The report details a core workshop that helps businesses transform their design to become more regenerative and distributive. The workshop allows for a holistic exploration of transformative business ideas, redesign possibilities, impacts, dependencies, and current design barriers and enablers. The report recommends that businesses share their learnings with the DEAL community after completing the workshop.
The report highlights that businesses need to redesign their operations to ensure that they become regenerative and distributive. This aligns with Doughnut Economics principles that focus on deep transformation to achieve positive impacts for all stakeholders. The report recommends that businesses assess the rights and responsibilities of the CEO and board members when restructuring their business operations.
To become regenerative and distributive, businesses need to rethink their governance model, board representation, transparency, management incentives, and ownership structure. They also need to articulate their purpose and redesign supplier relationships to focus on low prices and commitments for long-term deep partnership. Finally, businesses need to implement finance policies that encourage capital investment in high social and ecological impact projects.
In summary, the report provides ESG investors and stakeholders with a valuable guide for restructuring businesses based on Doughnut Economics principles. The workshop offers a framework through which businesses can explore the transformative redesign of their organisations to ensure a more regenerative and distributive approach, leading to potential benefits for all stakeholders.