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In this episode of The Fractional CFO Show, Adam Cooper is joined by Dan Maudhub, founder of branding agency Be Wonderful, now an investor, advisor and Non-Executive Director.Dan built and grew Be Wonderful before taking the business through an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) transaction - a very different route to the traditional trade sale, merger or management buyout that many agency owners might consider when thinking about their exit strategy.The conversation explores the full journey: building an agency with a future exit in mind, choosing an EOT, valuing and structuring the business for the transaction, and then dealing with something that receives far less attention in traditional business exit planning - what happens after the deal is done.Building a business with an exit in mindDan shares how Be Wonderful developed from a founder-led creative agency and why changes in the ownership structure became an important part of its growth.After initially building the company with several minority shareholders, Dan gradually bought those shareholders out. That gave him greater control over the direction of the agency and, ultimately, made the eventual exit process simpler.The discussion highlights an important lesson for anyone thinking about selling a business: exit planning can start many years before an actual transaction.Ownership structure, shareholder alignment, financial performance, management capability and founder dependency can all influence both business valuation and the range of exit options available.Dan also explains why scaling an agency organically can become increasingly difficult as the business grows. New layers of management, relatively short client contracts and the challenge of securing recurring revenue can all affect the route an agency takes towards greater scale and long-term value.Rather than waiting until he was ready to sell, Dan says the business developed its financial model with the eventual exit in mind.Why choose an Employee Ownership Trust?A major part of the conversation focuses on Employee Ownership Trusts and why Dan chose an EOT rather than a traditional M&A transaction or trade sale.Dan explains in straightforward terms how an Employee Ownership Trust works and how employees can effectively become the majority owners and beneficiaries of the business.He also discusses some of the financial and commercial considerations involved in an EOT, including:Business valuationTax considerationsThe structure and timing of payments to existing shareholdersFuture profitabilityEmployee incentivesLong-term financial performanceThe interests of different stakeholdersFor Dan, the decision wasn't simply about finding the exit route with the most attractive headline number.He wanted an approach that could allow him and his family to realise value from the business while also giving employees a meaningful stake in its future success.That made the EOT particularly relevant to Be Wonderful's existing culture and values as a B Corp certified agency.The financial realities of selling a businessOne of the most interesting parts of Dan's experience is the financial risk that remains after an EOT transaction.Unlike an exit where the founder receives all of their proceeds immediately, Dan discusses having a longer period over which value would be realised. That meant considering whether the business could continue generating sufficient profit over the years following the transaction.It required honest conversations about what the business might be worth, what could realistically be taken off the table initially, and what would happen if future performance didn't go according to plan.For founders considering how to sell a business, it's a useful reminder that the headline business valuation is only one part of the equation.Cash flow, profitability, financial modelling, deal structure and the ongoing ability of the company to perform can ultimately be just as important.What happens after the founder leaves?Dan describes the transaction itself as relatively smooth.The bigger surprise came afterwards.After years of being the founder and MD, Dan suddenly found himself returning to board meetings where he was no longer the person leading the conversation or making the final decision.Instead, he had become one voice around the table.Dan talks openly about learning when to contribute, when to step back and even when to bite his tongue as other people made decisions differently from the way he would have made them.There was also a more personal adjustment.The routines and responsibilities that had structured his working life for years suddenly changed. Meetings disappeared from the diary, his role within the organisation changed and he had to consider where he could make the greatest impact next.It provides an interesting perspective on an aspect of selling a company that can easily be overlooked: an exit isn't purely a financial event. For many business owners, it's also a major change in leadership, identity and purpose.Succession planning and founder dependencyPerhaps the biggest lesson came when the business had to operate without its founder.Dan had promoted internally ahead of the EOT and spent months preparing his successor for the MD role. But after Dan stepped back, some of the knowledge, processes and decision-making that had previously existed between them became much harder to replicate.As Dan explains, founders can believe they have everything covered within their team - but they don't really know until they leave the room.The conversation explores what happened next, including pressure on agency profitability, project margins and leadership capacity.Dan reflects on what he would do differently, including breaking down the founder/CEO role in much greater detail and identifying exactly who would take responsibility for each area.It's an important succession planning lesson.Processes and systems that appear obvious to a founder after years of experience may not actually be documented anywhere. Decisions may depend on intuition, experience and conversations that haven't yet been turned into repeatable processes.Removing founder dependency therefore requires more than appointing a successor.It means understanding everything the founder actually does, building the right management structure, documenting critical processes and ensuring the next generation of leadership has the information and support required to make good commercial and financial decisions.Dan also shares one of his biggest leadership lessons from the experience: being an excellent second-in-command doesn't automatically mean someone will be equally effective as the person ultimately responsible for the business.Life after selling your businessThe episode also explores Dan's post-exit career.Alongside his continued involvement with Be Wonderful, he now advises founders looking to scale their businesses, invests in startups and supports entrepreneurs and social enterprises through the Wonderful Foundation.Dan talks about the adjustment from concentrating almost entirely on one company to developing a portfolio career across different businesses and projects.It raises another important question for founders working on their business exit strategy:What are you actually exiting towards?Dan's experience suggests that good exit planning isn't only about achieving the right business valuation or completing the transaction.Founders also need to think about their personal goals, values, desired lifestyle and the role they want business to play in their lives afterwards.In this episode, we discuss:How Dan built and scaled Be WonderfulWhy agency businesses can become difficult to scale organicallyBuilding a financial model with a future business exit in mindHow shareholder structure can affect long-term business valueWhat an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) is and how it worksEOTs versus a traditional trade sale, merger or M&A transactionBusiness valuation when selling through an EOTThe financial and tax considerations behind different exit strategiesCreating incentives for employees under an employee ownership modelProtecting company culture during a change of ownershipManaging profitability and margins after the founder steps awayMoving from founder and MD to board member and advisorThe emotional and practical realities of life after selling a businessWhy succession planning needs to start well before an exitThe risks of founder dependency in growing agenciesWhy critical processes and systems often remain inside the founder's headChoosing and preparing the next generation of leadershipWhy a strong second-in-command doesn't automatically make a strong first-in-commandBuilding a portfolio career after exitAligning your business exit strategy with your personal goals and valuesIf you're an agency owner, entrepreneur or founder thinking about selling your business, succession planning, an Employee Ownership Trust or simply how to build a more valuable business that can operate without you, this episode offers a practical and experience-led look at what business exit planning really involves.Because preparing a business for sale isn't just about getting the numbers right.It's about building a company that can continue to perform when you're no longer the person in the room.

