Climate changemakers

WorkforClimate Academy graduate Bernie Wiley started his career in logistics, packing orders on the warehouse floor. Last month he was made Sustainability Director at Australian toilet paper juggernaut, Who Gives A Crap. Here’s how he made the switch.

When Camille Smith realised that her company's default 401(k) portfolio (essentially, the American version of a superannuation fund) was lacking in environmentally conscious fund options, she decided to do something about it. Here's how her persistence paid off in making climate-friendly investing available to everyone at her company.

The Chancery Lane Project (TCLP) creates climate-friendly legal clauses to ‘hack’ standard corporate contracts. It’s a free service, and a potential game-changer for your organisation. We asked TCLP Associate Leonie Brabant to walk us through the climate contracting process step-by-step.

Kirstin Hunter is a WorkforClimate Ambassador, Managing Director (NSW) at Techstars, former co-founder and CEO of Future Super, and a leader at multiple purpose-led startups (to answer your question: we’re not sure when she sleeps). Here are her top tips for accelerating climate action at work.

Despite being ‘in the pocket of big climate action’, comedian and podcaster Dan Ilic (who hosts A Rational Fear) has no formal training in sustainability. Still, he doesn’t let that doesn’t stop him from having searing and passionate takes – like this one – on what needs to be done to save our species, particularly in the business sector.

Net zero commitments only go so far. The Chancery Lane Project, a group of passionate legal and industry professionals, is using corporate contract clauses to bind companies to their climate obligations and actually deliver on targets.

Can behavioural science help us to reduce our impact on the climate? Lily Dempster thinks so.

As the leader of a huge global green group, Sydney-based Salesforce employee Lindsey Peterson is adept at bringing people together to champion sustainability within the workplace.

Should businesses and brands lend their voice to climate activism? WorkforClimate Ambassador Kirstin Hunter believes they have a duty to speak up.