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Welcome to our second Grow Ensemble Community Update. If you missed the first and you are curious how these work, feel free to check out our update from August.

With these updates, our primary goals are to:

1. Learn (and apply) everything we can as it relates to leaving the world a better place than we found it. 
2. Share everything we learn to bring more people into the community of more sustainable living, work, and business.

In the update episode, we cover:

• Grow Ensemble's community milestones and numbers
  • Our social good blog
  • The podcast
  • Our new Better World Business Growth (BWBG) training library
• What's next for October
  
  • Running our first Cause Campaign with Plaine Products
  • The next BWBG Workshop
  • The official Grow Ensemble HQ

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https://growensemble.com/sept-2020/

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This episode originally aired in March 2019. You can find full episode show notes here: https://growensemble.com/bodhi-surf-yoga-adrianne-chandra-huff/

In this episode, we welcomed Lindsey Mccoy to the show, CEO & Co-founder of Plaine Products.

Plaine Products is a conscious personal care brand on a mission to reduce waste and help stop the spread of single-use plastic through. Their refill and return model and eco-friendly packaging helped them divert over 50,000 plastic bottles from landfills since opening in 2017, a number they had planned to double in 2019.

In this episode, we discussed:

• Lindsey's role and responsibilities as a CEO
• What contributed most to Plaine Products' rapid growth
• Small steps for creating a more sustainable household
• The story and method behind diverting 50,000+ plastic bottles from landfills
• Plaine Products' origin story and founding a business with family

Links from the Episode:

• Lindsey on LinkedIn
• Plaine Products
  
  • On Twitter
  • On Facebook
  • On Instagram
  • On Pinterest
• 1% for the Planet

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In the latest episode of the podcast, we chat with our first ever returning guest, Meghan French Dunbar. Meghan is the Former CEO & Founder of Conscious Company Media, and current founder of self-titled coaching company where she helps purpose-driven womxn business leaders on their professional journeys.

Meghan has had quite the career in the social entrepreneurship space. Along with founding both Conscious Company Media and her coaching company, she also founded the World-Changing Women’s Summit, the largest conference in the country for purpose-driven womxn.

In our Episode with Meghan, we dive into:

• Meghan's transition from Conscious Company Media to her current coaching venture
• What it really means to be a conscious company
• Meghan's recommendations on how you can become more conscious with your business

Links from the Episode:

• Meghan on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn
• Conscious Business 101
• Conscious Company Media
• Justin Rosenstein, Asana
• Eileen Fisher, Eileen Fisher
• Kevin Rutherford, Nuun
• Patagonia
• Cotopaxi
• Southwest Airlines
• B-Corporation
  • B Impact Assessment
• Great Places to Work
• 1% for the Planet

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Patagonia. Ben & Jerry’s. Allbirds. TOMS. All of these brands share one thing in common: they are some of our favorite brands that have thoroughly committed to using their business as a force for good. In other words, each of these companies are Certified B Corporations: the gold standard in better business.

But what is a B Corporation really? Whether you're a curious consumer or wondering whether your business should look into getting certified and how the process works, this episode aims to provide a deeper understanding of Certified B Corporations.

In this episode, we discuss:

• B Corps and Conflated Terms
  • Benefit Corporations
  • CSR initiatives
  • Mission-driven companies
• What is a B Corp?
• Why Certify?
• B Impact Assessment

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https://growensemble.com/what-is-a-b-corp/

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In this episode, we chat with SaraJoy Pond, Co-Founder of the Conveners. Conveners.org is a space for network members to experience the power of collective impact by joining together to share lessons learned and have a greater effect on positive social change through their collaboration.

Nonprofits, venture funds, and individual entrepreneurs have found value in utilizing the services offered by Coveners.org, which is as simple as being a platform that facilitates important conversations.

In our Episode with SaraJoy, we Discuss:

• What "convening" is and why it's important
• The conveners' role in impacting and facilitating change during covid-19
• How we can harness the power of dialogue to achieve impact and action
• How to get started building an effective social impact network

Links from the Episode:

• SaraJoy on LinkedIn
• Conveners.org on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram
• Feeding America
• Social Venture Circle
• Influencer by Joseph Grenny

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https://growensemble.com/social-impact-network

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This episode originally aired in January 2019. You can find full episode show notes here: https://growensemble.com/bodhi-surf-yoga-adrianne-chandra-huff/

In this episode, we welcomed Adrianne Chandra Huff to the show, Co-founder of Bodhi Surf + Yoga.