A 7th generation shipper and 2nd generation winegrower, Basile Aloy of Avignonesi in Tuscany, has a unique perspective on the geopolitical and macroeconomic events happening today and how they impact the cost of wine. Oil prices, war, tariffs, and climate change all come into play in this wide ranging conversation that showcases how much some of these macro events impact the world of wine. Detailed Show Notes: Basile's background: Chairman of Avignonesi, wine distribution in Italy & US, 7th generation shipping family, CEO of shipping businesses EBE & Victrix, studied winemaking in BordeauxRuns a fleet of dry bulk carriers in shipping, does not ship wineIran war has increased the cost of cargo, a 40 ft container for wine went from $1,600 to $2,700 (~70% increase), however, per bottle (~18k bottles/container) that goes from $0.09 to $0.15/bottle (not a huge impact)Many ships have been re-routed around South Africa instead of crossing the Suez Canal, they don't send ships through Hormuz, which has caused congestion for trucking in the Middle EastThere has been less fuel on the market, causing some wait times to re-fuel shipsTariffs have had a bigger impact on wine costs, earlier in 2026, Italy paid 15% tariffs on wine to the US, mid-2026 it is now down to 10%, which has outweighed the freight increaseFood costs are rising, ~30% of global fertilizers come from the Middle East, diesel costs are up; food price increases are comingDomesticating production can be challenging, but it is happening in some places, both Canada and China are leaning in; Avignonesi saw China as a big growth market, but has fallen dramatically, partially due to high quality wines made in ChinaBoth shipping and wine are very capital intensive, but ships can be purchased on the secondary market, where prices swing dramatically (from $25M to $75M in 5 years); wine cycles are much longer, which can create longer downturns like we're experiencing todayAvignonesi overview170 ha vineyardsFocused on Sangiovese and some international varieties, as well as Vin Santo~50-60% exportedItalian market is semi-export, as tourists drive a decent amount of consumption (e.g. - during Covid, Italian sales were down ~20-30%)Basile's family took over Avignonesi in 2009, have a vision to be more transparent with customers, healthy (move towards organic and biodynamic viticulture), and a desire to take care of the environment, broadly speaking (become a B Corp, provide English classes to the community)Avignonesi requested permission from regulators to put “Nobile” bigger than “Montepulciano” for their Vino Nobile di MontepulcianoWine is more brand driven vs shipping, need to be careful about discounting and its impact on the brandShipping can be more sustainable than trucking wine; glass weight of wine has a huge impact on sustainability (~750g of wine in a bottle vs ~400-800g of glass; Avignonesi chose light weight bottles)Europe is like Disneyland, “growers of memories,” which builds a connection to their wines, particularly the premium winesThe future of Avignonesi: starting a re-branding exercise, planted a “3rd millennium” vineyard to address viticulture issues with climate change (1st harvest 2027) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us Fan MailSUMMARYEntrepreneurship celebrates action, but Mara Smith makes a strong case for something less glamorous: do the work before you make the leap. After 16 years outside the traditional workforce, she entered the spirits industry with no tequila experience and built Inspiro Tequila through deep research, deliberate credibility building, disciplined growth, and an unwillingness to accept a product that was merely good enough.SHOW NOTESStrategic FocusWhat does it take to enter an industry where you have no track record and convince customers, distributors, and insiders that you belong? Mara's answer is not confidence alone. It is preparation, focus, disciplined execution, and earning credibility one decision at a time.Key TakeawaysMara rejects the familiar “just go for it” advice. Before launching, she studied tequila production, regulations, competitors, distribution, and the customer the industry was overlooking.When Inspiro's first production run failed to meet her standards, she scrapped it rather than blend it into something acceptable, choosing the long term brand over the sunk cost.Growth does not always mean adding more. Mara uses SKU discipline, focused markets, and carefully chosen retail accounts to protect resources and build demand.Reentering business after years away required more than rebuilding a résumé. Mara deliberately built a network of founders and peers and learned to make specific asks when seeking help.GUEST CONTACT & CONNECTMara Smith is Founder and CEO of Inspiro Tequila, a premium additive free tequila brand with an all women leadership and production team. After careers in accounting, law, and corporate strategy, she spent 16 years outside the traditional workforce raising her family before entering the spirits industry.Inspiro Tequila is woman owned and B Corp certified.Website: https://inspirotequila.com/Mara on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mara-smith-inspiro/Inspiro on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiro-tequilaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/inspirotequila/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inspirotequila/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@inspirotequilaJoin the proveHER community:https://proveher.com/Read the companion Blogcast:https://badasswomeninbusinesspodcast.com/phblog---Subscribe and ReviewIf you loved this episode, drop us a review, share it with a badass woman in your life, and subscribe to Badass Women in Business wherever you get your podcasts.Stay badass. Stay bold. Build it your way.Keep up with more content from Aggie and Cristy here:Facebook: Empowered Women Leaders  Instagram: @badass_women_in_businessLinkedIn: ProveHer - Badass Women in BusinessWebsite: Badasswomeninbusinesspodcast.comAthena: athenaac.com

