become a responsible cafes waste education partner
NO EXCUSE FOR SINGLE-USE
OUR MISSION IS TO GIVE THE GLOBAL CAFE COMMUNITY THE TOOLS & PLATFORM TO BRING ABOUT POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR CHANGE & REDUCE THEIR ECOLOGICAL & CARBON FOOTPRINT.
Team up with Responsible Cafes for the tools and platform to communicate to cafes, promote sustainable businesses, and change the paradigm on single use plastic waste in your community.
There are currently more than 80 councils and a handful of commercial partners across Australia that have committed to partnering with Responsible Cafes and we wouldn’t be able to operate without their support. For this reason brands or councils may not use Responsible Cafes materials for their own promotion purposes unless approved by our team or if they are an existing partner.
Our team is committed to working with partners and developing a strategic alignment to suit your council or business objectives so please contact us so we collaborate effectively to fight the war on waste.
WHY BECOMING A RESPONSIBLE CAFES COUNCIL PARTNER
By partnering with Responsible Cafes, your team will be able to launch our Award Winning program and get the support they need to achieve positive impact and results. In line with Councils’ Circular Economy and Waste Strategy, your team will get:
- Unlimited access to a range of educational materials
- Support in updating and verifying your Accredited cafes + adding new cafes on the map
- Support/mentoring to effectively engage, bring value and support to your local businesses (strategic behaviour change initiatives, waste reduction measures and sustainability education) based on the results our team achieved with hundreds of cafes (see case study)
- Access to a dedicated Council dashboard including real time datas and statistics for your cafes
- Two council co-branded Responsible Cafes posters delivered in digital form (printed on demand) to distribute to your local cafe community
- One onboarding strategic session and unlimited Q&A sessions for the duration of the program
- Licensing rights of the Responsible Cafe brand and program the duration of the membership
- Access to brand partners exclusive discounts for your accredited cafes
- Your council logo featured on the Responsible Cafes map and partner page
- And lots more so get in touch to discuss!
Responsible Cafes is a for-purpose social entreprise. All profits raised through wasted education partnerships go back into creating new and innovate ways to spread the reusable message.
BENEFITS FOR CAFES AND COMMUNITY
- The opportunity to generate an extra $20,000/yr through reusables, sustainable/ban-compliant alternatives to single-use plastics and efficient systems
- A reduction of landfill waste of 50% (based on council available waste infrastructure)
- Practical and easy-to-implement actionable strategies to start seeing their impact Today
- FREE downloadable resources to educate themselves and their employees on sustainability + support their marketing efforts
- a simple accreditation and rating system that gives cafes who don’t know where to start
- guidance and best practice cafes who are lagging the waste education tools to improve
- leading cafes the chance to promote their efforts!
- keen beans the opportunity to support sustainability-driven cafes
- a community and platform where cafes can be proud to share their efforts while growing their business and reducing their environmental impacts.