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[My Profile](https://app.hurd.world/auth/signup/?) # Learning content references Below you can find references for all of our learning content. You got this: Ready to learn with Hurd? 1. Kite Insights, [Every Job is a Climate Job](https://kiteinsights.com/climate-literacy-corporate-transformation) (2022). 2. Obama, Barack, '[Barack Obama's Feb. 5 Speech](https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/us/politics/05text-obama.html)', *The New York Times* (5 February 2008). Getting started with climate action at work ### Making waves: The power of workplace action 1. Oh, Alexis (UX designer, Ingka Services) and Sassen-Liang, Tai (Software engineer, Ingka Services), 'Changemaker' video interview with Kite Insights (2024).​ 2. Maxwell, John C., *Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes into Stepping Stones for Success* (HarperCollins Leadership: 2007).​ 3. Ogle, Scott (Lead software engineer, New Relic), 'Changemaker' video interview with Kite Insights (2024). ​ 4. Mead, Margaret, Quoted in Keys, Donald, 'Earth at Omega: Passage to Planetisation', *The Politics of Consciousness*, (Branden Press, Massachusetts: 1982). ### Getting comfortable with the A-word 1. Brooks, Eleanor, [*What is activism? Definition, types, role, examples, importance*](https://www.liberties.eu/en/stories/activism/44871)*,* Civil Liberties Union for Europe (15 August 2023).​ 2. Oldham, Meredith, 'Workers rights won by unions, from the 8-hour workday to overtime pay', *Teen Vogue* (3 October 2023).​ 3. McGinley, Laurie (Former project manager, Minneapolis Public Schools), 'Changemaker' video interview with Kite Insights (2024).​ 4. Kirsop-Taylor, Nick, Duncan Russel & Anne Jensen, ['A typology of the climate activist'](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-023-02398-z#Sec11), *Humanities and Social Sciences Communications* (10:896, 2003).​ 5. Samuel, Zoe (Former Anthropocene organiser, Google), 'Changemaker' video interview with Kite Insights (2024).​ 6. McGinley, Laurie (Former project manager, Minneapolis Public Schools), 'Changemaker' video interview with Kite Insights (2024).​ 7. Steinmann, Jennifer, et al., [*Engaged employees are asking their leaders to take climate action*](https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/environmental-social-governance/importance-of-sustainability-to-employees.html)*,* Deloitte Centre for Integrated Research (9 November 2023).​ 8. Mlaba, Khanyi, '[South African activist Eddie Ndopu: Using the power of imagination to reinvent activism](https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/eddie-ndopu-activist-south-africa-prize/)', *Global Citizen* (3 December 2020). ### Educating yourself on climate 1. Mandela, Nelson, quoted in Ellis, Paul, '[Changing the world through education – how Nelson Mandela created the](https://blog.cambridgeinternational.org/nelson-mandela/)[conditions for success](https://blog.cambridgeinternational.org/nelson-mandela/)', *Cambridge International Education Blog* (28 March 2019).​ 2. Kite Insights, Videos interviews with Gillian Benjamin, Hermione Taylor and Julian Lambin (June 2025).​ Julian's top 5 recommendations: [*Big World, Small Planet*](https://www.stockholmresilience.org/publications/publications/2016-05-06-big-world-small-planet-abundance-within-planetary-boundaries.html) (book by Johan Rockström and Mattias Klum); [*The Sixth*](https://www.ipcc.ch/assessment-report/ar6/)[*Assessment Repor*](https://www.ipcc.ch/assessment-report/ar6/)[*t*](https://www.ipcc.ch/assessment-report/ar6/) (by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change); [*The Sustainable Development Goals Report*](https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2024/) (released annually by the United Nations); [UN Global Stocktake](https://unfccc.int/topics/global-stocktake) (Assessment of progress towards achieving Paris Agreement goals); *The Climate Book* (book by Greta Thunberg). ​ Gillian's top 5 recommendations: ['The Uninhabitable Earth'](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans.html) (article by David Wallace-Wells); [Work on Climate](https://workonclimate.org/) (global community of professionals); [ClimateAction.tech](https://climateaction.tech/) (community of tech workers); [Our World in Data](https://ourworldindata.org/co2-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions) (climate research and data visualisations); [Project Drawdown](https://drawdown.org/) (climate solutions guide).​ Hermione's top 5 recommendations: [People, Planet, Pint](https://small99.co.uk/people-planet-pint-meetup/) (informal climate conversations — over drinks!); [Future Planet](https://www.futureplanet.love/) (community of sustainability changemakers); [Ride the Change](https://ridethechange.org/) (annual event for bicycle and nature enthusiasts); [Outrage & Optimism](https://www.outrageandoptimism.org/) (podcast focused on environmental issues); [Masters in Environmental Technology](https://www.imperial.ac.uk/study/courses/postgraduate-taught/environmental-technology/) (Imperial College London).​ 3. Kite Insights, [*Every job is a climate job: Why corporate transformation needs climate literacy*](https://kiteinsights.com/hubfs/Every-Job-Is-A-Climate-Job-Kite-Insights.pdf) (2022). ​ 4. Aristotle, quote in Sherif, Yasmine, '[Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all](https://www.educationcannotwait.org/news-stories/directors-corner/educating-the-mind-without-educating-the-heart-no-education-all)', Education Cannot Wait (13 May 2024).​ 5. Kite Insights, [*Every job is a climate job: Why corporate transformation needs climate literacy*](https://kiteinsights.com/hubfs/Every-Job-Is-A-Climate-Job-Kite-Insights.pdf) (2022). ​ 6. Oh, Alexis (UX designer, Ingka Services), 'Changemaker' video interview with Kite Insights (2024).​ 7. Hurd, '[Where can I start? Learning about my organisation](https://app.hurd.world/learn/chapter/15/?)', Hurd Learn (updated: 2025). ### Taking the plunge 1. Tugaleva, Vironika, quoted in G., Karman, '[Overthinking and overcoming](https://medium.com/@Karman_G/overthinking-c1787070f86a)', *Medium* (22 November 2022).​ 2. McGinley, Laurie (Minneapolis Public Schools project manager), 'Changemaker' video interview with Kite Insights (2024).​ 3. Kherian, Catherine (Zipcar product manager), 'Changemaker' video interview with Kite Insights (2023); Climate Fresk, '[About us](https://climatefresk.org/world/purpose/)' (updated: 2025).​ 4. Wu, Kitty (Corportate communications specialist, Bosch Taiwan), 'Changemaker' video interview with Kite Insights (2024).​ 5. Sassen-Liang, Tai (Software engineer, Ingka Services), 'Changemaker' video interview with Kite Insights (2024).​ 6. Samuel, Zoe (Former Anthropocene organiser, Google), 'Changemaker' video interview with Kite Insights (2024). ### Kickstarting a green team 1. Cultivating Capital, '[How to start a great green team for your business](https://www.cultivatingcapital.com/how-to-start-green-team/)' (updated: 2025). ​ 2. Stone, Maddie, '[Microsoft employees spent years fighting the tech giant's oil ties. Now, they're](https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/microsoft-employees-spent-years-fighting-tech-giants-oil-ties-now-theyre-speaking-out)[speaking out](https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/microsoft-employees-spent-years-fighting-tech-giants-oil-ties-now-theyre-speaking-out)', Pulitzer Center (8 May 2024). 3. ​Alpine, Holly (Former green team organiser, Microsoft), 'Changemaker' interview with Kite Insights (2025). 4. Wilkinson, Drew, '[How a punk-rocking paralegal harnessed employee power to](https://www.edf.org/degrees/how-punk-rocking-paralegal-harnessed-employee-power-green-microsoft)[green Microsoft](https://www.edf.org/degrees/how-punk-rocking-paralegal-harnessed-employee-power-green-microsoft)', *Degrees* podcast, Environmental Defense Fund, S06E01 (13 September 2023).​ 5. Wilkinson, Drew, '["](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTyehT0l4DM)[How I Built This" with Drew Wilkinson, a climate activist and community](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTyehT0l4DM)[organiser](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTyehT0l4DM)', *My Climate Journey* podcast (20 November 2023).​ 6. *Ibid.*​ 7. Samuel, Zoe (Former Anthropocene organiser, Google), 'Changemaker' video interview with Kite Insights (2024).​ 8. Wilkinson, Drew, '[How a punk-rocking paralegal harnessed employee power to](https://www.edf.org/degrees/how-punk-rocking-paralegal-harnessed-employee-power-green-microsoft)[green Microsoft](https://www.edf.org/degrees/how-punk-rocking-paralegal-harnessed-employee-power-green-microsoft)', *Degrees* podcast, Environmental Defense Fund, S06E01 (13 September 2023).​ 9. Wilkinson, Drew, [Climate Leadership Collective](https://www.drewwilkinson.earth/services) (updated: 2025).​ 10. Stone, Maddie, '[Microsoft employees spent years fighting the tech giant’s oil ties. Now, they’re](https://grist.org/accountability/microsoft-employees-spent-years-fighting-the-tech-giants-oil-ties-now-theyre-speaking-out/)[speaking out](https://grist.org/accountability/microsoft-employees-spent-years-fighting-the-tech-giants-oil-ties-now-theyre-speaking-out/)', *Grist* (8 May 2024). ### Influencing upwards 1. Wilding, Melody, '[How to build a power map for your project](https://hbr.org/2025/02/how-to-build-a-power-map-for-your-project)', *Harvard Business Review* (10 February 2025); Tang, Anita, '[Power mapping and analysis](https://commonslibrary.org/guide-power-mapping-and-analysis/)', The Commons Social Change Library (updated: 2025); National Education Association, '[Power mapping 101](https://www.climateadvocacylab.org/resource/power-mapping-101)', Climate Advocacy Lab (17 May 2023).​ 2. Join the Collective, 'How to make your voice resonate with upper management' (11 December 2023).​ 3. Carnegie, Dale, *How to make friends and influence people* (Simon & Schuster, New York: 1936); Kotter, John P., *Leading Change* (Harvard Business School Press, Boston: 1996); Pink, Daniel, *Drive:* *The surprising truth about what motivates us* (Canongate Books, Chicago: 2011).​ 4. Drew Wilkinson, '["How I Built This" with Drew Wilkinson, a climate activist and community organiser](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTyehT0l4DM)', *My Climate Journey* podcast (20 November 2023).​ 5. Tractivity, [*The complete stakeholder mapping*](https://www.tractivity.co.uk/knowledge-exchange/stakeholder-mapping-guide) (accessed: August 2025); National Education Association, '[Power](https://www.climateadvocacylab.org/resource/power-mapping-101)[mapping 101](https://www.climateadvocacylab.org/resource/power-mapping-101)', Climate Advocacy Lab (17 May 2023).​ 6. Carnegie, Dale, *How to make friends and influence people* (Simon & Schuster, New York: 1936); Kotter, John P., *Leading Change* (Harvard Business School Press, Boston: 1996); Pink, Daniel, *Drive:* *The surprising truth about what motivates us* (Canongate Books, Chicago: 2011).​ 7. Carnegie, Dale, *How to make friends and influence people* (Simon & Schuster, New York: 1936).​ 8. Tang, Anita, '[Power mapping and analysis](https://commonslibrary.org/guide-power-mapping-and-analysis/)', The Commons Social Change Library (updated: 2025); Carnegie, Dale, *How to make friends and influence people* (Simon & Schuster, New York: 1936); Kotter, John P., *Leading Change* (Harvard Business School Press, Boston: 1996).​ 9. Hurd, 'Talking climate with confidence' & 'Making the business case for sustainability', Hurd Learn (updated: 2025).