Empowering design agencies with circular design and sustainability strategies giving you the know-how to do good.
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design agencies
Is your design agency ready to start or evolve your sustainability journey and meet the growing demand from clients for sustainable solutions?
Brands are increasingly seeking partners who can integrate design and sustainability, apply circular design principles, and demonstrate genuine commitment. Responding to this shift is essential, but knowing where to start or how to deliver can feel overwhelming. At philo & co we aim to simplify circularity, turning complexity into clear, actionable strategies.
Our areas of expertise
✓ Packaging audit & recommendations
✓ APCO & packaging legislation compliance
✓ Packaging strategy
✓ Supplier engagement & assets
✓ Sustainability claims
✓ Sustainability positioning
✓ Ideation & innovation workshops
✓ Design agency creative process & strategies
✓ Team training
Ask Pip – get instant clarity
Stuck on a sustainability brief, client claim, or tricky packaging choice? This 60-minute consult gives you expert insight, fast, so you can move forward with confidence.
With extensive in-house agency experience, philo & co helps packaging design agencies lead in designing for sustainability and the circular economy. We clarify your commitment, evolve your creative process, and bring trusted expertise to client projects - removing the guesswork so you can lead with confidence and help clients meet their sustainability goals.
Design Agency Support – expertise on tap, when you need it
Retainer or project-based support that brings expert design strategies for sustainability into your team. Perfect for client briefs, pitches, or internal support.
Design Agency Impact Assessment – find your blind spots, fast
This quick-turnaround health check reveals where your agency stands, and where you need to step up to stay competitive in a changing creative landscape.
Design Agency Strategy – make sustainability part of your DNA
A tailored 6–12 month transformation that builds your internal capabilities, refines your creative process, and positions your agency as a force for good.
Ask Pip - Get instant clarity
Have a packaging brief, sustainability claim, or client question that needs expert input, fast?
Ask Pip is your on-demand sounding board. Designed for busy design agencies, this 60-minute session gives you clear direction and the confidence to respond strategically.
Unlike generalist consultants, we know the creative process from the inside.
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✓ 60-minute consultation with a sustainable packaging expert
✓ 1–page summary report with tailored advice and resources
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✓ Clear, specific advice you can act on
✓ Simplified actions you can implement immediately
✓ Confidence to move forward with credibility and speed
Reimagining the realms of luxury packaging in collaboration with Thirst Craft
“philo & co is a fantastic partner and expert to collaborate with when progressing designs to a more sustainable, thought-provoking and circular space. Pippa's expertise provided insight for our team and clients to learn & grow, and her passion is totally inspiring!”
Lynsey Pritchard, Client Leadership Director, Thirst Craft
Design Agency Support - Expertise on tap, when you need it
Need help responding to a sustainability brief, refining creative, or making internal decisions?
Design Agency Support gives you flexible, expert guidance on retainer or per project so you can win sustainability-led work and deliver with strong design and sustainability alignment.
We’re agile, creative-savvy, and highly experienced in packaging sustainability. Think of us as your in-house sustainability lead, without the overhead.
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✓ Monthly retainer (from 10H/month) or scoped project-based collaboration
✓ Written and verbal guidance on in-progress work
✓ Meeting participation or email-based support
✓ Support with client presentations, strategy or creative reviews
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✓ Reliable access to expert knowledge when your team needs it
✓ Help winning sustainability-led work and responding to complex briefs
✓ A partner that feels like part of your team, not an outsider
Defining Depot’s sustainability and circular parameters of Creative Skill + Conscious Will ®
“As a creative and business owner of a packaging design agency, it is our responsibility to change and inform through design. We have the power to redefine the world we live in, maximise materials to design away from waste and help brands transition to a regenerative, circular model. It is fantastic to have Pippa as part of Depot’s ‘Dream Team’, I am excited to see how grow together. Thank you for all your support.”
Angela Spindler, Founder & Creative Director, Depot
Design Agency Impact Assessment - Find your blind spots, fast
Feeling unsure where your agency sits in the sustainability landscape or how to stay competitive as briefs evolve?
This assessment uncovers your blind spots and maps a clear path to strengthen your creative and strategic offer.
We’re ex-agency and industry connected, we understand what clients want and how to help you deliver it.
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✓ Kick off meeting & RFI
✓ Agency onboarding- ESG priorities and capabilities
✓ Competitor and peer sustainability audit
✓ Client ESG and sustainability assessment
✓ Summary of relevant packaging & claims regulations
✓ 30-minute follow up consult
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✓ A clear snapshot of your current position and performance
✓ Insights into how your offer compares to market expectations
✓ Practical recommendations for capability building, process refinement and positioning
✓ Confidence to move forward, whether you’re just starting or ready to evolve
Delivering responsible design, built on partnerships with Co-Partnership
“Our work with philo & co has been invaluable. Pippa is so passionate and knowledgeable on the subject of circular design. We've been closely supported at every turn, from understanding the importance of how we recycle to establishing an integrated agency sustainability positioning. We're so excited to be continuing our journey with philo & co, as we continue to harness the power of design to create meaningful change.”
Brittany Primmer, Agency Director, Co-Partnership
Design Agency Strategy - Make sustainability part of your DNA
Are you ready to futureproof your creative process, sustainability offer, and transform your agency into a force for good?
This 6–12 month program is a deep partnership designed to build your agency’s sustainability capabilities from the inside out. We help you clarify your position, upskill your team, refine your creative process and embed circular principles into how you think, design and deliver. This is where design and sustainability meet to create a credible, future-fit agency.
We’re not here to layer sustainability on top of your agency; we help you integrate it into the core.
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✓ Kick off meeting & RFI
✓ Circular design and sustainability training
✓ Impact Assessment to set your baseline
✓ Define sustainability focus areas, goals and strategy
✓ Review and evolve your creative process
✓ Support refining your sustainability story and offer
✓ Develop a clear, greenwash free communication guide
✓ 3-month follow-up check-in
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✓ Internal alignment and strategic clarity on your sustainability journey
✓ A tailored framework outlining your focus areas, commitments and initiatives
✓ A credible, future-fit agency positioning
✓ A co-created creative process built for sustainable outcomes
✓ Tools, templates and language to communicate your offer with confidence
Not sure what’s right for your design and sustainability goals? Book a free discovery call to discuss your needs, and we’ll recommend a package or tailor a support project to fit your goals.
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philo & co is part of a growing group of designers, design studios, agencies and institutions here to declare a climate and ecological emergency.
