I'm deep in the depths of our Supplier Audit at the moment (episode on how we're tackling that coming up later!)

One of the areas I've found that we can have a HUGE impact is by changing our banking suppliers.

In this episode, I'm sharing what we're doing, and the awesome tips I've had that made it a LOT easier to change your:

• Business Current Accounts
• Business Credit Cards
• Pensions
• Accounting Software
• Payment Providers

Amazing websites:

https://bank.green/

https://www.mymothertree.com/

https://makemymoneymatter.co.uk/

That LinkedIn Discussion: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chloethomasecommerce_netzero-businessbanking-sustainability-activity-6956211637204701185-tN8q

This is another area it's really simple for any business to lower their carbon impact via.

Stop needlessly replacing your hardware!

In this episode we're talking:

• mobiles
• desktops and laptops
• podcast mics
• tablets

And sharing some stats from Mike Berners-Lee's 'How Bad Are Bananas?' book - hear Chloe's review of that in episode 3.

We now have a net zero travel policy at eCommerce MasterPlan.

That sounds rather grand - as it’s just me a tribe of freelancers. BUT I know this is potentially our biggest negative impact, so I wanted to make sure I wasn’t stumbling through it and actually was making conscious decisions.

3 parts to this.

1. Reduce our travel
2. Reduce the impact of our travel - offset / travel method
3. Encourage others to reassess their travel impacts

Listen to hear what all this means, and how I'm doing it all.

Plus updates on what this means for my personal list travel activities, and my thoughts on lowering the commuting impact of your teams.

Hopefully, it will help you make your own net zero travel policy, and maybe even inspire you to take it a little further...

Finally! It is diary update 2 on how we're getting on, plus how to find time to get your business to net-zero.

1. Diary Blocking
2. Make the project easy to pick up and drop
3. Beat the Guilt!

This bonus episode is our response to what’s happening in Ukraine.

It’s VERY low-fi – no jingles, no ads, and edited by Chloe!!! Because I wanted to get it out fast (this is hitting the airwaves a mere 2 hours after we recorded it), because we’re putting it out on multiple podcasts AND because it just feels totally wrong to put ads in an episode like this.

So what’s this episode about?

Earlier this week Matteo reached out to see if I’d be up for sharing what he and his team are doing to help in Ukraine – in his words “to help the professional network to fight this war”.

So we’re going to talk about how those eCommerce skills are being leveraged to help

And we’re also going to share how you can help Matteo and his team, AND I’ll share a couple of other clever ways to help that I’ve come across recently.

Yes, we are doing an episode on a war.

BUT if you’re a regular listener you’ll know my way of coping with big scary things is to get practical – so this is not going to be a ‘guilt-trip you into donating’ infomercial – more a celebration of some of the amazing people and things that are happening in response to the awfulness.

My aim is for this to be an inspiring and hopeful episode, not one that will make you sad. None of us needs more sadness.

In fact - I felt more positive after recording this than I did before!

My guest Matteo Grassi is ex-ShopifyPlus, the CEO and Co-Founder of Popup, a no-code eCommerce platform, AND co-founder and advisor to Viceroy Group a “humble and happy umbrella company of DTC brands” (great description from their LinkedIn profile!).

Between the two companies, they have team members from all over the world, including… Ukraine. So Matteo and the team have been quick to work out how they can help their own team members, AND leverage their skill sets to help the Ukrainian people cope with the day to day challenges of this war.

Here are the links to how you can help:

- Support Matteo’s work via Commerce4good at chloelink.com/commerce4good

- Get your Ukrainian designed Tshirt (and add a helpful tip!) at www.artists4good.store

- Hire Ukrainian talent at https://remoteukraine.org/

- Find real ways to help Ukraine from wherever you are in the world - chloelink.com/ukrainehelp

- What to do as a business guide – chloelink.com/ukrainebusiness

- And one last one… Simon Wharton is running 100k this month for the Disasters Emergency Committee so you could just sponsor him on his just giving page – chloelink.com/simon

Chloe's review of the book "How Bad Are Bananas: The Carbon Footprint of Everything".

Listen to find out why she read it, what's in it, and why she loved it enough to record a review of it!

Get your copy at a 'good' BCorp bookseller like these two:

• World of Books (wob) for new and second hand - https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/mike-berners-lee/how-bad-are-bananas/9781788163811
• XigXag for ebook and audiobook - https://xigxag.co.uk/

Chloe's review of the book "What we Need to Do Now: For a Zero Carbon Future" by Chris Goodall.

Listen to find out why she read it, what's in it, and why she loved it enough to record a review of it!

Get your copy at at a 'good' BCorp bookseller like these two:

• World of Books (wob) for new and second hand - https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/chris-goodall/what-we-need-to-do-now/9781788164719
• XigXag for ebook and audiobook - https://xigxag.co.uk/

Our first 'diary' update on our Beyond Net Zero Journey. Covering:

• A little background
• What we're doing to the business 'eCommerce MasterPlan' to make it more carbon neutral
• What we're doing to inspire others to follow us

Key links:

Episode 359 of the eCommerce MasterPlan podcast https://ecommercemasterplan.com/our-new-net-zero-focus-podcast/

Our Net Zero Web Page https://ecommercemasterplan.com/our-net-zero-journey-updates/

Our Ecologi Offsetting Account Page https://ecologi.com/ecommercemasterplan?r=61b0a531631bbe339e443ed1 (special link - they'll plant 30 extra trees in my 'forrest' if you sign up using this link)

A quick guide to why Chloe Thomas (eCommerce MasterPlan, Keep Optimising) has created this new audio diary of her businesses journey to net zero and beyond.

Find out more at https://beyondnetzerojourney.com

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