Graeme Heyes Sustainable Design Business Model Innovation

Dr Graeme Heyes PhD

Senior Lecturer in Sustainable and Regenerative Business

www.graemeheyes.com

My profile

Biography

Hiya 👋. I’m Graeme. I have over 15 years expertise in helping organisations understand their environmental risks and to think creatively about how they can become thriving enterprises in a net-zero society. I do this through applied research and practitioner-led support through the use of a range of novel frameworks and methodologies, which include sustainable design sprints, sustainable product design, doughnut economics jams, and net-zero action planning workshops.

My work is nationally and internationally award winning (Eco- I NW: European SDG Initiative of the Year/PrintCity Network: Business Collaboration and Partnerships Programme of the Year) and my training and executive education programmes have been recognised by the Government as “the Gold-Standard in green skills training”. 

I have worked with over 200 organisations to help them think differently about their place in the world and how they can become thriving enterprises in an uncertain future. I help businesses to understand:

🤔 What they do;

🧐 What are the associated impacts of what we do and the climate risks posed to incumbent business models;

😃 How businesses can move towards co-created long-term visions of sustainability via innovations at the strategic, business model, product, service and process levels, in so doing enhancing their resilience to the climate threat.

My entire academic background has been applied work with organisations that range from the European Commission, to global industries such as the aviation sector, multi-national corporations, local authorities, SMEs, and local community groups. I have also covered themes as diverse as climate change, waste management, environmental noise management, communication and engagement between stakeholders and many, many more.

In so doing I have developed experience across a range of areas that drive business responses to climate. These include: 
👨🏻‍💼 Project management of multi-million pound projects, including Eco-Innovation North West, and the PrintCity Network; 

🤝 Facilitation of innovation workshops for sustainability;

🌍 Delivery of real GHG savings and new-to-market products and services, driven by systems mapping, carbon accounting and the identification of systems-level risks;

💬 Communication and engagement of climate issues. To this end, I am a certified trainer in Carbon Literacy and one of 3 accredited trainers in Airport Sustainability and Environmental Management for Airports Council International - the global governing body for the Airport sector. I am also an experienced lecturer and have led the development and delivery of national apprenticeship programmes.

💼 Ad-hoc project support, including supporting external organisations, including environmental skills training development and delivered for the likes of Birmingham County Football Association, the UK Design Council, or collaborating with external organisations to deliver sustainability training for Stockport Council.

If you’d like to chat about how I might be able to do that, please reach out via email or connect with me on LinkedIn.

What I do

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Eco-Innovation North West
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PrintCity Network
ANIMA
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waste recycling
TRANSFORMCE
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Corporate Responsibility Training
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Carbon Management Training

Get in touch

0161 247 6799
The Digital Office (2.01) Business School
Book a meeting with me: https://calendly.com/g-heyes
There has never been something so predictable, so pervasive and yet so ill-prepared for as climate change. These are the ideal conditions for innovation.

Teaching

I enjoy teaching and communicating on business sustainability and corporate responsibility. I have taught on a wide range of units, and am currently Unit Lead on Sustainability and Innovation in our Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship, and Programme Lead on a Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Apprenticeship, and an Executive Education programme in the finance sector.

Previous teaching experience includes:

  • Programme Lead: Apprenticeship. Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Practitioner Apprenticeship. Open course. (Manchester Met)
  • Executive Education: Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Practitioner Barclays Executive Short Course (Manchester Met).
  • Lecturer: Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship – Sustainability and Innovation (Manchester Met).
  • Lecturer: MSc Circular Economy (Manchester Met – Level 7)
  • Lecturer: Business Ethics and Sustainability (Manchester Met – Level 6)
  • Lecturer: Global Environmental Issues (Manchester Met – Level 6)
  • Lecturer: Society and Environment (Manchester Met – Level 6)
  • Lecturer: Sustainable Aviation (Manchester Met – Level 6)
  • Lecturer: Sustainable Production & Consumption (Manchester Met – Level 6)
  • Lecturer: Sustainable Future Environments (Manchester Met– Level 6)
  • Lecturer: Sustainability and Circular Economy (University of Manchester – Level 7)
  • Training: Environmental Management at Airports (Airports Council International)
  • Training: Carbon Literacy (Various).
  • Training: Eco-Innovation (Delivery of the Eco-I North West Programme)

Supervision

I have supervised undergraduate, Masters and PhD level students across two faculties and numerous units, from Environmental Management and Sustainable Development, to Business Ethics and Sustainability, and Entrepreneurship.

Research outputs