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September 03, 2018 Interview with Deirdre McNally from the Brew Tea Company
"Manchester based Bcorp, BrewTeaCo is a company on a mission.
Buy Good Tea
Be Good Suppliers
Do Honest Business - that's their motto and in this interview Deirdre McNally shares how they engage their staff, their suppliers and their customers with their mission.
BrewTeaCo are a fellow BCorp and proud of it too - there's lots of learning and insights to be gained from this great interview."
20 min
September 03, 2018 E008 - Deirdre McNally from Brew Tea Co.
Fellow Bcorp and Manchester-based Brew Tea Co. join us for this fascinating interview all about Sustainable Business, the technical side of Tea drinking and the triple bottom line.

Deirdre McNally discusses the challenges involved in being a consumer-focussed company committed to doing business as a force for good as well as how building a loyal community has really helped them provide a better service.
20 min
August 27, 2018 Interview with Lizzie Salter from The Kind Living Salon
The Kind Living Salon is set up to be a unique and modern brand that offers Vegan, eco-friendly and organic products, alongside ethical and socially conscious treatments and services. In this interview, founder Lizzie Salter tells us why she set up this new business and the eco-hub she aims to achieve to promote a more ethical and sustainable approach to wellbeing, self-care and nutrition.
16 min
August 27, 2018 E007 - Lizzie Salter from The Kind Living Salon
The Kind Living Salon is set up to be a unique and modern brand that offers Vegan, eco-friendly and organic products, alongside ethical and socially conscious treatments and services.

In this interview, founder Lizzie Salter tells us why she set up this new business and the eco-hub she aims to achieve to promote a more ethical and sustainable approach to wellbeing, self-care and nutrition.

Lizzie discusses common challenges small business face when it comes to setting up a sustainable business and how she's overcome most and working on others.
16 min
August 19, 2018 Interview with Leilani Weier from Linklaters
Linklaters is a leading international law firm committed to environmental responsibility. In this interview we speak with Leilani Weir who is their in-house Sustainability Consultant.
There's a lot you can take away from this episode, especially if your staff and supply chain are asking questions around sustainability and environmental responsibility.
16 min
August 19, 2018 E006 - Leilani Weier from Linklaters
Linklaters is a leading international law firm committed to environmental responsibility. In this interview we speak with Leilani Weier who is their in-house Sustainability Consultant.

There's a lot you can take away from this episode, especially if your staff and supply chain are asking questions around sustainability and environmental responsibility.

Leilani talks about their Best Green Law Firm global chat group which was set up to engage global employees around the companies sustainable agenda and how Linklaters is responding to client requests around the topic of sustainability.
16 min
August 13, 2018 Interview with Matt Hocking from Leap
Did you know that 80% of your environmental impact is decided at the design stage?
Matt Hocking is a superhero lover, proud and committed BCorp owner and planet optimist, In this interview he talks about how becoming a BCorp helped him increase his turnover by 40% in the first year, how he's engaged his staff, suppliers and customers with his sustainable business agenda and how Leap is doing business as a force for good. There are lots of lessons learned in this episode too so be sure to have a pen handy!
25 min
August 13, 2018 E005 - Matt Hocking from Leap
Did you know that 80% of your environmental impact is decided at the design stage?

Matt Hocking is a superhero lover, proud and committed BCorp owner and planet optimist, In this interview he talks about how becoming a BCorp helped him increase his turnover by 40% in the first year, how he's engaged his staff, suppliers and customers with his sustainable business agenda and how Leap is doing business as a force for good. There are lots of lessons learned in this episode too so be sure to have a pen handy!
25 min
August 06, 2018 Interview with Leah Garwood-Gowers - from the Hardihood
Leah is an entrepreneur that started her journey at the age of 25 launching an ethical and vegan 'sweet treat' brand that's now stocked at well known retailers like Selfridges, Planet Organic, WholeFoods and Daylesford.
Leah offers lots of tips and advice about starting an ethical brand, addressing the challenge around plastic packaging and also how to use Instagram to accelerate business growth and develop a strong community of consumers.
30 min
August 06, 2018 E004 - Leah Garwood-Gowers from the Hardihood
Leah talks about her journey building an ethical and vegan 'sweet treat' brand from scratch and how The Hardihood has used Instagram to accelerate their business growth.

There's lots of tips and advice about starting an ethical brand, addressing the challenge around plastic packaging and also what it takes to get your product into popular retailers like Selfridges, Planet Organic, WholeFoods and Daylesford.

It doesn't matter if you're just starting out on your own business venture or you've been doing it for years - there is lots to learn and take-away from this fascinating interview with Leah - a 29year old entrepreneur that started her journey at 25.
30 min

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