​​ Dealing with climate anxiety ### Accepting climate anxiety 1. Lertzman, Renée, Video interview with Kite Insights, COP27 (2023)​ 2. Project Inside Out, '[What does it mean to attune?](https://projectinsideout.net/guiding-principles/attune/)', Video on the *Three As: Anxiety* (accessed 2025)​ 3. Uchendu, Jennifer, '[Emotional Resilience – The silent solution for coping with climate change](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyfdO4twpB4),' COP27 Panel Discussion, Kite Insights (2023)​ 4. World Economic Forum, ['Climate anxiety is on the rise — here's what we can do about it'](https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/05/climate-anxiety-is-on-the-rise-heres-what-we-do-about-it/), Climate Action (31 May 2024)​ 5. Hickman, Caroline, et al. '[Climate anxiety in children and young people and their beliefs about government responses to climate](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(21)00278-3/fulltext?ref=f-zin.faktograf.hr)[change: a global survey](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(21)00278-3/fulltext?ref=f-zin.faktograf.hr)', *The Lancet* (2021). 6. *Ibid.*​ 7. Oregon Humanities Center, '[Britt Wray, author of Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI3EXjf0aWM)', University of Oregon, (2022)​ 8. Wray, Britt, '[Keeping Cool Amid the Climate Crisis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j__PEkaL3ik&t=177s)', Frontiers Forum Live (2023)​ ### Turning acceptance into agency 1. McGinley, Laurie (Minneapolis Public Schools project manager), 'Changemaker' video interview with Kite Insights (2024).​ 2. Ipsos, '[Earth Day 2024: Changing Attitudes and Actions Towards Climate Change](https://www.ipsos.com/en-nl/earth-day-2024-changing-attitudes-and-actions-towards-climate-change)' (2024); '[New report examines people’s attitudes](https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/new-report-examines-peoples-attitudes-towards-climate-change-and-how-they-translate-action)[towards climate change and how they translate into action](https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/new-report-examines-peoples-attitudes-towards-climate-change-and-how-they-translate-action)' (June 2022).​ 3. De Meyer, Kris, "[Why we need to change how we talk about climate change](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yty9OtMHbLw)", TEDxLondon (2023).   ​ 4. Samuel, Zoe (Anthropocene organizer at Google), Video interview with Kite Insights (2024).​ 5. Rockström, Johan (Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), Video interview with Kite Insights (2023). ​ ### The only way out is through: How action eases anxiety 1. McGinley, Laurie (Minneapolis Public Schools project manager), 'Changemaker' video interview with Kite Insights (2024).​ 2. Stanley, Samantha et al. '[From](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667278221000018?utm_source=chatgpt.com)[anger to action: Differential impacts of eco-anxiety, eco-depression, and eco-anger on climate action](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667278221000018?utm_source=chatgpt.com)[and wellbeing'](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667278221000018?utm_source=chatgpt.com), *The Journal of Climate Change and Health,* Vol. 1 (March 2021).​ 3. Campbell, Leah, '[Anxiety about climate change is spurring action](https://environment.yale.edu/news/article/anxiety-about-climate-change-spurring-action?utm_source=chatgpt.com)', Yale School of Environment (14 January 2025).​ 4. Yale Climate Connections, ['Got climate anxiety? Taking action can be the right medicine](https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/07/got-climate-anxiety-taking-action-can-be-the-right-medicine/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)' (12 July 2024).​ 5. Kricorian, Katherine & Turner, Karin, '[Climate change and eco-anxiety in the US: Predictors, correlates, and potential solutions](https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.08.28.22279314v1.full)', medRxiv (30 August 2022). ​ 6. Zagefka, Hanna, ['Three practical ways to address climate anxiety](https://theconversation.com/three-practical-ways-to-address-climate-anxiety-230595?utm_source=chatgpt.com)', *The Conversation* (17 June 2024). ### The road to emotional resilience 1. Kite Insights, '[Emotional resilience – The silent solution for coping with climate change](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyfdO4twpB4)', COP27 panel discussion (2023).​ 2. Lorde, Audre, *A Burst of Light,* Firebrand Books (1988).​ 3. Hogan, Clover, '[How do I navigate my own feelings of overwhelm and anxiety](https://www.cloverhogan.com/faq)', *Force of Nature* (2025). ​ 4. hooks, bell, *all about love,* Harper (1999).​ 5. Hegazi, Farah, and Seyuba, Katongo, '[The social side of climate change](https://www.sipri.org/publications/2022/sipri-policy-briefs/social-side-climate-change-adaptation-reducing-conflict-risk): Reducing conflict risk', Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2022).​ 6. Wilkinson, Katherine, and Wray, Britt, '[7 resources to help you cope with climate anxiety](https://time.com/6112146/climate-anxiety-resources/),' *Time* (2021).​ 7. Diffey, et al. '"[Not about us without us” – the feelings and hopes of climate concerned young people around the world](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09540261.2022.2126297)', *International Review of Psychiatry,* vol. 34 (2022).​ 8. Wray, Britt, '[Keeping cool amid the climate crisis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j__PEkaL3ik&t=177s)', Frontiers Forum Live (2023). ### Windows of solidarity: How compassion fuels action 1. Dixson-Declève, Sandrine, COP28 interview with Kite Insights (December 2023).​ 2. Wray, Britt, '[Keeping cool amid the climate crisis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j__PEkaL3ik&t=177s)', Frontiers Forum Live (2023). ​ 3. Dodds, Joseph, '[The Psychology of Climate Anxiety](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8499625/#:~:text=Those%20from%20lower%20socioeconomic%20groups,further%20isolating%20the%20most%20vulnerable.)', *BJPsych Bulletin* (August 2021). ​ 4. Centre for Global Mental Health, '[The Friendship Bench](https://www.centreforglobalmentalhealth.org/the-friendship-bench)' (Accessed: 2025). 5. Peltier, Elian, '[Need therapy? In West Africa, hairstylists can](https://www.centreforglobalmentalhealth.org/the-friendship-bench)[help](https://www.centreforglobalmentalhealth.org/the-friendship-bench)', *The New York Times* (26 November 2023).​ 6. Wray, Britt,  '[UO Today interview:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI3EXjf0aWM)[Britt Wray, author of](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI3EXjf0aWM)[*Generation Dread*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI3EXjf0aWM)[: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI3EXjf0aWM)', Oregon Humanities Center, University of Oregon (2022).​ 7. Kite Insights, [*Every*](https://kiteinsights.com/climate-literacy-corporate-transformation)[*Job is a Climate Job*](https://kiteinsights.com/climate-literacy-corporate-transformation) (2022).​ 8. Uchendu, Jennifer, '[Emotional Resilience – The silent solution for coping with climate change](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyfdO4twpB4),' COP27 Panel Discussion, Kite Insights (2023). Talking climate with confidence ### Knowing your audience 1. Prezent, '[Speak to their minds: Understand the psychology of the audience](https://www.prezent.ai/zenpedia/psychology-of-the-audience)' (updated: 2025).​ 2. Climate Outreach & Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, '[Knowing your audience](https://climateoutreach.org/science-climate-change-communication-knowing-your-audience/)' (updated: 2025).​ 3. Kherian, Catherine (Zipcar product manager), 'Changemaker' video interview with Kite Insights (2023).​ 4. United Nations, '[Communicating on climate change](https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/communicating-climate-change)', Climate action (updated: 2025).​ 5. Oh, Alexis (Ingka Services UX designer), 'Changemaker' video interview with Kite Insights (2024).​ ### Finding common ground 1. Hayhoe, Katherine, [The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: Talk about it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BvcToPZCLI), TED (11 January 2019).​ 2. Chrobak, Ula, '[How to overcome political polarization on climate change](https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2024/how-to-overcome-political-polarization-climate-change)', *Knowable Magazine* (13 March 2024).​ 3. McGinley, Laurie (Minneapolis Public Schools project manager), 'Changemaker' video interview with Kite Insights (2024). ### Framing challenges as opportunities 1. Lovins, Hunter, COP28 interview with Kite Insights (December 2023).​ ### Telling stories 1. De Meyer, Kris, [Why we need to change how we talk about climate change](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yty9OtMHbLw), TEDxLondon (23 November 2023).​ 2. *Ibid.*​ 3. Townsend, Solitaire, '[What's your superhero origin story?](https://solitairetownsend.substack.com/p/whats-your-superhero-origin-story)', Solitaire's Storytelling (30 March 2025).​ 4. Tremeer, Eleanor, '[Early predictions of the internet date back to 19th century sci-fi](https://gizmodo.com/early-predictions-of-the-internet-date-back-to-19th-cen-1831319970)', *Gizmodo* (4 January 2019).​ 5. Taylor, Dan, '[How an obscure 1909 novella that foretold the internet can guide us through the latest lockdown](https://theconversation.com/how-an-obscure-1909-novella-that-foretold-the-internet-can-guide-us-through-the-latest-lockdown-152733)', *The Conversation* (11 January 2021).​ 6. Houser, Krisin, '[Science fiction doesn’t predict the future. It inspires it](https://bigthink.com/the-present/sci-fi-predict-inspire-future/)', *Big Think* (23 October 2021).​ 7. Selected excerpts, read by Christiana Figueres, from Figueres, Christiana & Rivett-Carnac, Tom, 'The world we must create', [The future](https://catalogue.unccd.int/1649_The_Future_We_Choose_Surviving_the_Climate_Crisis.pdf)[we choose: Surviving the climate crisis](https://catalogue.unccd.int/1649_The_Future_We_Choose_Surviving_the_Climate_Crisis.pdf) (Alfred A. Knopf, New York: 2020); Complete audio version available on SoundCloud: Future Stewards, ['The world we must create — Narrated by Christiana Figueres'](https://soundcloud.com/user-179375975/the-world-we-must-create-christiana?utm_source=mobi&utm_campaign=social_sharing) (2021). 8. Solnit, Rebecca, '[If you win the popular imagination, you change the game’: Why we need new stories on climate](https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/jan/12/rebecca-solnit-climate-crisis-popular-imagination-why-we-need-new-stories)', *The Guardian* (12 January 2023). ​ ### Bridging political divides 1. Chan, Eugene Y., and Faria, Amy A., '[Political ideology and climate change-mitigating behaviors: Insights from fixed world beliefs](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959378021002193)', *Global Environmental Change*, vol. 72 (January 2022).​ 2. Time for Better, '[Communicating climate change in a conservative era](https://timeforbetter.org/project/communicating-climate-in-a-conservative-era/)'(contributing partners: Mission 2025, Fossil Free Media, Women Leading on Climate), (updated: 2025). ​ 3. Hartman, Devin, '[A quest for "green liberty": How America's eco-republicans are trying to reclaim the right](https://www.corporateknights.com/leadership/americas-green-conservatives-republicans-need-to-reclaim-the-right/)', *Corporate Knights* (25 January 2024).​ 4. Thalman, Ellen, and Wettengel, Julian, '[The story of "climate chancellor" Angela Merkel](https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/making-climate-chancellor-angela-merkel)', *Clean Energy Wire* (7 December 2021). ​ 5. The New Climate Economy, '[Felipe Calderón Hinojosa](https://newclimateeconomy.net/content/felipe-calderon-hinojosa)' (updated: 2025).​ 6. Goldsmith, Zac, '[There’s nothing conservative about turning our backs on nature](https://www.corporateknights.com/issues/2024-01-global-100-issue/uk-sunak-conservatives-turning-backs-on-nature/)', *Corporate Knights* (25 January 2024).​ 7. *Ibid.*​ 8. Hartman, Devin, '[A quest for "green liberty": How America's eco-republicans are trying to reclaim the right](https://www.corporateknights.com/leadership/americas-green-conservatives-republicans-need-to-reclaim-the-right/)', *Corporate Knights* (25 January 2024).​ 9. 