Ecosurety is the market leading producer compliance scheme investing in quality recycling. The organisation works on behalf of its members to source quality evidence and ensures they comply with the UK’s packaging, e-waste and batteries regulations.
The opportunity
As the only B Corp certified compliance scheme in the UK, Ecosurety is committed to deliver change for good for its staff and its community, as well as helping businesses minimise their impact on the environment. The Leadership team recognised Carbon Literacy training as an effective method to embed learning and deliver change.
What we delivered
In 2022, Lighthouse delivered Carbon Literacy training to eight of the Ecosurety leadership team, including the CEO, resulting in a commitment to develop a new sector-specific Carbon Literacy course tailored to the core members and supplier base across the UK packaging sector. This new course was developed with the support of Lighthouse and accredited by the Carbon Literacy Project in 2023. Lighthouse also upskilled four Ecosurety team members through the Train the Trainer programme, giving them the capability to deliver Carbon Literacy training independently.
The outcome
By early 2024, over 55% of the Ecosurety team had completed training and were certified as Carbon Literate. It proved to be popular training, with high engagement throughout, being championed by the CEO with clear alignment to the business mission. Carbon has now become a more visible consideration in meetings, business operations and product development, resulting in wide-ranging commitments being progressed. The team at Ecosurety has further extended their reach, providing Carbon Literacy training to their wider membership. To date, representatives from over 20 packaging producer organisations have been trained by their team, from large supermarkets through to global FMCG brands. The training sessions received excellent feedback and proved to be some of the most engaging events delivered to their members. Ecosurety have also recently been awarded Carbon Literate Organisation Silver Status, a great achievement! They have ambitious plans in place to reach Gold and Platinum status in the future.
“We wholeheartedly recommend working with Lighthouse Sustainability, whether they are delivering Carbon Literacy training directly, helping to develop a bespoke, sector-specific training course, or training your own team to become Carbon Literacy trainers. Lighthouse very quickly became an essential and supportive partner of Ecosurety and have enabled us rapidly to scale up our Carbon Literacy ambitions”.
Ben Luger, Marketing Projects Specialist, Ecosurety
“Working with Ecosurety has been fantastic. We need an army of trainers to make impact and their commitment to extend Carbon Literacy training across their network is commendable. It’s not just a ‘nice to have’ but demonstrates the clear commercial gains from setting this as a strategic objective, embraced by the leadership team.”
Emma Burlow, Founder, Lighthouse Sustainability
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