Personal Support,

Global Impact.

Are you wondering where to start with your sustainability journey? Or how to measure the impact of your business?

We have the answers to these questions - and plenty more - to help you turn your values into tangible action.

Our Approach 

We offer tailored support meeting you wherever you are on your sustainability journey. After an initial consultation, we’ll propose bespoke solutions shaped around your unique organisation’s needs.

There are 3 core elements to our approach:

01.

Measure Impact 

Measuring your impact is the crucial first step to effectively managing it through informed decision-making.

We do:

  • Net Zero Journey Planning

    Measure your carbon footprint support, set science-based targets & tracking your progress.

  • Impact Assessment Reports

    In-depth assessment of your product, service or whole business’ key areas of impact, climate resilience & opportunities for development against 5 key ESG frameworks. - This is the perfect resource for developing external impact reports, informing strategy development and supporting investment propositions.

  • ESG Performance Tracking

    Ready-to-roll or bespoke data-collection and management systems for every area of your operations.

02.

Develop Strategy

Developing a sustainability strategy is more than setting goals. We collaborate with your team to create a roadmap balancing bold impact with operational viability.

We do:

  • Sustainability Strategy Sessions

    Bring your key team members together for a focussed half-day discussion to jump-start or re-focus your journey & receive a roadmap proposal for next steps.

  • ESG Strategy Development

    A detailed plan for your ESG journey, ready to share with internal & external stakeholders.

  • ESG Frameworks & Certificaions

    Alignment with, preparation and submission support for global and industry frameworks & certifications such as:

    BCorp, ISO standards, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Zero Carbon Forum, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Science-Based Target initiative (SBTi), Corporate Sustainabillity Reporting Directive (CSRD) & Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD).

03.

Implement Change 

Translate strategy into action with support from industry experts to implement practical systemic change into your operations.

We do:

  • Policy Development

    Tailor-made or industry best-practice policies for business ethics, purchasing, operations, supplier codes of ethical conduct & more.

  • Training & Workshops

    In-person and online ESG workshops, and onboarding training development across a range of topics.

  • ESG Communications

    Annual impact report development & ESG-related marketing communications support to ensure against greenwashing risks.

  • Net Zero Journey Management

    Carbon footprint target management and reporting, carbon offsetting, internal carbon pricing & carbon insetting support.

  • Operations Support

    F&B development, supply-chain matchmaking and collaboration support, KPI setting, ESG tracking & management.

Our Services 

Building Sustainable Operations 

You have great sustainable values - is your team equipped to turn them into action?

Receive support with:

  • Reviewing and developing your policies

  • Implementing sustainable kitchen operations procedures

  • Developing individual, team, site & company ESG-related KPIs

  • Measuring and reducing your waste

  • Training teams

  • Developing educational resources for continued learning & development

Ensure you have the operational procedures and checks in place to implement your strategy - Crucial for ESG certification assessments.

Sustainable F&B Development

Need a hand developing your sustainable product or menu offering?

Zero waste? Local? Seasonal? Plant-forward? Carbon-footprinted?

Receive support in deciding the best approach for you, then we’ll get to work developing menus & products which support and celebrate your values, with commercial viability in-mind.

  • Responsible Sourcing

  • Menu & Product Development

  • Menu Management, Allergens & Carbon Footprinting Support

  • Kitchen & FOH Team Training

  • Packaging Guidance

  • On-Menu, Label & Marketing Communication Support

Communicate your values and thought-leadership through your food.

Impact & Resilience Assessment

Where are your greatest areas of impact and how resilient is your business?

Think: The difference between googling your headaches, and getting a full-body scan.

With an Impact & Resilience Assessment, resulting in a comprehensive 50-page report:

  • Ensure your ESG investment is aimed at your highest-impact areas

  • Receive an in-depth breakdown of your greatest vulnerabilities and opportunities across all business areas

  • Provide investors with crucial due diligence on your ESG performance (99% of investors now require this)

  • Support certification applications such as B Corp

This is a vital first step to ongoing impact reporting and is a best-practice foundation for building your ESG strategy.

Your climate resilience is the key to creating opportunities for market leadership through foresight and resilient planning, rather than reactivity.

Ensure the short, medium and long term success of your business.

Net Zero Journey Planning

Are you Ready?

With carbon footprint data soon to be a legal requirement on retail F&B products, 75% of diners wanting to see carbon footprints on menus and Net Zero commitments becoming an industry-norm, we'll guide you through creating a plan for your journey.