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Glikson, Andrew, '[Another link between CO](https://theconversation.com/another-link-between-co2-and-mass-extinctions-of-species-12906)[2](https://theconversation.com/another-link-between-co2-and-mass-extinctions-of-species-12906)[and mass extinctions of species](https://theconversation.com/another-link-between-co2-and-mass-extinctions-of-species-12906)', *The Conversation* (21 March 2013).​ 8. Aranda, Michael, '[The Siberian Traps: a 250 million year old crime scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXMoBnuFZ5k)', SciShow (18 July 2019).​ 9. Editorial team, '[What does past climate change tell us about global warming?](https://skepticalscience.com/climate-change-little-ice-age-medieval-warm-period-intermediate.htm)', Skeptical Science (accessed: 29 July 2025).​ 10. *Ibid*.​ 11. WWF, “[10 myths about climate change](https://www.wwf.org.uk/updates/here-are-10-myths-about-climate-change)” (accessed: 30 July 2025)​ 12. Rockström, Johan, video interview with Kite Insights (November 2023).​ 13. Oreskes, Naomi, '[The American denial of global warming – Perspectives on ocean science](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T4UF_Rmlio)', University of California Television (20 December 2007).​ 14. Boyle, Rob, “[11 arguments against climate change (and how to debunk them with evidence)](https://www.emission-index.com/climate-change/climate-change-arguments)” Emission Index, (30 April 2025)​ 15. Nye, Bill, quoted in Davies, Paul, '[30 of the most impactful climate change quotes](https://curious.earth/blog/climate-change-quotes/)', *Curious Earth blog* (21 October 2019).   ### "Not all scientists agree" 1. Siegel, Ethan, '[What does "scientific consensus" mean?'](https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2016/06/24/what-does-scientific-consensus-mean/), *Forbes* (24 June 2016).​ 2. The Consensus Project, '[The debate is over](https://theconsensusproject.com/#sharePage)' (accessed: 2 September 2025); Cook, John, '[How deniers maintain the consensus gap](https://skepticalscience.com/How-deniers-maintain-the-consensus-gap.html)' excerpt published in *Skeptical Science* (18 February 2020).​ 3. Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine, [Global Warming Petition Project](https://www.oism.org/pproject/) (last updated: 2008).​ 4. Caserini, Stefano, et al., '[Evaluating the scientific credentials of the supporters of public petitions denying anthropogenic climate](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/16000870.2021.1875727)[change](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/16000870.2021.1875727)', *Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography,* Taylor & Francis Online (25 January 2021).. ​ 5. Editorial team, '[The 97% consensus on global warming](https://skepticalscience.com/global-warming-scientific-consensus.htm)', *Skeptical Science* (accessed: 29 July 2025).​ 6. Boyle, Rob, '[11 arguments against climate change (and how to debunk them with evidence)](https://www.emission-index.com/climate-change/climate-change-arguments)' Emission Index, (30 April 2025).​ 7. Hoffarth, Mark R. & Gordon Hudson, '[Green on the outside, red on the inside: Perceived environmentalist threat as a factor explaining](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272494415300426)[political polarization of climate change](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272494415300426)', *Journal of Environmental Psychology*, vol. 45, pp. 40-49 (March 2016).​ 8. Brulle, Robert J., '[A sociological view of the effort to obstruct action on climate change](https://www.asanet.org/footnotes-article/sociological-view-effort-obstruct-action-climate-change/?hilite=Footnotes+structure+and+culture+climate+change+denial)' *Footnotes: A Magazine of the American Sociological Association*, vol. 49, issue 3 (2023).​ 9. Cook, John, '[The story of climate consensus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPNr9BeMNLk)' (2 September 2020).​ 10. Oreskes, Naomi, '[The American denial of global warming – Perspectives on ocean science](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T4UF_Rmlio)', University of California Television (20 December 2007).​ 11. Bohr, Jeremiah, '[The structure and culture of climate change denial](https://www.asanet.org/footnotes-article/structure-and-culture-climate-change-denial/)' *Footnotes: A Magazine of the American Sociological Association*, vol. 49, issue 3 (2023); or see Oreskes, Naomi & Erik Conway, '[Merchants of Doubt](https://www.merchantsofdoubt.org/)' (Bloomsbury Press, 2010).​ 12. Keane, Phoebe, '[How the oil industry made us doubt climate change](https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-53640382)', BBC (19 September 2020).​ 13. Oreskes, Naomi, '[The American denial of global warming – Perspectives on ocean science](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T4UF_Rmlio)', University of California Television (20 December 2007).​ 14. Cook, John, '[How to spot and tag misinformation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH9V98mHMB8),' (24 September 2020).​ 15. Cook, John, '[The story of climate consensus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPNr9BeMNLk)', (2 September 2020).   ### "Humans aren't to blame for global warming" 1. Lindsey, Rebecca, '[Climate change: atmospheric carbon dioxide](https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide)', National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (21 May 2025).​ 2. Editorial team, '[9 ways we know humans are responsible for climate change](https://www.edf.org/climate/9-ways-we-know-humans-triggered-climate-change),' Environmental Defense Fund (9 May 2024).​ 3. O'Connor, John, '[Modeling of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO](https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/8/5/61)[2](https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/8/5/61)[) concentrations as a function of fossil-fuel and land-use change CO](https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/8/5/61)[2](https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/8/5/61)e[missions coupled with oceanic and terrestrial sequestration](https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/8/5/61),' Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (2 May 2020). ​ 4. NASA, ['Evidence'](https://science.nasa.gov/climate-change/evidence/) (accessed: 14 August 2025).​ 5. Knapp, Scott, '[What does past climate change tell us about global warming?](https://skepticalscience.com/climate-change-little-ice-age-medieval-warm-period-intermediate.htm)', Skeptical Science (13 November 2020).​ 6. GEO GIRL, '[5 ways we distinguish human-Induced vs natural climate change](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM-C728HoRA&t=7s)' YouTube (31 March 2024).​ 7. Hausfather, Zeke, '[Why the sun is not responsible for recent climate change](https://www.carbonbrief.org/why-the-sun-is-not-responsible-for-recent-climate-change/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)', *Carbon Brief* (18 August 2017); Reuters Fact Check, '[Fact](https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/volcanoes-not-being-downplayed-because-co2-is-harmless-contrary-claims-2024-07-02/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)c[heck: Volcanoes not being downplayed because CO](https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/volcanoes-not-being-downplayed-because-co2-is-harmless-contrary-claims-2024-07-02/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)[2](https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/volcanoes-not-being-downplayed-because-co2-is-harmless-contrary-claims-2024-07-02/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)[is harmless, contrary to claims](https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/volcanoes-not-being-downplayed-because-co2-is-harmless-contrary-claims-2024-07-02/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)', Reuters (2 July 2024).​ 8. Simon Clark, '[Are humans  really behind the extra CO](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg6-_6crLlM)[2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg6-_6crLlM)[in the atmosphere?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg6-_6crLlM)' Youtube (31 August 2023).​ 9. Hossenfelder, Sabine, '[How do we know climate change is caused by humans?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1KGnCj_cfM&t=353s)' Youtube (25 January 2024).​ 10. White, Veronica, '[Veronica White quotes](https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1429455.Veronica_White)', Goodreads (accessed: 8 September 2025).   ### "What about China's emissions" 1. Levy, Adam, '[Climate Adam: Is China finally changing its climate ways?](https://skepticalscience.com/ClimateAdam-is-china-finally-changing-its-climate-ways.html)', Skeptical Science (11 June 2025).​ 2. DW News, '[How China became the biggest polluter and source of renewable energy at the same time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zDvsgsBJGg&list=TLPQMTcwOTIwMjXS5nv00bJ-CQ&index=4)' (5 December 2023).​ 3. Worldometer, '[China population live](https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/china-population/)' (accessed: 29 September 2025).​ 4. World Bank Group, '[Lifting 800 million people out of poverty – New report looks at lessons from China’s experience](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2022/04/01/lifting-800-million-people-out-of-poverty-new-report-looks-at-lessons-from-china-s-experience)', *Press release* (1 April 2022).​ 5. Ritchie, Hannah & Max Roser, ['CO](https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions)[2](https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions)[emissions'](https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions), Our World in Data (accessed: 22 Sept 2025). ​ 6. Ritchie, Hannah, Pablo Rosado & Max Roser, '[Per capita, national, historical: How do countries compare on CO](https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions-metrics)[2](https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions-metrics)[metrics?](https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions-metrics)', Our World in Data (accessed: 24 Sept 2025).  ​ 7. Yang, Zewei, '[The right to carbon emission: A new right to development](https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation?paperid=20396&utm_source=chatgpt.com%20%E2%80%8B)', *American Journal of Climate Change* (vol. 1, no. 2: June 2012). ​ 8. Kilman, Charlie, '[Why China isn't the problem](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWjLxR3hWx8)', *Our Changing Climate* (5 May 2023).​ 9. Editorial team, '[China’s renewable energy expansion can fuel global energy transition: Report](https://carboncopy.info/chinas-renewable-energy-expansion-can-fuel-global-energy-transition-report/)', *Carbon Copy* (12 September 2025).  ​ 10. International Energy Agency, '[China currently dominates global solar PV supply chains](https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/d2ee601d-6b1a-4cd2-a0e8-db02dc64332c/SpecialReportonSolarPVGlobalSupplyChains.pdf)', *Special report on solar PV global supply chains* (7 July 2022)**.**​ 11. Huay Neo, Gim, quoted in: Yutong Lin, Ella, '[Clean energy has caused China’s emissions to drop for the first time, but will they keep falling?](https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/06/clean-energy-china-emissions-peak/)', World Economic Forum (19 June 2025).​ 12. Borlace, Dave, '[New research debunks climate disinformation about China'](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU8zYS43TRg), Just Have a Think (17 August 2025). ​ 13. Hooper, Rowan & Penny Sarchet, 'I[s China becoming the new climate leade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpRDRFZkb4Y)r', *New Scientist* (16 May 2025).​ 14. Loh, Lawrence & Wang Zihan, '[Can China rewrite the rules of sustainability?](https://www.thinkchina.sg/economy/can-china-rewrite-rules-global-sustainability/)', *Think China* (28 July 2025).​ 15. Yang, Dr Muyi, quoted in: Editorial team, '[China’s renewable energy expansion can fuel global energy transition: Report](https://carboncopy.info/chinas-renewable-energy-expansion-can-fuel-global-energy-transition-report/)', *Carbon Copy* (12 September 2025).   ### "It's too late to make a difference" 1. World Economic Forum, '[It's too late to save the climate is a dangerous myth](https://www.weforum.org/videos/it-s-too-late-to-save-the-climate-is-a-dangerous-myth/)', (accessed: 28 September 2025). ​ 2. Tekse, Sven, '[Earth is heading for 2.7](https://theconversation.com/earth-is-heading-for-2-7-c-warming-this-century-we-may-avoid-the-worst-climate-scenarios-but-the-outlook-is-still-dire-254284)[°C warming this century; we may avoid the worst climate scenarios, but the outlook is still dire](https://theconversation.com/earth-is-heading-for-2-7-c-warming-this-century-we-may-avoid-the-worst-climate-scenarios-but-the-outlook-is-still-dire-254284)', *The Conversation* (27 May 2025).​ 3. *Ibid.*​ 4. Sideris, Kiki, '[Is it too late to stop climate change?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5PoNF-PyPw)', Associated Press (13 April 2024). ​ 5. Ginger, Zee, '[Why it’s not too late to turn the tide on climate change](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHe2jh13fi8)', ABC News (22 April 2025).​ 6. Rockström, Johan, Video interview with Kite Insights (November 2023).​ 7. International Energy Agency, '[Rapid rollout of clean technologies makes energy cheaper, not more costly](https://www.iea.org/news/rapid-rollout-of-clean-technologies-makes-energy-cheaper-not-more-costly)', *News* (30 May 2024).​ 8. Tekse, Sven, '[Earth is heading for 2.7](https://theconversation.com/earth-is-heading-for-2-7-c-warming-this-century-we-may-avoid-the-worst-climate-scenarios-but-the-outlook-is-still-dire-254284)[°C warming this century; we may avoid the worst climate scenarios, but the outlook is still dire](https://theconversation.com/earth-is-heading-for-2-7-c-warming-this-century-we-may-avoid-the-worst-climate-scenarios-but-the-outlook-is-still-dire-254284)', *The Conversation* (27 May 2025).​ 9. Dobbs, Rachel, '[Have global emissions peaked?](https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2024/11/18/have-global-emissions-peaked)', *The Economist* (18 November 2024).​ 10. IPCC, '[The](https://www.ipcc.ch/2022/04/04/ipcc-ar6-wgiii-pressrelease/)[evidence is clear: the time for action is now. We can halve emissions by 2030](https://www.ipcc.ch/2022/04/04/ipcc-ar6-wgiii-pressrelease/)', *Newsroom* (4 April 2022).​ 11. Wright, Donald, [‘It’s not over: An open letter to David Suzuki](https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/07/its-not-over-an-open-letter-to-david-suzuki/)', Yale Climate Connections (25 July 2025).​ 12. Ritchie, Hannah, ['Is it too late for us to slow climate warming?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QICBsD9Aog)', Big Think (15 April 2025).​ 13. Adapted from Suzuki, David, '[David Suzuki witnesses the unravelling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Sh44uFNbY)', Tree+ (25 January 2022).​ 14. Wray, Britt, '[UO Today interview: Britt Wray, author Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI3EXjf0aWM)', Oregon Humanities Centre (27 February 2023).​ 15. World Economic Forum, '[It's too late to save the climate is a dangerous myth](https://www.weforum.org/videos/it-s-too-late-to-save-the-climate-is-a-dangerous-myth/)', (accessed: 28 September 2025). ​ 16. Tekse, Sven, '[Earth is heading for 2.7](https://theconversation.com/earth-is-heading-for-2-7-c-warming-this-century-we-may-avoid-the-worst-climate-scenarios-but-the-outlook-is-still-dire-254284)[°C warming this century; we may avoid the worst climate scenarios, but the outlook is still dire](https://theconversation.com/earth-is-heading-for-2-7-c-warming-this-century-we-may-avoid-the-worst-climate-scenarios-but-the-outlook-is-still-dire-254284)', *The Conversation* (27 May 2025). ​ Learning about my organisation: Where do I start? 1. 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Ramkumar, Amrith; Ballard, Ed; & Shifflett, Shane, '[Companies stall climate action despite earlier promises](https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/companies-stall-climate-action-despite-earlier-promises-44c1c7bd?mod=mhp)', *Wall Street Journal*, 19 September 2023. ​ 13. Levin, Kelly, Boehm, Sophie & Carter, Rebecca, '[6 Big Findings from the IPCC 2022 Report on Climate Impacts,](https://www.wri.org/insights/ipcc-report-2022-climate-impacts-adaptation-vulnerability)[Adaptation and Vulnerability](https://www.wri.org/insights/ipcc-report-2022-climate-impacts-adaptation-vulnerability)', World Resources Institute, February 272022.​ 14. OXFAM International (2020), '[Confronting carbon inequality'](https://www.oxfam.org/en/research/confronting-carbon-inequality).​ 15. United Nations (n.d.). '[Report: Inequalities exacerbate climate impacts on poor'](https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/10/report-inequalities-exacerbate-climate-impacts-on-poor/).​ 16. Thich Nhat Hanh, '[Key teachings](https://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/key-teachings)', Plum Village website.​ 17. Rockström, Johan, 'Interview with Kite Insights', 2022. 18. Business for Nature, '[12 new sector reports to help businesses contribute to halting and reversing nature loss](https://www.businessfornature.org/)', 2023.​ 19. Mardas, Niki, Global Canopy, 'Interview with Kite Insights', 2022. 20. Kite Insights,[Every job is a climate job](https://kiteinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Every-Job-Is-A-Climate-Job-Kite-Insights.pdf),2022.​ 21. Ibid.​ 22. De Meyer, Kris, '[Transforming the stories we te](https://www.krisdemeyer.com/articles)[ll about](https://www.krisdemeyer.com/articles)[climate change from "issue" to "action"'](https://www.krisdemeyer.com/articles), 1 November 2021.​ 23. Kite Insights, [Every job is a climate job](https://kiteinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Every-Job-Is-A-Climate-Job-Kite-Insights.pdf), 2022.​ 24. Tómasdóttir, Halla, '[To](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/solve-climate-crisis-we-must-unlock-leader-all-us-halla-tomasdottir/?trk=public_profile_article_view%E2%80%8B)[solve](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/solve-climate-crisis-we-must-unlock-leader-all-us-halla-tomasdottir/?trk=public_profile_article_view%E2%80%8B) [the climate crisis, we must unlock the leader in all of us](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/solve-climate-crisis-we-must-unlock-leader-all-us-halla-tomasdottir/?trk=public_profile_article_view%E2%80%8B)', 20 December 2021. Why consumer choice matters – with WWF 1. King Jr., Dr Martin Luther, '[When we rise in the morning...](https://www.azquotes.com/quote/900236)', AZ Quotes (text in square bracket added by writers).​ 2. Kalischek, Nikolai, et al., '[Satellite-based high-resolution maps of cocoa planted area for Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana](https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.06119)', Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (Cornell University: 2022); WWF, [*Cocoa: Changing the cocoa industry to protect people and our forests*](https://wwf.panda.org/discover/our_focus/forests_practice/cocoa/) (updated: 2026). 3.  United Nations Environment Programme, [*Forest / Côte d’Ivoire*](https://dicf.unepgrid.ch/cote-divoire/forest)*,* Interactive Country Fiches, (updated: 2026); WWF, [*Business-as-usual cocoa is driving a new wave of global forest destruction, warns new WWF report*](https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?15675941/Business-as-usual-cocoa-Is-driving-a-new-wave-of-global-forest-destruction-warns-new-WWF-report%E2%80%8B)(February 16, 2026). 4. Mekonnen, Bezawit, '[The crumbling empire of chocolate](https://www.undp.org/africa/waca/blog/crumbling-empire-chocolate)', United Nations Development Programme (February 13, 2025).​ 5. Off, Carol, '[It's a measure of the separation...](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/386752.Carol_Off)', Goodreads (updated: 2026).​ 6. WWF, [What’s in Store for the Planet Report 2025](https://www.wwf.org.uk/sites/default/files/2025-12/whats-in-store-for-the-planet-report-2025.pdf) (December 2025).​ 7. Kite Insights, 'Interview with Nicola Brennan' (March 2026). ​ 8. Additional links: [Cocoa | WWF](https://www.chocolatescorecard.com/); [Chocolate Scorecard](https://www.chocolatescorecard.com/); WWF's [From Past to Future: How Business-as-Usual Cocoa Drives Forest Loss and What We Can Do](https://wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/cocoa-production-2025-bat_web.pdf).​ I work in Product Procurement and Buying – What can I do? ### Lesson 1: Sourcing products sustainably 1. Ettinger, Jill, '[What Are the Sephora Clean Beauty Guidelines? Plus: the 87 Qualifying Brands to Shop](https://the-ethos.co/sephora-clean-beauty-guidelines-and-qualifying-brands/)', Ethos (15 August 2023).    2. Natsu, Jennifer, '[Meet the](https://www.environmentalleader.com/2022/03/meet-the-100-carley-klekas-principal-of-product-sustainability-sephora/)[Honorees](https://www.environmentalleader.com/2022/03/meet-the-100-carley-klekas-principal-of-product-sustainability-sephora/)[: Carley](https://www.environmentalleader.com/2022/03/meet-the-100-carley-klekas-principal-of-product-sustainability-sephora/)[Klekas](https://www.environmentalleader.com/2022/03/meet-the-100-carley-klekas-principal-of-product-sustainability-sephora/)[, Principal of Product Sustainability, Sephora](https://www.environmentalleader.com/2022/03/meet-the-100-carley-klekas-principal-of-product-sustainability-sephora/)', Environmental + Energy Leader (15 March 2022). 3. Doyle, Megan, '[Unpicking fashion's supply chain tiers & their risks](https://trustrace.com/knowledge-hub/unpicking-fashions-supply-chain-tiers-their-risks)', Trust Trace, 2022. 4. '[Supply Chain: Going beyond compliance](https://www.levistrauss.com/sustainability-report/community/supply-chain/)', in Sustainability Report (2022), Levi Strauss & Co. Official website.    5. Levi Strauss & Co., [Supplier Code of Conduct](https://www.levistrauss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/LSCo_Code-of-Conduct.pdf) (May 2022). 6. '[Supply Chain: Going beyond compliance](https://www.levistrauss.com/sustainability-report/community/supply-chain/)', in Sustainability Report (2022), Levi Strauss & Co. Official website.   ### Lesson 2: Decarbonising your product's value chain 1. Tetrapak, '[Lifecycle assessment: Measuring and assessing the environmental impact of food and beverage ](https://www.tetrapak.com/en-gb/sustainability/measuring-and-reporting/life-cycle-assessment%E2%80%8B)[cartons](https://www.tetrapak.com/en-gb/sustainability/measuring-and-reporting/life-cycle-assessment%E2%80%8B)', 2023.​ 2. Deloitte, ‘[Zero in on… Scopes 1, 2 and 3 emissions – What you need to know](https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/focus/climate-change/zero-in-on-scope-1-2-and-3-emissions.html)’, 2023. ​ 3. Carbon Trust, '[Assurance and Labelling: Product carbon footprint label](https://www.carbontrust.com/what-we-do/assurance-and-labelling/product-carbon-footprint-label)', 2023.​ 4. Ibid.​ 5. The RE100 Climate Group,[Official Website](https://www.there100.org/%E2%80%8B%C2%A0%20%E2%80%8B), 2023.​   ### Lesson 3: Designing for circularity 1. Kite Insights, Issue Brief: Circular Economy (2023). 2. '[Client Story:](https://www.paconsulting.com/client-story/dizzie-unlocking-the-reuse-and-refill-potential-of-consumer-packaging)[Dizzie](https://www.paconsulting.com/client-story/dizzie-unlocking-the-reuse-and-refill-potential-of-consumer-packaging)[– Unlocking the reuse and refill potential of consumer packaging](https://www.paconsulting.com/client-story/dizzie-unlocking-the-reuse-and-refill-potential-of-consumer-packaging)', PA Consulting (2023). 3. '[Sustainable packaging: We're thinking outside the box](https://www.beautycounter.com/packaging)', Beauty Counter official website. 4. Ruiz, Arabella, '[17 most worrying textile waste statistics & facts](https://theroundup.org/textile-waste-statistics/)', The Roundup (Updated: 2023). 5. [2022 Impact Report](https://ir.thredup.com/static-files/43fcb53d-0613-494b-a070-bbb90b714d19), thredUP (2023).  