Turn workplace sustainability ideas into a practical team commitment. This Team Sustainability Action Plan uses a simple spider diagram to explore five areas of everyday work: travel, food, purchasing, energy and habits.
In 15–20 minutes, identify potential sustainability quick wins and choose one manageable action, with a coordinator, start date and check-in date.
Who is this template for?
Team leaders, sustainability champions, facilitators and colleagues who want to encourage employee participation in workplace sustainability. No specialist knowledge is needed—just your team’s experience and ideas.
When should you use it?
Use it during a team meeting, a sustainability workshop or when you want to turn good intentions into a specific action. It’s especially useful for getting started with a small change that fits your team’s capacity.
How to use this template
Put your team in the centre. Add your team’s name and an emoji that captures your energy. Record the project, participants and date.
Grow five branches. Add one idea per sticky note across travel, food, purchasing, energy and habits. Look for opportunities to reduce waste, share resources and make thoughtful choices easier.
Choose your quick win. Each person adds a star to one idea they’d like to try. Discuss whether it could make a useful difference, is manageable and meets the team’s needs.
Make a team commitment. Agree on what you’ll do, the expected benefit and the first step. Identify a coordinator, any support needed, a start date and a check-in date. Decide how you’ll know the action is helping.
Tip: Be specific. “Check shared supplies before placing our next order” gives the team a clearer action than “buy less.”
What you’ll leave with
A shared collection of workplace sustainability ideas.
One practical action your team has chosen together.
Clear responsibility and support needs.
A simple way to review progress and learn from the experience.
At your check-in, use what you’ve observed to decide together: keep the action, adapt it or try something else.
