Welcome to Sustain Talks where I discuss the world of Sustainability and CSR with an array of interesting people I come across on my journey. In a week where we launched the Responsible Futures Conference ( www.responsiblefuturesconference.com ) I couldn’t think of a more fitting guest than Lauren Costello from Business in the Community. Business in the Community helps companies of all shapes and sizes shape their purpose enabling them to make a difference. A company’s purpose should be its guiding light. Enabling it to keep its values close and support employees in challenging times. Over the last few years, we’ve seen Covid, Black Lives Matter, Climate Action all very important, all needing companies to step up and support their employees. Having a clear purpose guides a company through the good and the bad. A clear purpose is fundamental to business today, people want to work for companies with a good purpose. This is one to watch, we all need a purpose!
0:34 – What is Business in the Community and what does Laurens’s job involve?
1:40 – What does a purposeful responsible culture look like?
3:15 - What is it important for companies to act now?
4:33 - What are the benefits to a business?
7:28 – How is purpose connected to sustainability?
9:18 – What’s Lauren’s advice to a company that is thinking of starting to be more responsible?
12:10 – What challenges are they likely to face?
13:15 – Three things that you need to remember…
14:36 – Have you seen an increase in activity?
17:06 – What has Lauren learnt over the last couple of years?
20:09 – Who Inspires Lauren?