Most businesses believe they have outsourced their nature risk. They have not.In this episode we look at why so much climate and nature risk sits in supply chains rather than on the balance sheet, and what that means for any organisation buying from, selling into or manufacturing in Asia.I am joined by Fran van Dijk, CEO and founder of One Stone Advisors, who has just shared a discussion paper on nature and climate risk with the accountancy profession, and Eleanor Whittle, founder of Alopias Earth, who spent a decade in UK government on international biodiversity policy including two years as a diplomat in Beijing, and now advises companies on climate and nature strategy from Taiwan. Together they write the Real World Briefing series. Charlie Luxton and I take the conversation from accounting rules to the water systems that keep global trade moving.The numbers land hard. Drought cut daily Panama Canal crossings by 36%. Low water on the Rhine pushed shipping from around 20 euros a tonne to 150. Around 41% of Asian data centres sit in areas of extremely high water stress, with another 22% in high stress zones. The Asian Development Bank puts roughly 75% of the region's GDP in sectors moderately or heavily dependent on nature, well above the global average.What comes out of it is practical. Separate your risks from your dependencies, because you can diversify a risk and you cannot diversify a dependency. Investigate your supply chain to tier four, not tier one. Build a live risk register. Ask whether you have the regional expertise and local partnerships to turn a disclosure into a credible strategy. And stop filing this under sustainability, because it belongs in business strategy.ABOUT THE GUESTSFran van Dijk, One Stone AdvisorsFran advises boards and senior leadership teams on nature, biodiversity and integrated climate and nature strategy through One Stone Advisors. She is a B Corp founder and a Public Interest Member of the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Fran is also Chief Impact Officer at Subsee, an AI and ocean technology company.Fran recently wrote a paper highlighting the sustainability challenges to conventional accounting, such as its failure to record the erosion of the critical shared assets a company doesn't own, and its reliance on historical data to predict non-linear future risks. Giving examples from published data and major corporate losses at firms like PG&E and Toyota, Fran explains why the profession needs better forward-looking, climate- and nature-related risk models. She draws on the UK Government's National Security Assessment, the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries' Parasol Lost report, and documented corporate information.Fran and Will have known each other since Will moved to Edinburgh. She sat on Green Element's advisory board. She brings the ‘what is actually happening' lens, and the financial translation: unpriced insurance risk, tail risk, going concern, and the questions a CFO cannot answer from a standard risk register.Eleanor Whittle, Alopias EarthEleanor founded Alopias Earth and advises private-sector organisations on climate and nature-related risk and strategy. She spent around ten years in the UK government, including leading major international climate finance programmes and two years as a diplomat in Beijing, where she led UK-China engagement on climate and nature. Eleanor then went on to be Programme Director at global energy think tank Ember. She is based in Taiwan, giving her a working perspective on a region that many European businesses primarily experience through their supply chains and operations. She is also Chief Strategy Officer at Subsee, an AI and ocean technology company. A keen diver and freediver, her connection to the ocean is personal as well as professional.Eleanor co-authors the Real World Briefing series with Fran and wrote the Asia Pacific briefing this episode draws on. She brings the regional and regulatory picture: how nature risk shows up through water, supply chains and infrastructure; why sustainability regulation and disclosure are accelerating across Asian markets; and what this means for European companies buying from, selling into or operating in the region.Eleanor is also an Honorary Fellow of the University of East Anglia.COMPANY SNAPSHOTSOne Stone AdvisorsA specialist advisory practice working with boards and leadership teams on nature, biodiversity and integrated climate and nature strategy. Focus areas include nature-related risk in value chains, board governance and capability, and the financial framing of nature risk. Fran van Dijk is a founder and a B Corp advocate.Alopias EarthA strategic advisory business helping companies understand and respond to climate and nature-related risk, and translate it into strategy and decision-making. Founded by Eleanor Whittle, Alopias Earth brings international policy and regional insight to questions spanning nature-related risk, value chains, regulation and business resilience.The Real World Briefing SeriesA monthly board-level briefing series co-authored by Fran and Eleanor, making the case that nature and biodiversity are business-critical. Four briefings inform this episode:Briefing 1: Nature is Now Business-Critical. Nature moves from voluntary and reputational to material and decision-relevant. TNFD as entry point rather than destination.Briefing 2: Financing Green to Greening Finance. How the financial sector is bringing nature into the mainstream, and why diversification is not enough.Briefing 3: Asia Pacific, the Region That Changes the Equation. Nature risk as geographic and systemic rather than sector-specific.Briefing 4: Europe, a Climate Leader Losing Its Way. The fastest-warming continent, the Omnibus rollback, and cascading food system risk.THE ST ETHELBURGA'S ROUNDTABLEThis summary outlines the findings from the St Ethelburga's Roundtable, held on June 23, 2026, which addressed the gap between climate and nature insight and effective action.Chapters 01:20 Meet Fran van Dijk and Eleanor Whittle 02:23 What climate and nature risk actually means for a business 06:46 What this year's fires and heatwaves have already cost 09:29 Discounting: how accounting makes long-term damage disappear 11:13 Insurers quietly walking away from high-risk assets 15:47 The Panama Canal and the limits of abstract risk 26:34 Asia: data centres, semiconductors and water stress 31:09 Why you cannot outsource risk to a supplier 34:14 Nickel, Indonesia and the energy transition colliding with nature loss 43:12 The gap between net zero claims and verified action 52:18 Putting nature into governance and onto the board 55:27 The questions your board should be asking nowIf you want help turning this into a costed adaptation and resilience plan, that is what we do at 51toCarbonZero: https://www.51tocarbonzero.comSubscribe for more conversations that make sustainability a business decision rather than a reporting exercise.#NatureRisk #SupplyChainRisk #ClimateRisk #TNFD #SustainabilityMentioned in this episode:UPCOMING WEBINAR: The Scope 3 Blind Spot: What Your Supplier Data Isn't Telling YouScope 3 emissions are often the biggest contributor to an organisation's carbon footprint, yet many businesses are making decisions based on incomplete, outdated or estimated supplier data. In this webinar, we'll explore the biggest blind spots in supplier emissions data, why they matter for reporting and decarbonisation, and how leading organisations are moving beyond spreadsheets and assumptions to build a more accurate, scalable approach to Scope 3. LIVE ATTENDANCE BONUS: complimentary gap audit of your top 10 suppliers. Wednesday 16 September | 1pm BST https://www.51tocarbonzero.com/webinar-supply-chain/Supply Chain WebinarKeep informed on Sustainability NewsI'm Will Richardson, Head of Ecosystems at 51toCarbonZero and a sustainability advisor with 25 years in the field. I founded Green Element in 2004 and spent two decades building it into one of Europe's most respected sustainability consultancies before it merged with 51toCarbonZero in November 2025. Climate action is both an obligation and an opportunity, and that's the thread running through everything I write here. I co-created Compare Your Footprint, carbon accounting software recognised as a key player in the Global Carbon Accounting Software Market, and I'm a Fellow of IEMA and a Chartered Environmentalist. Each week, I break down what's actually happening in sustainability: the data,...

