Matthew Sawyer is the MD of SEE Sustainability, a sustainability consultancy helping SMEs improve their triple bottom line.

Nigel Parkin is the owner of Institution is a multi-award winning boutique cafe located in the Georgian Market town of Bedale.

In this episode, Matthew shares his experience working with Nigel and they chat about their experience turning Institution into a more sustainable business.

Highlights:

• Understanding of SDG and getting the team on board
• “Within a period of 6 weeks we were able to reduce our waste bill by 60%.”
• Using social media to shout about sustainability campaign
• SDG 12.3 Reducing Food Waste
• Reducing coffee waste, sourcing more local produce and reducing packaging
• Closing the information gap between knowledge
• Biggest challenge of reducing carbon footprint

Useful link:

Nigel Parkin https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-parkin-b139bb159/

Institution Cafe in Bedale http://cafe.thisisinstitution.co.uk/

Matthew Sawyer https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-matthew-sawyer-mb-bsc-gradiema-66325110b/

SEE Sustainability https://seesustainability.co.uk/

Timestamp:

[03:00] Understanding of SDGs

[05:00] Improving waste management of the cafe

[10:00] Environmental impact from the customer’s perspective

[15:00] Asking questions of suppliers

[20:00] What has been the biggest struggle?

[25:00] Once piece of advice to audience

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