Operating Environment
Learning Zone Resources -
A Tool Kit for Sustainable Marketers
Completed our 100 Points Challenge yet? These resources support you with your Sustainable Marketer Manifesto commitments. Aim to reach the minimum 100 points of knowledge to achieve your Sustainable Marketer Certification. We recognise it’s self-certification, and it’s down to you to do the learning - but that’s where it starts… with education and growing your own awareness. Keep checking back in - as we add new resources regularly.
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - UN SDGs 10 pts
17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with 169 targets. Business is a critical contributor to achieving the goals. The UN Global Compact asks companies to, “first do business responsibly and then pursue opportunities to solve societal challenges through business innovation and collaboration.” View the goals.
B The Change - 5 pts
A site dedicated to showcasing the very real impact that B Corps are making. You’ll find case studies and inspiration across a range of sectors, sizes and locations. Be inspired by the stories from people using business as a force for good. Read more
Pepsico Sued for Plastic Pollution - 5 pts
PepsiCo has been sued by New York state for plastic pollution along the Buffalo River that is allegedly contaminating the water and harming wildlife.
According to the lawsuit PepsiCo is the single largest identifiable contributor to the problem. Read more
Roadmap for Regenerative Business - 5 pts
Avery & Brown have created a 'mind map' to support businesses in understanding what needs to be done to become ‘regenerative’ - a business focused on doing less harm and doing more good for people and the planet. This useful mind map is one which has already helped them to have a productive conversation and identify the support they need and map their own way forward - and is a renegerative business framework supporting the work they do with their clients.
View Roadmap
It’s Them -v- Us : George Monbiot Podcast - 5 pts
Planet Critical podcast with Rachel Donald and George Monbiot. A podcast discussing political, economic and legal corruption, the link between colonialism and strong welfare states, social tipping points, and movement-building. Listen here.
World Economic Forum - Global Risks Report 2024 - 5 pts
The Global Risks Report explores some of the most severe risks we may face over the next decade, against a backdrop of rapid technological change, economic uncertainty, a warming planet and conflict. As cooperation comes under pressure, weakened economies and societies may only require the smallest shock to edge past the tipping point of resilience. Read here.
Latest IPCC Report on Climate Change - 5 pts
The IPCC finalized the Synthesis Report for the Sixth Assessment Report during the Panel's 58th Session held in Interlaken, Switzerland from 13 - 19 March 2023. Read here.
AXA Future Risks Report 2024 - 5 pts
The future is in our hands 87% of experts believe that the world is more vulnerable to risks than it was five years ago.
The Future Risks Report 2024 highlights the growing complexity of managing risks, making decisions and tackling challenges in a world marked by rapid technological advances and increasingly interconnected risks, from geopolitics to security and misinformation.
Responsible Retailing: 30 years on - 5 pts
Food security is a very real issue and one we all need to be more responsible for - individually in the choices we make, as businesses and industries and, in governments.
Co-op’s Responsible Retailing Report identifies the challenges consumers face when purchasing and consuming food, their household motivations to be more sustainable, and where they want to see the food industry go next.
Global Green Skills Report 2024 - 5 pts
Discover the latest in green skills research:
- Approx 50% of jobs in the 2050 green economy will lack qualified candidates - the need to focus and upskill is critical.
- People with green skills could see an almost 55% higher hiring rate than those without.
- Only 1 in 10 Gen Z workers currently have green skills, but they want them (they need them).
Peoples’ Climate Vote 2024 - 5 pts
The world’s largest standalone survey on climate change.
Explore how people feel and think about climate change in your country and beyond.
Sustainable Business Podcast - 10 pts
Green topics being discussed with industry experts and people talking about how they are making the transition and succeeding.
Current challenges facing UK SMEs include: Rising energy costs, shifting government policies, inflation and interest rates, global economic events and climate change.
BCorp - B Impact Assessment - 15pts / 65pts
Measure what matters most and build a better business. This free, confidential tool is being used by thousands of companies as a business framework to better understand where they are from a triple bottom line perspective - (people, planet, profit) - and what needs to be done to drive change. It benchmarks where you are compared to others too - steering you in building a business that supports people, workers and the environment. There’s a short version 30 mins (15 pts) and a longer 2-3 assessment with full report (65 pts). Find out more
ClientEarth - Recycling Claims - 5 pts
Environmental and consumer rights organisations have filed a legal complaint against food and drink giants Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Danone for the use of misleading ‘100%’ recycled’ and ‘100% recyclable’ claims on plastic water bottles sold across Europe. Read more
Oxfam Climate Crisis Ebook - 5 pts
Take 10 minutes to read the eBook from cover to cover and find out what exactly is causing extreme weather right now, how the climate crisis is affecting us all, and what you can start doing today to help people and the planet. Read here.
Aviva Climate Ready Index 2024 - 5 pts
What’s the pace of climate action from eight of the world’s most advanced economies?
-Transition to a more climate-ready world is accelerating.
-Nature and adaptation: the stakes are raised and countries are starting to step up.
-Businesses need more information, guidance and financial support.
- People are taking simple everyday climate-friendly actions but need support.