Advertising SponsorThis episode is brought to you by CoffeeListings.com by Map It Forward. The marketplace where the coffee world does business. Launching Sept 17th, 2026. Follow https://www.instagram.com/coffeelistings/ to stay updated.Episode DescriptionThis is part 4 of a new 5-part series on The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by Map It Forward hosted by Lee Safar. Our guest on the podcast for this series is Norbert Niederhauser, co-founder and Impact & Sustainability Officer at Cropster.In this episode, Lee and Norbert explore what a sustainable coffee supply chain actually looks like in practice and why technology, data, and better visibility are becoming increasingly important to making that possible.Norbert explains how the coffee industry has changed dramatically over the past 20 years as digital tools, connected systems, and data collection have improved. Where businesses once relied heavily on spreadsheets, manual processes, and individual knowledge, they can now access much more detailed information about quality, inventory, roasting, pricing, sourcing, waste, and other parts of their operations.But having more data does not automatically make a business more sustainable.A central point in the conversation is that businesses need to measure what they are actually doing if they want to know whether change is happening. Norbert shares Cropster's own experience with B Corp certification and how the company discovered that good intentions were not enough. In some areas, they simply did not have the data to prove whether they were performing as well as they believed they were.That process forced them to measure more carefully, identify where assumptions did not match reality, and make better decisions.Lee and Norbert discuss how the same principle applies across coffee businesses. A roaster might measure inventory, consistency, loss, quality, and production. A café might discover that seemingly small amounts of coffee wasted during dialing-in translate into significant financial losses over time. A producer needs to understand who the customer is and what happens to the coffee further down the supply chain.The conversation also challenges the idea that businesses can remain isolated within one part of the industry. Sustainable systems require people to understand what happens beyond their immediate role, whether they are producing coffee, roasting it, manufacturing equipment, developing software, or operating cafés.Norbert explains that Cropster itself depends on this kind of cross-industry understanding. The company does not manufacture roasting or espresso machines, but it needs to understand how those machines work, how people use them, and where operational problems occur if its software is going to support those businesses effectively.Lee and Norbert also discuss why data alone is not enough. The real value comes from interpretation: understanding what the numbers mean for the specific business, its goals, its customers, its brand, and its sustainability priorities.Technology can help businesses identify patterns, reduce guesswork, and avoid being blindsided. Consultants can help interpret that information, and AI is increasingly capable of helping people make sense of complex reports and identify the areas that deserve closer attention.The goal is not to replace human judgment. It is to give businesses better information so that decisions become more deliberate and less reactive.At its core, Norbert argues that sustainability requires businesses to remain proactive. That means asking better questions of the data: are farmer prices sustainable? Is the business financially stable? Are wages livable? Is waste under control? Are suppliers reliable? Are the people working in the business able to remain invested in it?A sustainable coffee supply chain is not simply one that collects more information. It is one that understands what that information is saying and acts on it before problems become crises.Contact Norbert Niederhauser and Cropster:Website: https://hubs.la/Q04w4bKG0Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cropster/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/norbertniederhauser/If you found this episode valuable, make sure you're subscribed to the podcast and follow along for the rest of this 5-part series. ***************************************About Map It Forward The Daily Coffee Pro is produced by Map It Forward, supporting coffee professionals globally across the supply chain.Website: https://mapitforward.coffeeMailing list: https://mapitforward.coffee/mailinglistPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/mapitforward‘The Coffee Report': https://www.patreon.com/mapitforward‍ ‍Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mapitforward.coffee/Contact: support@mapitforward.org

We don't think twice about the products we put in our bodies every single month for decades, but conventional pads and tampons can carry endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and the FDA doesn't even require companies to list what's in them. In this episode, Cherie Hoeger, Co-founder and CEO of Saalt, joins me to talk about what's actually in the period products most of us grew up using, why that matters for hormone health, and how reusable alternatives can support your body from your first period all the way through perimenopause.Cherie also shares the deeply personal story behind Saalt, why she believes period care hasn't evolved enough since the 1800s, and the surprising research her team just published on how switching products can change your symptoms.In this episode we explore:Why conventional tampons and pads may carry endocrine disruptors, and what that means for cramping, PMS, and hormone health over timeSaalt's new study: 8 out of 10 women had reduced PMS symptoms after switching from tampons to cups or discs, with a 6x greater chance of zero crampingThe story behind Saalt, born from Cherie's family in Venezuela losing access to period productsWhy period underwear belongs in every phase of a woman's reproductive life, from the first signs of puberty through postpartum, bladder leaks, and perimenopauseThe real cost of period poverty, both globally and at home, and why reusable products (not disposable donations) are the sustainable fixCherie Hoeger is the Co-founder & CEO of Saalt, a women-owned B Corp that creates reusable and sustainable period care products that replace disposable pads and tampons. An entrepreneur and philanthropist, Cherie champions the intersection of for-profit and nonprofit models through social enterprise and leads Saalt's social impact mission to end period poverty. Since their launch in 2018, Saalt has donated over 160,000 period cups and underwear to underprivileged women and girls in 56 countries as part of their social give-back program. Before starting Saalt, Cherie had been an entrepreneur in multiple ecommerce ventures and worked as a technical writer with fifteen years of publication experience, co-authoring nine editions of collegiate textbooks in the field of fitness and wellness. Cherie is also the mother of five daughters and one son, and considers them her greatest success.Resources:Saalt Website: saalt.comFollow on Instagram @saaltcoFollow on Facebook @saaltco Follow on Youtube @saaltcoFollow on Tiktoc @saaltcoFollow on LinkedIn @saaltcoListen to The Saalt Show Podcast Want more support navigating your cycle? Book Your Free Hormone Clarity Call here.About KateKate Nguy is the founder of Shee Revival and a Certified Hormone Health Practitioner and Cycle-Syncing Strategist who helps busy women in their 30s and 40s balance their hormones and reclaim their energy. Specializing in the hormonal ups and downs of midlife—from PMS and perimenopause to burnout and cortisol overload—Kate guides women to feel at home in their bodies and live in sync with their natural cycles. Through cycle syncing, hormone hacks, and nervous system regulation, Kate empowers women to rebalance their hormones, reconnect to their bodies, and revive the vibrant, grounded version of themselves underneath the overwhelm.Tune in now and join the movement toward better hormone health!Follow me @hormoneswithkate on Instagram for more insights, tips, and support!

One fateful year for dairy farmers and a simple milk quota turned a Cotswolds dairy farm into a nationally-beloved, family-owned ice cream brand - Marshfield Farm Ice Cream.In this episode of It Runs in the Family, Leila and Liz sit down with mother-son duo Dawn and Angus Hawking to explore how diversification and graft turned a side hustle in the late-80s into a multi‑generational business.From robotic milkers and B Corp accreditation to Swizzles licensing deals and “Deliver‑Moo” home delivery, we bring you a candid, hilarious, and practical look at building a family business the next generation is proud to inherit.

Greenwashing can start when a communications team turns solid sustainability data into an overstated claim, says Helen Neal. The founder of HN Communications, a certified B Corp sustainability communications consultancy, talks with the Environmental Transformation Podcast host Sean Grady about the gap between corporate progress and public credibility. She explains how companies can speak about climate action without exaggerating results or going silent out of fear of scrutiny.Neal details her IMPACT framework: integrity, meaning, proof, action, consistency and transparency. She also explains how Zena, the artificial intelligence platform she developed, reviews websites, press releases and sustainability reports for potential regulatory risks. Rather than rewriting copy, the tool coaches users to identify missing evidence, clarify claims and explain how results were achieved. Neal says it still requires human review and is not a substitute for legal advice.The conversation also covers the pressure on 2030 commitments, why sustainability needs support from the chief executive and how tying bonuses to measurable goals can spread responsibility across a business. Neal makes the case for treating secure supplies, reliable energy and ethical procurement as long-term business priorities rather than simply the right thing to do.She traces her move from corporate work to building a flexible, remote consultancy and explains why she created the Climate Leaders Community for women in sustainability. Her message to boardrooms: use technology to understand the data, but keep telling the human stories behind the work.Contact Helen Neal: helen@hncommunications.co.ukFind Helen Neal and HN Communications on LinkedIn.#Greenwashing #SustainabilityCommunications #ClimateLeadershipThanks to our Sponsors: Cascade Environmental, E-Tank, WASTELINQTAGS:Helen Neale, Xena AI, Zena review, HN Comms, green hushing, ESG reporting, environmental advertising, green claims review, corporate accountability, climate risk communication, supply chain resilience, Scope 3 emissions, sustainability governance, responsible marketing, circular economy, climate commitments, sustainable procurement, brand trust, climate tech, environmental podcast

