What does it mean to build a sustainable company?

September 2021 www.tidalimpact.io

What inspired me?
 Plastics can only be recycled 6-7 times before it is
unusable and only 9% of plastic actually gets recycled.
Building a sustainable business starts
with building a sustainable self.
What is sustainability? An alphabet soup...
 "Sustainability is about everything
that we need in order to make
society a liveable place over the long
term.” - Trisha Bridges
Theory of Change

Inputs Activities Outputs Outcomes Impact

Theory of Change

Inputs Resources or investments you need to ensure that your business activities can take
place.
Theory of Change

Which activities are important for your business

Inputs Activities
to achieve impact, as well as profits?
Theory of Change

Outputs are the immediate results of

your activities or products, and they
Inputs Activities Outputs are necessary for achieving the
outcomes (e.g. number of products
sold, people reached...).
Theory of Change

Inputs Activities Outputs Outcomes

Outcomes are the intended and unintended changes that your stakeholders
are experiencing or might experience with your intervention.
Theory of Change

Inputs Activities Outputs Outcomes Impact

The impact is the systemic change that you expect to see in the long-term
which can take years to achieve.
What does it mean to be a sustainability/impact business?

A core impact/sustainability business A sustainably-run business

PROFITS
IMPACT/
SUSTAINABILITY
PROFITS ❌ IMPACT/
SUSTAINABILITY
Companies with
impact &
sustainability at
their core...
 A disruptive material science company that creates
sustainable, high-performing materials and textiles that are
100% free of plastic and petrochemicals.
The "Netflix for impact", an interactive impact streaming
platform dedicated to the future of our planet.
ReGen Villages is a new visionary model for the development of
off-grid, integrated and resilient eco-villages that can power and
feed self-reliant families around the world.
Thank you!
Contact:
julia@tidalimpact.io