The Sustainable Business Circle - 12 month sustainability membership for SMEs
THE SUSTAINABILITY MEMBERSHIP FOR SMES AND BUSINESS LEADERS

Need expert guidance to create a sustainability plan with actionable ESG targets?

The Sustainable Business Circle is a 12 month membership for SMEs that know sustainability matters commercially, but have no guidance on how to build a plan and implement real ESG goals and targets. Gain access to one live 60 minute workshop each month, a library of tools and templates, and a community of peers going through the same process. Every session leaves you with something tangible, not another item on the list.

£75 a month per user. Join in any month, cancel any time.
Not ready to commit? Try the free Enveglas ESG Progress Checker and see where your business stands.

At a glance

Price
£75 per month Per user, excluding VAT. Or pay £750 for the year and get two months free.
Format
One live 60 minute online workshop each month, lunch and learn style, on the last Friday of the month.
Length
12 months of content, spread across the year so it fits around a busy work schedule. Join any month, leave any month.
Includes
12 workshops, useful tools and templates, full replay library, members community, and more.
Who it suits
Owners, managing directors, operations and QHSE managers, and anyone tasked with leading sustainability.
Delivered by
Wylde Connections, an ISEP accredited sustainability consultancy and training provider.

First 50 members only

Join as one of the first 50 members

First 50 members £75 a month
From member 51 £99 a month

Once the first 50 places are filled the rate goes to £99 a month per user. Join before then and yours is held at £75 for 24 months, a difference of £576.

  • The rate held

    £75 a month for 24 months from the day you join.

  • A Kickstart call

    45 minutes one-to-one to read your Progress Checker results and set your focus.

  • Quarterly roundtable

    Four sessions a year with Dr Denise Taylor and your fellow founding members.

  • A free guest pass

    Bring a colleague, peer or client into any workshop.

  • Enveglas discount

    20% off the full Enveglas ESG Diagnostic.

Prices exclude VAT at 20%.

Diagnose Assess and Measure Build the Strategy Start the Shift Embed and Inspire

Who is this sustainability membership for?

The Circle is built for small and medium sized businesses in manufacturing, construction, professional services, facilities management, and others where sustainability has become a commercial requirement and is not yet anybody’s full time job.

This is probably not for you if…

You need a full Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions baseline calculated, verified and reported to a deadline. Scope 3 covers the emissions in your supply chain and in the use of what you sell, and calculating it properly is consultancy work rather than a workshop. That is a separate Wylde Connections service, see how we can help with this.

This is for you if…
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Customers or larger clients have started asking for emissions data or ESG policies, and you are answering each request from scratch.
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You are losing tenders on the sustainability section and nobody is sure what a strong answer looks like.
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Sustainability sits with someone who already has a full time job, and progress stalls whenever the business gets busy.
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You have made a start, perhaps a policy and some recycling, and you want a structure that connects it and moves it forward.
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You want to act ahead of the requirement rather than scramble when a buyer asks.

How does the 12 month programme work?

12 months, five stages, one clear route.

The Circle follows the five stages of the Wylde Sustainability Road Map, the same route our consultancy clients take. Each stage answers one question about your business.

Wylde Sustainability Road Map
Month 1

Diagnose

Where are we now?

You will know where your business sits on the 7-Step Sustainability Staircase by completing the Enveglas ESG Progress Checker live and using your results to identify your next three practical moves.

Months 2 to 4

Assess and Measure

What matters, and what are the numbers?

Identify what's material to your business, complete an emissions inventory, and find the hotspots, risks and opportunities in your value chain.

Months 5 to 7

Build the Strategy

What is the plan, and who owns it?

Complete a one page sustainability strategy with a named owner at board level, understand how to structure a Sustainability Working Group within your business, and build a compliance map to keep your business on track.

Months 8 and 9

Start the Shift

How do we put it into action?

Start demonstrating your ESG credentials for tenders and customer requests, and incorporate sustainability into your company culture, roles and objectives.

Months 10 to 12

Embed and Inspire

How do we get recognised for it?

Start telling your sustainability story, understand how the right marketing can win awards, and check your progress against your month 1 baseline.