Advertising SponsorThis episode is brought to you by CoffeeListings.com by Map It Forward. The marketplace where the coffee world does business. Launching Sept 17th, 2026. Follow https://www.instagram.com/coffeelistings/ to stay updated.Episode DescriptionThis is part 2 of a new 5-part series on The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by Map It Forward hosted by Lee Safar. Our guest on the podcast for this series is Norbert Niederhauser, co-founder and Impact & Sustainability Officer at Cropster.In this episode, Lee and Norbert explore where sustainability is most lacking across the coffee supply chain.Norbert starts with a blunt observation: in many places, the current system itself is evidence of unsustainability. Farmers often lack the income, economic power, and resilience needed to absorb shocks. Traders can fail when market volatility becomes too extreme. Roasters can struggle when coffee costs rise faster than their ability to adjust pricing. Meanwhile, environmental systems including soil, water, and land continue to deteriorate.The conversation looks at why these problems rarely have quick fixes. Coffee is an agricultural product built around long cycles, fragmented relationships, and global supply chains. Changing farming systems can take years. Rebuilding sourcing models, customer expectations, pricing, and internal business structures also takes time and resources.Lee and Norbert discuss how fragmentation makes sustainability harder, but also creates an opportunity. Different farmers, roasters, and supply-chain partners can experiment with better models without having to change the entire industry at once. The challenge is making successful ideas transferable so that they can be adopted by more businesses rather than remaining isolated examples.They also explore how business owners can identify unsustainable parts of their operations before they become a crisis. Norbert recommends looking at the business from all sides: economics, employees, supply chain, sourcing, external risks, and what happens when assumptions change.A major part of the conversation focuses on coffee businesses that were built around cheaper coffee and are now waiting for prices to fall back to where they used to be. Lee and Norbert challenge that approach and discuss why relying on the C-market as the main indicator of what coffee should cost may no longer reflect the realities of producing coffee sustainably.Norbert also explains why sustainability cannot exist in a silo. A business may protect its own margins for a period of time, but if the farmers, suppliers, environment, or other parts of the system it depends on become unsustainable, that eventually becomes a risk to the business itself.The episode closes with a practical recommendation for businesses wanting to assess where they stand: use frameworks such as B Corp as a way to ask better questions about the economic, environmental, workforce, and supply-chain impacts of the business, even if certification itself is not the goal.Contact Norbert Niederhauser and Cropster:Website: https://hubs.la/Q04w4bKG0Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cropster/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/norbertniederhauser/If you found this episode valuable, make sure you're subscribed to the podcast and follow along for the rest of this 5-part series. ***************************************About Map It Forward The Daily Coffee Pro is produced by Map It Forward, supporting coffee professionals globally across the supply chain.Website: https://mapitforward.coffeeMailing list: https://mapitforward.coffee/mailinglistPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/mapitforward‘The Coffee Report': https://www.patreon.com/mapitforward‍ ‍Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mapitforward.coffee/Contact: support@mapitforward.org

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What happens to a values-led company when its founders or longtime owners are ready to step away? Ryan Honeyman speaks with Miren Oca of Ocaquatics and Claire Randall of Grand Central Bakery about employee ownership trusts, perpetual purpose trusts, seller financing, and the culture required before an ownership transition can work. They share what they learned from rejecting more traditional exit paths, why profitability and financial literacy matter, and how alternative ownership can help B Corps protect mission and keep wealth rooted in their communities.View the show notes: https://go.lifteconomy.com/blog/two-ceos-share-their-inside-stories-employee-ownership-and-purpose-trusts-w/-miren-oca-claire-randall

In episode 515 of Total Retail Talks, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Andy Hunter, founder and CEO of Bookshop.org, a certified B Corp online book retailer supporting independent bookstores. Listen in as Hunter explains the book retailer's mission and revenue-sharing marketplace model (0:47), his career journey that led to launching Bookshop.org (2:40), and what's driven its…

Welcoming Darrell Wade to Purposely Podcast. Darrell co-founded Intrepid Travel, one of the largestadventure travel companies in the world and a certified B Corp, built on the idea that travel should give something back to the places it touches. He is also Chair of Philanthropy Australia, the peak body working to build a strongerculture of giving across the country. The idea for Intrepid came together in 1988, on a nine monthoverland trip across Africa in a converted truck with a group of friends, including his now wife Anna and university mate Geoff “Manch” Manchester. Back in Australia, a good job with a strong salary was on offer. Darrell was ready to take it and put the travel company idea aside, until Anna told him he would be a pain in the ass unless he started the business. He did, expecting a 90 percent chance of failure. The company was bootstrapped on 20,000 dollars between the two founders, and the first five years were lean. Darrell talks candidly about the slow build, the early days running the entire business from a single desk while Manch led trips in Thailand, and the gradual shift from a lifestyle choice into a genuine company with a plan. A significant turning point came in 2011, when Intrepid solda 60 percent stake to Tui Group. Darrell describes the decision and the four years that followed as oil and water. The cultures were fundamentally incompatible, growth stalled, and in 2015 the founders unwound the deal. Within a month of separating, the business was growing again. He is direct about whathe took from it: financial logic is not enough if the culture does not hold together. Darrell also talks about the moment his thinking on climatechanged. Reading Tim Flannery's The Weather Makers on a family safari in Botswana, not long after Intrepid had won an award for responsible tourism, he realised the company was not the environmental good guy he thought it was. Hedescribes it plainly: they were part of the problem. That reckoning shaped Intrepid's climate work from there on, including taking the entire office and a thousand travellers to see An Inconvenient Truth. The conversation covers the depth of the COVID crash too.Intrepid went from operating in 120 countries to zero almost overnight, and the company had to make significant redundancies to survive. Darrell shares a moment from that day that has stayed with him: a staff member he had just maderedundant stopped him in the office and asked if he was okay. The episode closes on giving. Darrell sets out why Intrepidbuilt structured philanthropy into the business through The Intrepid Foundation, the case for corporate giving as something that benefits customers, staff and the business itself rather than a purely altruistic add-on, and his view on doing philanthropy thoughtfully rather than assuming good intentions are enough. He also speaks to his role as Chair of Philanthropy Australia, and what it means to govern a peak body trying to build a stronger, broader culture of giving across the country rather than leaving it concentrated among high net worth donors. This episode of Purposely is brought to you by Benevityand Trust Investments.Key Themes