Bodhi Surf + Yoga is a conscious retreat destination based in Costa Rica. They are the first-ever B Corp Certified surf and yoga camp in the world, and their mission is to continue to be an exemplar of better business through their efforts in corporate social and environmental responsibility.

In this episode, we discussed:

• How Adrianne went from planning to study law to founding a responsible eco-tourism company
• Bodhi's approach to including their guest's in their efforts to better the community
• Adrianne's beliefs around the role of eco-tourism and its relationship to its surroundings and community
• Bodhi's and Adrianne's relationship with the B Corporation

Links from the Episode:

• Adrianne on Medium 
• Adrianne on LinkedIn
• Bodhi Surf & Yoga
  • On Twitter
  • On Facebook
  • On YouTube
  • On Instagram
• CREST
• Amigos of Costa Rica
• ISA

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In this episode, we're speaking with Matthew Weatherley-White of The Caprock Group. The Caprock Group is an impact advisory firm that focuses on protecting and growing family wealth. Caprock advocates for their clients and serves as true financial partners in all investment decisions. 

The Caprock Group is different because it operates on the assumption that capitalism can be a force for good. Caprock directs impact-oriented families and mission-driven foundations to allocate money and invest in companies that make positive impact in the face of issues like climate change and social inequality. When impact investing supports these businesses, capitalism is leveraged to advance solutions to pressing problems and achieve positive social change.

In our Episode with Matthew, we discuss:

• What the future holds for capitalism
• How capitalism can be used as a force for good 
• The Caprock Group's involvement in the B corporation as a founding member
• Matthew's thoughts on how capitalism has veered away from its original intent

Links from the Episode:

• Matthew on LinkedIn, Twitter
• The Caprock Group 
• iPAR
• Matthew’s TED Talk in 2018
• B-Corporations
• SSIR Article on B-Corp Growth
• Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty
• Capital and Ideologyby Thomas Piketty
• Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
• Miyamoto Musashi’s writings

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What is a "reluctant" entrepreneur? Many socially-focused entrepreneurs who label themselves as reluctant fear a removal from the company’s original purpose. This hesitancy doesn’t make any entrepreneur less passionate about their product, it, instead, showcases an entire element of sustainable development: care for the planet, people, and supply chains

Caroline Duell, CEO of All Good Products, is an excellent example of this. Recently, we got to speak with Caroline on an episode of the podcast, and in this episode, we're breaking down what it means to be a reluctant entrepreneur and how Caroline (and a few other well-known social entrepreneurs) have used their reluctancy as a tool to create a truly better-for-the-world business.

In the episode, we cover:

• What it means to be a reluctant entrepreneur
• How Caroline went from a climbing guide & massage therapist to small business owner
• A few other examples of reluctant mission-driven entrepreneurs
• 3 tips to turn reluctancy into fuel for a successful business

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In today's episode, we're speaking with Rebecca Hamilton, Co-CEO of Badger Balm. Badger Balm is a family-owned conscious personal care brand with a commitment to pure ingredients and eco-friendly practices. Over the last 25 years since its inception, Badger Balm has become an innovative leader at the forefront of environmental responsibility in the personal care industry.

In addition to their eco-friendly and natural product line, Badger has been working tirelessly in their efforts to reduce their environmental impact. Becoming carbon neutral is no small feat, and Badger Balm is extending beyond carbon neutrality by including other greenhouse gas emissions in their climate action plan.

In our Episode with Rebecca, we discuss:

• Badger Balm's family-owned history
• The company's unique structure that allows them to continue to consciously invest in people and planet
• The B Corp Climate Collective
• Badger's commitment to Net Zero by 2030
• Their partnership with Revision Solar, where they will implement one of the largest ground and roof solar arrays in the region
• How Rebecca went from a reluctant entrepreneur to Co-CEO

Links from the Episode:

• Rebecca on LinkedIn, Twitter
• Badger on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube
  • Sunscreen powered by the sun
• ReVision Energy
• B-Corporation
  • B Corp Climate Collective
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Thanks to some inspiration from friends (Anders Ankarlid of A Good Company), I'll be giving more inside looks at how the Grow Ensemble community is evolving over time.

I want to share everything we learn, apply, and test as we build a community around our brand and mission; so other impact-driven organizations can hopefully do the same.

In the episode, we cover:

• Grow Ensemble's community milestones and numbers
  • Our social good blog
  • This podcast
  • Our Better World Business Growth (BWBG) community
  • Our new YouTube Channel
• What's next for September
  
  • Launching cause campaigns
  • What's new for the BWBG Community
  • Persuing our B Corporation Certification

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https://growensemble.com/aug-2020

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