Meet Shawn Mendes, Sustainability Influencer

by Pahull Bains July 17, 2019

If you’ve been to any outdoor concert, workout class or networking event in the past couple of years, chances are you’ve been handed a little carton of Flow water. On a mission to replace plastic water bottles with eco-friendly containers, the Canadian company just landed a big name in its corner: Shawn Mendes.

The Grammy-nominated singer, who has been a fan of the water brand since 2015, has just been announced as the brand’s sustainability ambassador, as well as a new partner and investor in the business.

“I am incredibly excited to work with Flow Alkaline Spring Water alongside my manager Andrew Gertler, as partners, and to become the face of a brand that promotes sustainability and positivity in the best way possible,” Mendes said in a statement.

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I’ve always been in love with the beauty of the planet we live on, and the notion that in the best and most untampered parts of nature, everything seems to work so well together in harmony. It’s been a mission of mine to do everything that I can to help preserve that beauty for a while now, which is why I’m so happy to have found some amazing partners @Flow, and have joined the company with my manager @andrewgertler & founder @nicholasreichenbach, to inspire positive change in the world, in a hope that we, together, as much as humanly possible, can keep the planet the way we found it, for our generation, and for generations to come. As a partner in @Flow, I will be working on sustainability initiatives including the greening of my 2019 tour with @Reverb_org. You can learn more about what we’re doing and how you can get involved at flowhydration.com/shawnmendes

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But Mendes isn’t just serving as a celebrity face for the brand. He’s also launching an effort to make his 2019 North American tour more sustainable, swapping out plastic water bottles for Flow’s recyclable and sustainable packs backstage at all his concerts. The company, whose cartons are made of paper and plant-based materials, estimates that this move will prevent over 70,000 plastic water bottles from ending up in recycling plants or landfills.

Mendes’s 2019 tour will also be offsetting all carbon emissions (an estimate of over 2000 tonnes) with the help of Reverb, a company focused on helping lessen the environmental footprint of touring. In partnership with Flow, his team has also pledged to select sustainable catering and hospitality partners for the tour, to donate excess food and toiletries to food banks and shelters, to recycle and compost all their waste, and to engage his fans in environmental education programs.

“For a long time I’ve wanted to use my platform to encourage people to use more sustainable products,” said Mendes. “With Flow, the hope is together to inspire positive change in the world, and as much as humanly possible, to help maintain the natural beauty of our planet for our generation, and for generations to come.”

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