About the Workshop
Most corporate sustainability strategies still centre on what a company can measure inside its own four walls - emissions, supply chains, product lines. But the sustainability sector is starting to name what that view leaves out: businesses don't operate in a vacuum. They shape, and are shaped by, the wider systems, norms, and cultures around them. A company isn't only an emitter to manage, it's an investor, an innovator, a buyer, an advocate, and, most powerfully, a storyteller. Its influence doesn't end at the edge of its own inventory.
(Source: Futerra, "Spheres of Influence — Maximizing Organizational Influence for Climate Progress," 2026 )
That thinking maps beautifully onto Empathetic Longevity within fashion. If a brand's influence reaches beyond its own operations, then it also reaches beyond the point of sale , into the relationship a person goes on to build with what they've bought. This workshop is about claiming that space deliberately: helping your brand shape not just what someone buys, but how they come to feel about it, live with it, and keep it, long after the till receipt is gone.
A warm, honest, and rigorous session, built for teams ready to explore a world that exists beyond the garment.
Led personally by Teresa, drawing on ten years of practice spanning hands-on craft, running her own circular clothing brand, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's circular economy thinking, and work with brands including Decathlon, Audi, and Intesa Sanpaolo.
Blends systems thinking with genuinely experiential, hands-on practice, threaded through with a touch of mindful, embodied presence
Tailored to your brand's specific challenge, audience, and ethos ahead of the session
Designed to leave your team with language, insight, and concrete ideas they can carry straight into real briefs — not just inspiration that fades by Monday
Suitable for design, marketing, sustainability, or leadership teams ready to lead this conversation, not follow it
Mock Agenda
Arrival & Grounding We begin by slowing down. A short, guided moment of mindfulness brings the human lens into the room before any strategy talk starts — because the work we're about to do asks for presence, not just attention.
Questioning the Status Quo Together, we map your brand's world across its three layers — micro, meso, and macro — and get honest about where your real influence already lives, and where the biggest untapped opportunity is quietly waiting.
Storytelling & Narrative A deep-dive into garments as vessels for memory, not just objects of use. We explore how the stories a brand tells don't just reflect culture — they have the power to shape and shift it.
Embodied Connection Hands-on, real-world exploration of the tools that build lasting attachment: mending, marking, visible repair — ways a garment can be reimagined and "immortalised" by becoming something new.
Ideation A creative, fast-moving ideation session to shape an approach that genuinely fits your brand's ethos — leaving your team with concrete ideas they can start implementing right away.
Full timings and format shared on booking — tailored to your team size and goals.
Pricing
Half-day / core session — £1,800–£2,200
Full-day immersive experience (as outlined above) — £3,000–£4,500, depending on team size and travel
Ongoing partnership (workshop + embedded advisory afterwards) — quote on scope