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Impact Pathways TIP identified seven opportunities where the tire sector can have transformative impact and contribute to the SDGs across three main themes: supply chain, operations, and products and services.

Impact Pathway 1:

Accelerate and scale activities

to achieve a fair, equitable, and environmentally sound natural rubber value chain - including ensuring decent work and upholding human rights.

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WHAT ARE IMPACT PATHWAYS?

TIP identified seven opportunity areas where the tire sector can have transformative impact and contribute to the SDGs across three main themes: supply chain, operations, and products and services.

goal
8

Improve progressively through 2030 global resource efficiency in consumption and production, and endeavor to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation in accordance with the 10-year framework of programs on sustainable consumption and production with developed countries taking the lead.

target
8.4

Accelerate and scale activities to achieve a fair, equitable, and environmentally sound natural rubber value chain – including ensuring decent work and upholding human rights.

our actions

Enhance efforts to ensure sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth of the natural rubber value chain through alignment and commitment to the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) policy framework (refer to the business example that follows for more detail on components of the policy framework).

Enable smallholders to access advanced farming techniques and knowledge on best practices to increase rubber yields, halt biodiversity loss, preserve future soil health and secure income.

goal
12

By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources. By 2030, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment. By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse. Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle. By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature.

target
12.2

Advance supplier performance through engagement and participation in multistakeholder efforts to sustainably manage the use of natural resources and reduce operational impacts on the environment, including suppliers' own GHG emissions.

our actions

Take a risk-based approach to continually improve the sustainability of natural rubber and align to the GPSNR Implementation Guidance (under development), which will outline policy implementation actions for players at different supply chain stages.

goal
4

By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples, and children in vulnerable situations.

target
4.5

Accelerate and scale activities to achieve a fair, equitable, and environmentally sound natural rubber value chain – including ensuring decent work and upholding human rights.

our actions

improve access to and quality of all levels of education and vocational training for women, youth and vulnerable groups across the natural rubber value chain. Supporting the equitable inclusion of women across natural rubber operations.

goal
8

Improve progressively through 2030 global resource efficiency in consumption and production, and endeavor to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation in accordance with the 10-year framework of programs on sustainable consumption and production with developed countries taking the lead.

target
8.4

Accelerate and scale activities to achieve a fair, equitable, and environmentally sound natural rubber value chain – including ensuring decent work and upholding human rights.

our actions

Enhance efforts to ensure sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth of the natural rubber value chain through alignment and commitment to the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) policy framework (refer to the business example that follows for more detail on components of the policy framework).

Enable smallholders to access advanced farming techniques and knowledge on best practices to increase rubber yields, halt biodiversity loss, preserve future soil health and secure income.

goal
12

By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources. By 2030, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment. By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse. Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle. By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature.

target
12.2

Advance supplier performance through engagement and participation in multistakeholder efforts to sustainably manage the use of natural resources and reduce operational impacts on the environment, including suppliers' own GHG emissions.

our actions

Take a risk-based approach to continually improve the sustainability of natural rubber and align to the GPSNR Implementation Guidance (under development), which will outline policy implementation actions for players at different supply chain stages.

goal
4

By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples, and children in vulnerable situations.

target
4.5

Accelerate and scale activities to achieve a fair, equitable, and environmentally sound natural rubber value chain – including ensuring decent work and upholding human rights.

our actions

improve access to and quality of all levels of education and vocational training for women, youth and vulnerable groups across the natural rubber value chain. Supporting the equitable inclusion of women across natural rubber operations.

Related business examples

The initiation of a global platform to achieve a sustainable natural rubber value chain

GPSNR is committed to promoting the uptake of sustainable natural rubber globally by addressing forest and another ecosystem conversion, biodiversity loss, human and labor rights violations and inequality in the natural rubber supply chain. In September 2020, GPSNR published a policy framework that outlines a series of policy components that company members are required –… Continue reading The initiation of a global platform to achieve a sustainable natural rubber value chain

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