Sustainability in L&D: rising to the carbon challenge
How can L&D can work towards a better future both inside the department and beyond it? Tess Robinson at Learning Technologies 2025.
Sustainability in L&D: Tess Robinson from LAS, is presenting at Learning Technologies 2025 this April in London, on the action L&D professionals can take to support a more sustainable future.
L&D teams have a unique role to play in driving sustainability that goes well beyond reducing paper use. Digital tools and platforms come with hidden environmental costs, and this session examines how L&D professionals can take action to support a more sustainable future. By adopting energy-efficient practices and influencing organisational attitudes, L&D can work towards a better future both inside the department and beyond it.
For L&D, sustainability is about a lot more than recycling. It’s about rethinking the environmental impact of everything we do, including the digital tools and platforms we rely on in L&D. From data farms powering AI to the carbon emissions of video hosting platforms, what we do has unseen consequences. This session highlights the urgent need for L&D to take responsibility, model change, and work towards environmentally conscious practices.
Learning Technologies Conference Chair, Donald H Taylor, said: “Explore practical strategies for reducing the digital carbon footprint of your learning programmes, adopting energy-efficient tools, and creating sustainable working practices. This session will also consider how L&D can influence broader organisational attitudes, whether through top-down initiatives or grassroots action. Learn how to align your efforts with emerging research, legislation, and expectations for a more sustainable future.”
Topics:
- Assessing the environmental impact of digital platforms
- Strategies for reducing your digital carbon footprint
- Adopting energy-efficient tools and sustainable content practices
- Balancing top-down and bottom-up approaches to sustainability
- Aligning L&D strategies with future legislative frameworks
Tess Robinson's session, Sustainability in L&D: rising to the carbon challenge, takes place on day two, 24 April at 15:30.
The full programme is available on the event website: Learning Technologies 2025 Conference. Conference passes are on sale: Learning Technologies 2025 Conference Conference Passes.
Speakers include: Martin Bean, Josh Bersin, Dani Johnson, David Kelly, Trish Uhl, Myles Runham, Will Thalheimer, Egle Vinauskaite, Tess Robinson, Philippa Hardman; just a few of the 80+ speakers on the programme.
Learning Technologies 2025
23-24 April 2025, London ExCeL
#LT25UK
learningtechnologies.co.uk
Tess Robinson
Director, LAS
Tess has built her career in learning; first as a senior leader in universities and then as the co-owner of LAS, a multi-award winning digital learning innovation company and current LT Learning Organisation of the Year. Tess and her team specialise in helping organisations to achieve meaningful impact through human-centred learning design and consultancy. A regular blogger and award judge, Tess has a keen interest in psychology and the behaviours behind how people learn. She holds a Master’s degree in Organisational Behaviour from top-ranked Warwick Business School, is a strong advocate for digital sustainability and led LAS’ successful bid to become a B Corp in 2021.