What happens in each of the 12 months?

Every month solves one problem and produces one finished thing. Join in any month: every past workshop is in your library from day one as a live replay.
The 12 months of The Sustainable Business Circle

Diagnose

Month 1

What the session covers

  • What the 7-Step Sustainability Staircase is
  • What each step looks like in a working business, with real examples
  • The business case: risk reduced, contracts won, resilience built
  • Which pressure is actually driving you, and what that changes
  • Reading your Enveglas results and translating them into action

Assess and Measure

Months 2 to 4

What the session covers

  • What materiality is, and why it matters commercially
  • Identifying your material issues across environment, social and governance
  • Weighing the stakeholder view against the business view
  • Prioritising by risk and opportunity rather than by noise
  • Turning material issues into strategic focus areas

What the session covers

  • The three scopes and how they connect in your business
  • Why Scope 3 matters most for most SMEs, and how to approach it without being overwhelmed
  • The data you need, where to find it, and how to organise it
  • Choosing an emissions factor source and staying consistent
  • Common pitfalls, double counting, and how to avoid them

What the session covers

  • What a value chain map is, and why it beats a spreadsheet every time
  • Mapping upstream: raw materials, suppliers, energy and inputs
  • Mapping downstream: use phase, distribution, end of life
  • Finding hotspots, risks and Scope 3 emissions on the map
  • Turning the map into practical opportunities and priority actions

Build the Strategy

Months 5 to 7

What the session covers

  • Setting vision, values and goals that connect to your business plan
  • Choosing measurable targets you can actually hit
  • Sequencing quick wins alongside the bigger moves
  • Building the road map that gets you there
  • Communicating the strategy internally so people act on it

What the session covers

  • Why sustainability belongs in governance, not just operations
  • Naming a senior owner and standing up a Sustainability Working Group
  • The Wylde decision lens: testing capital and strategic decisions against sustainability criteria
  • Values led leadership and setting culture from the top
  • Systems thinking tools to find root causes rather than symptoms

What the session covers

  • The main UK and EU sustainability regulations, in plain terms
  • Who each one applies to, and the thresholds that trigger them
  • How large customers pass reporting requirements down the supply chain
  • Choosing a proportionate reporting approach for your size
  • Producing data that will withstand scrutiny

Start the Shift

Months 8 and 9

What the session covers

  • What procurement teams and corporate buyers actually want to see
  • Assembling an ESG credentials pack that answers most questions in one place
  • Answering supplier questionnaires and tender questions clearly and truthfully
  • Engaging your own suppliers so your Scope 3 story holds together
  • Where ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 help, and when they are worth the effort

What the session covers

  • Building sustainability into induction and onboarding
  • Writing it into job descriptions and personal development plans
  • Building a network of internal sustainability champions
  • Awareness for everyone, deeper skills for leaders and specialists
  • Keeping momentum going after the initial push

Embed and Inspire

Months 10 to 12

What the session covers

  • What greenwashing actually is, and the current legal and reputational risks
  • The CMA Green Claims Code in plain terms, with worked examples
  • How to substantiate a claim before it goes out
  • Writing about progress rather than perfection, so the language holds
  • Building an internal sign off process so nothing leaves without a check

What the session covers

  • Turning data into a narrative that is honest and compelling
  • The proportionate impact report: what to include when you are small or mid sized
  • Using progress in marketing, sales and PR without overclaiming
  • Choosing awards worth entering, and what judges are looking for
  • Building a bank of stories, quotes and case studies from your own progress

What the session covers

  • Re-reading your position on the seven step staircase
  • Comparing your baseline with where you are now
  • What embedded sustainability looks like, and how to sustain it
  • Setting priorities and targets for the next 12 months
  • Renewing your governance, culture and communication rhythms

What’s included in the membership?

What is included in the membership
12 one hour workshops a year

Live online session with an expert guiding you through each stage.

A tool or template every month

Materiality matrix, GHG emissions starter sheet, value chain canvas, one page strategy template, decision lens, supplier questionnaire, green claims checker. Yours to keep and reuse.

