Our Sustainable Future PARt ONE
Exploring sustainability in business and opportunities for a better tomorrow
Our Sustainable Future
PART ONE
Exploring sustainability in business and opportunities for a better tomorrow
Our Sustainable Future PARt ONE
Exploring sustainability in business and opportunities for a better tomorrow
In this two-part blog Lindsay Richards, Collingwood’s Director, shares her thoughts around sustainability in business, our current achievements, challenges and opportunities.
In this two-part blog Lindsay Richards, Collingwood’s Director, shares her thoughts around sustainability in business, our current achievements, challenges and opportunities.
In this two-part blog Lindsay Richards, Collingwood’s Director, shares her thoughts around sustainability in business, our current achievements, challenges and opportunities.
How do we sustain economic growth and ensure the long-term sustainability of our projects?
I’ve always been interested in protecting the planet and doing what I can on a personal level to make a difference in my little corner of the world, but when I began to consider what it meant for our business, the actions became more difficult to legitimize. It’s quite hard to get your head around what sustainability means for a small business like ours. In practice, sustainability should benefit the company’s employees, consumers, and wider community, maintaining honest and transparent accounting practices and regulatory compliance. However, practices are only sustainable if they are also financially viable, and for a small business, it’s a tricky balance to strike.
Understanding sustainability
Environmental sustainability requires us to reduce our environmental footprint and conserve resources, but real, tangible, purpose-driven sustainability is much bigger than that. It’s about making conscious choices and engaging your workforce to promote change for good. This can only be achieved by leadership that pioneers high standards of ethical behaviour and transparency.
Well guess what? I think we are strong in that category; and always have been, and the good news is we’re already doing a lot of the work and have a workforce who share those values too
How do we sustain economic growth and ensure the long-term sustainability of our projects?
I’ve always been interested in protecting the planet and doing what I can on a personal level to make a difference in my little corner of the world, but when I began to consider what it meant for our business, the actions became more difficult to legitimize. It’s quite hard to get your head around what sustainability means for a small business like ours. In practice, sustainability should benefit the company’s employees, consumers, and wider community, maintaining honest and transparent accounting practices and regulatory compliance. However, practices are only sustainable if they are also financially viable, and for a small business, it’s a tricky balance to strike.
Understanding sustainability
Environmental sustainability requires us to reduce our environmental footprint and conserve resources, but real, tangible, purpose-driven sustainability is much bigger than that. It’s about making conscious choices and engaging your workforce to promote change for good. This can only be achieved by leadership that pioneers high standards of ethical behaviour and transparency.
Well guess what? I think we are strong in that category; and always have been, and the good news is we’re already doing a lot of the work and have a workforce who share those values too.
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How do we sustain economic growth and ensure the long-term sustainability of our projects?
I’ve always been interested in protecting the planet and doing what I can on a personal level to make a difference in my little corner of the world, but when I began to consider what it meant for our business, the actions became more difficult to legitimize. It’s quite hard to get your head around what sustainability means for a small business like ours. In practice, sustainability should benefit the company’s employees, consumers, and wider community, maintaining honest and transparent accounting practices and regulatory compliance. However, practices are only sustainable if they are also financially viable, and for a small business, it’s a tricky balance to strike
“Social good has always been important to us. It’s what our company values are based on. “
Understanding sustainability
Environmental sustainability requires us to reduce our environmental footprint and conserve resources, but real, tangible, purpose-driven sustainability is much bigger than that. It’s about making conscious choices and engaging your workforce to promote change for good. This can only be achieved by leadership that pioneers high standards of ethical behaviour and transparency.
Well guess what? I think we are strong in that category; and always have been, and the good news is we’re already doing a lot of the work and have a workforce who share those values too.
“Social good has always been important to us. It’s what our company values are based on. “
Driving positive change through our core values
It’s in the DNA of Collingwood Learning to look for projects with meaning and purpose and work with our clients towards a better world for all. We’re intrinsically drawn towards projects that make our hearts sing and make us feel like we can genuinely make a fundamental change.
When we were first contacted by the Scottish charity Beyond Srebrenica for example, we knew that although the subject matter was challenging and brand new to us; we just had to get involved. It felt right. The charity, who are dedicated to drawing upon the lessons of the Srebrenica Genocide to educate young people and help them consider how we can all play our part in tackling hate and division in society; presented us with an extraordinary opportunity to tackle a vital, yet sensitive and emotive topic, as relevant today as ever, and which goes to the heart of our shared humanity. Over 4400 young people have now taken part in Inseparable since September 2023.
Fostering global connections through education and remembrance
More recently, working on the My Hometown project, an international Holocaust education project funded by the UK Chairmanship of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), in partnership with UCL Centre for Holocaust Education, we feel well-placed to coordinate the global projects delivered by over 80 schools from 15 countries, fostering international connections and sharing of teaching practice around Holocaust remembrance, which was marked at the IHRA conference in December 2024. The Online Gallery brings together all the creative partnerships and innovative projects led by young people and their educators.
Global Good Gold Award for educational excellence
In 2024, we were very excited to win a Global Good Gold Award for educational excellence; for our impactful work on the Smashed Global project. The Global Good Awards are an organisation created to recognise social and environmental sustainability in businesses, NGOs, charities and social enterprises across the globe.
Smashed Global is our education programme designed to tackle underage drinking by engaging young people around the world through interactive learning. The programme empowers students with the knowledge and skills to make informed decisions, helping to prevent alcohol misuse and promote healthy lifestyles. With Diageo’s support, Smashed Global works at grass roots level with organisations across 38 countries to reach 10 million young people by 2030, driving real change and raising awareness of the dangers of underage drinking. This initiative aligns with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by fostering a culture of health and well-being among adolescents, a critical demographic for instilling lifelong healthy habits.