James Thornton is CEO of Intrepid Travel, the world's largest adventure travel B Corp, operating in more than 100 countries with $809 million in revenue and 317,880 customers in 2025. He became the company's first non-founding CEO succeeding co-founders Darrell Wade and Geoff Manchester. Tune into this episode to hear about: The five-year test: how James was quietly auditioned to become CEO (01:38) His advice for any founder building a CEO (04:31) Why becoming CEO felt anticlimactic (08:16) The founder trick for empowering a CEO without micromanaging them (12:55) How to stress-test an acquisition (18:50) What James looked for when hiring board members (22:22) Running a travel company through Covid (34:14) The advice James would give himself looking back on his nine-year journey (37:43)⚡The Lightning Round⚡(39:44)Host: Oliver CummingsProducer: Will FeltonEditor: Penelope CoumauMusic: Kate MacAudio: Nick KoldEmail: podcast@nurole.comWeb: https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom

Hey Revitalized Womanhood listeners! I'm so excited to share this incredible conversation with you! Joining me today is Cherie Hoeger, Co-founder and CEO of Saalt, a women-owned B Corp creating sustainable period care products that are changing the way women think about their periods—and building a business with purpose along the way. Cherie's story is about so much more than building an eight-figure brand and getting Saalt onto shelves at Target, Walmart, Amazon, and beyond. It's about creating a life that actually fits the woman you want to be. As a mother of six and a successful entrepreneur, Cherie has built her approach around intentionality rather than trying to achieve the impossible idea of "work-life balance." We talk about what it really looks like to pursue ambitious goals while raising a family, nurturing your marriage, protecting your time, and staying connected to yourself. Cherie shares the framework she created from Essentialism and The Miracle Morning, the 90-minute morning routine she developed while raising six children, and the powerful moment an Oprah quote changed the way she thought about dreaming bigger. We also dive into the story behind Saalt—from the conversation with family in Venezuela that sparked the idea, to the challenges and burnout that came with major growth, and the perspective shift that helped Cherie stop asking, "How do I do it all?" and start asking, "How do I design a life that works for me?" Cherie also opens up about motherhood, ambition, guilt, purpose, and why women shouldn't feel guilty for wanting more. If you've ever felt caught between building something meaningful and being present for the people you love, this conversation is a reminder that you don't have to choose between ambition and a fulfilling life. You can build a business. You can be a mother. You can have big dreams. And you can still be you. This episode is for women who are ready to stop chasing balance and start creating a life that actually fits. Saalt Socials:  @saaltco IG: https://www.instagram.com/saaltco/ @saaltco TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@saaltco @saaltco YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@saaltco @saaltco FB: https://www.facebook.com/saaltco/   Cherie's socials: LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherie-hoeger-5b3679b/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/cherie.hoeger/ YT: https://www.youtube.com/@cheriehoeger/videos FB: https://www.facebook.com/cherie.hoeger Connect with the Revitalized Womanhood online! https://revitalizedwomanhood.com/ Join other like-minded women in the Revitalized Sisterhood online community today!  https://revitalizedwomanhood.mn.co/feed Follow Revitalized Womanhood online! https://www.instagram.com/revitalizedwomanhood/

NEOM founder Nicola Elliott built a global wellness brand organized entirely around four core wellbeing needs: Sleep, De-stress, Energy and Mood Boost. Starting with a single candle and a £15,000 bet, the company used essential oils to create a global business. Nicola shares how centering customer emotions shaped NEOM's product line, retail strategy, and expansion into the US. For more on NEOM, in show notes, click here. Subscribe and watch Shopify Masters on YouTube!Sign up for your FREE Shopify Trial here.

Maria Emilia Correa, cofounder of Sistema B and a pioneer of the B Corp movement in Latin America, joins Ryan Honeyman to explore why better individual companies are necessary but insufficient to build a better economy. Drawing on Sistema B's origins, benefit corporation policy, business education, and her work with small and midsize businesses in Colombia, Maria Emilia makes the case for collective action that changes the rules surrounding business. The conversation offers B Corps and mission-driven leaders a practical challenge: keep improving your company while also working with investors, educators, policymakers, citizens, and people with different perspectives to create change at scale.View the show notes: https://go.lifteconomy.com/blog/the-next-frontier-of-business-as-a-force-for-good-w/-maria-emilia-correa

In this episode of the Harvest Growth Podcast, Jon LaClare sits down with Adria Marshall, founder of Ecoslay, to reveal how an unexpected product idea grew into a multimillion-dollar haircare brand without sacrificing quality, sustainability, or its handmade roots.Ecoslay began when Adria, a software engineer struggling to find the right products for her curly hair, started experimenting with natural ingredients from her local farmers market. After she sent her handmade flaxseed gel to a YouTube creator, the product went viral—taking Ecoslay from zero to 1,000 orders in fewer than 15 days.Adria explains how her engineering background helped her approach product development and business growth as a series of problems to solve. She also shares why she refused to let contract manufacturers change her formulas, how Ecoslay scaled its handmade production, and how its memorable food-inspired product names helped create a cohesive, recognizable brand.The conversation also explores Ecoslay's multichannel strategy across its direct-to-consumer website, Amazon, wholesale, Google, Meta, SEO, and organic social media. Adria explains how Amazon supports product discovery while the company's website allows Ecoslay to own its customer relationships, personalize future marketing, and generate repeat purchases through its recycling and rewards programs.Adria also reveals how each advertising platform contributes differently to the business. Amazon consistently generates a return on ad spend above four, Google Search averages around three, and Meta produces a less-direct but important impact on organic traffic, website sales, and Amazon performance. She explains why accurate attribution matters, why retargeting is just as important as prospecting, and why looking only at a platform's reported ROAS can obscure its true value.Finally, Adria shares the video content that performs best for Ecoslay: concise, product-in-use demonstrations that show the product's texture, application process, and final results. She also explains why trusted salon professionals are becoming more effective than traditional influencers—and how she protects her personal time through morning routines, scheduled self-care, exercise, faith, and firm boundaries around her weekends.In today's episode of the Harvest Growth Podcast, we cover:How Ecoslay generated 1,000 orders in fewer than 15 daysHow an engineering mindset can help founders solve business problemsWhy Adria rejected contract manufacturing and kept production handmadeHow memorable product names and cohesive branding increase customer connectionWhat Ecoslay has learned by working directly with local farmersHow the company's B Corp values, volunteer work, and community hiring support long-term growthWhy Ecoslay treats Amazon as a product-discovery channelHow recycling and rewards programs move customers toward the company's websiteThe different roles of Amazon, Google Search, Meta ads, SEO, and organic social mediaWhy retargeting campaigns are as important as customer-prospecting campaignsHow more accurate attribution leads to better advertising decisionsWhy product demonstrations outperform static advertisingWhy salon professionals can be more credible than traditional influencersHow Adria protects her personal time while leading a team of more than 20 employeesIf you're building a consumer product brand, managing multiple sales channels, or trying to scale without compromising what makes your product special, this episode offers practical lessons from a founder who has successfully navigated more than a decade of growth.Want to connect with Adria?Visit Ecoslay.com to explore Ecoslay's handmade haircare products for wavy, curly, coily, and kinky hair.Do you have a brand you'd like to launch or scale?Visit HarvestGrowth.com to book a free consultation and learn how our team has helped generate over $2 billion in product sales.

