The Degrowth Trust Driver™

Reporting

You challenge traditional business models by prioritizing sustainability and regeneration.

What’s Important

Degrowth Models: Focusing on human-scale operations—being selective and intentional about where, how, and if they grow.

Freedom & Human Scale: Smaller teams, specialized expertise, and less “infinite expansion.”

Circular Economies & Minimal Extraction: Clear policies or product lifecycle strategies that reduce waste, encourage reuse or upcycling, and avoid exploitative resource use.

Better, Not Bigger: Committing to quality over quantity, serving core stakeholders exceptionally well rather than expanding at any cost.

Degrowth KBI’s (Key Behavioral Indicators)

Internal KBIs:

Quantitative:
- Reduction in resource consumption per employee (energy, paper, water)
- % of internal processes streamlined or simplified annually
Qualitative:
- Employee sentiment on work-life balance and workload management

External KBIs:

Quantitative:
- Number of circular economy initiatives or partnerships established
- Reduction in carbon footprint per unit of output
Qualitative:
- Stakeholder perception of the company’s commitment to sustainable growth (external surveys and social listening)

Mapping The Degrowth Driver

B Corp Standards:

Developed by B Lab Global for businesses to become b corp certified.

FW2: Living or collectively-bargained wages.

ESC2: Strategy to address environmental impacts within thresholds.

ESC3: Circular economy strategy.

SDG Standards:

Adopted by the United Nations to help the world push toward ending poverty, protect the planet and increase and prosperity.

SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth.

SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production.

Degrowth

Trust Signals

Small, focused teams; low-extraction models; circular economy values Trust Signals:

Cradle to Cradle Certification

1% for the Planet Member

Buy Local/Small Giants Community Recognition

Circulars Accelerator Affiliation

Minimalist Business Recognition (e.g., Company of One features)

Trusted Degrowth Focused Brands:
Elvis & Kresse: Luxury accessories upcycled from fire hoses; small-batch, zero-waste ethos.

Preserve: 100% recycled plastic consumer goods, focusing on closed-loop design.

EcoEnclose: Sustainable packaging, encouraging minimal shipping waste.

UpCircle Beauty: Uses coffee grounds and fruit byproducts for skincare, championing small-batch production.

ReGrained: Upcycles spent grain from breweries into healthy snacks, deliberately operating on a human scale.

How Does Degrowth Manifest In Your Business?

Degrowth Operating Models

Degrowth Models: Focusing on human-scale operations—being selective and intentional about where, how, and if they grow.

We support operational alignment through big moments—mergers, acquisitions, org redesign—by centering people, preserving culture, and establishing new clarity without losing what matters.

We reduce complexity without sacrificing values. By engaging the humans behind the workflows, we streamline operations in ways that enhance—not erode—trust and autonomy.

We design operating models that reflect your evolving ecosystem—bridging mission, metrics, and movement. From distributed orgs to hybrid workforces, we shape how your structure serves your strategy.

Less Extractive Systems

Circular Economies & Minimal Extraction, means clear policies or product lifecycle strategies that reduce waste, encourage reuse and avoid exploitative resource use.

We help you balance the big picture with real-time responsiveness—building lean, values-aligned portfolios that scale sustainably and prioritize impact over output.

We don’t do agility as a buzzword—we live it as a practice. Our delivery frameworks blend iterative progress with ecosystem awareness, so your teams move faster and smarter.

We run complex programs in a way that centers stakeholder needs—from internal teams to impacted communities—ensuring everyone understands the journey and their role in it.

Better Operations

Better, Not Bigger means, committing to quality over quantity, serving core stakeholders exceptionally well rather than expanding at any cost.

We assess where your organization stands—emotionally, structurally, and strategically—so change doesn’t land as disruption, but as evolution. Our change frameworks are grounded in systems thinking and psychological safety.

We help leaders embody change with empathy and clarity—through coaching, journey mapping, and strategic storytelling that builds trust.

We embed equity frameworks into every layer of change—ensuring that what gets implemented works for the full spectrum of your ecosystem, not just those at the center.

Focus on Human Scale

Smaller teams, specialized expertise, and less focus on “infinite expansion.” Systems implementation isn’t just about software. It’s about empowering people, removing silos, and embedding values into your operational foundation.

We build adaptive system designs that can evolve with your organization—balancing structure and freedom to future-proof your tech stack.

We embed training, knowledge transfer, and adoption strategies into the implementation process—because no system works without people who are ready, willing, and supported to use it.

We ensure your internal systems speak the language of your wider ecosystem—partners, vendors, community stakeholders—so your tech becomes a bridge, not a barrier.

The Degrowth Trust Driver™

What’s Important

Degrowth KBI’s (Key Behavioral Indicators)

Mapping The Degrowth Driver

B Corp Standards:

SDG Standards:

Trust Signals

How Does Degrowth Manifest In Your Business?

Degrowth Operating Models

Mergers and Acquisitions

Lean Process Optimization

Operating Model Design

Less Extractive Systems

Product & Portfolio Strategy

Agile with Accountability

Stakeholder-Aligned Program Management

Better Operations

Change Readiness & Navigation

Leadership as Stewardship

Equity-Centered Transformation

Focus on Human Scale

Modular, Scalable Architectures

Change Enablement Built In

Integration with Modular Platforms

Our Case Studies