Do you feel your organisation does loads of good stuff in the world, but it’s not clear what it all adds up to? Is your ambition and impact not clear enough to rally the right action?

If not, then a bespoke Positive Impact framework can do that for you. It organises your ambition into pillars of action, setting clear targets and outcomes. If you don’t have a single-minded ambition, it helps create one. It aligns the whole business, from community programmes to environmental impact, to workforce, culture and DE&I. It’s simple and makes sense to frontline colleagues, stakeholders, consumers and investors, and connects to the Board’s ESG agenda.

I was delighted to work* with Cadent** to help create theirs 4 years ago, and I’m chuffed that it is truly embedded in the way they work, from recruitment strategy to supplier awards to Sustainability report (2024 report just released last week). A deceptively simple 3 pillar approach distils layers of robust thinking on outcomes, enablers and targets, and supports their business plan. It’s helped focus a powerful drive to help vulnerable customers, which Cadent do with practical on the ground action that makes a difference to communities and individuals across nearly half the UK, such as their brilliant Centres for Warmth (just opened their 350th), which they are rightly proud of.

*the work was brilliantly led by Anthony Ballance, Mark Balmega and Jade Lester, thank you for being collaborative and forward thinking clients
** Cadent Gas Limited run the gas network to 11million homes and businesses across England, managing 4 of the UK’s 8 regional networks. They are dedicated to trying to deliver the net zero transition by utilising the gas network for greener gases such as biomethane or hydrogen, whilst daily digging up roads and replacing leaky iron pipes with air-tight plastic pipes (making a network for future needs not just reducing emissions today). A portion of the bill you pay your gas supplier goes to Cadent to do all this work behind the scenes.