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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 1d

Great crowd at the Carbon Accounting Alliance's 1st conference today!

@mikebernerslee.bsky.social was on stage with Sage's Duncan Oswald, chaired by Emma Kisby, talking about #CarbonCommons - our joint project to make carbon accounting system complete:

www.sw-consulting.co.uk/carbon-commons

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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 1d

EPR is welcome legislation to push the costs of waste management back onto the industries responsible. If it can give consumers goods where a lower impact means a lower price tag, that's a win for all of us.

Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 1d

📺 If you buy a new appliance, larger stores must offer to take your old one away for free, saving you a trip to the local tip. If you do go to the tip, unlike other waste, the cost of WEEE treatment and recycling is paid by electronics producers through a compliance scheme, not your council tax.

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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 1d

📱 Electronic waste has had EPR since 2013, when the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations (fondly known as WEEE) came into force. You now see in-store collection points, where you can ditch your old phone, laptop or iPod (remember those?).

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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 1d

🌱 Any packaging with less environmental impact or cheaper to recycle will pay lower fees. Lower fees mean lower prices. So shoppers get offered a product with lower environmental impact at a lower price - going against the idea of a ‘green premium’ for more sustainable products.

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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 1d

🚦 Individual producers will pay higher or lower fees when ‘fee modulation’ takes effect in 2026. This will apply a traffic-light system to packaging based on how easy it is to recycle. Red packaging pays more, green packaging pays less.

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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 1d

💰 But low-impact packaging could become a competitive advantage, benefitting the environment AND consumers.

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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 1d

🧃 The Grocer reports that initially the costs for food and beverage packing will be passed to consumers: lnkd.in/egtDzr2J

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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 1d

♻️ Fees are based on the full end-of-life cost, so it pays for the industry to make packaging that's lower in volume, easier to dismantle, and cheaper to reuse and recycle.

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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 1d

🗑️ EPR takes a social cost that we all pay at a product’s end-of-life, and puts it into an economic cost at the start of its life. Packaging producers now pay to manage their waste, rather than taxpayers.

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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 1d

Who pays the cost of packaing?

As of last week, larger company that import or supply packaging in the UK must now pay fees under Extended Producer Responsibility.

What is EPR and how what impact could it have?

#GreenSky #EPR #recycling #packaging

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Opportunity Green @opportunitygreen.org · 8d

🌾 The climate cost of agribusiness: why the sector faces growing legal risks.

Agriculture is responsible for up to a third of global greenhouse gas emissions – yet policy action has been disappointingly slow. Now, climate litigation is stepping in to fill the gap.

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#ClimateSky #LawSky

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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 11d

Nearly half of Brits think climate change won’t affect them.

15,000 scientists warn of societal collapse.

This gulf in perception is why we’re staging the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate & #nature crisis.

National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 15d

📢 Britain faces a climate & nature emergency.
On 27 Nov, top experts will brief 800+ leaders from politics, business, culture, faith & media.

An unfiltered overview of the latest threats & solutions.
Only by facing it can we rise to the challenge.

Check if your MP is coming: www.nebriefing.org

National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature

An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats arising from the climate & nature crisis to an invite-only audience. Westminster Central Hall, 27 November. Has your MP confirmed yet?

www.nebriefing.org

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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks to @foodfoundation.bsky.social for putting this report together!

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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 15d

We're proud to be one of 48 organisations across health, food, farming and sustainability calling on the government to adopt this 10-point plan to reap the benefits of plant-rich diets.

Read the full 10 Point Plan here:
plantbasedhealthprofessionals.com/wp-content/u...

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Ten point plan:
Leverage public procurement and catering to source and provide more plant-based foods, normalising plant-rich diets and catalysing growth in the market.
Encourage food supply companies to transition towards a higher proportion of sales of plant-based foods.
Bolster food security and economic growth through support for the horticulture sector to produce more fruit, vegetables, nuts, beans and pulses in the UK.
Support British farmers to increase production and provision of plant proteins for human consumption in the UK.
Make it easier and more affordable for people to access and eat healthy food.

Raise public understanding of the health and environmental benefits of healthy plant-rich foods and diets.
Improve labelling to raise public understanding of health, environmental and animal welfare impacts.
Improve training for health and food professionals in regard to healthy plant-rich foods.
Update, reform and apply the Eatwell Guide dietary guidelines.
Increase investment in and support for healthy, sustainable alternative proteins.

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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 15d

🦋 More room for nature, with 75% less land used, 75% less water used and 75% less greenhouse gases produced compared to animal agriculture.

✅ Public support, with 69% of respondents wanting the government to do more to help people eat fruit, vegetables and other plant-based foods.

