Freelance: research & expert support
There is a growing interest in sustainability information among business customers, investors, and consumers. Freelance expert support can help you to upskill your team, provide research capacity and dedicated short-term support to help manage nature-related and societal risks.
Aimed at providing commercial research support, project collaboration and analysis. Our team can provide support during times of high workload or during periods with resource constraints. In addition, we can use the resources of the Little Blue Research network to provide specialist support across several different sustainability topics. Results include the production of publications, general project research activities, developing and running bespoke training courses. The team has developed and delivered training for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. They are also able to customise training to achieve a range of outcomes across different audiences.
Key terms: sustainability experts, socio-economic research, nature research, sustainability training
What does this include?
Who is this for?
The work can include a mixture of the following:
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dedicated expertise for ongoing project work within a sustainability team, e.g. setting up and running a nature working group or ambassador scheme
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conducting market analysis, research on sustainability trends, legislation and policy updates
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upskilling teams through dedicated training sessions allowing for ‘ask the expert’ Q&As
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project management support for specific projects
Businesses who:
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have a need for short-term support
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find it hard to source trusted sustainability experts
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want to upskill internal teams and providing regular touch points for sustainability plans and actions
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want to keep up and adapt to rapidly changing policy areas on environment, nature, climate
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need to source expertise for research orientated projects