We are well into what climate experts are calling ‘the decisive decade’ for sustainability and Net Zero commitments. And yet, significant action and momentum are missing in most organizations. Even in companies that have made bold commitments for 2030 and beyond, sustainability hasn’t filtered into daily decision-making processes.
Bringing these priorities into our daily work can feel like an extra job — not a simple ask of a workforce that is still recovering from the massive tumult of a global pandemic. The first step is for organizations to adopt a new way of thinking: the regenerative mindset.
A regenerative mindset goes beyond sustainability to consider how we can do for people and planet,. This mindset acknowledges the scale and complexity of the challenge ahead and yet sees this as an opportunity — one of the greatest creative challenges of our times. Without this broader lens, sustainability is doomed to be seen as a cost or a regulatory obligation, and efforts will fall only to those individuals whose roles directly relate to creating (and therefore reducing) emissions.
