Green Nudging: behavioural economics & psychology of change
Adam Woodhall is speaking at Green Drinks Leeds on February 28th on Behavioural Economics, also known as ‘Nudge’, and how it can help create more sustainable organisations and individuals. Nudge The concept of Nudge has gained a lot of attention ...
The CRC League Table and the power of reputation
Who doesn’t appreciate recognition? From the primary school child receiving a ‘gold star’ to the football star receiving the Player of the Year award. Your people and organisation are no different. So just how important is the power of reputation? Carbon ...
A Climate for Change?
PeopleProfitPlanet’s founder, Adam Woodhall, took part in the recent Bettakultcha event in Leeds. These are high tempo talks using PowerPoint, inspired by the concept ‘Pecha Kucha’. At the event there are a wide variety of speakers, with only three rules: 20 ...
Delivering Sustainable Change Training
PeopleProfitPlanet invite you to attend a motivational programme of training & support taking place on Wednesday March 28th The programme is designed to help you deliver behavioural & cultural change in your organisation, including a full day workshop and pre+post event ...
Is the biggest challenge sustainable behaviour change?
You have skills, knowledge and even qualifications that enable you to approach with confidence most of what you face week-to-week, apart from in one area: engaging people around sustainability. Due to your position you are expected to manage a number of ...
How can HR influence sustainability?
PeopleProfitPlanet recently conducted two research projects with Leeds University into attitudes to sustainability (one with FTSE350 companies, one with SMEs). A clear finding from this was that whilst many organisations have taken significant steps in developing their ‘technological’ sustainability, for ...
Green training: plan to succeed
“A lot of companies have environmental policies, but struggle to bring them to life” This quote comes from the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development report ‘Motivated Staff Make Lighter Footprints’. Training your management and staff in skills for sustainability is ...
The Power of Stories
Stories are the most powerful tool that any organisation can utilise to generate loyalty and engagement. You only have to look at the story that Apple and Steve Jobs created, and compare it with that of their peers, to recognise ...
You can see Cristina’s hard work
We would like to thank Cristina Castro López for her hard work in pulling together the new PeopleProfitPlanet website. Working part time since February, Cristina mastered the skills to radically overhaul our website - and to put up with ...
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Standards
In this last article about sustainability standards we look at the importance and role of Corporate Social Responsibility standards, arguably the most developed and established of the different types available. CSR standards can take two main forms – comprehensive standards ...
Life Cycle Assessment standards
For some companies it might be appropriate to control and demonstrate the environmental aspect of a product. This can be appropriate for organisations that produce a limited line of products, manufacturers of a single product, and for companies who want ...
Energy and Carbon Management standards
In the first blog of the series we looked at how environmental management standards may provide a solution to an organisations sustainability and environmental requirements. This week we shall look at one of the most common alternative types ...
Environmental Management Standards
In the first of four blogs looking at sustainability standards I will focus on the merits of Environmental Management Standards, and how these can provide a valuable tool when developing a competitive and successful organisation. Environmental standards go hand in hand ...
Why invest time and money in sustainability standards?
There are many sustainability standards and they are growing in popularity. Some are very well established, like ISO14001, whilst others are newer and are targeting specific niches such as SMEs. They can be broadly grouped into four areas: Environmental Management, Energy ...
Embedding sustainability: Lessons from InterfaceFLOR – Part 2
Last month, I wrote about one of the global leaders in sustainable business practice, InterfaceFLOR. As a brief reminder, they produce commercial floor tiling and have been focusing on environmental best practice since 1994. PeopleProfitPlanet is now partnering with them to ...
Goodbye to James Benn
James Benn has been working as an intern with PeopleProfitPlanet for the last 6 months. We have been delighted with the excellent work he has delivered for us. He was particularly instrumental in all the blogs on
Embedding sustainability: Lessons from InterfaceFLOR – Part 1
If you sit at a table of sustainability professionals and ask them to name their top three industry leaders you can pretty much guarantee most, if not all, of them will name InterfaceFLOR as one of them. For those who ...
PeopleProfitPlanet start blogging for GreenWise
PeopleProfitPlanet are delighted to announce that we have now started a regular monthly blog on www.greenwisebusiness.co.uk. Greenwise is an independent daily resource and information service for UK businesses that want to learn more about the opportunities and ...
Top firms choose PPP
PeopleProfitPlanet have been chosen by a number of prestigious organisations to undertake contracts in the new service areas of performance analysis and strategy development in addition to the training and direct employee engagement that we have been successfully delivering for ...
