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Climate action and new ways of working

The scale, scope and organisational transformation required to respond to climate challenges means that sustainability professionals will have to work differently. A sustainability team with responsibility for delivering elements of environmental management will not be sufficient.

We are working with an increasing number of sustainability practitioners who are adapting their own ways of working (and those of their teams) to deliver sustainability differently.

With a focus on empowering leaders within an organisation to embed sustainability into policy, process and practice, the sustainability team as catalyst rather than a delivery mechanism is evolving.

South Yorkshire Police: Delivering sustainability through empowerment

We have been supporting the sustainability lead at South Yorkshire Police to find ways a small team can have a significant impact by adopting new ways of working. We have:

  • Developed a sustainability strategy designed for this style of delivery aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • Delivered training to build the confidence and practical knowledge of key staff
  • Created a reporting framework for teams to demonstrate their contribution and impact
  • Produced guidance materials for staff to embed sustainability/take climate action

If you want to review the ways of working for your sustainability team and move to a catalyst rather than delivery model get in touch.

Using our NETpositive Engagement software to support climate action:

We developed a tailored Climate Action Planning Tool for the University of Bristol for use by their departments.

The first UK University to declare a climate emergency, the University of Bristol have built taking climate action into their departmental planning process. Using the NETpositive software, departments explore their specific climate impacts and create a tailored action plan aligned with institutional ambitions. Versions of this Tool is also now being used with University of Cambridge, Loughborough University, University of Leicester and South Yorkshire Police.

Read more about this project.

A parallel project provides a similar version of the action-planning tool to Bristol businesses with students supported to work with them as they take climate action across the city.

Read more about this project.

For more information about our NETpositive engagement software and to talk about how you could use it to support your stakeholders to take climate action, get in touch.