1. Changing Behaviour at Guide Dogs
Sustainability
Changing Behaviour at Guide Dogs
Sustainability is just a different way of thinking

2. Sustainability is just a different way of thinking
We considered
What’s important?
The services we provide
The difference we make to people’s lives
Our dogs
Our Staff
Are passionate about what they do
Very busy
Committed to their jobs
We do a lot of good things at Guide Dogs but if we are to be sustainable we need to think about the way we do them
Sustainability is just a different way of thinking

3. Sustainability is just a different way of thinking
Strategy for Change
An environmental and sustainability policy
No budget
Carrot not stick
A bottom up approach
Create opportunities for involvement
Be prepared for the long haul
Develop a theme
We need
your help to
change
Sustainability is just a different way of thinking

4. Sustainability is just a different way of thinking
First Steps
A visual presence
Set up a trial ‘SIT’
Awareness Campaign
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SIT at the NBC
Challenging, visual, creative, fun, with a degree of freedom to influence change
Sustainability is just a different way of thinking

6. Sustainability is just a different way of thinking
Quotes from the Team
“I feel I have duty to do this, not just for Guide Dogs but for my children, their children and for all future generations”
David Pryke - Workshop Manager
“We recycle, reuse and consider energy usage and costs at home. We should all consider these in the workplace for the sustainability of the environment and to reduce the cost for Guide Dogs, ensuring every penny of our funds is spent wisely to meet our mission statement”
Janine Dixon - Dog Care & Welfare Manager
“If I can encourage just one more person to think about the non-renewable energy they use, get one site recycling all of its paper waste, or make everyone think about the need to print things then I will be happy”
Rachel Moxon - Canine Research
"As we face climate change, water shortages and the most significant biodiversity loss, deforestation rates and ecosystem changes in recorded history, we need as an organisation to be more aware of our impact on the environment and its protection”
Susi Cheshire - Support Worker
“Sustainability is right but has to be done by the many and not just the few”
Nigel Adams - Maintenance
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What gets our staff involved?
Biodiversity
Wacky projects
Competition
Food
Having fun
Opportunity to do something different
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What motivates management
Finance and budgets
Making savings
Meeting targets
Promoting the team
Guide Dog’s image
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Reflections – are we changing behaviours?
There is an awareness of Sustainability
But we have a way to go before it becomes part of everyday life
It feels like we have sown a seed and its starting to grow
There are some positive and rewarding signs
Our biggest advantage is our network of people who have volunteered to be involved
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Thank you for listening
‘If we consider the environment in all the things we do, we are also making the best choices for Guide Dogs’
Richard Leaman CEO
Sustainability is just a different way of thinking