth Society with us. The initiatives driven by the team has truly inspired us. Wishing you all the best to spread the awareness to others.    – Mr Turupati Shrinivas Rao, Staff.

It is a very informative and well-researched session. Thank you for all the efforts taken by your team.  – Dukle Ruhy, Staff