- Takes a stand in its sustainability goals
- Models alternatives and makes them available to employees
- Offers products to its employees in keeping with its sustainability goals (paper alternatives, water bottles and stations, coffee stirrer alternatives, straw alternatives etc.)
As both a pioneer and a trendspotter in the reusable bag and zero waste space, Deb Singer creates engaging talks and presentations for a wide range of conscious organizations. Deb’s passion and commitment to people, profit and planet, combined with her expertise across the space, make her the ideal speaker for conscious businesses and consumers, at industry and association conferences and for employees.
As well, Deb helps create customized training presentations for internal leadership to deliver to its staff as part of a comprehensive zero waste program launch.
Signature Talks
Simple Acts – Big Impact
Creating a Culture of Sustainability in Your Organization
As a conscious company, your organization is in the process of developing a wide range of longer view sustainability initiatives from supply chain and manufacturing to transportation. What if you were also able to make a positive impact inside the culture of your organization through simpler, shorter terms initiatives with big impact — from zero waste lunch rooms and washrooms to eliminating plastic water bottles in your vending machines?
It’s time to take a powerful stand, take concrete actions and engage your employees in shifting towards a more sustainable way of living by the example you set.
In this talk, Deb explores the steps for successfully implementing simple but significant changes, how to engage your company’s people at every level, and how to measure the full impact, from cost savings to company culture.
Simple Acts – Big Impact
The Everyday Journey of a Conscious Consumer
Deb may have pioneered the reusable bag at Whole Foods Market, but reducing her footprint in her everyday life has been a step-by-step process. Hear Deb’s personal story of her journey as a conscious consumer, from reusable bag and beyond. She offers practical and achievable advice for anyone on how to start with one thing and one change, how to develop a habit and keep the momentum going, and what the impact can be over the course of a year.
Other Speaking Topics
No Time to Waste
How businesses conduct themselves these days matters. Consumers are looking to put their dollars towards companies that are making a positive impact on the planet, and are realizing there is no time to waste. Crucially, these same trends are also boosting the supply of impactful investment opportunities – by supporting the rise of a new generation of enterprises that are actively pursuing social and environmental impact alongside financial goals. Drawing on the latest surveys and statistics, Deb presents the strong and growing case for companies to prioritize sustainability across all facets of their organization.
Training Programs
Singer Sustainability creates comprehensive programs that help a wide variety of conscious companies to implement zero waste initiatives “from the bottom up,” while engaging employees to support and promote their organization’s sustainability commitments and helping them to become more conscious consumers themselves (learn more).
As part of this, we create training initiatives, including internal education and turnkey presentation materials you can deliver to your staff to inform them about what your company is doing, the big impact of simple acts, and what THEY can do, while demonstrating an organization that: