Explore what financial institutions must do to play their part in combating climate change

Starter

Explain how your school's supply chain are the companies that supply your school with the things it needs to run. What existing measures are in place which make sure  your school's supply chain reflects its commitment to tackling climate change and achieving global net zero?

Main Teaching

The presentation explores what impact the school’s supply chain has on the environment and climate change. Through the task, the children are given the opportunity to have a say in their school’s supply chain, understand the terms associated with it and investigate different areas that have an impact.

Career Film: This is Colin Fairbairn. Colin works as a Senior Technologist for National Nuclear Laboratory.

Expert Film: Understanding the math behind Microsoft’s commitment to become carbon negative by 2030.

Mission Assignment

Divide the class into groups of 4 or 5. Ask the children to consider the school’s upstream emissions and how they can have a say in minimising them. Each group is to work together to investigate the supply chain of their school, filling out an action plan with their findings. Some example questions include:

• Who supplies your energy and is it supplied responsibly?
• Who supplies your water and is it supplied responsibly?
• Who supplies your classroom supplies and are they supplied responsibly?
• Who supplies your catering and is it supplied responsibly?
• Who supplies your transportation needs and is it supplied responsibly?

Challenge task: As individuals, ask the children to consider the downstream emissions of their school. Encourage them to create an action plan that identifies areas of high emissions by the teachers, pupils or parents and make suggestions to combat them.