Friday5⚡️There is clarity in connecting the dots.

Everything is connected. It is why sustainabilty can feel so complex, but there is also clarity in connecting the dots. This week we explore where people connect with climate, nature and place.

When we move beyond silos and look at systems, we are successful.

This radical collaboration is the theme of our next Community Connect. RSVP to join us below.

The climate and nature emergency is growing. People and places feel it first. Radical collaboration is how we will solve this. On 23 September in London, members and special guests will join up to co-create a plan for radical collaboration, share solutions and receive support.

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Right! Let's get into it...

1! What a responsible organisation looks like, and how to get there

Anchor institutions are big and locally rooted organisations that employ many people and spend substantial sums. Councils and hospitals are the usual examples, but so is a business that plays a role to support growth, inclusion and environmental goals. This framework defines good practice in areas of employment, procurement, environment and assets, and corporate and community. Assess where you are now, where you want to be and how to get there. [Discover here]

2! New best-practice standard for reporting social value

The eight Principles of Social Value define how to produce a social value figure you can stand behind, covering how to measure a change in someone's life, take off the share you did not cause, and act on the result. Social Value International has now written new standards for two of the eight, being transparent and verifying the result, and gathered them all into a 40-page document for the first time. Give the figure as a range rather than one number, name the outcomes you chose not to measure, and get independent assurance before it goes out. [Read more]

3! The 19 Just Transition metrics for a climate transition plan

Climate action should shape better lives for all, not leave the poorest and most marginalised worse off. To bring a human rights perspective to climate action, non-profit Shift has published 19 just transition metrics covering a company's own workforce, the communities around its sites, and its supply chain workers. The metrics can "supplement qualitative indicators and help provide the full picture necessary to assess the 'justness' of the climate transition". [Read more]

4! Ten steps to a living wage, in your business and value chain

Companies that pay a living wage report keeping staff longer, getting ahead of evolving legislation, better brand value and steadier supply chains. This four-page brief from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development will help you to start with your own payroll, then your suppliers, then levers for system-level change. [Read more]

5! Natural England shares toolkit to make better decisions for people, places

Health, wellbeing, nature and sustainability are the outcomes from almost all local authority activity, but are not always considered together early enough. The Explore Toolkit brings all four together at planning stage, giving departments the bigger picture and a common set of targets. Nottingham used it at the start of its Local Plan process, where the Head of Planning valued the in-depth discussions, and the insightful connections participants made. [Access here]