Our Purpose
REGENERATIVE IMPACT DESIGN
At Hartswood Impact, we help creative companies and the businesses that support them reduce their environmental impact and unlock positive change in how they work. Whether you're writing a pitch, producing a campaign, planning a shoot or just figuring out where to start as an SME or sole trader, we’re here to make sustainability simple, creative and genuinely beneficial to your business and your bottom line.We specialise in supporting brands, agencies and film production teams, guiding better decisions from script to screen. However we also partner with small and medium-sized businesses across all sectors and supply chains, because we are all in this together and progress should be accessible and never exclusive.If you're running an SME, a startup, a marketing department or agency team, we’ll help you take confident steps with practical planing at an affordable agile rate. Our mission is to improve how things are made and services provided, with more care, less waste and a positive mindset of regeneration that puts people, nature and planet on equal footing with creativity, business and profit.From climate-smart marketing and content deliverables to practical SME kickstart action plans, from team training to impact reporting, we deliver tools, thinking and support that help you work in a way you can feel proud of. Because what's chosen in a creative idea, in a brief, a tender or script will environmentally impact a plan, a budget, a project, a campaign, a reputation and good or bad - ultimately echo through a company culture.Whatever your business or role, the way we all work, create products and deliver our services really does matter. We are at a tipping point and you have the opportunity to future proof your organisation and be proud of the work you produce, whether that maybe on or off screen.Progress isn’t just about knowing what to do, it’s about taking action and doing it. Let’s make it happen
Planet people purpose
Darren Lamb
Creative Impact Director
I'm the founder of Hartswood Impact and a consultant collaborating with creative teams, agencies, not for profit organisations and small businesses to make smarter, more sustainable decisions.My focus is simple:
To help you cut emissions, reduce waste, use your business for good and build work you’re proud of. Whether that’s a shoot, a pitch, a campaign or your entire business operations.I support innovative marketing teams and creative companies looking to embed sustainability into decisions, future proof their services and improve their bottom lines. I also work with SMEs from all sectors, guiding confident first steps toward positive and profitable change.I’m a graduate of the On Purpose leadership programme, a trained mental health first aider and someone who believes business can be a force for good, if backed with authentic action.
Project planning & Operations
Sustainable
Production
Partnering with brands, agencies, production and supply chain companies to reduce the environmental footprint of film, TV, digital, live and branded content.• Low-impact production planning and carbon budgeting• Business operations and green supplier sourcing for projects• Albert BAFTA & AdGreen data gathering, management and reporting• Green shoot co-ordination and crew booking
Bids, Briefs & Tenders
Purpose led
Strategy
Planning and delivering green business plans, procurement tenders, pitches, campaigns and storytelling which require authentic environmental and social impact values.• Writing / reviewing creative, script, briefs and pitches with a best practise sustainability lens• Reducing emissions at development and planning stages• Talent & audience engagement planning
Training & Culture Building
Best
Practise
Grow the team's confidence and knowledge through workshops, speaker panels across a wide variety of climate and social impact topics.• SME Sustainability & Climate 101• Creating volunteering, pro-bono and purpose driven CSR programmes• Impact organisation and charity partnership development• B-Corp journey guidance and specialised support.
Responsible Reporting
Measurement
WORKS
Be proud to make your impact visible, measurable and valuable for the future of your business and customer communications. We help make the numbers clear and support you to continuously improve.• Scope 1-3 emissions data collection and insights.• BAFTA Albert & AdGreen data collection reporting• Emissions and impact summaries for stakeholders, tenders, pitches, certifications, ratings agencies and organisational strategy.• Impact report design, writing, photography and video creation.
Leave no-one behind
SME Sustainability kickstart
Accessible, jargon busting sustainability support for those starting their journey to net zero. Reviews to help you embed more sustainable progress into your organisation. From practical action templates and trackers to policies and team engagement.• Discovery sessions and one page action plans to get you moving• Green supplier and resource guidance• Simple emissions tracking tools and environmental certifications• Research and signposting to grants, funding, opportunities and relevant networks for your sector.• Bespoke low carbon website design and delivery.
Agile support when you need it
AGILE
Expertise
Whether you're building a brief, shaping a project, or just need support on your sustainability strategy and impact report, we offer light-touch, flexible support that fits around your team and timelines.No pressure. No full-time commitment. Just the expertise, clarity and delivery you need when you need it.• Ongoing monthly support for teams who want a regular sounding board• One-off sessions for strategy, campaign shaping or project review• Access to a trusted network of agile teams, suppliers, specialist partners, trainers and delivery expertsFirst steps?
We offer accessible starter sessions and advisory packages from £495 designed to help you take confident action, whatever stage you're at.
Thank you
With grateful thanks to the following amazing people:Adgreen, Albert BAFTA, Artem Kniaz, B Collective, B Lab UK, Big Circus Media, Blue Serif, Bridgewater & Taunton College, Business Declares, Carly Wickham, City Harvest, Clean Creatives, Climate Clarity, Climate Fresk, Climate Impact Partners, Cotswold Fayre, Critical Productions, EBF, Forster, Green Spark, Leukaemia UK, Long Live King, Madam Films, Media Trust, Natural History Museum London, Neil Tomalin, Nice & Serious, On Purpose London, OP Cohort April 24', Planet Positive Production, Purpose Disruptors, Satarla, Tinderflint, Treeapp, Under Armour and the University of Cambridge – Institute of Sustainable Marketing.
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