6. Ibid. 7. '[Foods waste adds up](https://www.apeel.com/impact)', Impact, Apeel official website (Updated: 2022).  8. Ibid. 9. Veolia, [‘](https://www.veolia.com/en/news/veolia-and-yara-join-forces-develop-circular-economy-european-food-and-agriculture-sectors)[Veolia and Yara join forces to develop the circular economy in the European food and agriculture sectors](https://www.veolia.com/en/news/veolia-and-yara-join-forces-develop-circular-economy-european-food-and-agriculture-sectors%E2%80%8B)’, 22 January 2019.   ### Lesson 4: Streamlining volume and turnaround times 1. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, [Global Food Losses and Food Waste](https://www.fao.org/3/i2697e/i2697e.pdf%E2%80%8B%C2%A0%202.) (Study conducted for the International Congress SAVE FOOD! at Interpack2011 Düsseldorf, Germany, 2011). 2. Vargas, Julie, '[Making an impact on food waste: How RFID helps grocers sell more and throw away less](https://www.grocerydive.com/spons/making-an-impact-on-food-waste-how-rfid-helps-grocers-sell-more-and-throw/564033/)', Grocery Dive, 8October 2019). ​ 3. Checkpoint Systems, '[The game changer: RFID technology within the grocery sector](https://checkpointsystems.com/uk/blog/rfid-technology-within-the-grocery-sector/)', 2022.​ 4. Amed, Imran, et al. '[Fashion on demand](https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/retail/our-insights/fashion-on-demand)', McKinsey & Company, 19 February 2019. 5. New Dawn Traders, [Official website](https://www.newdawntraders.com/home/#pre-order).​ 6. Stover, Thomas, '[Slow Manufacturing: One Sustainable Solution We Can Learn From Rolex, anOrdain, And Others](https://www.fratellowatches.com/slow-manufacturing-sustainable-solution/#gref)', Fratello, 16 June 2022.​ ### Lesson 5: Rethinking transport and logistics 1. Greene, Suzanne, '[Freight Transportation](https://climate.mit.edu/explainers/freight-transportation)', MIT Climate Portal, 3 February 2023.​ 2. Elenjickal, Mathew, '[The future of sustainable ocean shipping](https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2023/06/07/the-future-of-sustainable-ocean-shipping/?sh=653a1763396c)', *Forbes*, 7 June 2023.​ 3. Kuenhe+Nagel, '[Services: Join us in CO2-neutral transport](https://home.kuehne-nagel.com/en/-/company/corporate-social-responsibility/join-us-in-co2-neutral-transport)', (n.d).  4. Yara, [Presskits: Yara Birkeland](https://www.yara.com/news-and-media/media-library/press-kits/yara-birkeland-press-kit/), 2023.​ 5. Kuenhe+Nagel, '[Services: Join us in CO2-neutral transport](https://home.kuehne-nagel.com/en/-/company/corporate-social-responsibility/join-us-in-co2-neutral-transport%E2%80%8B)', (n.d). ​ 6. Davies, Caleb, '[The carbon cost of home delivery and how to avoid it](https://ec.europa.eu/research-and-innovation/en/horizon-magazine/carbon-cost-home-delivery-and-how-avoid-it)', Horizon: The EU Research & Innovation Magazine, 17 February2020.​ 7. UPS, Climate, '[Alternative](https://about.ups.com/us/en/social-impact/environment/climate/ups-environmental-innovations.html)[fuel vehicles shape future deliveries](https://about.ups.com/us/en/social-impact/environment/climate/ups-environmental-innovations.html)', 8 September 2021.​ 8. Reed, Stanley, '[In London, electric trucks are helping UPS make ‘eco-friendly’ deliveries](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/business/energy-environment/electric-ups-trucks-in-london.html)', *The New York Times*, 21 September 2018.​ 9. Meaningful Business, '[An interview with Rob King](https://meaningful.business/introducing-zedify-the-zero-emissions-delivery-service-on-a-mission-to-improve-our-cities/)', 2022.​ 10. Zedify, '[Our zero emission fleet](https://www.zedify.co.uk/about-us/our-zero-emission-fleet/%E2%80%8B)', 2023. ### Lesson 6: Striving for gender equality in supply chains 1. Harrison, Theresa & Mork, Cate, ‘[How diverse sourcing can create more resilient supply chain](https://www.ey.com/en_us/supply-chain/how-diverse-sourcing-can-create-more-resilient-supply-chains%E2%80%8B)’, EY, 22 October 2021.​ 2. United Nations Global Impact, ‘[Gender Equality](https://bhr-navigator.unglobalcompact.org/issues/gender-equality/)’, Business & Human Right Navigator (n.d).​ 3. Ibid.​ 4. Abouzahr, Katie, et al., ‘[Why women-owned startups are a better bet](https://www.bcg.com/publications/2018/why-women-owned-startups-are-better-bet)’, Boston Consulting Group, 6 June 2018.​ 5. Gollub, Anna, ‘[Understanding the business of gender-responsive procurement](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0usskU-n_Q)’, UNGC Academy Webinar, UN Women, 14 September2023.  ​ 6. Unilever, ‘[Promoting diverse suppliers](https://www.unilever.com/planet-and-society/equity-diversity-and-inclusion/promoting-diverse-suppliers/#:~:text=Helping%20diverse%20businesses%20get%20'supply%20chain%20ready'&text=This%20new%20supplier%20diversity%20initiative,help%20them%20grow%20and%20succeed.%E2%80%8B)’, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Official website. ​ I work in Marketing and Communications – What can I do? ### Lesson 1: 'Green-doing' and reporting responsibly 1. '[Greenwashing](https://www.clientearth.org/what-we-do/priorities/greenwashing/)', ClimateEarth (Updated: January 2024). ​ 2. Based on definitions developed by Planet Tracker in their [Greenwashing Hydra report](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60c3fcb322f1bc439c03cf25/t/6488943f6197c50273f42583/1686672461039/Greenwash+Swatch+Toolkit.pdf) and adapted under a creative commons license by Creatives for Climate: Greenwash Watch Toolkit .​ 3. Visram, Talib, '[What is ‘green hushing’? The new negative sustainability trend, explained](https://www.fastcompany.com/90858144/what-is-green-hushing-the-new-negative-sustainability-trend-explained)', Fast Company (3 October 2023). ​ 4. Smout, Alistair & Frost, Laurence, '[Budget carrier Ryanair ordered to drop low-emissions ad claims](https://www.reuters.com/article/ryanair-environment-idUKL8N2A47HA)', Reuters (4 February 2020).​ 5. Makortoff, Kalyeena, '[Watchdog bans HSBC climate ads in fresh blow to bank’s green credentials](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/oct/19/watchdog-bans-hsbc-ads-green-cop26-climate-crisis)', The Guardian (19 October 2022).​ 6. Greenpeace International, ‘[Greenwashing garbage’: Europe’s Dirty Dozen oil and gas companies produce only 0.3% renewable energy ](https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/61420/greenwashing-garbage-europes-dirty-dozen-oil-gas-companies-produce-renewable-energy-despite-net-zero-pledges/)[despite deceptive net zero pledges](https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/61420/greenwashing-garbage-europes-dirty-dozen-oil-gas-companies-produce-renewable-energy-despite-net-zero-pledges/)', Press Releases (23 August 2023).  ​ 7. European Parliament News, '[EU to ban greenwashing and improve consumer information on product durability](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230918IPR05412/eu-to-ban-greenwashing-and-improve-consumer-information-on-product-durability#:~:text=The%20agreement%20updates%20the%20existing,them%20make%20better%20purchasing%20choices)', Press Releases (19 September 2023). ​ 8. Gillison, Douglas & Price, Michelle, '[US SEC cracks down on funds "greenwashing" with new investment ](https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/us-sec-poised-ban-deceptive-esg-growth-fund-labels-2023-09-20/)[requirement](https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/us-sec-poised-ban-deceptive-esg-growth-fund-labels-2023-09-20/)', Reuters (20 September 2023).​ 9. Adapted from [a LinkedIn post by Dr Sally Uren](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/koleen-davila-palaganas-990a44124_as-i-head-off-to-sustainable-brands-one-activity-7122511618365681664-vAKq/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios), Chief Executive of Forum for the Future (November 2023). ​ ### Lesson 2: Connecting with your customers 1. Frischmann, C. & C. Chissell, '[The powerful role of household actions in solving climate change](https://drawdown.org/news/insights/the-powerful-role-of-household-actions-in-solving-climate-change%E2%80%8B)', Project Drawdown (27 October 2021).​ 2. Potential Energy, [Talk like a human: Lessons on how to communicate climate change](https://potentialenergycoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/Talk-Like-a-Human.pdf) (2023); Roberts, Freya, '[The ](https://www.businessgreen.com/opinion/4059880/medias-action-create-climate-content-public-read)[Media's call to action: Create climate content the public wants to see and read](https://www.businessgreen.com/opinion/4059880/medias-action-create-climate-content-public-read)', Business Green (10 November 2022).​ 3. Oracle + Savanta, '[No Planet B: How Can Businesses and Technology Help Save the World?](https://www.oracle.com/a/ocom/docs/applications/esg-study-no-planet-b-report.pdf)', 2022 ESG Global Study (2022).​ 4. Innocent Drinks, [Sourcing Stories](https://www.innocentdrinks.co.uk/things-we-do-for-the-planet/sourcing-stories) (2023).​ 5. Oatly, [The Oatly Sustainability Update 2022](https://www.oatly.com/en-gb/oatly-who/sustainability-plan/sustainability-report) (2022).​ 6. Vivobarefoot, '[Unfinished Business: Integrated Annual Report 2022/2023](https://www.vivobarefoot.com/uk/unfinished-business)' (2023).​ 7. Morrisons, [Naturally Wonky, Naturally Wonderful](https://my.morrisons.com/wonky-fruit-veg/) (2023).​ 8. Smithers, Rebecca, '[Supermarket shoppers urged to serve "wonky" Christmas dinner](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/14/customers-wonky-christmas-dinner-supermarkets-fruit-vegetables-food-waste)', The Guardian (14 December 2018).​ 9. Brompton, '[Activism](https://www.brompton.com/why-brompton/sustainability/activism%E2%80%8B)' (Updated: 2024). ### Lesson 3: Building strong relationships 1. Singh, Shamima, '[Our Mission](https://www.mastercardcenter.org/about-us)', Center for Inclusive Growth (n.d).​ 2. Examples of client disclosures reports and sustainability pledges: [Futerra](https://www.wearefuterra.com/blog/new-client-disclosure-report) and [Clean Creatives](https://cleancreatives.org/firms).​ 3. Cochrane, Lauren, '[Love Island and eBay renew clothing deal after "pre-loved" clothing boost](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/05/love-island-and-ebay-do-it-again-after-pre-loved-clothing-boost-sponsor)', The Guardian (5 January 2023).​ 4. Zimmerman, Sarah, '[General Mills and Walmart team up to accelerate regenerative agriculture](https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/walmart-general-mills-regenerative-agriculture-pillsbury/697523/%E2%80%8B)', Supply Chain Dive (24 October 2023).​ 5. Weatherbed, Jess, '[Logitech partners with iFixit for self-repairs](https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/17/23726681/logitech-ifixit-self-repair-program-announcement-mx-master-anywhere)', The Verge (17 May 2023).​ ### Lesson 4: Cleaning up campaigns and events 1. IKEA, '[The icon is retired. Full steam ahead](https://ikeamuseum.com/en/explore/the-story-of-ikea/an-icon-is-retired/)', The Story of IKEA (updated 2023).​ 2. Good Loop, '[76% of marketers think the ad industry is not doing enough to tackle digital advertising's carbon ](https://good-loop.com/company-news/us-research-digital-advertising-carbon-footprint)[footprint](https://good-loop.com/company-news/us-research-digital-advertising-carbon-footprint)', Company News (updated: 2023).​ 3. Wholegrain Digital, '[3 steps to creating zero carbon websites](https://www.wholegraindigital.com/blog/sustainable-web-design/)' (21 August 2018).​ 4. Purpose Disruptors, [A](https://www.purposedisruptors.org/advertised-emissions)[dvertised Emissions Temperature Check 2022](https://www.purposedisruptors.org/advertised-emissions) (2022).​ 5. TRACE, by isla, '[Reduce your event carbon footprint with TRACE by isla](https://traceyour.events/)' (updated: 2023).​ 6. proseed, by isla, '[Sustainable solutions in practice](https://proseed.events/#categories)' (updated: 2023).