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44 Sue Riddlestone Bioregional Mission Bioregional is an international award-winning social enterprise and sustainability charity whose goal is for everyone to live happy, healthy lives within our planet’s natural limits, leaving space for wildlife and wilderness. From its experience on real-life projects such as BedZED eco-village, it created One Planet Living. One Planet Living is a framework and process for sustainable living that enables companies, communities, city-regions, and new building projects to make sustainable living actionable and desirable. One Planet Living is free to use, with paid-for training and expert support available. Impact & 4 returns Inspiration Bioregional has been assisting countries’ communities, companies and municipalities like retailers worldwide to implement innovative and visionary sustainable strategies, products, and services, for citizens and customers to consume more sustainably. One Planet Living has a way of engaging the general population of cities or countries that take on this initiative in their strategies. Bioregional is showing that sustainable production and consumption is achievable by following a set of basic principles. Financial Capital Natural Capital Bioregional contributes to achieving a sustainable human ecological footprint—this intending to leave half the earth for nature. Based on the One Planet Living framework Bioregional advises companies on their sustainability targets and impact measurement resulting in e.g. 41% carbon reductions at B&Q with annual sales of £11billion of eco-products at parent company Kingfisher (Europe’s largest home improvement retailer). Social Capital Bioregional’s social impact relates to emerging new sustainable businesses and jobs. Additionally, its impact results in stable neighborly communities.

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