First Mile's Climate Heroes

B Corporations are a global movement of businesses challenging the status quo by serving people and the planet instead of just profits.

James Perry Co-founded the B Corp movement in the UK in 2014 and currently sits on the board of B Corp UK. His food company COOK was one of the first B Corporations in the United Kingdom. 

Episode 20 

Hosted By Bruce Bratley 

Featuring James Perry 

Founded just four years ago, Ecologi has now built a passionate community of over 19,000 businesses and 40,000 members all on the same journey to reduce

their carbon emissions and take climate action. Since then, the Ecologi community has planted over 66 million trees and offset almost 3 million tonnes of carbon. 

Episode 19  

Hosted By Bruce Bratley 

Featuring Elliot Coad 

The Climate Agency are a female-founded non-profit marketing strategy consultancy helping start-up navigate their biggest challenge yet, climate change. We spoke to their Co-Founder & Director Sophie Gallois to find out more about the climate communication space and how they’re helping businesses create meaningful and easy-to-digest campaigns through their accelerator workshops. 

Episode 18 

Hosted By Bruce Bratley 

Featuring Sophie Gallios 

Earthshot Prize finalists Low Carbon Materials develops new solutions for the construction industry with its innovative net-zero building materials. In

this episode, we speak to their CEO and Co-Founder Natasha Boulding, who was recently named in the Forbes 30 under 30 European Manufacturing & Industry list.  

Episode 17 

Hosted By Bruce Bratley  

Featuring Natasha Boulding 

Reskinned is on a mission to help fashion brands achieve their sustainability goals with its circular economy model which incentivises owners to part with

their unloved clothes so they can be resold, repurposed or recycled. With over 20 years of recycling experience and investments in modern technology solutions, Reskinned are creating new ways for pre-loved clothes to last beyond the season. 

Episode 16 

Hosted by Bruce Bratley 

Featuring Ross Barry 

Pierre-Yves Paslier is the Co-founder & Co-CEO of Notpla, who recently won the prestigious Earthshot Prize environmental award for its innovative biodegradable packaging. Made from seaweed and plants, Notpla packaging naturally biodegrades in 4-6 weeks, making it innovative sustainable packaging alternative to single-use plastics. 

Episode 15

Hosted By Bruce Bratley

Featuring Pierre-Yves Paslier 

Food waste is a worldwide problem and is responsible for around 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Oddbox is fighting the food waste epidemic and fostering conscious consumerism with its wonky fruit and vegetable subscription service, rescuing perfectly good food that would otherwise be wasted and getting it into our kitchens.

Episode 14

Hosted by Bruce Bratley

Featuring Deepak Ravindran of Oddbox

WasteAid is a UK-based organisation that works with communities in low-income countries to implement greener recycling and waste management programmes. Their hard work improves the lives of some of the poorest and most vulnerable people on the planet.

Episode 13

Hosted by Bruce Bratley

Featuring Ceris Turner-Bailes of WasteAid

Tom Kay is the founder of UK-based surfing brand Finisterre, which designs functional and sustainable products for those who love the sea. The Finisterre Foundation aims to inspire people to love and protect the sea and remove its barriers to access so everyone can enjoy our oceans.

Episode 12

Hosted by Bruce Bratley

Featuring Tom Kay of Finisterre

Stuart McLachlan discusses the importance of achieving the target of net zero as a business in his latest book ‘The Adventure of Sustainable Performance', which guides you through the everchanging world of Environmental, social, and governance compliance.

Episode 11

Hosted by Bruce Bratley

Featuring Stuart McLachlan of Anthesis