Take on the World’s Most Urgent Brief

The LIONS Progress Check on Sustainability, now on The Work, showcases inspirational creative ideas and working practices to help tackle the world’s biggest brief. This collection of winning work from the Sustainable Development Goals Lions features in the report and shows how industries including tourism, pharma and real estate have moved the needle.

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DiversiTree

Allergy relief brand Claritin’s OOH work demonstrated how to use data to inform a change in approach. Instead of just relieving the symptoms of allergies, it helped communities combat the problem at source. By planting female trees across the US and arming policymakers with data, it reduced pollen levels by 25%.
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Self-Sufficient Food Cart

Many fried food carts in Colombia run on stolen energy. The ‘Self-Sufficient Food Cart’ found a second use for expensive cooking oil, transforming it into a sustainable fuel to power these businesses. It shows how a more sustainable approach can solve another problem – in this case, theft.
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addresspollution.org

‘addresspollution.org’ reframed pollution as a threat to both health and wealth by linking statistics to UK house prices. Thanks to this new metric, estate agents in the UK are now required to disclose air quality information. The work shows how to piggyback a national obsession to make an environmental issue feel more relevant.
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Palau Pledge

The ‘Palau Pledge’ required all visitors to the small nation of Palau to sign an environmental oath before they could enter the country. A winner of three Grands Prix, it helped Palau become the first country to incorporate environmental practices into its immigration laws. It demonstrates how to foster a spirit of collaboration with your audience to supercharge a sustainability initiative.
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