The full replay library

Every workshop, searchable, including the ones run before you joined.

The members community

A private group run as a peer Sustainability Working Group, plus guest expert sessions and their replays.

The monthly regulation radar

A short update on what has changed in UK and EU rules and whether it affects a business like yours.

Check-ins with an expert

A monthly implementation challenge with a light accountability check the following month, so the work leaves the session.

One workshop on its own £150

A single live standalone workshop, booked as a one off.

Membership £75 a month

All 12 workshops, plus everything above. Price per user, excluding VAT.

Included with membership The Enveglas ESG Progress Checker

Scored at the start and again at month twelve, so your progress is measured rather than asserted.

Find out about Enveglas

How much does the membership cost?

£75 a month, or £750 a year with two months free. Both prices exclude VAT. Monthly membership can be cancelled at any time, and everything is included on either option.

First 50 members

Monthly membership

£75 a month Held for 24 months from the day you join

Cancel at any time. From member 51 the monthly rate is £99.

Two months free

First 50 members

Annual membership

£750 a year Held for 24 months, so both years at £750

Ten months paid, twelve months of membership. From member 51 the annual rate is £990.

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Membership options and what founding members get
Option Founding member, first 50 From member 51
Monthly membership £75 per month, held for 24 months £99 per month
Annual membership £750 per year, held for 24 months £990 per year, two months free
Three seats 10% off the founding rate 5% off
Five seats 15% off the founding rate 10% off
Ten or more seats 20% off the founding rate 15% off
Sustainability Kickstart call Included Not included
Quarterly founding roundtable Included Not included
Workshop guest pass Included Not included
Enveglas ESG Diagnostic 20% discount Not included

Multi seat pricing is for businesses bringing their leadership team through together, which is also the fastest way to make sustainability stick.

All prices exclude VAT at 20%.

How do I join the Circle?

12 months from now, you could have all of this finished.

  • A one page strategy your board has signed off.

  • Emissions data you can hand to a customer without dread.

  • An ESG credentials pack that answers the tender question once and keeps answering it.

  • A set of numbers that shows how far the business has moved.

£75 a month. Cancel any time. Join in any month. The first 50 members join at the founding rate, held for two years.

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Frequently Asked Questions…

What is the Sustainable Business Circle?

The Sustainable Business Circle is a 12 month sustainability membership programme for small and medium sized businesses, run by Wylde Connections. Membership costs £75 a month for the first 50 members. It includes one live 60 minute workshop each month, tools and templates for every stage, a full replay library and a members community. The programme follows the Wylde five stage Sustainability Road Map: Diagnose, Assess and Measure, Build the Strategy, Start the Shift, and Embed and Inspire.

How much does the Circle cost?

£75 a month, or £750 a year with two months free, for the first 50 members. From member 51 the rate is £99 a month, or £990 a year with two months free. All prices exclude VAT at 20%. Founding members keep the £75 rate for 24 months from the day they join. Seat discounts start at three seats. Booked on their own, a live workshop seat costs £150 and a replay costs £95, so one standalone session is two months of founding membership.

What do founding members get?

The first 50 members join at £75 a month and keep that rate for 24 months, a difference of £576 over two years against the £99 rate. Founding membership also includes a 45 minute Sustainability Kickstart call one to one with a Wylde consultant, a quarterly founding members roundtable with Dr Denise Taylor, one free workshop guest pass for a colleague, peer or client, and 20% off the full Enveglas ESG Diagnostic.

How much time does the Circle take each month?

Around two to three hours a month. The workshop is 60 minutes, and the implementation task that follows takes one to two hours, which is where the work actually lands. If you can protect half a day a month you will get everything out of the Circle. If you cannot protect the 60 minutes, this might not be the right time to join.

When are the workshops held?

On the last Friday of each month, over lunch, in a lunch and learn format. Sessions run for 60 minutes and are delivered live online. Each one is recorded, so if a date does not work you can watch it back and pick up the template from that session.

What if I miss a workshop?

Nothing is lost. Every workshop is recorded and in your library within a few days, along with the template from that session. You can put your questions to the members community, where the Wylde team and your fellow members answer them, or raise them at the next live session.

