As global renewable energy company, BayWa r.e., turned ten years old, we entered the decade dubbed as our last chance to curtail the impact of climate change. A moment to ensure that BayWa r.e. could play a meaningful role in perhaps the most urgent conversation ever faced by humanity.

Goal.

Targeting business leaders, government and society, Archetype asked the questions: what from the past ten years is worth carrying forward into the next, and what might we learn from the global voice, or dare to extrapolate from, its discursive direction?

Solution.

The results showed the overall volume of conversations around the topic of ‘climate change’ grew by 110% in a single year. The report also proved a decade-long, international shift in public awareness and an evolution in vocabulary, moving from ‘Global Warming’ to ‘Climate Change’ and, most recently, ‘Climate Crisis’.

This gave BayWa r.e. a brand-new story to tell, which was delivered through media outreach, social media and through the creation of an emotive campaign video. In addition to the news, Archetype developed a series of thought leadership talk tracks having interviewed several BayWa r.e. experts on their points of view as we entered the Decade That Matters.

Results.

The new thought leadership platform allowed us to break into the business and mainstream media with a topical conversation that also showcased BayWa r.e. as experts and providers of positive solutions and innovations that are helping to tackle the climate crisis.

Its digital campaign, including paid amplification and a search-based strategy led them to engaging new audiences across the digital sphere, maximising the online footprint of the campaign, driving people to the Decade That Matters report landing page and increasing follower numbers on BayWa r.e. social channels.

This report separated the signal from the noise. Where those conversations go next will determine our direction of travel for the rest of this decade.