Headstart - Sustainability Strategy for Small Business

Are you a small business, and have the passion to drive change towards a more sustainable, regenerative future?

Have you found that your sustainability initiatives are a bit ad-hoc, and you have no direction or roadmap on how to improve, or where to focus your resources?

Have you found costs to be prohibitive for developing your own sustainability strategy?

Then our new course “Headstart - Sustainability Strategy for Small Business” is for you!

Dates: 

Tuesday 20th February, 8am-12pm

Tuesday 19th March, 9am-12pm

Tuesday 16th April, 12-1pm (online)

 WC Monday 20th May, 30min one-on-one (online)

Tuesday 25th June, 2-5pm.

Registrations close at 5pm Wednesday 31st January 2024 unless sold out prior.

Course Overview:

Our new “Headstart” course has been developed specifically for small businesses that need some direction, guidance and confidence to develop a sustainability strategy. Through three interactive in-person sessions, and two online check-ins, our team of experts at Go Well Consulting will guide you to write your very own sustainability strategy or roadmap. We will help you identify your key business impacts, show you how to improve upon them, and guide you in making a robust 3 year sustainability action plan towards meeting your goals. Our sessions will also help you to understand the big picture, how our world and our people are all connected, and the role for businesses to play in our economic transformation.

Go Well Consulting’s strategy framework has been used by many successful businesses in New Zealand and Australia. Our process makes it easy for businesses to understand what their actions are, and breaks down some of your biggest challenges into bite-sized, achievable milestones. Some of our clients that have used our framework include companies such as Kowtow, Pals, Swanndri, Emma Lewisham, Maggie Marilyn, Nature Baby, In Bed, Camilla & Marc and many more.

What You'll Gain:

A comprehensive 3 year sustainability strategy specifically designed for your business.

Key Benefits:

• Increase your knowledge, understanding, and confidence of sustainability and the circular economy
• Understand your businesses key impacts and priorities in relation to sustainability
• Develop a comprehensive, actionable sustainability strategy for the next three years.
• Gain the confidence to engage meaningfully in communicating your businesses strategy

This course is ideal for:

• Micro businesses of 8 (FTE) or less people
• Businesses who want to take action on sustainability but don’t know how to start
• Need help identifying the key issues and impacts their businesses have, and how to prioritise your efforts
• Build confidence for communicating your achievements and goals
• Want to build a sustainability strategy for their business that is tangible and measurable

Schedule Outline:

Feb 20th 2024, 8am-12pm

Session 1 [IN PERSON]: What is sustainability? What is the big picture? In this session we will deep-dive into the key science and ethics behind sustainability, giving you a key understanding of the ‘why’ behind your strategy. We will also cover the key frameworks, and what a strategy looks like, and then help you identify what your key impact areas are, and where you should focus.

March 19th 2024, 9am-12pm

Session 2 [IN PERSON]: In this session we will review the impact areas you have identified, and start to uncover some of the key issues and risks related to each of these impact areas. We will split into groups and have experts on hand to help you. We will then introduce you to the strategy template and give you guidance to help you write your strategy.

April 16th 2024, 12-1pm

Session 3:[ONLINE] Group check in and Q&A

WC May 20th

Session 4: [ONLINE] One-on-one session to discuss draft plan. (Session length: 30mins per business, to be booked individually at a time that suits that week.)

June 25th 2024, 2-5pm

Session 5: Present your strategy to the full team for feedback.

About Us:

Go Well Consulting is a full-service sustainability consultancy delivering bespoke solutions that future-proof your business for the sustainable future. Whether your focus is legislative risk mitigation, ESG strategy or reporting, carbon calculation, accurate and authentic sustainability communication, or educating your key-decision makers on the commercial importance of sustainability, our experienced consultants are here to help. 

With extensive experience across a wide range of sectors, we empower our clients with the capability and confidence to marry positive impact, commercial success and customer trust. We are proud to be supporting organisations on the journey towards a circular, environmentally regenerative and inclusive future.

Terms:

• Business of 8 (FTE) or less people
• Maximum of two people per business can attend.
• If cashflow is an issue, we have a payment plan option (which you will see at checkout). This requires a 50% deposit up front, and 25% will be invoiced in April with the final 25% invoiced in June.
• Payments must be made within 14 days of Invoicing
• No refunds or discounts will be given for non-attendance to any sessions.
• You can attend the 3 x in-person sessions in Auckland

This course is $4,000 + GST per business (maximum 2 people per business can attend). Course fee includes catering (dietary requirements catered for) and booking fees.

Note: We want to apologise to those of you not located in Auckland. We appreciate travel is an added consideration on your time, cost, and footprint but we have decided to keep it to an in-person event in Parnell, Auckland.