Here is a company of thinkers, writers, designers and makers united by our studio philosophy of Beautility. We are on a mission to make good choices desirable, whether that’s by helping our clients make progressive choices with their brands and operations or by engaging our external communities and internal Here team in co-creating a future world we all want to live in.

We dive into all of this and more on quarterly Beautility Days. These days align with the change in seasons and link to the ‘Here Year’: our way of organising ourselves according to quarterly seasonal themes: Spring: Newness; Summer: Liberation; Autumn: Order; Winter: Unity.

Beautility Days are for inspiration, engagement with the mission, forging deeper personal connections, knowledge-sharing and opening our minds to new ideas and experiences. We come together to learn and to share mission-led work and initiatives which demonstrate Beautility in action. Food forms a large part of our studio culture and Beautility Days always include a moment to break bread with one another.

These sessions allow every member of the team to find a way to engage in our mission, whether that’s volunteering to organise activity, finding external guest speakers, hosting sessions, presenting work or contributing thoughts and ideas during the day.

To date, we have learned about the BCorp movement and our role within it, explored ED&I and what it means to have inclusive mindsets and held all-company discussions on becoming a plastic-free business. We have shared innovative carbon capture work and learned from Made in Hackney, a local food justice charity, how to prepare food that is in harmony with nature and minimises waste.

Over the next 12 months we plan to formalise the structure of Beautility Days further to ensure key business objectives flow through the seasons. For example, this year we have established a Governance Team to bring formality to stakeholder governance, with team members ensuring their needs are fully represented during our Beautility Days.