In Episode 232 of the eCom@One podcast we're focusing on the practical integration of sustainability into the eCommerce checkout experience. The discussion explored how brands can empower customers to support meaningful environmental projects without creating friction in the buying journey.  One concept discussed was the significant impact of small, simple actions at the point of purchase, offering both a boost to customer advocacy and an edge in brand loyalty. Several points were raised, including the commercial viability of embedding sustainability practices, the myth that consumers don't care about climate action and the evolving expectations surrounding ethical business practices.  A key theme that emerged was the importance of starting with manageable steps to build a foundation for genuine, long-term positive impact. Whether you're an eCommerce startup or an established brand, this episode provides insightful inspiration and actionable strategies for making sustainability a core part of business growth. Time Stamps:  00:00 Journey to sustainability focus 03:16 Discovering sustainability in business 09:27 Trying new sustainable brands 12:24 Making the Checkout Experience Joyful 13:44 Transparent charity donations 19:51 Brand sustainability and market challenges 20:40 Working with B Corp businesses 25:45 Helping brands understand sustainability 30:01 Discussing B Corp certification process 31:50 Shift to value-added products 37:38 Working with merchant clients 38:33 Future of sustainability in brands 41:45 John Sills' consumer insights blog

Jasper Eales calls himself "a living upcycled human." Diagnosed with Crohn's disease and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis as a teenager, he underwent a liver transplant in his twenties after a ten-month wait for a donor match. That experience reshaped everything: his relationship with time, with risk, and with the idea that something broken or discarded can be rebuilt into something better. A consulting project put a pile of retired yacht sails in front of him, and in 2015 he and fellow surfer Mike Schlebach co-founded Sealand Gear,handcrafting bags and apparel from upcycled sails, Bedouin stretch tents, and advertising banners. They launched at The Old Biscuit Mill in Woodstock. A decade later, Sealand has upcycled over 105 tonnes of material from landfill, holds B Corp certification, and is a member of 1% For The Planet. The brand has been featured in MR PORTER, Design Indaba, and Men's Health South Africa, and won awards including the 2019 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Award and the 2024 V&A Waterfront Our Better Nature Sustainability Award. Behind the product sits the Protect Our Paths Foundation, co-founded by Sealand and Skybound Capital, which employs previously unemployed custodians to clean shared natural spaces across Cape Town, inspired by a man named Keith Kleans who was already keeping Saunders Beach clean on his own. In this episode, Jasper and Aaron explore: The transplant and what came after: what it means to receive an organ from another life, to call yourself "upcycled," and how that experience became the foundation for a design philosophy built around the beauty of things that have been repaired rather than replaced The consulting project, the sails, and the Old Biscuit Mill: how a freelance job revealed an opportunity in discarded yacht sails, what those early days looked like selling furniture from a market stall, and the leap from noticing waste to building a company around it "Perfectly imperfect" and the stamp inside the bag: why every Sealand product carries the name of the machinist who made it, what Sealand means when they use the word "responsibility" rather than "sustainability," and how the founding WHY shapes decisions a profit-first framework would make differently Protect Our Paths and the custodians: the story of Keith Kleans and Saunders Beach, how one man cleaning a beach on his own became a registered foundation with seven custodians across four Cape Town sites Scaling impact when your raw material is waste: whether access to discarded sails and banners is the real constraint on growth, and what it looks like to commercialise upcycling at scale while keeping each product handmade Freedom over funding: why Jasper is not chasing the next raise, and what the breathing room lets him focus on The upside-down reader: how learning to read differently made him a better designer, and what it taught him about education systems that reward conformity over curiosity Family, the ocean, and the next twenty years: how having kids changed his urgency about the planet, what flexibility means to someone whose body nearly failed him, and what he hopes the next generation does differently This is a conversation about the gap between what we discard and what still has life in it, about a man who knows that gap in his own body and in the materials he works with every day. Learn more about Jasper's work at sealandgear.com, and follow @sealandgear and @jaspereales on Instagram.

Not every ocean conservation win comes from a nonprofit or a government program. In this episode, Andrew breaks down three for-profit companies that are cleaning up the ocean, funding wildlife research, and paying living wages to the people doing the work. These businesses show that conservation and profit are not opposing goals. They can be the same goal. Andrew covers 4Ocean, whose full-time captains and cleanup crews earn living wages with health insurance and bonuses across Florida, Bali, Haiti, and Guatemala. He covers Ocean Sole, the Kenyan social enterprise that pays local collectors for discarded flip-flops and employs artisans to turn that waste into sculptures sold around the world. And he covers the wildlife tracking bracelet company that lets a purchase fund a satellite tag on a real shark, manatee, or seabird, connecting buyers directly to the research their money supports. This episode is for entrepreneurs, scientists, and conservationists who want their work to have impact without depending entirely on grants or donor cycles. Andrew argues these three companies point to a business model that more of the ocean conservation space should be paying attention to: people, planet, and profit working together instead of one getting sacrificed for the others. Takeaways 4Ocean employs over 200 full-time captains and crew at living wages across Florida, Bali, Haiti, and Guatemala, plus 350+ bracelet artisans in Bali and Guatemala Ocean Sole pays Kenyan collectors for discarded flip-flops and employs local artisans to carve them into sculptures sold worldwide Wildlife tracking bracelets connect a single purchase to funding for a real satellite tag on an animal like a shark, manatee, or penguin All three companies operate as B Corps or B Corp-style social enterprises, combining environmental impact with fair local employment For-profit conservation businesses can offer more consistent funding than grant-dependent nonprofits, since revenue comes from ongoing product sales rather than competitive fundraising cycles Andrew argues the "triple bottom line" of people, planet, and profit should be the standard other conservation-minded entrepreneurs build toward Support Independent Podcasts: https://www.speakupforblue.com/patreon Need help with your ocean non-profit, company, or project? Get the help you need with Pisces Oceans Inc.: https://www.piscesoceans.ca Connect with Speak Up For Blue Website: https://bit.ly/3fOF3Wf Instagram: https://bit.ly/3rIaJSG TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@speakupforblue Twitter: https://bit.ly/3rHZxpc YouTube: www.speakupforblue.com/youtube  