​ 7. Isla, T[emperature Check 2022-2023: An exploration of sustainable progress in the UK event industry](https://lp.weareisla.co.uk/temperature-check) (May 2023).​ 8. Ecoset, '[About Ecoset](https://www.ecoset.la/)' (Updated: 2024).​ 9. Ibid.​ ### Lesson 5: Activating your workforce 1. Kite Insights, [Every job is a climate job](https://kiteinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Every-Job-Is-A-Climate-Job-Kite-Insights.pdf), (2022).​ 2. Ibid.​ 3. Ibid.​ 4. Townsend, Solitaire, '[Are ad agencies, PR firms and lobbyists destroying the climate?](https://www.ted.com/talks/solitaire_townsend_are_ad_agencies_pr_firms_and_lobbyists_destroying_the_climate)', TED (October 2021).​ 5. The Climate Pledge, '[Future Forward documentary series](https://www.theclimatepledge.com/us/en/future-forward#main-navigation)', (updated: 2024).​ 6. Xbox, '[Xbox is now the first carbon aware console, update rolling out to everyone soon](https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/01/11/xbox-carbon-aware-console-sustainability/)', Announcements (11 January 2023).​ 7. Machell, Millicent, '[How Bupa empowers employee climate action](https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/news/how-bupa-empowers-employee-climate-action/)', HR Magazine (10 July 2023). ​ 8. Ibid. ​ I work in Sales or a Client-facing Role – What can I do? ### Lesson 1: Educating your team 1. Kite Insights, [Every job is a climate job](https://kiteinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Every-Job-Is-A-Climate-Job-Kite-Insights.pdf), (2022).​ 2. Ibid.​ 3. Ibid.​ 4. Project Drawdown, [Sales and Client-Facing Roles](https://drawdown.org/programs/drawdown-labs/job-function-action-guides/sales-and-client-facing-roles), Job Function Action Guides, (Updated: 2024).​ 5. Do Nation, [Case study: Hill + Knowlton Strategies](https://d2sihi189grjh3.cloudfront.net/media/documents/HK_Do_Nation_Case_Study.pdf), Case Studies, (2018).​ 6. Ibid. ### Lesson 2: Adapting services to meet client needs 1. Hairabedian, Jordan, and Holzheuser, Stefan, '[New developments to the CSRD: What are the implications for non-financial](https://eco-act.com/blog/csrd-non-financial-disclosure-in-eu/#:~:text=From%202024%20onwards%2C%20the%20new,and%20governance%20(ESG)%20indicators.)[disclosures?](https://eco-act.com/blog/csrd-non-financial-disclosure-in-eu/#:~:text=From%202024%20onwards%2C%20the%20new,and%20governance%20(ESG)%20indicators.)', EcoAct (13 October 2023).​ 2. Arup & Oxford Economics,[The Global Green Economy: Capturing the opportunity](https://www.arup.com/perspectives/publications/research/section/the-global-green-economy-capturing-the-opportunity) (2022). ​ 3. Granskog, Anna, et. al, McKinsey & Company, [How companies capture the value of sustainability: Survey findings](https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/sustainability/our-insights/how-companies-capture-the-value-of-sustainability-survey-findings) (28 April 2021).​ 4. LinkedIn, [You want to make your company more sustainable. How can client feedback help you get there?](https://www.linkedin.com/advice/3/you-want-make-your-company-more-sustainable-how-qfagc), Corporate Sustainability (Undated). ### Lesson 3: Integrating sustainability into the sales cycle 1. Edie, '[One third of US firms losing business by failing to respond to the climate crisis](https://www.edie.net/one-third-of-us-firms-losing-business-by-failing-to-respond-to-the-climate-crisis/)' (18 March 2022). ​ 2. Adapted from: Suri, Devansh, '[A Complete Guide to Sales Cycle: Definition, Stages, and Process](https://flavorcrm.com/blogs/a-complete-guide-to-sales-cycle-definition-stages-and-process/)', Flavor (28 April 2022).​ 3. Cox, Emma, et al., [Time to get serious about the realities of climate risk](https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/services/sustainability/publications/risks-and-opportunities-of-climate-change-on-business.html), The Leadership Agenda, PricewaterhouseCoopers (16 May 2022). ### Lesson 4: Assessing your client portfolio 1. Townsend, Solitaire, '[Are ad agencies, PR firms and lobbyists destroying the climate?](https://www.ted.com/talks/solitaire_townsend_are_ad_agencies_pr_firms_and_lobbyists_destroying_the_climate)', TED (October 2021).​ 2. Barclays, [Barclays focuses capital and resources on supporting energy companies to decarbonise](https://home.barclays/news/press-releases/2024/01/barclays-focuses-capital-and-resources-on-supporting-energy-comp/), News and Press Releases, (9 February 2024).​ 3. George, Sarah, [Barclays to end direct finance for oil and gas expansion](https://www.edie.net/barclays-to-end-direct-finance-for-oil-and-gas-expansion/), edie, (9 February 2024).​ 4. Clean Creatives, [The future of creativity is clean](https://cleancreatives.org/), Official website, (Undated).​ 5. Forsythe, Michael & Bogdanich, Walt, ['](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/business/mckinsey-climate-change.html#:~:text=Simon%20Dawson%2FBloomberg-,At%20McKinsey%2C%20Widespread%20Furor%20Over%20Work%20With%20Planet's%20Biggest%20Polluters,100%20most%20environmentally%20damaging%20companies.)[At McKinsey, Widespread Furor Over Work With Planet’s Biggest Polluters'](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/business/mckinsey-climate-change.html#:~:text=Simon%20Dawson%2FBloomberg-,At%20McKinsey%2C%20Widespread%20Furor%20Over%20Work%20With%20Planet's%20Biggest%20Polluters,100%20most%20environmentally%20damaging%20companies.), The New York Times (27 October 2021).​ 6. Ibid.​ 7. McKinsey & Company, [McKinsey launches Catalyst Zero to help clients find and remove carbon across their](https://www.mckinsey.com/about-us/new-at-mckinsey-blog/new-mckinsey-product-helps-clients-accelerate-decarbonization)[businesses](https://www.mckinsey.com/about-us/new-at-mckinsey-blog/new-mckinsey-product-helps-clients-accelerate-decarbonization), McKinsey Blog, (13 July 2022).​ 8. Moral Compass, [Make better decisions, together](https://moralcompass.app/), Official website, (Undated). ​ 9. Tapper, Tom, [Businesses don't have a moral compass, people do](https://niceandserious.com/journal/businesses-dont-have-a-moral-compass-people-do), Nice and Serious, (13 August 2020). ### Lesson 5: Driving systems change with clients 1. B Corporation, '[Meeting the legal requirement](https://bcorporation.uk/b-corp-certification/before-you-certify/legal-requirement/)' (undated).​ 2. McEachran, Rich, '[What's the ROI of B Corp certification?](https://www.raconteur.net/responsible-business/roi-b-corp-certification)', Raconteur (1 December 2023).​ 3. Ibid.​ 4. RSPO, [Who we are: Driving change through sustainable palm oil](https://rspo.org/who-we-are/), (Updated: 2024).​ 5. The Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative, [Commitment](https://www.netzeroassetmanagers.org/commitment/), (Updated: 2024). I work in Operations and Facilities – What can I do? ### Lesson 1: Laying the groundwork 1. Crown Workplace, '[Giving Back Project](https://crownworkspace.com/uk/)', Official website, 2023.​ 2. Ibid.​ 3. Castlegate & Derwent Surgery, '[Sustainability](https://www.castlegateandderwentsurgery.nhs.uk/sustainability-what-we-are-doing)', Official website, 2023.​ 4. Ibid.​ 5. The Sustainable Procurement Pledge, '[Our Strategy](https://spp.earth/about-spp/our-strategy/)', Official website, 2023.​ 6. Ibid.​ ### Lesson 2: Optimising energy use 1. United Nations, '[Generating power](https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/climate-solutions/cities-pollution)', in Climate Action, (n.d).​ 2. IRENA, '[Majority of new renewables undercut cheapest fossil fuel on cost](https://www.irena.org/news/pressreleases/2021/Jun/Majority-of-New-Renewables-Undercut-Cheapest-Fossil-Fuel-on-Cost)', Press Releases, 22 June 2021.​ 3. IRENA, '[Renewables competitiveness accelerates, despite cost inflation](https://www.irena.org/News/pressreleases/2023/Aug/Renewables-Competitiveness-Accelerates-Despite-Cost-Inflation)', Press Releases, 29 August 2023. ### Lesson 3: Harnessing the food revolution 1. Poore, J., & Nemecek, T., ‘[Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaq0216)’, Science (1 June 2018).​ 2. Ritchie, Hannah, et al., '[Environmental impacts of food production](https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food)', Our World in Data (2022).​ 3. Kearsey, Emily, '[The legal issues with introducing a meat-free expenses policy](https://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1745747/the-legal-issues-with-introducing-a-meat-free-expenses-policy#:~:text=Earlier%20this%20year%20igloo%20Regeneration,reduce%20the%20company's%20carbon%20footprint.)', People Management (24 June 2020).​ 4. George, Sarah, '[Sky set to add carbon labels to food at all UK staff restaurants](https://www.edie.net/sky-set-to-add-carbon-labels-to-food-at-all-uk-staff-restaurants/)', Edie (24 January 2023).​ 5. Ritchie, Hannah, '[Food waste is responsible for 6% of global greenhouse gas emissions](https://ourworldindata.org/food-waste-emissions)', Our World in Data (18 March 2020).​ 6. Dwyer, Orla, '[Food waste makes up ‘half’ of global food system emissions](https://www.carbonbrief.org/food-waste-makes-up-half-of-global-food-system-emissions/)', Carbon Brief (13 March 2023).​ 7. Too Good to Go, [Official website](https://www.toogoodtogo.com/en-gb/business), (2023).​ 8. M&S, 'M&S [Food reaches milestone of 50 million meals donated to local charities across UK](https://corporate.marksandspencer.com/media/press-releases/ms-food-reaches-milestone-50million-meals-donated-local-charities-across-uk)', M&S website (5 December 2022).​ 9. Ibid.​ ### Lesson 4: Rethinking transport 1. Cyclescheme, [Case study: Abel & Cole](https://www.cyclescheme.co.uk/employers/case-studies/case-study-abel-and-cole), 2023.  ​ 2. Pod Points, [Workplace Charging Scheme](https://pod-point.com/guides/business/workplace-charging-scheme), Updated: 2023. ​ 3. Business News Wales, '[Openreach on a Net Zero Journey Challenges Faced to Convert Fleet to EV](https://businessnewswales.com/openreach-on-a-net-zero-journey-challenges-faced-to-convert-fleet-to-ev/)', 28 November 2022.​ 4. Ibid.​ 5. WWF, [WWF UK Policy: Position Statement on Business Travel](https://assets.wwf.org.uk/downloads/business_travel_ps_0709.pdf), 2023.​ 6. Ma, Michelle, '[Business travel is Big Tech’s next climate challenge](https://www.protocol.com/climate/salesforce-google-flights-emissions-calculators)', Protocol, 16 May 2022.​ 7. Transport and Environment, [Rail](https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/rail-10-times-better-air-london-paris-co2-comparison/)[ 10 times better than air in London-Paris CO](https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/rail-10-times-better-air-london-paris-co2-comparison/)[2](https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/rail-10-times-better-air-london-paris-co2-comparison/)[ comparison](https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/rail-10-times-better-air-london-paris-co2-comparison/), 25 October 2006.​ 8. Corporate Travel Community, '[Only one in six companies have set targets to reduce emissions from staff business travel](https://corporatetravelcommunity.com/analysis/only-one-in-six-companies-have-set-targets-to-reduce-emissions-from-staff-business-travel-641584%E2%80%8B)', 15 March 2023. ### Lesson 5: Retrofitting building stock 1. World Green Building Council, [Bringing embodied carbon upfront](https://worldgbc.org/advancing-net-zero/embodied-carbon/#:~:text=Buildings%20are%20currently%20responsible%20for,11%25%20from%20materials%20and%20construction) (2023).​ 2. UK Green Building Council, [Delivering Net Zero: Key Considerations for Commercial Retrofit](https://ukgbc.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/05110851/Commercial-Retrofit-Report.pdf%E2%80%8B) (May 2022).​ 3. Pinterest, [Inspiring a better future: 2021 ESG Impact Report](https://s23.q4cdn.com/958601754/files/doc_downloads/2023/02/pinterest-2021-esg-impact-report_inspiring-a-better-future.pdf), 2022.