Sustainability Consultants Aren't All Commercial
Plenty of sustainability consultants can get you to a standard. Fewer can tell you how to answer the question in front of you.
Transcript (edited for readability)
Jon Wragg
My first point is please, please don't just jump to AI. Claude and ChatGPT are great at tidying up and helping you reach word count, but they are not great at spewing out the correct answers, especially scorable answers. Trust me, as somebody who sees a lot of tenders and tender answers, you can spot them a mile off.
But ultimately, what's my first question? It's actually read what you are being asked and understand the scoring criteria behind it. Not a lot of people do.
The sustainability side of it is a specialist area. Now, not every sustainability consultant out there is commercial.
They're really good at getting you to a place and providing you the evidence. But what they're not always good at is telling you how to answer that question correctly. And this is not just us, there's multiple ones.
It's do not be afraid to ask for help.
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