Developing your Sustainability Roadmap

This workshop is registered with the Regional Business Partner Network Management Capability Development Fund. Eligible businesses can access this valuable series—worth over $1,000+GST—at a subsidised rate upto $500+GST. Don't miss this chance to invest in your business's sustainable future—secure your spot today.

This six-part series will help you to increase your sustainability literacy and develop your own, practical Sustainability Action Plan.  Your plan will allow you to focus on what’s important, what you can control, and what you can do each and every day to operate a sustainable business.  This course has a limitation of a maximum of two participants from the same company. 

Please record your interest via the registration button at top right corner or here, you won't be charged at this stage.

*Limit to a maximum 2 attendees from the same organisation.

Please note:
By submitting the interest form, you enable Business Canterbury to register your business for the RBPN if you are not already registered.

These Workshops will provide you with the background information you need on key sustainability topics. Over the six part series, Jonathan Pooch (DETA) will help you develop your own Sustainability Roadmap for your business as well as increase your sustainability literacy and knowledge.

Each Workshop will focus on a key pillar of sustainability.  Together we will assess and discuss how relevant this is to your business, ‘what good looks like’ and what we need to do to take steps towards where you want to get to. 

The focus of the Workshops will be on practical, implementable change anchored to best practice sustainability. 

Key focus areas for the sessions will include:

1. Sustainability Strategy – Learn the importance of setting a strong foundation by identifying what matters most and clearly articulating your ‘why.’

2. People – Discover how leadership, team development, and fostering a culture of inclusion are vital to sustainable business success.

3. Resources – Address critical areas like energy, transport, water, and waste, with practical solutions applicable to Canterbury's context.

4. Nature and Supply Chain – Explore strategies for building sustainable supply chains and incorporating nature-based solutions for carbon management.

5. Reporting and Communication – Engage with stakeholders and connect with your local community through transparent communication.

6. Plan Implementation – Turn knowledge into action with a step-by-step approach to embedding sustainability into your business operations.

7. (Optional add-on) Complimentary one-hour 1:1 consulting with the facilitator to answer questions regard implementing your action plan. This session must be redeemed by 30/06/2025 and is available after completing the workshop.

Supported by

This workshop is brought to you by a partnership between Business Canterbury, ChristchurchNZ, MBIE, Callaghan with expertise from DETA.

• Increased sustainability knowledge and information

• A cohort of attendees who are all at a similar stage of sustainability action

• A clear, concise action plan that has been developed with the support of an independent expert

The series is targeted at senior leaders who are new to sustainability, or have had sustainability added to existing portfolios.  Businesses should attend if they are at the start of the journey and are looking for a practical, common sense approach to getting started in a meaningful way.  Attendees of this series will not be required to start with a strong baseline awareness of sustainability. 

Funding eligibility

This workshop is registered with the Regional Business Partners Management Capability Development Fund. Find out more by visiting here.

Small businesses may qualify for funding for this course where there is an identified need for management training as part of an action plan to support business owner growth and innovation.

Management Capability Development funding is only available through the Regional Business Partner Network (RBP) Growth Advisors.

 
Specialists in energy and sustainability, Deta deliver engineering and consultancy services designed to meet the needs of your organisation whatever the size.

Their goal is to partner with and support businesses as working together enables positive long-term impacts on both organisational performance and the environment. Sustainable action for a better tomorrow, with Deta.

Jono Pooch is one of Australasia’s leading sustainability and decarbonisation consultancies. He has been working in sustainability and decarbonisation for 20 years, helping large and small businesses develop and deliver long-term Sustainability Roadmaps. 

"Throughout the course, we acquired knowledge and skills that are directly applicable to our work. We will use DETA to assist us with our initial carbon footprint calculations." - 2023

"This course brought live examples, real conversation and other classmates sharing their own experiences. It was good to know that even large companies are still in the early stages of some of this work." -2023

"Jono gave a great all-round picture of opportunities, tools and techniques for sustainability strategy." 2023

"The resources provided, such as the Action Tracker, the Action Path, the framework, and other practical information were highly informative and valuable." -2023

 

Testimonial

"I attended this course to help me better understand how my SME clients can overcome the feeling that this is too big a subject, and to put structure around their sustainability planning. Jono is an excellent facilitator and brought all the subject matter to life with his considerable experience in this field. Some of the many helpful takeaways he offered included: recognising but not being put off by the diversity of the term sustainability, starting where you are and discovering what sustainability means for your business, celebrating what you're already doing (and what you do next), and prioritising initiatives for effort vs impact. This course was also a great way to connect with other Business Canterbury members beyond the brief chats at networking events and to share ideas. It has given me a framework to encourage my clients to recognise the growing importance of communicating the great things they're already doing as well as putting plans in place for their next steps. I highly recommend this course, excellent value for money." Charlotte Sullivan - Auburn 2023