Green fatigue… or opportunity?
A recent report by market researchers Mintel suggests that “Green fatigue hits campaign to reduce carbon footprint”, as reported by The Independent. Evidence they cite is that “4 in 10 Britons... take no action at all to reduce their household carbon ...
Virtuous Cycle: sustainable consumers, retailers & suppliers
Many companies are encouraging their customers, whether they be individuals or businesses, to take the greener option. These companies, especially the larger corporations, have done their research and concluded that it is good business practice as consumers are increasingly demanding ...
Prince taking the lead
Although his son has been hogging the headlines recently, Prince Charles has a high profile in the sustainability world. Back in the 90s, Prince Charles got himself a reputation for ‘talking to the plants’ and wasn’t necessarily taken too ...
New Directors join PPP
We are delighted to announce that two equity directors have joined the business. Hywel Wilson (right in picture) and Craig Hamer (left) have been working with founder Adam Woodhall (centre) since April this year and have now formally joined the ...
Climate Science Update
Much of the news related to climate change in late 2009 and the first half of 2010 was particularly negative for those that believe that substantial action should be taken. The relative failure of the Copenhagen climate change talks was ...
Driving Sustainability through your People
Having built an enviable reputation in the last 4 years for delivering excellent employee engagement services to over 35 clients, PPP has now developed the E3 - Establish > Empower > Embed Approach. This approach engages all your people to not ...
Parcelforce write about PPP workshop
Our work at Parcelforce with their Environmental Champions was recently featured in their staff newsletter, Parcelforce Worldwide News. We delivered a day long workshop, in addition to helping promote the event internally and providing follow up embedding communication. The ...
A Green Coalition?
Adam Woodhall, Founder and Head Trainer of PeopleProfitPlanet, comments on the new Coalition Government, and its impact on the environment and the climate change agenda. NEW DAWN? The dawning of a new government is always an interesting, and some might ...
Vote for us in the Edie Consultancy Survey – and win an Apple iPad!
This year's Edie Consultancy Survey is a hotly contested battle. With the UK's leading Consultancies vying for the top slot and the coveted title of 'Best Overall Reputation'. We would love to score well in this survey, but we need your ...
Parcelforce write about PPP workshop
Our work at Parcelforce with their Environmental Champions was recently featured in their staff newsletter, Parcelforce Worldwide News. We delivered a day long workshop, in addition to helping promote the event internally and providing follow up embedding communication. The ...
Successful Green Champions
A particularly successful area for PeopleProfitPlanet recently has been the many Green Champion programmes we have run with large and small organisations in many different sectors. Examples of recent clients are: Mason Clarke Structural Engineers, NHS East Riding of ...
Doubting Britons are an opportunity for employers
An article in the New York Times has highlighted that Brits are becoming increasingly sceptical about the about the facts behind climate change. This article references a BBC survey from earlier this year which found ...
Chief execs see sustainability on the horizon, but struggle to put it into practice
The UN has recently released a report on the opinions of 766 CEO’s across the world on sustainability. It demonstrates that progressing on their green journey is important to them, but that they are struggling to grasp how to implement ...
Business not taking the green opportunity to reduce costs
A recent survey demonstrated a large amount of small and medium sized business are not taking the opportunity to cut costs and engage staff by going green. The Netregs report (http://bit.ly/9vmUk1) shows that the majority of small ...
How to maximise the effect of your Green Champions
In the second part of PeopleProfitPlanet's Green Champions series, we will discuss how to maximise the effect of your Green Champions and ensure they are engaging your employees in the workplace. Each business may have a self-nominated person or team ...
The Importance of Green Champions in the Workplace
In the first part of PeopleProfitPlanet's Green Champions series, we will discuss the importance of Green Champions in the workplace. Each business may have a nominated person or team of Champions, sometimes called Energy Champions, Environment Champions, ...
Getting the best out of your Environment Team
Adam Woodhall of PeopleProfitPlanet delivered 3 sessions at the prestigious Base Show (www.baseshow.co.uk) in London in March. They received great feedback and so here is a summary of our Green Champions session. Green Team/Champions – how ...
PeopleProfitPlanet launch Earth Hour Yorks
PeopleProfitPlanet are proud to launch Earth Hour Yorks, which is a campaign to encourage businesses, organisations and individuals across Yorkshire to sign up to WWF’s Earth Hour in Yorkshire and switch off lights for one hour ...