​ 4. Ringstrom, Anna, '[IKEA invests $373 mln in solar park projects in Germany, Spain](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/ikea-invests-373-mln-solar-park-projects-germany-spain-2022-04-06/)', Reuters, 6 April 2022. ​ 5. Ringstrom, Anna, '[Main IKEA retailer expects to exceed renewable energy goal by year's end](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ikea-renewable-energy-idUSKBN1W433F)', Reuters, 19 September 2019.​ 6. Haiken, '[How to design a more sustainable office space in 2023](https://www.haiken.com/insights/how-to-design-a-more-sustainable-office-space-in-2023)', Insights, 25 January 2023. ​ 7. Greenery:NYC, '[Etsy HQ](https://greenerynyc.com/etsy-hq/)', 2023.​ 8. McCarthy, Bonnie, '[Far from a cubicle farm, Etsy’s stylish headquarters is full of design ideas worth bringing home](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/far-from-a-cubicle-farm-etsys-stylish-headquarters-is-full-of-design-ideas-worth-bringing-home/2020/02/03/64e73c84-3ebe-11ea-b90d-5652806c3b3a_story.html)', The Washington Post, 4 February 2020.​ 9. Radcliffe, David, '[Bay View is open — the first campus built by Google](https://blog.google/inside-google/life-at-google/bay-view-campus-grand-opening/#:~:text=The%20campus%20incorporates%20biophilic%20design,and%20close%20throughout%20the%20day%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B)', The Keyword, 17 May 2022. I work in Human Resources – What can I do? ### Lesson 1: Upskilling your colleagues 1. Kite Insights, ‘[Every job is a climate job: Why corporate transformation needs climate literacy](https://kiteinsights.com/climate-literacy-corporate-transformation/)’, Updated: 2023. 2. Ibid. 3. Sharp, Rachel, [‘Tackling our climate emergency: HR’s role’](https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/features/tackling-our-climate-emergency-hrs-role/), *HR Magazine*, 15 July 2019.  4. Schneider Electric, ‘[Schneider Electric’s first Sustainability School opens for enrolment](https://www.se.com/ww/en/about-us/newsroom/news/press-releases/schneider-electric%E2%80%99s-first-sustainability-school-opens-for-enrolment-646b77fd7854e9e9160ca954)’, 22 May 2023. 5. Ibid.  ### Lesson 2: Unleashing potential through incentives 1. WWF (2013). WWF UK Policy: Position Statement on Business Travel. Available at: [https://assets.wwf.org.uk/downloads/business\_travel\_ps\_0709.pdf](https://assets.wwf.org.uk/downloads/business_travel_ps_0709.pdf)  2. Ro, Christine, ‘[Smart Travel: Some firms give more time off to those who shun plane travel](https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190918-some-firms-give-more-time-off-to-those-who-shun-plane-travel)’, BBC.com, 17 September 2019. 3. ‘[Home](https://www.climateperks.com/welcome)’, Climate Perks website ([climateperks.com](https://www.climateperks.com/welcome)). 4. Wynes, S. and Nicholas, K. A., ‘[The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions](https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7541)’, Environ. Res. Lett. 12 074024, 2017. ### Lesson 3: Leveraging green pensions 1. Statista Research Department, ‘[Investments of pension funds in the United Kingdom (UK) 2006-2021](https://www.statista.com/statistics/419891/united-kingdom-uk-pension-funds-investments/)', May 16, 2023. 2. Sheppard, Emma, ‘[The all-female, grassroots network moving millions away from fossil fuels](https://www.positive.news/society/the-all-female-grassroots-network-moving-millions-away-from-fossil-fuels-money-movers/)’, *Positive News*, 25 August 2023. 3. Make My Money Matter, ‘[The Green Pensions Guide: For organisations committed to Making their Money Matter](https://makemymoneymat.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Green-Pensions-Guide.pdf)’, 2021. 4. Foye, Lauren, ‘[Employers neglecting green pensions: 70% of employees want their retirement fund invested sustainably, yet 1 in 5 employers have never heard of ‘green pensions’’](https://www.zerocarbonacademy.com/posts/employers-neglecting-green-pensions-70-of-employees-want-their-retirement-fund-invested-sustainably-yet-1-in-5-employers-have-never-heard-of-green-pensions), Zero Carbon Academy, 18 October 2022. 5. Make My Money Matter, '[Want to know where your pension goes? Meet Oblivia Coalmine](https://makemymoneymatter.co.uk/oblivian/)', Updated: 2024. 6. Haurant, Sandra, ‘[Green your pension: How you can help the environment](https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/oct/04/green-pension-help-environment-climate-crisis)’, *The Guardian*, 4 October 2022. 7. Make My Money Matter, ‘[The Green Pensions Guide: For organisations committed to Making their Money Matter](https://makemymoneymat.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Green-Pensions-Guide.pdf)’, 2021. 8. Ibid. ### Lesson 4: Hiring tomorrow’s climate champions 1. Parmelee, M. et al., ‘[How climate has become a key player in the fight for talent](https://www.worldwildlife.org/blogs/sustainability-works/posts/how-climate-has-become-a-key-player-in-the-fight-for-talent)’, World Wildlife Fund, 9 February 2022; De Buitleir, Daithi, ‘[Employees, cost and profit: Here’s why “green companies” are winning](https://wayleadr.com/blog/employees-cost-and-profit-heres-why-green-companies-are-winning/)’, Wayleadr, 21 June 2022. 2. ‘[Careers](https://www.interface.com/US/en-US/more-from-interface/careers.html)’: Become an Interfacer, Inferface website ([www.interface.com](http://www.interface.com/)).   3. ‘[Retail assistant: Patagonia](https://www.ethicaljobs.com.au/members/Patagonia/retail-assistant-6)’, Ethical Jobs website, posted: 27 June 2023. 4. ‘[The intersections between climate and diversity, equity and inclusion](https://www.wtwco.com/en-gb/insights/2023/04/the-intersections-between-climate-and-diversity-equity-and-inclusion)’, WTW, 26 April 2023.   ### Lesson 5: Creating a green team 1. Kite Insights, ‘[Every job is a climate job: Why corporate transformation](https://kiteinsights.com/climate-literacy-corporate-transformation/)[needs climate literacy](https://kiteinsights.com/climate-literacy-corporate-transformation/)’, Updated: 2023.​ 2. Wilkinson, Drew, ‘[The critical role of employee sustainability communities and how to build one](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/green-tech-blog/the-critical-role-of-employee-sustainability-communities-and-how/ba-p/3795108)’, Green Tech Blog, 18 April 2023. ​ 3. Ibid.​ 4. Bergen, Mark, & Day, Matt, ‘[Big tech helps big oil pump more, belying climate pledges](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-16/microsoft-amazon-big-tech-help-big-oil-pump-more#xj4y7vzkg)’, Bloomberg, 16 August 2022.​ 5. Wilkinson, Drew, ‘[The critical role of employee sustainability communities and how to build one](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/green-tech-blog/the-critical-role-of-employee-sustainability-communities-and-how/ba-p/3795108)’, Green Tech Blog, 18 April 2023. ​ ### Lesson 6: Dealing with climate anxiety 1. Lertzman, Renée, ‘[How to turn climate anxiety into action](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f52LJJFBCLc)’, Ted Women 2019.  2. Schechter, David, et al., ‘[As climate changes, climate anxiety rises in youth](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-anxiety/)’, March 2023. 3. Greenhalgh, Tim, ‘[Eco anxiety in the workplace](https://www.savemoneycutcarbon.com/learn-save/eco-anxiety-in-workplaces/)’, SaveMoneyCutCarbon. 4. Ibid. 5. Richards, Lauren, ‘[Flavours for change: How Ben and Jerry’s uses ice cream names for activism’](https://impakter.com/flavours-for-change-how-ben-and-jerrys-uses-ice-cream-names-for-activism/), 3 November 2022.   Biodiversity & Business – Why does it matter? ### Introduction 1. Convention on Biological Diversity, [Biodiversity and Nature, close but not quite the same](https://www.cbd.int/idb/activities/difference-biodiversity-nature.pdf) (Undated). ### Lesson 1: Recognising nature at work 1. Bees4Life, '[Coffee without bees? Learn why bees are crucial for 40% of the world's coffee production](https://bees4life.org/blog/pollination/coffee-without-bees)' (Undated). ​ 2. International Wool Textile Organization. '[Sheep](https://iwto.org/sheep-wool/#:~:text=Quick%20Wool%20%26%20Sheep%20Facts,to%20cover%20one%20large%20sofa)' (Updated: 2024).​ 3. Brown, L.uka, Nature-Positive, '[Nature's medicine: The link between the pharmaceutical industry and biodiversity](https://naturepositive.com/natures-medicine-the-link-between-the-pharmaceutical-industry-and-biodiversity/)' (13 January 2022). ### Lesson 2: What biodiversity loss means for business 1. World Economic Forum, [Global Risks Report 2024](https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_The_Global_Risks_Report_2024.pdf) (January 2024).​ 2. Proxima, [What are the risks of not making your supply chain sustainable?](https://proximagroup.com/reports-and-research/what-are-the-risks-of-not-making-your-supply-chain-sustainable/) (2021).​ 3. Romi, A., and S. Longing, [What's the buzz about the birds and the bees?](https://www.greenbiz.com/article/whats-buzz-about-business-and-bees), GreenBiz (2016).​ 4. BloombergNEF, [When the Bee Stings: Counting the Cost of Nature-related](https://tnfd.global/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/BNEF_Case-Studies_-Nature_Risk_When-bees-sting.pdf) Risks (9 December 2023).​ 5. Ibid. ### Lesson 3: The impacts of business on biodiversity 1. Almond, R.E.A., Grooten, M., Juffe Bignoli, D. & T. Petersen (eds). [WWF  Living Planet Report 2022 – Building a Nature Positive Society](https://wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/embargo_13_10_2022_lpr_2022_full_report_single_page_1.pdf), WWF (Switzerland: 2022).​ 2. Brondizio, E. S., Settele, J., Diaz, S., and NgoI, H. T., [Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the](https://www.ipbes.net/system/files/2021-06/2020%20IPBES%20GLOBAL%20REPORT(FIRST%20PART)_V3_SINGLE.pdf)[Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services](https://www.ipbes.net/system/files/2021-06/2020%20IPBES%20GLOBAL%20REPORT(FIRST%20PART)_V3_SINGLE.pdf), PBES (Germany: 2019). 3. Baldock, K. [Opportunities and threats for pollinator conservation in global towns and cities](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214574520300201), Insect Science (2020). ​ 4. Lawler, O. K. et al., The Lancet Planetary Health. [The COVID-19 pandemic is intricately linked to biodiversity loss and ecosystem health](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519621002588) (2021).​ 5. Ogunseitan, Oladele A. '[The Environmental Justice Agenda for E-Waste Management](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00139157.2023.2167457)', Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development (2023). ​ 6. WWF, [Overfishing](https://www.worldwildlife.org/threats/overfishing), (undated).​ 7. Weeks, Jennifer. '[Invasive species cause billions of dollars in damages worldwide](https://theconversation.com/invasive-species-cause-billions-of-dollars-in-damage-worldwide-4-essential-reads-212924)', The Conversation (2023). ​ 8. Igini, Martina, [10 Shocking Statistics about Deforestation](https://earth.org/statistics-deforestation/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) (2023). ### Lesson 4: Gucci and goats: The case of Kering cashmere 1. Ansee, Stuart, [Sustainable cashmere project: a "steppe" in the right direction](https://www.kering.com/en/news/sustainable-cashmere-project-a-steppe-in-the-right-direction/), Kering (23 August 2019).​ 2. Kering, [Biodiversity Strategy](https://www.kering.com/en/sustainability/safeguarding-the-planet/biodiversity-strategy/), Sustainability: Safeguarding the planet (undated).  Biodiversity & Business – What can I do? ### Introduction 1. Nature Positive Initiative, [What is the global goal for nature?](https://www.naturepositive.org/what-is-nature-positive/#:~:text=Nature%20Positive%20is%20a%20global,achieve%20full%20recovery%20by%202050'.) (Updated: 2024).​ ### Lesson 5: What is a nature-positive business? 1. Convention on Biological Diversity, [Global Biodiversity Framework](https://www.cbd.int/gbf) (Updated: 2024).​ 2. Convention on Biological Diversity, [Target 15: Businesses Assess, Disclose and Reduce Biodiversity-Related Risks and Negative](https://www.cbd.int/gbf/targets/15%E2%80%8B)[Impacts](https://www.cbd.int/gbf/targets/15%E2%80%8B) (Updated: 2024). ​ ### Lesson 6: How business can protect nature 1. OECD, [Biodiversity: Finance and the Economic and Business Case for Action](https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/a3147942-en/1/2/1/index.html?itemId=/content/publication/a3147942-en&_csp_=f530bed14ff72dc7d47ab85b4ad3eb99&itemIGO=oecd&itemContentType=book), OECD iLibrary (2019).​ 2. Howe, N., '[Sephora introduces new Clean + Positive Planet seal](https://www.luxurydaily.com/sephora-clean-positive-planet-seal/)', Luxury Daily (2021). 3. Rogers, M., [Science: The Common Language between Business and Conservation](https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/who-we-are/how-we-work/working-with-companies/companies-investing-in-nature1/science--the-common-language-between-business-and-conservation/), The Nature Conservancy (2019).​ 4. Pollinator Partnership, [The Pollinator Prairie](https://www.pollinator.org/pollinator-prairie) (Updated: 2024). ​ 5. Unilever, [Protecting biodiversity and regenerating nature](https://www.unilever.com/sustainability/nature/protecting-biodiversity-and-regenerating-nature/) (Updated: 2024).​ 6. Faith in Nature, [What would nature say?](https://www.faithinnature.co.uk/pages/avotefornature) (Updated: 2024).​ 7. Fairwild, [Fairwild Certification](https://www.fairwild.org/fairwild-certification) (undated); Ethical Consumer, [Ethical Shopping Guide](https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/ethical-shopping-guide) (undated).  ​ 8. Echandi, C. et al., World Economic Forum. [How our economy could become more 'nature-positive'](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/02/how-to-navigate-the-complex-world-of-risk-and-reward-when-it-comes-to-nature/) (2022).​ 9. Feed, Business Success Stories, [How Walmart became a 'Force of Nature'](https://feed.jeronimomartins.com/business/success-stories/how-walmart-became-a-force-of-nature/%C2%A0) (undated); Walmart, [Sustainability](https://corporate.walmart.com/purpose/sustainability) (undated); The Cattle Site, [Prestigious Sustainability Award For Walmart Brazil](https://www.thecattlesite.com/news/30962/prestigious-sustainability-award-for-walmart-brazil-2) (2010).​ 10. COFCO International, [COFCO International links sustainability performance to new USD 2.1 billion credit facility](https://www.cofcointernational.com/newsroom/cofco-international-links-sustainability-performance-to-new-usd-21-billion-credit-facility/) (2019). 11. Business for Nature, [Engage with Business for Nature coalition](https://www.businessfornature.org/engage) (Updated: 2024).​​​ ### Lesson 8: Taking action from within your role  1. Thich Nhat Hanh, '[Key teachings](https://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/key-teachings)', Plum Village website (Undated). ### Lesson 9: The power of reporting and disclosure 1. TNFD, [The Leap approach](https://tnfd.global/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/tnfd-the-leap-approach.pdf) (March 2022).​ 2. TNFD, [320 companies and financial institutions to start TNFD nature-related corporate reporting](https://tnfd.global/320-companies-and-financial-institutions-to-start-tnfd-nature-related-corporate-reporting/#:~:text=DAVOS%2C%20SWITZERLAND%20%E2%80%93%2016%20January%202024,published%20in%20September%20last%20year) (2024). ​ 3. Global Canopy, [Assessing ecologically sensitive locations in a food retailer and distributor’s palm oil supply chain: Reflections from](https://globalcanopy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Tesco-TNFD-case-study.pdf%E2%80%8B)[piloting TNFD’s LEAP](https://globalcanopy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Tesco-TNFD-case-study.pdf%E2%80%8B)[approach](https://globalcanopy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Tesco-TNFD-case-study.pdf%E2%80%8B) (2023). Circularity & Business – Why does it matter? ### Introduction 1. Ellen MacArthur Foundation, '[What is a circular economy?'](https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/topics/circular-economy-introduction/overview), Circular economy introduction (updated: 2024).  ​ ### Lesson 1: Our journey to the end of waste 1. Global Footprint Network, 'Earth Overshoot Day', [*Home*](https://overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/%C2%A0) (2024).​ 2. Gill, V., [*Food waste: Amount thrown away totals 900 million tonnes*](https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56271385%C2%A0), BBC (2021).​ 3. Loth, Shefalee, [*Three food facts everyone needs to know*](https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/three-food-waste-facts-everyone-needs-to-know-aIHRD3H1gpEv), Which? (26 June 2019).​ 4. *Ibid.*  ​ 5. World Bank, [*What*](https://datatopics.worldbank.org/what-a-waste/trends_in_solid_waste_management.html)[*a*](https://datatopics.worldbank.org/what-a-waste/trends_in_solid_waste_management.html)[*waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050*](https://datatopics.worldbank.org/what-a-waste/trends_in_solid_waste_management.html) (Undated).​ 6. *Ibid.*​ 7. World Economic Forum, [*Charted*](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/03/charted-the-flow-of-global-plastic-waste/%C2%A0)[*:*](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/03/charted-the-flow-of-global-plastic-waste/%C2%A0)[*The key countries that trade in global plastic waste*](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/03/charted-the-flow-of-global-plastic-waste/%C2%A0) (2023).​ 8. Ritchie, H. et al., [*Plastic pollution*](https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution)*,* Our World in Data (Undated).​ ### Lesson 3: The value paradigm  1. Kite Insights, Issue Brief: Circular Economy (2023). ### Lesson 4: What's driving the circular transition? 1. Martin, E., '[Deploying business ecosystems to cope with ecological transformation](https://journals.openedition.org/factsreports/7261)', *Field Actions Science Reports* (2023). ​ 2. Shone, G., et al., '[The circular economy: A €4.1 trillion opportunity?](https://www.euronews.com/business/2023/01/18/the-circular-economy-a-41-trillion-opportunity)', *EuroNews* (2023); McGinty, D., [*5 Opportunities of a Circular*](https://www.wri.org/insights/5-opportunities-circular-economy#:~:text=Jobs%20may%20be%20lost%20in,innovative%20use%20of%20secondary%20materials.)[*Economy*](https://www.wri.org/insights/5-opportunities-circular-economy#:~:text=Jobs%20may%20be%20lost%20in,innovative%20use%20of%20secondary%20materials.), World Resources Institute (2021).​ 3. Cort, C. et al., [*Rising Leaders on Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change*](https://cbey.yale.edu/research/rising-leaders-on-environmental-sustainability-and-climate-change)*,* Yale Center for Business and the Environment (2015).​ 4. Ellen MacArthur Foundation. [*The circular economy as a de-risking strategy and driver of superior risk-adjusted returns*](https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/the-circular-economy-as-a-de-risking-strategy-and-driver-of-superior-risk) *(*2021). ### Lesson 5: From waste to responsibility – A case study  1. Lama, Nuru, [*The world has a waste problem: Here's how to fix it*](https://www.ifc.org/en/blogs/2024/the-world-has-a-waste-problem)*,* International Finance Corporation (26 April 2024).​ 2. World Wildlife Fund, [*Extended Producer Responsibility Factsheet*](https://wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/epr_fact_sheet.pdf) (undated). Circularity & Business – What can I do? ### Introduction 1. Ellen MacArthur Foundation, '[What is a circular economy?'](https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/topics/circular-economy-introduction/overview), Circular economy introduction (updated: 2024).  ### Lesson 6: Nature's blueprint – Introducing the Butterfly Model 1. Ellen MacArthur Foundation, *[The butterfly diagram: Visualising the circular economy](https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy-diagram)* (12 February 2021).​ 2. Vrzel, Jana, [*The Circular Economy Basics Series - The Technical Cycle*](https://www.circularinnovationlab.com/post/the-circular-economy-basics-series-the-technical-cycle), Circular Innovation Lab (10 October 2022).​ 3. *Ibid.*​ 4. *Ibid.*​ 5. *Ibid.*​ ### Lesson 7: The shape of forever – Slowing and closing loops 1. Signify, *[Light as a Service](https://www.signify.com/en-za/lighting-services/managed-services/light-as-a-service)* (updated: 2025); Darsy, Francois, '[Circular lighting to protect value](https://journals.openedition.org/factsreports/6735#:~:text=To%20guarantee%20long-term%20performance,for%20reuse%2C%20reconditioning%20and%20recycling.)', *Field Actions Science Reports* (2021).​ 2. iFixit, [Home Page](https://www.ifixit.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorjrFglVjneUYRD1mBIgRD5CfBLLrzNty8W_JzHWmJ4gaMp8K5q) (updated: 2025).​ 3. Miele, [Miele Experience](https://www.mieleexperience.com.au/miele-20-years/) (updated: 2025).​ 4. Fairphone, [Home Page](https://www.fairphone.com/nl) (updated: 2025).​ 5. Library of Things, [How Borrowing Works](https://www.libraryofthings.co.uk/how-borrowing-works) (updated: 2025).​ 6. Höganäs AB, '*[Residual heat and carbon dioxide from Höganäs will give life to greenhouses and fish farms](https://www.hoganas.com/en/news-and-events/news/2016/residual-heat-and-carbon-dioxide-from-hoganas-will-give-life-to-greenhouses-and-fish-farms/)* (5 September 2016).​ 7. Interface, [Sustainability](https://www.interface.com/GB/en-GB/sustainability/sustainability-overview.html) (updated: 2025)​ ### Lesson 9: Company-wide action – Turning challenges into successes 1. Melati, Kuntum et al., [*Barriers and drivers for enterprises to transition to circular economy*](https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/barriers-drivers-enterprises-circular-economy-sei-brief.pdf), Stockholm Environment Institute (November 2021).​ 2. Jaeger, Bjoern & Upadhyay, Arvind, '[Understanding barriers to circular economy: cases from the manufacturing industry](https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JEIM-02-2019-0047/full/html)', *Journal of Enterprise Information Management* (13 March 2020).​ 3. *Ibid.*​ 4. Melati, Kuntum et al., [*Barriers and drivers for enterprises to transition to circular economy*](https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/barriers-drivers-enterprises-circular-economy-sei-brief.pdf), Stockholm Environment Institute (November 2021).​ 5. Meng, Fanran et al., [Replacing plastics with alternatives is worse for greenhouse gas emissions in most cases](https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c05191)', *Environmental Science & Technology* (30 January 2024).​ 6. CE100, Co. Project, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, PA Consulting Group & Walmart, [*Keeping customer connections: Why customer*](https://circulareconomy.europa.eu/platform/sites/default/files/ce100_report_retail_customer_final.pdf)[*relationships don’t have to end at the point of sale – Lessons from the circular economy*](https://circulareconomy.europa.eu/platform/sites/default/files/ce100_report_retail_customer_final.pdf) (undated).​ 7. Shull, Dave & Bland, Rob, *[How HP is finding success in circularity](https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/sustainability/our-insights/how-hp-is-finding-success-in-circularity)*, McKinsey Sustainability (16 May 2024); Nassar, Anis & Saenz, Hernan, [*The circular transformation of industries: Unlocking economic value*](https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/12/value-in-business-shift-to-circular-value-chains/), World Economic Forum (17 December 2024).​ 8. Benton, Sarah, *[Circular supply chains: 9 focus areas to maximise impact](https://trellis.net/article/circular-supply-chains-9-focus-areas-maximize-impact/)*, Trellis (2 April 2024).​ 9. Danone, [Regenerative agriculture](https://corporate.danone.co.za/one-planet-one-health/healthy-planet/regenerative-agriculture.html#:~:text=In%20Europe%2C%20for%20instance%2C%20Danone,with%2040%25%20of%20our%20farmers.&text=In%20Madagascar%2C%20for%20instance%2C%20the,them%20at%20a%20better%20price.) 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