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From Party Dancing to Driving Sustainability Together! 🎉🌍 There’s nothing better than working with friends! My good friend Els Versteeg, founder of From A To Green, is using our Ecochain platform to help clients calculate the LCAs of their products. Today, we were thrilled to receive this sustainable and delicious gift from one of her customers, Holie's! Els has been supporting Holie’s in calculating the ecological impact of their Muesli and Granola, helping them take meaningful steps towards greater sustainability in the food industry. 💡 Els, could you share why calculating an LCA is so crucial and how Holie’s is setting an example?

I have just about finished reflecting from last Thursday’s People Planet Pint! We decided to mix things up this time, so in addition to the usual ‘networking’ (casual chatting), we invited Tim Bloomer (owner, and now sustainability director) along from the local business, Fell Brewery.  He gave a brilliant and honest talk about their sustainability journey and it was inspiring to hear from someone so authentically passionate about sustainability. My key takeaways: 1.        Measuring your emissions is a key first step and investing time into collecting comprehensive and thorough Scope 3 emissions is crucial to being able to understand the impact of different aspects of your business (as opposed to a simplistic spend-based approach). 2.        The picture is complex, as is the way with carbon and supply chains. It’s important to be able to communicate this to customers. 3.        Investing in sustainability increases profitability. This wasn’t the driver for Fell Brewery, but Tim wanted to highlight the importance of this, as it may be an incentive to some! Huge thank you to Marjolein Thickett 🌍 AITI for co-hosting, Small99, the event sponsor Krystal, and our lovely venue No Hands Rest. It was lovely to meet some new faces: Alistair Kirkbride Charlotte Mason-Curl Richard Wood among many others, and also see some familiar ones Naomi Sanderson Sam Tellyn Rosie Watson including the whole Green Small Business team Tim Maiden and Sarah Donaldson!

Milestones invite reflection. As we celebrate RSPO’s 20th year since being founded in 2004, it is a good moment to look back to the very beginning of our global partnership. As someone who has been immersed in the world of sustainability for most of my professional life, I’m still astonished to think about the visionaries who had come together in that fateful year, to respond to the monumental challenge of transforming a key global commodity sector. I continue to be inspired by the founding values of those earliest days – the scale of ambition, the far-reaching vision, and the collective passion to drive the sustainable palm oil agenda forward. Two decades on, RSPO has grown immensely – our kinship counts almost 6,000 members from 103 nations and territories across the world, representing every link in the palm oil value chain. The learnings and challenges we’ve had on our 20-year sustainability journey have fortified us with the expertise, tools and robust systems to spark change in the industry, showing how sustainably produced palm oil can be a true agent of transformation for our planet and people. Today, we have preserved over 300,000 hectares of forests within conservation areas, and transitioned nearly five million hectares of palm oil landscapes to sustainable production. Our efforts have helped uplift and empower over half a million workers, their families, and Indigenous communities, through better livelihoods anchored by sustainability practices and principles. Our journey is far from over. Together, we face a world challenged by climate and conflict. What it takes to shape a sustainable future grows more complex with each passing year. These challenges force us to step up and scale solutions to reach an equitable and eco-centric world. We’ve often talked about how much RSPO has changed. Yet the one thing that remains constant is our shared values – values which brought us together in our foundational days, and which continue to put the wind in our sails to advance us, even in challenging seas. On this special occasion, I call on our stakeholders to reflect on this common bond, and be proud of this global partnership that has done remarkable work for two decades – and will continue to do so over the next 20 years and beyond.

