This Masterclass is all about Sustainable Business Models: the foundation of any successful, ethical company - and in fact, should be the basis of any business for it to bring solutions, profit and pleasure to the world. A sustainable business is about creating a profitable venture with longevity, that doesn’t require exploitation of people or resources.
In this Masterclass you will learn:
- What traditional business models look like, and how sustainable ones differ
- How to access what your values are, and how to implement them into your business goals
- How to determine your business' target market
- What your start up costs will be to better understand the assets and capital of your business
- Examples of sustainable business models, and the pros and cons of them
- How to write a business plan, with a handy downloadable guide
- Case studies of business owners' motivations, how they identified their markets and how they stick to their values
- How social enterprises work, and how to scale them
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Sustainability and Business
with Charlie Bradley RossSummary
In this video, you'll receive an overview of the key issues surrounding people and the planet and how that relates to the bottom line of an organisation. We’ll also look at vision and opportunity in successful businesses - and how we can turn that into a force for good.
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Building A Brand Around You
with Charlie Bradley RossSummary
In this 7 minute Lesson, we discuss how to build a brand around you, so that it has longevity. Here we get to grips with understanding your personal values and how they align to your business idea, along with how you can start to build a business strategy with a purpose.
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The Fundamentals of Business
with Charlie Bradley RossSummary
In this 17 minute Lesson we take an in-depth look at factors that will affect your business model and strategies. To effectively build, launch and promote your brand, it’s absolutely essential to understand certain areas first: understand your target customer, determine your start-up costs, and get your assets and capital down into a business plan.
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Different Types Of Sustainable Business Models
with Charlie Bradley RossSummary
This is a 17 minute Lesson that covers examples of business models you can adopt as an ethical business. There are types here you may not have thought about or come across before, that could really change the course of your business journey and have a huge impact on your growth.
We also cover case studies of businesses successfully implementing sustainable business models, and what competitors are out there too.
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How to Write a Business Plan
with Charlie Bradley RossSummary
This is a downloadable guide on how to write a business model.
Now that you have explored the potential of sustainable business models, you will have a good idea of the impactful business you want to build. It is time to construct the perfect business plan.
Most importantly, a sustainable business model is about defining what success means to you and what you value. Is success offering work to artisan makers who would otherwise be in poverty? Is it sourcing and using materials that may have otherwise gone to landfill? Yes, you need a profit to survive and grow, but what else is important to you in your business plan?
In this Lesson you will be guided through how to write a business plan as a responsible ethical business.
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What is Degrowth?
with Charlie Bradley RossSummary
This 19-minute video focuses on the theory of degrowth in business, and how cutting back on resource and energy usage doesn’t have to mean losing profits. In fact, it’s our mindless focus on constant growth that has created the toxic culture of exploitation within “capitalism’s favourite child”: the fashion industry. Director of Offset Warehouse and The Sustainable Fashion Collective, Charlie Bradley Ross, explains how you can – and why you should – start adopting principles of degrowth for your own business.
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How to put “degrowth” into practice in a small fashion business
with Charlie Bradley RossSummary
This 21-minute video explains how fashion businesses can adopt the concept of degrowth, and contribute to a more sustainable industry - and an anti-capitalist society for all.
Interviews
Shilpa Bilimoria: Running Multiple Businesses
Monday Jul 31st, 2017
Birdsong: Building A Fashion Social Enterprise
Thursday Aug 31st, 2017
Nida Gonul: On growing her own footwear
Sunday Oct 1st, 2017
Thraedable: the brand keeping refugees from criminality, drugs & terrorist organisations
Thursday Feb 1st, 2018
Changing Lives in Cheshire: Recycling Furniture for Social Good
Friday Nov 1st, 2019
Technical Tutorials
Additional Information
The Truth About the Clothes We Wear: How Fashion Impacts Health and the Environment
Fast Fashion Is Creating An Environmental Crisis
Top 3 Sustainability Challenges in Business
Everyone's talking about: Limited edition luxury
9 Business Model Examples For Social Enterprises
5 Criteria for a Sustainable Business Model
New business models for a sustainable future
Why and How Every Fashion Business Can Be a Sustainable One
Reinventing The Fashion Business Model
17 Business Models Shaking Up the Marketplace
Building a Fashion Brand: Know Your Target Audience to Maximize Growth
Two Ways To Ensure Your Corporate Culture And Values Align
Three Leadership Principles of CSR Success: Align, Articulate, Assess
Aligning your personal and business values
Examples of Brands With Sustainable Business Models
Unmade - watch their interview here.
Juta Shoes - watch their interview here.
Birdsong - watch their interview here.
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Additional Reading
What The Fashion Industry Should Take Away from COP26
Monday Nov 15th, 2021
10 Podcasts Every Entrepreneur Should Listen To
Sunday Oct 24th, 2021
In Conversation With: Barley Massey, Fabrications
Sunday Feb 28th, 2021
What Wellbeing Strategies Can You Implement To Be An Agile Business?
Thursday Dec 17th, 2020
Can The High Street Recover From The Covid-19 Pandemic?
Thursday Dec 10th, 2020
How Fashion Retail Has Survived The Covid-19 Pandemic
Thursday Dec 3rd, 2020
In Conversation With: Stag & Bow, Purveyors Of Historic Craft And Haberdashery
Wednesday Oct 14th, 2020
In Conversation With Bundle 'n Joy: Possibly the First Ever Maternity Clothes Rental Scheme
Tuesday Aug 4th, 2020
Who are the Drapers Sustainable Fashion Award Winners?
Thursday Jul 30th, 2020
How To Extend The Life Of Your Materials
Friday Jun 12th, 2020