Are the sessions recorded, and can I keep the templates?

Yes to both. Recordings stay in your library for as long as you are a member, including the workshops that ran before you joined. The tools and templates are yours to keep and reuse in your business, and there are more of them than one per month.

Do I have to commit to the full 12 months?

No. There is no annual contract on monthly membership. You can join in any month and leave in any month. The 12 months refers to the programme content, which is designed to spread across a year so that it fits around a full-time job rather than arriving all at once.

Can I cancel my membership?

Yes. Monthly memberships can be cancelled at any time and you will not be billed again after the current month. Annual memberships run for the 12 months paid for. Founding rate locks and multi seat discounts end when a membership is cancelled and are not reinstated on rejoining.

Does the Circle include a carbon footprint calculation?

No. Month 3 teaches greenhouse gas measurement across all three scopes and gives you a structured inventory template to populate, which is enough to get organised and to answer many buyer questions. It is not a calculated, checked and reportable baseline. That is separate consultancy work. Wylde Connections calculates full Scope 1, 2 and 3 baselines and does not offer Scope 1 and 2 only baselines, because a figure that leaves out your supply chain does not answer the question your customers are asking.

Will the Circle help us answer customer ESG questionnaires and tenders?

Yes, and month 8 is built around exactly that. You leave that session with a completed supplier questionnaire and the outline of an ESG credentials pack that answers most buyer questions in one place. Months 3 and 4 cover the emissions and value chain work that sits behind those answers, so the pack is backed by your own data rather than assertions.

Does the Circle cover SECR, ESOS and CSRD?

Month 7 covers which UK and EU rules apply to a business of your size, including SECR, ESOS and CSRD, and the thresholds that trigger them. Members also get a monthly regulation radar, a short update on what has changed and whether it affects a business like yours. The Circle explains your obligations and how to meet them proportionately. It is not a filing service.

Can more than one person from my business join?

Yes, and we would encourage it. Founding members get 10% off at three seats, 15% at five seats and 20% at ten or more. From member 51 the discounts are 5%, 10% and 15%. Sustainability holds far better when the leadership team has all heard the same thing at the same time.

Do I need any sustainability knowledge before I start?

No. Month 1 assumes no prior knowledge and starts by establishing where your business is now. The programme does not stay there. By month 6 you are working on board level governance and by month 11 on impact reporting and awards.

Is the Circle an accredited qualification?

No, the Circle is a membership programme rather than an accredited course. Wylde Connections is an ISEP accredited training provider, and members who want a formal qualification can move onto our accredited pathway. The Circle is built to change what your business does, not to award a certificate.

Who delivers the workshops?

Wylde Connections, an ISEP accredited sustainability consultancy and training provider based in Royal Leamington Spa. Sessions are led by Dr Denise Taylor PISEP, Managing Director and lead consultant, with input from the wider Wylde team, which includes chartered environmentalists and ISEP practitioners working across manufacturing, construction, medtech and facilities management.

What happens at the end of the 12 months?

You re-run the Enveglas ESG Progress Checker in month 12, compare it against your month 1 baseline and see what has actually moved. Members can continue for a second year at a deeper level, or take a specific piece of work further with us as consultancy: the full Enveglas ESG Diagnostic, a Scope 1, 2 and 3 baseline, or accredited training. There is no obligation either way.

What our clients are saying…

“Enveglas was really helpful. Talking through the assessment and bringing the action plan to life with Wylde sustainability consultants was really valuable. Their recommendations are clear, business focused and practicable to implement, taking into account the organisation’s size and resources.”

Completed Enveglas in February 2026.
Now embedding their action plan into operational business planning for 2026/27.

Helen Kendrick

Heart of England Community Foundation

Manufacturing

Working with Wylde to embed STEM volunteering and community partnership into a wider sustainability strategy.

Rail

Used Enveglas to evidence ESG performance in a high-value infrastructure tender, and was shortlisted to progress to the next stage of the selection process.

Facilities Management

Working with Wylde to embed Living Wage commitments and social impact into their sustainability strategy.

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