Winning Gold at the Global Good Awards is testament to the positive social impact that can be achieved when education and corporate responsibility come together.
“Delivering projects like these is a privilege for us. After all, education is key, and a vital element of creating a more inclusive and safer society for all”
“Social good has always been important to us. It’s what our company values are based on.”
It’s in the DNA of Collingwood Learning to look for projects with meaning and purpose and work with our clients towards a better world for all. We’re intrinsically drawn towards projects that make our hearts sing and make us feel like we can genuinely make a fundamental change. When we were first contacted by the Scottish charity Beyond Srebrenica for example, we knew that although the subject matter was challenging and brand new to us; we just had to get involved. It felt right. The charity, who are dedicated to drawing upon the lessons of the Srebrenica Genocide to educate young people and help them consider how we can all play our part in tackling hate and division in society; presented us with an extraordinary opportunity to tackle a vital, yet sensitive and emotive topic, as relevant today as ever, and which goes to the heart of our shared humanity. Over 4400 young people have now taken part in Inseparable since September 2023.
Conclusion
I feel quite comfortable that both our employees and clients can feel proud of the work we do and the way we do it here at Collingwood, in regards promoting change for good and social responsibility; but what about our environmental impact as a business?
Driving positive change through our core values
It’s in the DNA of Collingwood Learning to look for projects with meaning and purpose and work with our clients towards a better world for all. We’re intrinsically drawn towards projects that make our hearts sing and make us feel like we can genuinely make a fundamental change. When we were first contacted by the Scottish charity Beyond Srebrenica for example, we knew that although the subject matter was challenging and brand new to us; we just had to get involved. It felt right. The charity, who are dedicated to drawing upon the lessons of the Srebrenica Genocide to educate young people and help them consider how we can all play our part in tackling hate and division in society; presented us with an extraordinary opportunity to tackle a vital, yet sensitive and emotive topic, as relevant today as ever, and which goes to the heart of our shared humanity. Over 4400 young people have now taken part in Inseparable since September 2023.
Fostering global connections through education and remembrance
More recently, working on the My Hometown project, an international Holocaust education project funded by the UK Chairmanship of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), in partnership with UCL Centre for Holocaust Education, we feel well-placed to coordinate the global projects delivered by over 80 schools from 15 countries, fostering international connections and sharing of teaching practice around Holocaust remembrance, which was marked at the IHRA conference in December 2024. The Online Gallery brings together all the creative partnerships and innovative projects led by young people and their educators.
Fostering global connections through education and remembrance
More recently, working on the My Hometown project, an international Holocaust education project funded by the UK Chairmanship of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), in partnership with UCL Centre for Holocaust Education, we feel well-placed to coordinate the global projects delivered by over 80 schools from 15 countries, fostering international connections and sharing of teaching practice around Holocaust remembrance, which was marked at the IHRA conference in December 2024. The Online Gallery brings together all the creative partnerships and innovative projects led by young people and their educators.
“Delivering projects like these is a privilege for us. After all, education is key, and a vital element of creating a more inclusive and safer society for all.”
Global Good Gold Award for education excellence
In 2024, we were very excited to win a Global Good Gold Award for educational excellence; for our impactful work on the Smashed Global project. The Global Good Awards are an organisation created to recognise social and environmental sustainability in businesses, NGOs, charities and social enterprises across the globe.
Smashed Global is our education programme designed to tackle underage drinking by engaging young people around the world through interactive learning. The programme empowers students with the knowledge and skills to make informed decisions, helping to prevent alcohol misuse and promote healthy lifestyles. With Diageo’s support, Smashed Global works at grass roots level with organisations across 38 countries to reach 10 million young people by 2030, driving real change and raising awareness of the dangers of underage drinking. This initiative aligns with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by fostering a culture of health and well-being among adolescents, a critical demographic for instilling lifelong healthy habits.
Winning Gold at the Global Good Awards is testament to the positive social impact that can be achieved when education and corporate responsibility come together.
“Delivering projects like these is a privilege for us. After all, education is key, and a vital element of creating a more inclusive and safer society for all.”
In 2024, we were very excited to win a Global Good Gold Award for educational excellence; for our impactful work on the Smashed Global project. The Global Good Awards are an organisation created to recognise social and environmental sustainability in businesses, NGOs, charities and social enterprises across the globe.
Smashed Global is our education programme designed to tackle underage drinking by engaging young people around the world through interactive learning. The programme empowers students with the knowledge and skills to make informed decisions, helping to prevent alcohol misuse and promote healthy lifestyles. With Diageo’s support, Smashed Global works at grass roots level with organisations across 38 countries to reach 10 million young people by 2030, driving real change and raising awareness of the dangers of underage drinking. This initiative aligns with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by fostering a culture of health and well-being among adolescents, a critical demographic for instilling lifelong healthy habits. Winning Gold at the Global Good Awards is testament to the positive social impact that can be achieved when education and corporate responsibility come together.
Conclusion
I feel quite comfortable that both our employees and clients can feel proud of the work we do and the way we do it here at Collingwood, in regards promoting change for good and social responsibility: but what about our environmental impact as a business?
Conclusion
I feel quite comfortable that both our employees and clients can feel proud of the work we do and the way we do it here at Collingwood, in regards promoting change for good and social responsibility; but what about our environmental impact as a business?
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