Get connected with trusted partners to calculate your emissions with the approach that best suits you, receive support for your teams and your suppliers in data collection as needed.

Develop your NetZero strategy in line with the Science Based Targets Initiative and chosen industry frameworks.

Communications Support

“Can we say that?”

Need to write your company’s Impact Report or simply communicate your sustainable values?

New greenwashing regulations in the UK and globally now mean that saying the wrong thing is not only reputationally risky, but could have major legal and financial ramifications.

But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t still shout about your progress and values from the rooftops.

Support your teams in confidently releasing sustainability communications and Impact Reports which engage and educate your customers, whilst building and maintaining trust.

ESG Workshops

Up-skill your teams to support your journey.

Depending on whether you’re seeking support for your Leadership team, chefs, suppliers, or the whole company, we can design bespoke in-house trainings or provide ready-to-roll workshops on the following topics:

Food & Climate - Exploring the relationship between the climate crisis and our food systems.

Carbon Literacy - Understand scopes 1-3, science-based targets, how to collect accurate data and reduce your carbon footprint.

Approaches to Responsible Food Production - Get familiar with regenerative food principles/approaches and food-tech solutions like cultivated meats and hydroponics.

Deciphering Food Certification Standards - What’s actually best practice?

Understanding Waste - What’s really recyclable, compostable or biodegradable… and what are the best strategies for reducing waste?

Greenwashing 101 - The big do’s and don’ts.

Attendees receive lifetime access to a live and frequently updated Sustainability Leadership Cribsheet they can refer to any time (especially useful before panel discussions and client presentations!).

Empower your teams to deliver your mission with confidence.

Sourcing

Did you know 60-90% of your emissions and impact are likely a result of your supply chain?

Understand the highest impacts elements of your supply chain and identify your options for greater resilience, with future-proof cost-saving results for you & your customers.

Receive support with:

  • Supplier Engagement Plans

  • Supplier ESG Audits, Management & Reporting

  • Sustainable Supply Chain Development & Introductions

  • Purchasing Policies

  • Supplier Codes of Ethical Conduct & Non-Compliance Procedures

Make the transition to a sustainable supply chain simple with the right foundations, created for you.

Certifications & Frameworks

Do you have a certification in mind to apply for, or renew?

Perhaps you’d like some guidance on which certifications and frameworks are most worthwhile to pursue and align with for your particular industry.

Maybe you’re up for re-certification and would like to improve your score.

Get to grips with your options, costs, potential benefits and current performance against a variety of certifications and ESG frameworks relevant to your business, then receive support along every step of the process.

Need some direction?

Meet: The Sustainability Strategy Session

We’ve developed the ultimate half-day session to kick-start or re-focus your sustainability journey.

Minimal prep, and huge outcomes.

Understand your industry performance, challenges & opportunities

Decide how far you really need & want to go with building a sustainable business

Receive a bespoke deck detailing your sustainability performance & journey

&

A plan of action that suits you.

From here, you’ll be ready to continue in-house, or we’ll guide you through every stage of the onwards journey.

Build a straight-forward strategy which balances impact and profit, leveraging your values to create opportunities.

From £1,800

Let’s Talk

If you’re not sure what you’re looking for, get in touch and we’ll help shape the right solution for you.

  • “Green Dial completely got our vision and with extremely tight deadlines they created exactly what was needed to launch our F&B offering. Stephanie doesn’t just talk the talk she lives and breathes her sustainable values. I highly recommend if you want to take your sustainability offering seriously and not just tick a box.”

    Michelle Thomas - Head of Experience, Room2 Hometels

  • "It definitely feels market-leading. I think this will be the thing that sets us apart from our competitors - I haven't seen anything like this within other food businesses. I would 100% recommend Green Dial."

    Julia Domanski - Partnerships & ESG Manager, Savore

  • "As a team, we finished the [Sustainability Strategy] session energised, focused and clear on what our business priorities should be."

    Iona McCaie - Head of Marketing, Eat Social

  • "We set some rather ambitious ESG goals, and Green Dial’s guidance has been instrumental in creating a strategy to allow us to achieve these. Stephanie recognised the importance of tailoring and balancing our ESG strategy to support our emerging business, ensuring we could make the most impact in the most affordable way."

    Dan Kelly - Principal & Founder, Savore

  • "Such an insightful and thought-provoking day!"

    Sarah Franczak - COO at CH Venues

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