Case Study

Sustainability Education That Shifts Messaging Across A Global Workforce

A major global beverage producer was turning ambitious sustainability commitments into a global communications directive, with a renewed environmental policy designed to guide responsible marketing claims across its operations. OES Learning Solutions partnered with the organization to create sustainability training materials and a messaging framework that would help embed the policy’s values across a global workforce.

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The Challenge

Training that transforms culture

At the heart of the project was a deceptively simple goal: educate the organization’s regional operating companies about a new policy on environmental marketing claims. But this goal carried several complex layers. The company was effectively transferring greater responsibility for sustainability messaging from the global team to regional operating companies. 

The organization’s challenge to OES Learning Solutions was to communicate the policy shift internally with clarity and consistency. OES Learning Solutions was also tasked with developing a bold, engaging tagline and messaging strategy that would capture the essence of the training and rally global participation. 

With a large network of operating companies across diverse markets, local teams pride themselves on their independence, tailoring brands and communications to resonate locally and compete effectively. That autonomy, while key to the company’s global success, posed a real challenge for OES Learning Solutions: how to unify messaging without diluting regional identity.

Our Approach

Designing learning and messaging in tandem

OES Learning Solutions approached the project through two tightly integrated workstreams: learning design and brand-aligned messaging. 

Learning assets: Clarity through creativity

The training materials included: 

  • Two PowerPoint slide deck templates designed for both live facilitation and self-paced learning. 
  • Two motion graphic videos: a promo to build excitement, and an explainer video to reinforce understanding. 

The standout asset was the fully animated promo video using character-driven storytelling to make policy concepts engaging and memorable (particularly important for a globally diverse workforce). 

To support localization without sacrificing brand consistency, the slide decks were developed with adaptable design elements.

Messaging Framework: From policy to movement

OES Learning Solutions developed a complete tagline and messaging framework alongside the learning tools to support internal communications. The messaging emphasized empowerment, ownership and excellence. The desired tone was confident and aspirational, moving beyond compliance to cultural leadership.

 

The messaging positioned regional departments as centers of excellence, celebrating their autonomy and positioning them as leaders in shaping the company’s sustainability narrative.

 

Campaign language was designed to resonate with regional teams, encouraging employees to see responsible environmental communication not simply as a set of rules, but as a roadmap for credibility.

A progressive development journey

The project evolved through four coordinated phases:

 

  1. Conceptual alignment: Established a visual identity and messaging voice that balanced policy detail with brand inspiration. 
  2. Content development: Video scripts, storyboards and decks were carefully designed while adapting to technical constraints. 
  3. Cross-functional delivery: Our teams collaborated with the client at every step to ensure usability, translatability and strategic alignment. 
  4. Message activation: To drive awareness and adoption, we crafted a full suite of communications assets: long-form internal memos, punchy promotional posts, and social-style content. 

 

Throughout, OES Learning Solutions collaborated closely with the client team to ensure every touchpoint supported learning outcomes and cultural buy-in. 

Results and Impact

Creating confidence, consistency and cultural buy-in

The final assets provided both functional training and helped catalyze culture change: 

  • The animated promotional video created internal buzz and improved engagement. 
  • The slide decks became a scalable, on-brand foundation for regional training. 
  • The messaging toolkit empowered internal teams to run campaigns that sparked interest and reinforced accountability. 

Feedback was glowing. In post-launch calls, the client team praised OES Learning Solutions’ clarity, speed and organization, highlighting how the team “delivered what was needed, when it was needed” and was “more organized than other vendors.” 

Key Takeaways

Lessons in alignment, trust and creative delivery

  • Message and edium go hand-in-hand: By developing the training and messaging together, OES Learning Solutions ensured complete alignment between content and communication. 
  • First impressions matter: As a first-time partner, our ability to deliver on both creative and operational fronts built lasting trust with the organization, which resulted in the organization continuing to work with us on other training projects. 
  • Creative constraints drive innovation: Challenges with PowerPoint became a catalyst for inventive design solutions and motion graphic storytelling. 

“So organized, so fast, and so aligned with our needs. It made a huge difference.”

— Client communications lead

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