CONSULTANCY

Concept development
SDC works with a team of professional designers, architects and consultants to create innovative and sustainable concepts for a wide range of clients. As leading experts in the field of sustainability we specialize in solutions for clubs, festivals and events as well as working with more traditional businesses. Individually tailored to the needs and ambitions of the client, SDC develops creative solutions to integrate sustainability in an inspirational and cost-effective way. These solutions can range from a comprehensive concept for building and organization to the rent or purchase of a single SDC™-element.

Creative consultancy
A 7-step approach to successfully implementing sustainability for the clubbing and events market has been developed. Sustainability means making conscious decisions that take the needs of people and the planet into account, whilst leading to profit. This is also known as the ‘Triple P’ approach. We don’t implement a onetime trick, but assist the client to integrate sustainability in the business process. In this way every company can choose its own timeframe and determine its own budget, moving to a more sustainable, profitable business.
  1. The first step is to establish the ambitions of the company: is the aim to become the most sustainable company in the market, in one year or in 10 years? Is the goal to be the best company to work for? Or to use 10% of profits to invest in becoming more environmentally friendly? It’s up to each organization to decide its targets.
  2. Analyze the current business and building, taking into account all stakeholders and the environmental impact (the footprint).
  3. Set the goals for the next time period (typically 1 year), derived from the ambitions and the current status of the company.
  4. Organize workshops to determine the best creative solutions to employ in order to achieve the agreed goals. Employees and other stakeholders can be involved where necessary in order to make them aware of the process and give them a sense of ownership.
  5. Translate the chosen solutions into specific actions: who will execute it, how to evaluate it, when should it be ready, what the budget is.
  6. In each phase, training may be required, regarding the basics of sustainability or to get specific knowledge for a certain job.
  7. Implementation: make it happen!
The following period will start with confirming your ambitions and evaluating the results. Based on this, the next stage of improving your business can start. The most extensive package we offer, using the methodology shown above, leads to the use of the Sustainable Dance Club™ trademark for your organization or event. Within this package we use a scan, organize workshops, give training, provide advice and offer Sustainable Dance ClubTM Products. All these services can also be provided separately. 

Club Watt
To get a good example of how this all works just download the Watt sheet in the colum beside. Here you can read how we put this to practice.