Making sustainable and healthy choices easier and more rewarding

Awareness is not enough.
That’s why we combine behavioural science, design and innovation to help organisations achieve their goals for more sustainable and healthier outcomes.

Team members collaborating on sustainability projects

Why awareness isn’t enough

Organisations raise awareness, yet change remains slow. People often don’t act on what they know because behaviour depends on more than information. It’s shaped by habits, social norms and the environments that make certain choices easier than others.

For better results, we need to address all these layers and create the conditions and motivation for change, so that better choices become easier and more rewarding.

Reducing waste through community gaze and social influence
Forest, Ixelles and Saint-Gilles

Reducing waste through community gaze and social influence

Waste Campaign Evaluation Citizens Belgium

The challenge

The municipalities of Forest, Ixelles and Saint-Gilles wanted to reduce litter, cigarette butts, illegal dumping and dog mess in public spaces. Traditional awareness campaigns and fines had shown …

Our approach

We built on the “community gaze” effect: people respect shared spaces more when they feel their neighbours are watching and care. Rather than top-down signage, we placed messages that came from the …

The result

The campaign reduced waste and strengthened community engagement. Cigarette litter dropped by 26% to 56%, while requests for bulky-waste collection increased by up to 46%. Interviews and surveys also …

Trusted by teams across business, government and NGOs