Impact

We worked with Change by Degrees to examine what our business could do better to be more sustainable. We found some practical ways to improve and Madeleine had great ideas surrounding sharing that to our customer base so they hear about our Sustainability Story. We are not there yet but we are getting there.

Tara and Madeleine at Change by Degrees facilitated a workshop for DRCD at the national Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs) networking event in November 2019. The workshop was interesting and engaging and provided practical information for participants on what they could do to contribute to addressing the issue of Climate Change in their lives and their communities. Feedback from the event was very positive and we wouldn’t hesitate to have them facilitate similar workshops in the future.

I was delighted to engage Change by Degrees to do a packaging awareness workshop for our marketing tems as well as making videos make videos for our social media campaign on Packaging and choice in SuperValu. Their reputation as the founders of Plastic Free Kinsale ensured they had credibility and authenticity. Tara and Madeleine brought great insight into what consumers are looking from our brand in terms of packaging. Our teams and customers engaged really well with these practical workshop and down to earth videos.

Both Madeline and Tara did a fantastic presentation on Sustainability at The Panel offices recently. Their business, Change by Degrees, is a brilliant concept. Their presentation was very informative and engaging with a mix of slides, short videos, gamification and Q&A. My eyes were opened on a number of subjects, what goes into the green bin, how misleading some labeling is on packaging, positive changes we can all make and hope! The Change by Degrees presentation was one of the most popular team events we had. Madeline and Tara’s skillful engagement made it fun instead of “preachy” and I would highly recommend other businesses to engage them to present to their teams. It will be time very well spent!

We worked with Madeleine and Tara to introduce more choice into our store and explore ways to be more sustainable. It’s a service all businesses should avail of no matter how big or small. They offered practical, manageable advice and were a pleasure to work with.