MYBLUEPLANET Assembly 2024

25.04.2024, 16:00 - 19:00

Develop actionable proposals, not general principles.
Democracy means that every employee has a voice in shaping both (a) company action and (b) decisions that affect their life.
Climate action is a credible plan to reach net zero by 2035 (ideally) or 2040 (latest), including a minimum of 90% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, incl. phasing out activities that cannot be decarbonized.
To eliminate a source of emissions, find the underlying need, and propose a better way to satisfy it. “Better” can mean many things and is usually a simpler, less resource-intensive way to achieve what is really important (such a human connectedness).

On 09.04.2024, SBTi employees confronted power (their new CEO and the company board) and opposing greenwashing (a proposal to water down what “science-based” climate action means). Four days later, SBTi backtracked, saying “SBTi standards have not changed“.
In 1985, Robert Dahl wrote “if democracy is justified in governing the state, then it must also be justified in governing economic enterprises”; see “Workplace democracy—The recent debate“.
Mondragon, the world’s largest cooperative, founded in 1956: Democracy, Cooperation and Business Success: The Case of Mondragón Corporación Cooperativa; video (2:41), Guardian article

Click on the list to access all the tools you need for the session

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Please:

Access your Drive Folder including a working document and observer sheet per group.
Voting Page: enter your group’s proposals and individually vote for all proposals.
Please fill out our short survey - thanks in advance!

Please ensure (1) timing is kept; (2) everyone is included, respected, and has a chance to speak, and no-one speaks too much; (3) the deliberation stays on topic; (4) the observer and note-taker(s) are chosen and know what to do; and (5) group proposals are entered in the voting tool.
Please observe carefully the whole deliberation, and fill out the relevant box in the Observers’ sheet (under “Team Documents” to the right).
Please ensure key ideas are noted (don’t include names), and note draft proposals, as these will be the basis for developing the final proposals. At the end, copy the final proposals in the voting tool.
… can participate in the deliberation, but this should not interfere with the key role assumed.
If absolutely needed, the person assuming each role can change; please do your best to avoid gaps.

How will it work?

Participants will work in groups of 8-9 people, led by a facilitator, and independently documented by an observer.

Groups will deliberate, formulate and submit their proposals, and then all participants individually will vote on proposals from all groups.

Finally, voting results will be discussed in a short debriefing session, concluding the session.