20 of the world's leading drinks advisors gather to give the drinks trade advice about Sustainability Before the weekend sets in I just wanted to remind you all of the awesome SID Talks on Tuesday 15th October, St Mary's, Marylebone. If you have questions about how to make your drinks business more sustainable - whether you're just starting or you're somewhere down the road, there will be products to explore and advice galore from the largest ever global gathering of drinks industry sustainability advisory bodies at Sustainability in Drinks. If you're a writer then you'll have more content than you ever thought possible. If you're a producer then you'll find other producers and generic advisory groups who have been though the processes. If you're working in the on or off trade in any capacity you'll find advice and companies to bounce ideas off. The whole point of SID is to help you find products and advice: all in one place, all in one day. There is no cost to attend, but you must register to attend the exhibition in advance at https://lnkd.in/e256RiUN Here's what's planned: 11am: Getting Started in Sustainability with Anne Jones, Rosie Davenport, Fran Draper and Phil Korbel of the Carbon Literacy Project. 12 noon: The Future Direction of Sustainability with Stephen Cronk CEO Maison Mirabeau & Chair RVF, Climate Journalist Nick Breeze, Chris Smith Beyondly and Jamie Hutchinson CEO of Cordon Technologies 1pm: The Race to Net Zero with International Wineries from Climate Action (IWCA), Doug Wanstall Beyond Zero, Isabel DiVanna The Carbon Trust, Meagan Littlejohn Sustainable Winegrowing NZ 2pm: The Great Packaging Debate with Peter Stanbury Sustainable Wine Roundtable, Robin Thompson of Encirc, Laura Catena MD Catena Zapata, Marta Mendonça Porto Protocol 3pm: Engaging the Supply Chain in the Sustainability Journey with Barry Dick Waitrose & Partners, Dom de Ville Director at The Wine Society and Calum Fraser Discarded Spirits Please register for a maximum of 3 talks only Anne Jones Fran Draper ACIM Chartered Marketer Rosie Davenport Phil Korbel Stephen Cronk Nick Breeze Christopher Smith CRWM Jamie Hutchinson Doug Wanstall Isabel Divanna Chris Stroud Dr Peter Stanbury Encirc Dr. Laura Catena Marta Mendonca The Porto Protocol Foundation Barry Dick MW Dom de Ville Calum Fraser

Our recent Sustainability Circle events that took place in five cities across three countries in the DACH region brought together industry leaders to discuss the circular economy and sustainable practices. Our key learnings of those inspiring discussions are: aligning business strategies with sustainability, partnering for innovation, and educating consumers are crucial steps for a sustainable future. Explore the detailed insights and find out how your organisation can drive sustainability.

Our recent Sustainability Circle events that took place in five cities across three countries in the DACH region brought together industry leaders to discuss the circular economy and sustainable practices. Our key learnings of those inspiring discussions are: aligning business strategies with sustainability, partnering for innovation, and educating consumers are crucial steps for a sustainable future. Explore the detailed insights and find out how your organisation can drive sustainability.

Are you part of our Community? This Community is for sustainability practitioners working to build a more sustainable future for the planet and their organization.  Ask questions, get help, and share how you're building a better future with your peers. Here's what you can expect... 💬   Connect directly with other sustainability practitioners  🧠  Tips from sustainability experts  📰   Summaries of resources & news on sustainability  👋  Product resources & support https://hubs.ly/Q02wpTDK0

To follow up on my post about the Sustainability Toolkit project, here is a handy video explaining more about the project. At Restaurants Brighton, we built the toolkit in partnership with the University of Brighton. It offers tips to make your hospitality business more sustainable, covering environmental, social, and financial aspects. The toolkit has two main parts: case studies from local restaurant owners and a sustainability checklist. We tested the checklist with local restaurant and café owners and held a roundtable with them, policymakers, and suppliers to discuss ideas. The case studies showcase actions venues are taking, which we hope will support others on their sustainability journey. These venues are amazing, and each conversation was an inspiration. Being more sustainable is ongoing work for all of us, and we hope to continue expanding the toolkit as we learn more about what is useful and practical. https://lnkd.in/dU_R62DE

Our recent Sustainability Circle events that took place in five cities across three countries in the DACH region brought together industry leaders to discuss the circular economy and sustainable practices. Our key learnings of those inspiring discussions are: aligning business strategies with sustainability, partnering for innovation, and educating consumers are crucial steps for a sustainable future. Explore the detailed insights and find out how your organisation can drive sustainability.

Mindset and Structure: That is what striving for sustainability is all about at an organizational level. I am very happy to be part of a team that has implemented both!