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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 15d

Would more plants in our diets be a good thing for us as a nation?

It would give us:

🩺 Improved health and reduced burden on the NHS.

🥕 Stronger food security by growing more fruit and veg in the UK.

🚜 More jobs and a boost to farm profits from expanding horticulture.

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Just 9% of children and 17% of adults meet the 'five a day' recommendation for fruit and vegetables. National Diet and Nutrition Survey, June 2025.

Only 53% of vegetables and 16% of fruit are home grown. The right support from government could transform our horticulture sector... into a vibrant contributor to our rural economy and food security.
John Walgate, CEO, British Growers Association.

73% of peopel said health campaigns should provide more information about how to access, prepare and cook healthy foods easily and cheaply. Survey by the plan sponsors, May 2025.

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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 21d

Our team Away Days took us time-travelling, walking in our client's shoes, and sharing our superpowers.

We're sober about the future with climate, nature and society all facing possible tipping points. But hopeful about how we'll help others to adapt, evolve and thrive in a more sustainable world.

A group opf people sat on sofas around a central table which is covered in paper, pens and post-it notes, whilst one person writes on some paper.

Five people on the top of a grassy hill looking down over a valley, the sun is shining but the sky is cloudy. One person is taking a photo on their phone.

A group passing through a gate on a walking path, with high grass either side. Behind them is a dramatic skyline with clouds hanging over a hill.

A chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream icing and decorative letters that read 'Small WOrld Consulting' in black icing.

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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 26d

Everything we do at Small World Consulting is backed by research.

This latest report from @climateoutreach.bsky.social is a timely update on the UK public's feelings around climate and nature action. Our Comms Lead has the highlights:

Charlie Westney @charliewestney.bsky.social · 26d

Do you need to communciate nature/climate/netzero to any UK audience? Essential reading in the updated Britain Talks Climate and Nature report ⬇️

My take aways for any business talking about its sustainability plans and actions:
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Climate Outreach @climateoutreach.bsky.social · 28d

🚀 Britain Talks Climate & Nature has landed! Tell a new climate story, based on what 7,000+ people across England, Scotland and Wales really think and feel about climate and nature right now.

👉 Discover the research & toolkit: climateoutreach.org/btc/2025/

🙏 Thanks to @moreincommonuk.bsky.social

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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · Sep 1

The climate doesn't care how many renewables we have - only how little fossil fuels we burn.

@mikebernerslee.bsky.social explains why making things more efficient increases the amount we use.

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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · Jul 31

From 4,000+ corporates that submitted plans to CDP:
47% sticking to plans
16% pulling back
37% being more ambitious

What gets measured gets actioned.

But to show others they're in the climate majority (a proven way to increase action) companies need to tell their story.

Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · Jul 31

Is greenhushing on the rise?

SBTi data shows rise in companies including supply chain Scope 3 in climate targets, from 28% in 2022 to 67% in 2024.

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www.economist.com/business/2025/07/29/the-remarkable-rise-of-greenhushing

The remarkable rise of “greenhushing”

Businesses once trumpeted their climate goals. Now they are quietly plugging away

www.economist.com

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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · Jul 28

We're very lucky to be based on campus at @lancasteruni.bsky.social - great to see their sustainability impact being recognised.

Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · Jun 19

We've been ranked in the world’s top 100 for sustainability impact! 🌍

Lancaster is ranked joint 98th out of more than 2,300 institutions around the globe in the @timeshighered.bsky.social 2025 Impact Rankings 👇
www.timeshighereducation.com/impactrankin...

Lancaster ranked among world’s top 100 for sustainability impact - Lancaster University

Lancaster University’s leading work to help reduce inequalities as well as its efforts promoting and supporting education around sustainable land use globally has helped propel it to a top 100 sustain...

www.lancaster.ac.uk

Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · Jul 22

How do you measure the carbon footprint of a landscape? Territorial or consumption? 1.7° or 7th Carbon Budget?

For anyone working in local govt, protected areas or estates, join our discussion on 25 Sept:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-should...

#LocalGov #councils

How should a landscape measure its emissions?

Join the discussion with other local authorities, looking at territorial and consumption-based emissions measurement, targets and tracking.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · Jul 15

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The solution

✅ Hybridised LCAs give you specificity AND use spend-based modelling to capture the missing emissions, making them system-complete and comparable with purely spend-based emissions too.

www.sw-consulting.co.uk/carbon-commons

Carbon Commons | Small World Consulting

Carbon Commons is setting a new standard for comparable, accessible carbon accounting.

www.sw-consulting.co.uk