Welcome to Earth Hour Yorks
What is Earth Hour Yorks? We are asking you to join us, along with other businesses, organisations and individuals across Yorkshire to sign up to Earth Hour Yorks and switch off your lights for one hour on Saturday 27 March 2010 ...
Well done, you’ve signed up. What now?
Thanks for signing up to Earth Hour Yorks! Here's some ideas about how you can promote it: · Ask your local restaurant to pledge to dine by candlelight on Saturday 27 March and email us so we can promote which ...
Why should I sign up to Earth Hour?
It's a good way for businesses and organisations to: · Lead by example and promote your green credibility · Boost staff morale and engage your staff in a local, national and global campaign · Use Earth Hour Yorks to monitor energy use and ...
Who’s running Earth Hour Yorks?
About Earth Hour Yorks Earth Hour Yorks is run by Adam Woodhall of PeopleProfitPlanet, Sam Saxby of the Better Business Environment Forum, and environmental writer and campaigner Lucy Glynn. PeopleProfitPlanet PeopleProfitPlanet (PPP) is a specialist carbon management, cost reduction and employee engagement training ...
Climate Risk and the City – Leeds 18.3.10 – 5.30 to 7.30pm
PeopleProfitPlanet are pleased to be attending and supporting the 'Climate Risk and the City' event on 18th March at Leeds City Museum. As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, this event, which is designed to engage the public, will ...
PPP to deliver 3 sessions at BASE Show at London ExCeL
PeopleProfitPlanet are very proud to announce that we are delivering three separate sessions at the very prestigious BASE (Business and a Sustainable Environment) Show at the huge ExCeL events complex in London’s Docklands on March 16th and ...
Be green and romantic!
As well as showing your loved one how much you care, Valentine's day is a great way to show that you love the environment too. So here are PeopleProfitPlanet's top tips on how to green your Valentine's day. Around ...
Leeds takes low carbon leadership
Leeds is the latest city to sign up to the low carbon revolution and benefit from a green business boom after the council voted to cut city-wide carbon emissions 40% by 2020. The decision, which was made after a vote ...
Does a cold winter mean the end of climate change?
Climate sceptics are having a field day: a month of frozen Britain with record-breaking sub zero temperatures, surely, they say, that puts an end to the climate change debate? But the climate change deniers are failing to understand
A Christmas tree for life
In the festive season, aside from the obvious Bag for Life, you may want to invest in a living, breathing Christmas tree, delivered to your living room. The Independent has reported that as many as ...
Starting Call Credit on their Green Journey
Recently, PeopleProfitPlanet ran a workshop for Call Credit Group in Leeds, helping staff to become more environmentally aware and starting them on a Green Journey. Here are some comments from Call Credit employees. Two staff ...
Carbon Offsetting a “medieval pardon”
Firstly, think about this statistic: One long-haul return flight can produce more carbon dioxide per passenger than the average UK ...
Inspiring Southeastern Railways
PeopleProfitPlanet just completed a workshop for Southeastern Railway in their London office based around "Why Southeastern is going green and our next enviro-steps." Teams within Southeastern also drew up action plans with clear instructions on how they ...
PeopleProfitPlanet is 3 years old!
PeopleProfitPlanet was launched three years ago on the 31st October 2006 at Club LS1 at a Redmayne Bentley Stockbrokers breakfast seminar titled “Three Degrees from Disaster”. Adam Woodhall, founder of PeopleProfitPlanet, spoke ...
Do we care about Global Warming?
(Pew Research Center for the People & the Press via Environmental Leader) A new shocking survey has found that the amount of Americans viewing Global Warming as a serious issue is decreasing. Of 1500 people ...
Diving for Change
An Extraordinary cabinet meeting in the Maldives! President Mohamed Nasheed set a first on the 10th October 2009 when he held a cabinet meeting underwater. A veteran diver, the President staged this meeting to bring ...
Effects of Global Warming for Blog Action Day 2009 : Climate Change
PeopleProfitPlanet is supporting Blog Action Day 2009 and this year's topic is Climate Change. We all know it is going to affect us in one way or another in the next few years, but what would ...
Beware of “Greenwashing”
What is Greenwashing? Like whitewashing, it is about misleading consumers about the green, environmentally friendly claims of a company or product. How to identify Greenwashing? Terrachoice has come up with the six sins of greenwashing. What does "All Natural" mean on a shampoo bottle? ...
