Green resources

To help uncover the key sustainability concepts we've collated a range of guides, articles and webinars giving insight into the why and the how on getting to net zero in the research sector.  

Research Live on sustainability 

• How we are working towards ‘net zero’ | Opinion - Zappi outlines its approach to getting to net zero. 
• Sustainability during a rececssion - Why researchers should be acting now more than ever. 
• It's not just about switching the lights off - The overlooked costs of working online
• Making the world greener - Crawford Hollingworth examines his research on the changing attitudes to trees 

Useful guides and articles

• The MRS Guide on Getting to Net Zero – Discover how to get to Net Zero with this 8-point guide.
• Science-Based Targets - A comprehensive guide for business from the Green Element Group
• 5 Steps to Transform your Sustainability Strategy into Action – a practical guide by Corporate Culture Group
• Key sustainability trends that will drive decision making in 2023 – S&P Global Sustainable1 give the lowdown
• Paddy Loughman Impact 2020 – How can business meet the climate challenge 
• Little Book of Net Zero - published by bsi, this provides tools and standards to help you manage emissions.
• ICC Attitudinal Research 2021 – Survey headline results report
• Professional Webinar: ICC survey – what researchers  think about climate change. 
• Business Climate Hub – support for SMEs on how to achieve net zero emissions.
• State of Green Business 2022 – this free report explores the top sustainable business trends of 2022.&nbsp
• Small Businesses and Net Zero -  British Business Bank (british-business-bank.co.uk)

How to get your agency to Net Zero 

Our panel of experts look at the realities of tracking emissions and how some pioneering organisations are organising their measurement processes. Hear the results from the 2023 tracking survey on how research organisations signed up to the MRS Net Zero Pledge are faring in measuring and reducing their emissions. Our panel also discusses some of the tools available – what’s useful and what’s not for getting to grips with measurement and reduction of emissions.  

Panel: Caroline Wren, Managing Director, MTM; Jack Young, Consultant for Sustainable Transformation Practice, Kantar; Walter Tucker, Customer Relationship Manager, Compare Your Footprint; Mark James, CEO, Differentology 

Sustainability webinars

Digging Deeper on delivering impactful projects on climate change – Learn about a climate change project collaboration that used semiotic and ethnographic approaches

What brands are still getting wrong about sustainability – how organisations can most effectively harness sustainability initiatives in marketing and communications

Sustainability Summit 2022: In this webinar recording, some of the research sector's green pioneers discuss the agency journey to net zero. 

Bridging the gap between what consumers want and what they buy: Richard Heath of Blue Yonder explores the complex relationship between people’s views  and behaviour.   

How to talk to consumers about sustainability: Hannah Hargreaves of Listen + Learn Research reveals how brands can motivate consumers to change their behaviour around climate.

Sustainability 101: Discover what sustainability means, and the timelines required to stay in a safe space for humanity, and what cultural shifts we might see in a net zero economy.

Sustainability - The Key Concepts: Understand the sustainable development goals, life cycle thinking, the circular economy and stakeholder capitalism.

ICC survey - attitudes to climate change in the sector

In May 2021, a survey designed by the Insight Climate Collective (ICC), probed the attitudes of professionals in our sector on how they see the role of the sector in addressing climate change. Hear how concerned researchers are about climate change in this webinar.

Insight Climate Collective Survey May 2021: Survey results on how researchers view climate change