Boost Your Social Value & Circularity Efforts
Through Optimo’s bespoke operational improvement and change management services.
Optimise Business Operations for Greater Efficiency and Positive Social Impact
At Optimo, we understand the unique challenges facing businesses in the waste management sector.
Whether you’re a large waste management company working to enhance social value or a startup striving to create a circular economy system through reuse and recycling, we know the pressure you face to run efficient operations within a rapidly evolving sector while making a meaningful social impact.
Many waste management leaders feel overwhelmed by messy processes or lack of clear operational foundations. That’s where we come in. With expertise in optimising business systems, project management, and change management, Optimo supports your transition from operational confusion to streamlined efficiency, empowering your people to focus on greater environmental and social impact.
Regardless of your size or current stage of business, our tailored solutions will enable your organisation to not only meet industry demands but amplify your positive contributions to the planet and the communities you operate within.
Forget the Chaos & Embrace the Calm
Implementing the most suitable and self-sustaining business systems and processes for your organisation needn’t be complicated or chaotic. With Optimo’s help, you’ll soon be doing less firefighting and more of your best work.
Our experienced team provides realistic advice and hands-on support to execute operational efficiencies, change systems and processes, monitor and report progress to stakeholders, and any other optimisations required to execute your organisation’s goals effectively.
We aim to ensure your business operations work seamlessly and enable a calm environment where your team can concentrate their efforts on pursuing positive impact.
Supercharge Positive Environmental & Social Impacts
With the relevant systems and processes in place, sustainability becomes a collaborative activity, igniting the enthusiasm and energy of all stakeholders to co-create greater social impact and a healthier environment.
We work with you to clear bottlenecks by leveraging available resources to build capacity, identify the fastest route forward, and create opportunities for all the relevant people to get involved.
From developing change agent networks and sustainability champions to providing staff training and project management support, we’ll help you find innovative ways to get things done and create long-term value for people and the planet.
Embrace the Shift Towards Circularity
The waste management industry is changing rapidly, with an emphasis on thinking beyond recycling to embrace the circular economy. Don’t be left in the dust.
As a CIWM affiliate organisation, we understand the pressures facing the sector.
We are here to provide dedicated support for initiatives that will help you stay ahead of the curve, whether it’s an organisation-wide change project, bespoke one-off training sessions, operational procedures analysis, or other business developments.
Our team ensures you have all the help you need to achieve both short-term goals and long-term business resilience.
Optimo undertook a comprehensive review of all of our business processes looking at what was working and what was less than optimal!
We still have lots of work to do to get our processes where they need to be, but the project has allowed us to identify which areas to prioritise, which has been fantastic. It has given us clarity and focus which is so vital when you are facing such a wide-ranging and broad set of systems challenges. It has allowed us to identify clear next steps and gain buy-in from the board.
The Optimo team is easy and collaborative. They are always keen to get to the real info and really understand our systems and processes. In addition, they were really flexible and thoughtful around scheduling and sharing the info so it could land when there was headspace to process it.
Becci Blues – CEO, Community Furniture Stores
Let Optimo Help Your Organisation Do More with Less
To accelerate your impact, your business needs to operate at optimum efficiency. That means elevating your…
People
Sustainable waste management is about more than just the four ‘R’s. It’s about organisations, communities, and individuals co-creating clean, healthy, and safe spaces for people and the planet.
For the individuals in your organisation to achieve their targets, they need the time and freedom to perform at their best at work.
We help you find ways to boost their productivity, increase their motivation, improve engagement, and sustain a positive culture as the business grows.
Processes
We understand that implementing new processes can be challenging while still juggling daily operations. However, effective business processes ultimately mean less micromanagement and more impact.
Our experts can guide you on applying procedures that improve cross-functionality, maximise delivery, and save time and money wherever possible. We are on hand to support you in implementing any process changes that will bolster your team’s confidence and effectiveness.
Technology
Applying technology that supports your aims and eliminating any that doesn’t is another helpful way to drive efficiency.
We can help large waste management firms and small circular economy start-ups select, launch, and optimise tech packages and infrastructure that talk to each other. These systems enable their teams to save time, money, and stress in the long run.
With everything working as it should, you can concentrate your efforts where they’re needed most.
Information
Whether it’s stats on staff engagement, monitoring customer satisfaction, tracking data on carbon emissions, or gauging the ROI on a behaviour change campaign, keeping tabs on key information is vital to internal decision-making and the optimisation of all the operational elements needed for your business to thrive.
We work with your team to understand what information is most important before analysing your current systems to identify areas for improvement and – if needed – sourcing and implementing relevant new information architecture.
Who We Are
Founded in 2019 by Danielle Heward, Optimo is a B-Corp-certified business improvement firm.
Our clients are at the centre of our universe. When we work with you your organisation’s goals and needs become our entire focus, and we do all we can to help you achieve your purpose.
A carefully selected network of collaborators compliments our small and dedicated team, all working together to move the needle on systems evolution.
We don’t fit the mould of traditional business management consultants – instead, we’re down-to-earth, pragmatic, heart-led human beings. Our people genuinely care about supporting your organisation in making the biggest possible positive impact on nature and society.
We’re also not sustainability consultants. However, all the business improvements and operational systems we suggest for our clients are chosen using a “lens” of responsibility. This ensures your general business operations consider people, the planet, and profit.