Who we are
Our primary motivation is to help find the delicate balance
between Nature, Humanity and Society.
SOStainability is a social venture for promoting sustainability and responsible climate action by businesses, communities, governments, and non-governmental entities. By placing the NHS at the centre of sustainability, we hope to shift the paradigm away from an obligatory and compliance mindset to one of an intrinsic sense of stewardship and loyalty to nature, humanity and society.
Our Vision
At SOStainability, our vision is a greener, serene and resource-secure tomorrow for everyone, everywhere.
Our Mission
At SOStainability, our mission is to foster sustainability practices and positive climate action by all for all.
Our Goal
At SOStainability, our aim is to help entities deliver value to stakeholders by focusing on the delicate balance between Nature, Humanity and Society.
Our Message and Motivation
The climate crisis is an existential emergency. But it is also an oasis of opportunities. The conventional wisdom that necessity is the mother of invention cannot be truer regarding climate change. We are already seeing how the innovations of the energy transition are making a positive impact at different scales worldwide. As policy panders to the dictates of science and humanity is being awakened to the demands of behavioural change, shifting societal norms, and economic transformations, there is a need to balance the hysteria with hope and approach the future with confidence. At SOStainability, our primary motivation is helping people, communities, and businesses find, maintain and communicate this all-important balance.
The climate crisis is an existential emergency. But it is also an oasis of opportunities. The conventional wisdom that necessity is the mother of invention cannot be truer regarding climate change. We are already seeing how the innovations of the energy transition are making a positive impact at different scales worldwide. As policy panders to the dictates of science and humanity is being awakened to the demands
of behavioural change, shifting societal norms, and economic transformations, there is a need to balance the hysteria with hope and approach the future with confidence. At SOStainability, our primary motivation is helping people, communities, and businesses find, maintain and communicate this all-important balance.
The Science Behind the Message.
Climate change results from increased earth warming due to excessive trapping of greenhouse gases
(GHG) in the troposphere, primarily carbon, nitroxide, and methane. While science acknowledges that
some of the increases in GHG are natural, most of them have been attributed to human activities such as
burning fossil fuels, certain agricultural practices, manufacturing and production, transportation, and
even consumption patterns. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides a concise
explanation of this in its 2021 Summary for Policy Makers (SPM), saying: “It is unequivocal that human
influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Widespread and rapid atmospheric changes,
ocean cryosphere and biosphere have occurred.”
The consequence is that life on earth has been made
more precarious and uncertain with extreme weather events like heatwaves, wildfires, flooding,
desertification, etc. These have caused seismic shifts in socio-economic conditions, including forced
migration, loss of livelihoods, increasing poverty, health crisis, biodiversity loss, declining living
standards, etc.
What We Need to do Now
Now that we know that our behavioural patterns, investment decisions, corporate culture, production, lifestyle and consumption practices and choices, and many other factors impact the climate, what should we do? As individuals, businesses, communities, and governments, we must be sustainable in our choices and conduct. Sustainability is no longer just an emergent buzzword; it must become our inevitable lifestyle. It must influence how we produce, consume and dispose of what is left. That is the only way to ensure a greener, serene and resource-secure tomorrow.
NHS is our CVP
At SOStainability, our core value proposition (CVP) is to help entities deliver value to stakeholders by focusing on the delicate balance between Nature, Humanity and Society. By placing the NHS at the centre of sustainability, we hope to shift the paradigm away from an obligatory and compliance mindset to one of an intrinsic sense of stewardship and loyalty to nature, humanity and society. This approach helps to activate genuine commitment to addressing the climate crisis and the practice of sustainability.
Begin your move hereOur Focus
In fulfilling our mission, we are guided by the following core areas of focus:
- Tips, toolkits and tech tools
- Community connections for collective action and social accountability
- Sustainability Baseline Assessments (SBAs)
- Policies and practice guides
- Training, hand-holding and signposting
- Ethical communication and green marketing
Meet the Team
Oke Epia
Oke is the Founder and Chief Responsibility Officer of SOStainability. He has a strong passion for social good. With over twenty years of expertise and work experience in public policy, parliamentary practice, resource governance, and public communication, he is focused on sustainability and climate action.
Oke had previously founded OrderPaper, a think tank providing public policy advisory and advocacy, parliamentary-related consultancies, and allied services for citizens, corporations, governments, and NGOs in Africa. His background and exposure to the impacts of oil extraction and unfairness in host community beneficiation powered Oke’s interest in sustainability and climate change. He shares the perspective that the global supply chain of vital minerals, crucial to the energy transition, has become the new frontier of international geopolitics. This realpolitik, he believes, is exacerbating the inequities and inequalities of the north-south divide, with climate justice falling farther behind. It is, therefore, his firm belief that the urgent demand for accountability from citizens, companies, and governments must drive advocacy and sustainability practices in this context.
Oke has a post-graduate degree in international law and diplomacy and several diplomas and certificates, including from the Institute of Sustainability Studies (ISS), the University of Cambridge (Online), ETH-NADEL/Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), the University of Southern California, and Babson College, USA. He is a member of the International Parliament Engagement Network (IPEN) and the Association of Sustainability Professionals (ASP), among other professional organisations.
Connect with us
We want to learn about your sustainability efforts. But not to worry if these issues sound new or appear complex: we are happy to help you start on the path to becoming sustainable. Connect with us @besostainable on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn. Please send us an email: hello@sostainability.co.uk