We believe in inspiring change willingly, and for good.
Our work focuses on using behaviour change principles to help people and organisations to change for good, good for themselves or good for society, and good as in permanent - not a ‘one off’ action.
Our client screening policy is our commitment to our values.
Who we work with
We work on projects that inspire change and benefit an individual, a business or a society as a whole such as:
- Working towards financial security of all Australian retirees
- Environment/climate change
- Reducing homelessness and rough sleeping
- Improving diversity and inclusion within organisations and society as a whole
- Improving mental health
- Increasing adoption of renewable energy
- Reducing food waste and improving fresh produce consumption
- Prevention of violence and abuse towards women, the LGBTQI community, children and the elderly
- Education & promotion of healthy food and exercise behaviours
- Making workplaces safer both physically and mentally for everyone, especially for our most vulnerable
- Making roads safer for all road users
- Reducing accidents and fatalities
- Health initiatives including improving medical systems and early recognition of disease
- Helping those shape the future of the health system
We work with organisations who
- Promote fairness and equality in the workplace
- Respect and nurture positive long-term relationships with our team
- Pay all workers fairly
- Have strong, well-documented policies pertaining to the environment and social issues
- Are a Certified B Corp, social enterprise, non-profit, or public organisation.
- Promote action on the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Who we won’t work with
We will not engage in projects that directly promote any of the following:
- Poor treatment of animal agriculture and animal products
- Arms, ammunition, and conflict
- Discrimination or extremism
- Promotion of fossil fuels
- Gambling
- Genetically modified crops
- Predatory financial services such as loan sharks
- Tobacco
- Nicotine
- Unhealthy products aimed at children
- Alcohol consumption
- Unhealthy consumption (retail, food/beverage, sugary drinks)
- Fast fashion
- Deforestation
- Environmental destruction
We won’t work with organisations who
- Have staff who are abusive to our team or other suppliers
- Have a proven record of lobbying against positive change
- Have a proven record of environmental or human rights abuses
Under certain limited circumstances
All projects The Shannon Company engages in focus on helping people change for good. This can mean working with clients that participate in elements on our negative screening list only on the condition that we are assisting them to move away from these industries. For example, assisting a company to move away from fossil fuel dependency, to a 100% renewable energy solution.
Should there be any ambiguity, our leadership team will take the project under advisement and weigh up the benefits of the project to the individual, business and society as a whole before going ahead.
Screening criteria for evaluating potential clients:
- client’s industry
- motivation for approaching us
- client’s ESG practices and potential negative impact
- analysis of stakeholder issues and concerns
- Client’s values and purpose
