Curated by Joshua Stehr

<aside> 📝 Key interview questions Red flags to look out for How to investigate whether they walk the walk, or at least is on the journey How to gain confidence that you'll have a net positive contribution

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• Contributors

General

Ask for examples of sustainable daily practices:

• How do they handle business trips? (Is it typical for people to fly in for half a day of meetings?)
• What happens to leftover lunches?
• What products do they have for office supplies?
• What providers do they use for branded merchandise? Conference setup?

Research

If any of these raise questions or doubts, seek clarification before or during the interview

• Who are their clients?
• Who are their funding partners/investors? What are their interests?
• How much do they rely on offsets vs actual reductions?
• Look at their products - how are they manufactured? What happens at the end of their life?
• Look at their revenue streams - do they make money from unsustainable sources, practices, products?
• Use Wayback Machine to look at previous versions of their website. Is there sustainability marketing recent? Are there examples of unsustainable practices previously?
• Reach out to previous employees (who don't have a vested interest in supporting the company) to get a less biased impression. Check Glassdoor reviews.
• Is the company publishing regular updates (at least yearly, ideally quarterly) of its actions? One-off policies point to greenwashing rather than consistent commitment. This could look like blog posts or reports with metric updates, stories from the team about their initiatives.