“Changing the way people eat is an ambitious goal and one that can only be achieved with smart, innovative, and driven people”. (Laurent Guillemain, CEO of HelloFresh). Between 2004 and 2010 Colorado-based Michael Joseph, an Economics Theory graduate of the…
Read More Green Chef and HelloFresh: Pioneering a Sustainable Future in the Meal Kit Industry
“We believe that planet, people and profit are all equal when it comes to how we run our business” - Coaltown Coffee The former mining town of Ammanford in South Wales, population circa 5500, is probably the last place in…
Read More Grounds for Success: Coaltown Coffee’s Journey from Garage to Global
“I started Beauty Kitchen to use business as a force for good with an equal weighting on the community, the environment and profit in every decision we make” (Jo-Anne Chidley) In 1995 Jo-Anne Chidley, the co-founder of Beauty Kitchen, graduated…
Read More Beauty with Purpose: Beauty Kitchen & Reposit Leading the Way in Sustainable Skincare
“In our everyday deliberations, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations” (The Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy). Seventh Generation is an American Company that sells eco-friendly cleaning, paper and personal care products. It was…
Read More Seventh Generation: Leading Sustainability and Innovation with Biobased Stain Fighters
“One person can’t change the world but together we can all make our own tiny difference” (Rachel Watkyn). Rachel Watkyn OBE is a Business Studies graduate of De Montfort University in the UK, a serial entrepreneur, and one of the…
As a modern business, it is our duty to stand for more than just profit...We're dedicated to helping people, protecting the planet and working together - Greggs. Greggs is a national UK bakery retail business that had, in 2023, a…
Read More Sausage rolls and social goals – Greggs Winning Hearts
“I had a yearning to do something completely different with my skill base, something more holistic and community-focused" -Amanda Wood For Amanda Wood, the COVID-19 pandemic was life-changing. Prior to its outbreak in 2020, she was working as a programme…
Read More Seeds of Change: The Micro Greengrocer Cultivating Community & Sustainability
“The project is developing a model of small scale agriculture, independent of subsidies, on marginal land and promoting natural cider and minimum intervention orcharding.” - Bill Bleasdale and Chava Richman Although apples have been used to make alcoholic drinks in…
Read More High Altitude Harvest: The Renaissance of Welsh Cider Making at Welsh Mountain Cider
“The business of business should not just be about money, it should be about responsibility. It should be about public good, not personal greed” (Dame Anita Roddick). Possibly the first example of a modern harmonious retail enterprise, The Body Shop…
Read More A Pioneer’s Rise and Ethical Dilemma: A Cautionary Tale of The Body Shop
“Totally Welsh has always been about more than just dairy for us. The Brand embodies the Welsh community spirit." (John Horsman, General Manager Totally Welsh) Towards the end of the 19th century, milk began to be sold in bottles in…
Read More Sustainable Sips: Totally Welsh Changing Dairy Dynamics
“I used to channel my energies into the wrong things. I was successful but now I know that if I had channelled my energies into something positive I could have succeeded there too”. (Cooper an ex-offender and Tap Social employee)…
Read More Tap Social: Brewing Change Through Beer, Baking & Second Chances
“We’re not here to take on big plastic.We’re here to keep making better decisions and to partner with people up for doing the same.” What do a group of designers with a love of the sea and surfing have in…
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