Sustainable Marketing

Paul Randle is co-founder of the Sustainable Marketing Compass and CEO of Pickle Consulting Ltd based in Berkshire, UK. He has worked with global brands like Microsoft, BSI, Philips, VISA, Omicom and Dentsu. Alexis Eyre is co-founder of the Sustainable Marketing Compass, and co-founder of Sustainists. Based in Hampshire, UK, she has worked on all three sides of the marketing triangle - agency, client and media owner side - and has spoken at the Business Green NetZero Festival. Both assess on the Sustainable Marketing, Media and Creative course at the Cambridge University Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

Chapter - 00: Introduction;


Section - ONE: An introduction to sustainability;


Chapter - 01: Getting ready for the journey;
Chapter - 02: An introduction to sustainability;
Chapter - 03: Deciphering the world of sustainability;
Chapter - 04: Marketing and the environmentalist movement;


Section - TWO: The role of marketing;


Chapter - 05: The great acceleration and the golden era of marketing;
Chapter - 06: The sustainable impacts of marketing;
Chapter - 07: The role of marketing – the ‘engine of growth’?;
Chapter - 08: The mindset of marketing;
Chapter - 09: The current state of marketing;
Chapter - 10: The need for a new role for marketing;


Section - THREE: The tools for sustainable marketing;


Chapter - 11: The origins, objectives and introduction to the sustainable marketing compass;
Chapter - 12: Embedding sustainability at the heart;
Chapter - 13: Strategic foundations;
Chapter - 14: Activation pillars;


Section - FOUR: Building sustainable marketing capability;


Chapter - 15: The sustainable data universe;
Chapter - 16: Capability development and the parallels to digital transformation;
Chapter - 17: Your personal resilience journey;
Chapter - 18: Call to action;

"I love this book! A pointed evisceration of a marketing industry that's helped put us on the 'Highway to Hell'. A Big Idea to help turn the sector from climate destroyer to climate champion. And, crucially, a practical route map for everyone in the sector to turn this dream into day-to-day reality."

"This book is a blueprint for saving marketing as a profession in our chaotic times. Marketing has become synonymous with over-consumption, but as this book so clearly articulates there's another destiny possible, in which marketing makes sustainable solutions not just possible, but desirable. Every marketer must read this book or be left behind as sustainability skills become a 'must have' on every resume."

"Essential reading for a new generation of marketeers motivated to rediscover the meta-purpose of marketing - long-term wellbeing for all. Randle and Eyre analyze the current state and impacts of marketing, highlighting the flaws of conventional approaches and proposing a new role and mindset. Critically they provide the frameworks and practical tools needed to create true value for business and consumers alike."

"It's usually outsiders and 'activists' that call for things to change. But when insiders start to do this, you know things are serious. As seasoned marketing professionals Alexis and Paul are the leaders the marketing profession will come to thank. They have laid it all out - the stark reality of marketing's current relationship to our climate and ecological emergency and a hopeful, solution-based focus to use our powers differently. If you work in marketing and want to look back at this moment with pride, this is the book to read right now."

"An essential handbook that offers frontline marketers, hope and practical guidance, via measurable frameworks, enabling sustainable marketing to become a reality, and a genuine force for societal good. An outstanding achievement."

"This book takes the reader through a journey - providing important context, clarity on core concepts (this area can be overwhelming on the technical front) and necessary agitation. But it doesn't leave you hanging... it then goes on to provide an approach that will help marketing know where to start and then where to go next. This will be the book that will be referred to in academic and industry circles in the future, a seminal guide to reframing marketing for a new era."

"All businesses need certainty. If there is one thing that is certain in the next decade, it is that every business and every marketer will need to confront the reality of climate change. Business as usual is gone. Every marketer will be working in this new reality. It is both a huge threat and a generational opportunity. Alexis and Paul's incredibly researched book is essential reading for every marketer, not just those currently engaged in sustainability. It will make sense of the chaos, help future proof your career and set you on a path to be on the right side of history!"

"This is as broad ranging as it is beautifully written."