Sustainability is one of the biggest business challenges today. It is a complex and rapidly changing field, and it can be very difficult for businesses to manage the application of sometimes esoteric economic and ecological thinking to established products and brands.

At BOLTGROUP, we have a clear vision of sustainability based on the triple bottom line, an idealistic yet realistic balance between profit, people, and planet. For more than 35 years we have gained a broad perspective on brand, design, and problems of our clients in a wide range of industries—from multibillion multinationals that are some of the best-known brands in the world, to inventors, entrepreneurs, and startups. In gaining that perspective, we saw a lack of applicable, understandable sustainability tools that worked for our clients. We want to change that.

The BOLTGROUP Sustainable Performance Toolkit is a resource to guide designers, clients, and partners in making environmentally responsible decisions. It’s designed to kick-start problem-solving, embed sustainability criteria into the design process, and serve as a foundation for creating innovative businesses, products, and brands with sustainability at their core.

Sustainability is an evolving area of our expertise. At BOLTGROUP, we look to eliminate the smoke and mirrors of greenwashing and show real world examples of how these tools have worked for clients. We also reference other businesses who have innovated and solved sustainability problems. Sustainability needs to be a collaborative and open-ended improvement process. We all need to learn from each other and look for great ideas wherever they are to solve the challenges we face collectively.

Explore our case studies to see how these sustainable tools can add value to products and brands and meet business challenges head on.