Prada expands its sustainability initiative to raise awareness of the oceans’ purity. Announcing that they have expanded the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission project, which they partnered with UNESCO in 2019 for World Water Day, with a training program called “Beyond the Sea”, Prada will launch initiatives under three different themes throughout 2022 for children aged three to six and the employees of the company. Prada’s project will run parallel to the United Nations’ 2030 agenda and 17 sustainable development goals.
The training program, which will serve international secondary schools in Brazil, China, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, South Africa and the UK, started in October and was promoted by UNESCO experts on the long-term conservation of the oceans. To be completed the participation of teachers and students in webinars to provide more information on the Ocean Decade for Sustainable Development, a playbook on the most pressing challenges to be launched with to ensure
Earlier this month, Prada and UNESCO a race for 10 participating schools that had students interpret one of the 10 challenges in the Ocean Decade through their chosen media. The winning projects will be selected by an international delegation chaired by Lorenzo Bertelli, Prada’s corporate social responsibility leader, and Vladimir Ryabinin, executive secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Committee and deputy director general of UNESCO. Prada and UNESCO are joined by international personalities who dedicated their talents and professions to saving the oceans, while photographer and climate artist Enzo Barracco is among the delegation members; aquanaut, oceanographic explorer and environmental advocate Fabien Cousteau; marine scientist and social entrepreneur Kerstin Forsberg; environmental influencers and activists Valentina Gottlieb and Hugo Vau will be athletes, ocean explorers and surfers.
The winning projects from Prada and UNESCO’s ocean initiative will be announced in Lisbon on 29 June and will be announced during a special event as part of the United Nations Ocean Conference moderated by Brazilian marine activist Patricia Furtado de Mendonça. Prada and UNESCO will award three prizes, with a total of 5,000, 3,000 and 2,000 euros, respectively, to the top three schools that will invest in educational materials.
“In this precious day for our planet, let’s remember that sustainability and the protection of our resources are closely related to education,” said Bertelli. we can accelerate change in a concrete way without fail,” he added.
Expanding its reach with the “Beyond the Sea” project, Prada Group and UNESCO are also launching the groundbreaking “Kindergarten of the Lagoon” project dedicated to children aged three to six years. This Venice-based education program is fully launched in September. will be announced first in May. Prada Group also said that the training of more than 13,000 employees to spread inner awareness in ocean bets continues on a global scale. “We convey the importance of learning about the ocean with concrete actions that lead to science-based and concrete solutions,” said Ryabinin. “Investing in ocean knowledge will help us shape the next generation of ocean stewards and move the ocean movement into the future,” added
Prada, a module of the Fashion Pact, held the greenhouse during its ‘Capital Market Day ‘s November. Confirmation of gas emission reduction objectives by the ‘Science-Based Targets’ initiative He also stated that he is aiming to reach net zero emissions by 2050.