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Sustainability thrives on teamwork. Surround yourself with those who lift you up and share the mission.

The Sustainable Business Consortium brings together energy and sustainability leaders from across industries to accelerate the transition to the clean economy through meaningful, cross-sector collaboration. We believe sustainability isn’t just vital for the planet, it’s a smart business strategy. By working together, we can decarbonise more quickly and cost-effectively, giving our members a clear competitive advantage.

UK Network Facts

84

Number of organisations and businesses within our network.

11.5%

Contribution of our members towards UK GDP.

£349bn

Collective turnover of our UK members in 2024.

98%

Percentage of members with a clear carbon/net zero target.

1.91 million

Number of UK employees within the membership.

61,122

Number of properties occupied by the membership.

What Our Member Say

"The forum has proven to be an excellent mechanism to share expertise and is a gateway to innovation and horizon scans."
GavinAsda
"Excellent opportunity to talk with peers and discuss common themes. Also, really useful platform content through Hudle, and good opportunities to join interesting webinars."
NickCulina Group
"It’s a great resource to learn and bounce off ideas with other like-minded people."
MarcoJohn Lewis Partnership
"Great way to meet people within the industry to share challenges, successes and learnings."
JonathanBoots UK & ROI
"The group’s shared knowledge—both successes and challenges—has been invaluable, and the Hudle platform is excellent."
HollySkipton Building Society
"It is great to see how other businesses organise energy related topics and the vast amount of knowledge and experience they have."
ChristianTJX Europe
"There have been some great webinars over the last twelve months that have really focused on some hot topics."
CeriWickes
"It gives you access to an excellent sector network of people and current shared challenges are addressed."
CianKingfisher plc
"The forum is a useful space to have an open discussion with other firms about how they're 'doing' sustainability."
KateYorkshire Building Society
"Great breadth of experiences across the group - enables thinking to be stretched and good discussion/conversation."
HannahMarks & Spencer
"It's very useful having our peers as sounding boards on common sustainability issues we face."
ClaudetteNatWest
"Opportunity to engage with peers at other organisations without sales pressure from third-parties."
RossPremier Inn & Restaurants UK
"Great opportunity to collaborate with people in very similar jobs to my own. Different to other networks where everyone comes from a different business."
JamesBunzl plc
"Personally, I feel like it is a really great opportunity to learn from others in the industry."
EloiseKingfisher plc

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Testimonials

“I’d highly recommend the Operational Sustainability in Finance Forum (OSiF) forum, which provides access to a network of peers working towards achieving a common decarbonisation objective. It’s a fantastic forum to learn about the successes (and challenges) from your peers, while also gaining valuable insights on topical issues through the regular invited keynote speaker sessions”.
Daniel
DanielSustainability Manager
“I have found the Retail Energy Forum (REF) an extremely useful forum to hear about and discuss the shared challenges energy professionals face. As an energy specialist in a large retail organisation it is useful spending time with like minded professionals who can understand and support with energy and carbon related issues.”
Neil
NeilPartner & Operations Manager Energy & Innovation
“It’s refreshing to participate in the Sustainable Logistics Forum (SLF) with real practitioners, facing into similar problems and discussing ways to influence, challenge and accelerate progress towards net-zero. Having a good chairperson like Haydn, increases the value of the forum and the “deep dive” workshops on dedicated subjects are particularly useful. Membership is great value.”
Steve
SteveHead of Sustainability at Wincanton
“I would highly recommend membership of the Retail Energy Forum (REF). It allows me to share ideas and thoughts as well as have active discussions across a wide range of topics with respected peers and stakeholders across our industry. I can better inform and be informed of advances in technology, changes to legalisation and the other myriad of challenges that bring excitement to working in the field of energy reduction and de-carbonisation.”
Gavin
GavinEnergy Manager for Asda/City Facilities
“The pace of change in sustainability is mind-boggling. It’s a full-time job in itself to keep apace of the constantly shifting regulatory, commercial and legal frameworks that surround it. The Operational Sustainability in Finance Forum (OSiF) forum gives me insights into how other peers are addressing the big issues, sharing from learnings and grappling with unknown together. We’re not in this alone!”
Annie
AnnieCarbon Reduction Lead at Skipton Building Society
“Joining the Operational Sustainability in Finance Forum (OSiF) has been extremely beneficial for me and for the business. Meeting with peers facing similar challenges and opportunities and helping each other over hurdles is invaluable.”
Clare
ClareOperational Risk & Climate Manager, Hinckley & Rugby Building Society
“I would highly recommend joining the Retail Energy Forum (REF). Having access to a network of trusted peers to discuss latest technology and legislation is invaluable.”
Ross
RossEnergy Manager, Premier Inn & Restaurants UK
“The Retail Energy Forum (REF) is an extremely useful platform to help us navigate Energy management in a retail environment and support our Net Zero journey working with Peers in the retail industry.”
Ian
IanHead of Facilities and Energy
“Iceland has been signed up to Retail Energy Forum (REF) for years and as a newcomer into the organisation I was expected to attend quarterly meetings. On my first meeting I realised how valuable it can be sitting in the same room with organisations facing the same issues and challenges as you and exchanging best practice. The workshops on appropriate issues is added value to the service, highly recommended.”
Thomas
ThomasEnergy Manager
“I really value being able to talk about ESG-related opportunities and challenges with people from the same industry and learn what other organisations are doing. Collaboration is key when it comes to sustainability and this forum provides a great platform for that.”
James
JamesHead of Sustainability
“Liberty Global and its subsidiaries have worked with Haydn Young over a number of years as part of the Tech, Media and Telecom forum to help progress our Net Zero and Energy efficiency ambitions. The forums discussions are focused, impactful and enables us to navigate through the complexities in achieving our objectives. Haydn is very well connected in the industry and able to bring expertise to the discussions which may not otherwise be available without significant cost. Highly recommended and a delight to work with.”
Henk
HenkDirector M&E Architecture
I have really enjoyed my time to date of working with the team. It's always great to hear what the others in the room are doing from sustainability standpoint and the challenges they face. I have been able to have follow up conversations with others outside of meetings which have added context to business updates that I need to provide. Well worth attending the sessions and being a member.
Ceri
Ceri Wickes
Rutland Forum has provided valuable insight into the up-and-coming topics within the world of Sustainability. Talking with peers and industry experts has been very useful to navigate what can often be a complex topic!
Kate
KateYorkshire Building Society

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