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Very cool to have another session on Practical Sustainability for SMEs at the latest Goldman Sachs 10k SMEs programme in Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Always a privilege to spend time with small businesses from across the UK and hear their stories. It’s clear lot of business owners are starting to feel the pressure from coming regulations, supplier carbon accounting requests and consumer preferences, but many don’t know to take the first step to respond. A million different frameworks, certifications and regulations don’t help either. More pressure on greenwashing may also be having the effect of holding back well-intended actions, as businesses fear being accused of greenwashing if they make innocent mistakes, and so don't do anything at all. Plus with energy prices / inflation as high as they’ve been, there needs to be an extremely clear business case for small businesses to invest in sustainability, which there has not always been. Thanks to everyone in both sessions for the questions and engagement. And above all to the peerless Sarah Moneypenny for co-facilitating 🙏 We used Adam Bastock’s Small99 Action Cards - super fun, well designed, and action oriented. Highly recommend if you want to run a similar workshop. We’ll be doing more of these workshops at Leafr. Please reach out if you’re interested!