4ocean has removed more than 50 million pounds of plastic and trash from the world's oceans, rivers, and coastlines. That milestone did not come from a government program or a traditional nonprofit. It came from a for-profit business built around a single idea: every bracelet sold funds the removal of a pound of ocean trash. In this episode, Andrew breaks down how 4ocean went from one viral video in Bali to a global cleanup operation, why founders Alex Schulze and Andrew Cooper chose a business model over a nonprofit, and how the company built local jobs, recycling infrastructure, and B Corp accountability into its growth. He also digs into the harder questions worth asking about any cleanup business, including the tension between extraction and prevention, the tradeoff of turning recycled ocean plastic into apparel, and why independently audited impact numbers matter more than self reported totals. Whether you're building a career in ocean conservation, running a sustainability focused business, or just curious how a bracelet company ended up pulling 50 million pounds of trash out of the water, this episode gives you a clear look at what works, what's still unresolved, and what to look for the next time you're deciding where to put your money. Takeaways: 4ocean was founded in 2017 by Alex Schulze and Andrew Cooper after they saw plastic pollution overwhelming the water while surfing in Bali The company has removed more than 50 million pounds of plastic and trash from oceans, rivers, and coastlines as of February 2026 Every product sold ties directly to a measurable outcome, which makes the impact tangible for consumers 4ocean is a certified B Corp that hires and pays local workers in the regions where it operates, including Bali and Haiti The company is launching an Impact Dashboard in 2026 to give corporate partners traceable, verifiable insight into their funded impact Extraction models like 4ocean's remove existing trash, but prevention policies are still needed to stop plastic from entering waterways in the first place When evaluating any cleanup organization, look for independently audited impact numbers rather than self reported totals Support Independent Podcasts: https://www.speakupforblue.com/patreon Need help with your ocean non-profit, company, or project? Get the help you need with Pisces Oceans Inc.: https://www.piscesoceans.ca Connect with Speak Up For Blue Website: https://bit.ly/3fOF3Wf Instagram: https://bit.ly/3rIaJSG TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@speakupforblue Twitter: https://bit.ly/3rHZxpc YouTube: www.speakupforblue.com/youtube  

Nathan sits down with Eve London, the host committee chair for Build Southeast 2026, Business Development Associate at Ecolytics, and a B Local Mid-Atlantic board member. Eve has spent nearly half of her life in the B Corp movement and is now leading the charge to bring the regional B Corp conference to her hometown of Washington DC, this September 16th and 17th. Eve and Nathan give you a preview of what you can expect in the nation's capital, including BLD Southeast’s shift away from passive panel presentations towards more action-oriented workshops, how we'll continue to drive hyper-local economic impact across our host city, and what it takes to build an unforgettable community gathering from the ground up. Stay tuned to discover why you should join us this September in Washington, DC, and how you can help us grow the B Corp movement across our region. RESOURCES RELATED TO THIS EPISODE Visit https://www.ecolytics.io/ Follow Ecolytics on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/ecolytics Learn more about BLD Southeast at https://bldsoutheast.com/ Follow BLD Southeast on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/bld-southeast Learn more about B Local Mid-Atlantic at https://blocalma.com/ Follow B Local Mid-Atlantic on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/b-local-mid-atlantic Learn about offsetting your AI footprint at https://www.offsetai.app/ Follow Eve on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/eve-london-396897166 CREDITS Theme Music

Vy Nguyen bought his father's mattress factory in 2010 and spent 15 years doing everything the industry said not to do—building his own supply chain, skipping outside funding, and refusing to cut corners on materials. The result is Avocado Green, the largest organic mattress brand in the US, with 1,000 employees, more than 600 wholesale partners, and a billion-dollar target in its sights. For more on Avocado Green Brands and show notes click here Subscribe and watch Shopify Masters on YouTube!Sign up for your FREE Shopify Trial here.

Professor Christopher Marquis joins Ryan Honeyman to examine what we can and cannot yet prove about the financial ROI of B Corp certification. They explore why Christopher supports B Lab's shift from an 80-point threshold to minimum requirements across seven impact areas, what may be lost without clearer recognition of leading companies, and how businesses such as Tony's Chocolonely, Dopper, and Triodos pursue systems change beyond their own operations. The conversation offers practical context for B Corps, aspiring B Corps, consultants, researchers, and mission-driven leaders weighing the value and future of certification.View the show notes: https://go.lifteconomy.com/blog/b-corp-roi-standards-and-systems-change-w/-christopher-marquis

In this episode, we are joined by Craig McCrary, President of Neotech Products, to explore how a company that began in an 875-square-foot facility grew into a global operation serving thousands of hospitals across 125 countries. Craig shares how Neotech's neonatal and pediatric products support some of the world's most vulnerable patients and discusses the company's commitment to innovation, employee retention, responsible automation, B Corp values, and giving back to communities around the world.

Arlene believes HR has a responsibility to look beyond the organisation and help tackle the barriers that prevent people reaching their potential. At Aegon UK, she shares how listening to colleagues and stakeholders shaped an inclusion strategy centred on social mobility, with practical work supporting young people into employment and tackling in-work poverty.  Disability inclusion is a deeply personal passion for Arlene. She reflects on why disability is often misunderstood, why reasonable adjustments should be viewed as just the starting point, and how Aegon has redesigned its recruitment approach to hire for skills and potential. Arlene shares brilliant metrics demonstrating enhanced candidate experience and stronger commercial outcomes. Alongside her role at Aegon, Arlene chairs a family services charity and makes a compelling case for skills-based volunteering. Throughout the conversation, Arlene's view shines through: when HR combines commercial thinking with social purpose, organisations perform better and create opportunities for people who might otherwise be left behind. Thank you to Kin&Co for sponsoring this episode What makes or breaks large-scale transformation? Rarely the strategy - almost always the culture. Kin&Co is a certified B-Corp and female-owned consultancy on a mission to make work better for 10 million people by 2030. Using cutting-edge behavioural science, they help global organisations transform cultures and drive measurable impact on strategy, people and performance. They've developed a new behavioural blueprint for transformation, drawn from their experience at some of the UK's most iconic organisations. If you're curious, read their latest thought piece on transformation and assess your cultural readiness. Ready to build a culture that measurably drives performance? Read their thought piece at The Transformation Blueprint to learn more. References: PeopleScout UK Arctic Shores: Task-based assessments for recruitment Advancing Social Mobility in Scotland - Business in the Community Career Ready Scotland | Career Ready

In this summer bonus episode of The Food Professor podcast, Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois broadcast live from the SIAL Food Innovation Show in Montreal for a conversation with Naïla Bassin, Marketing Leader Canada, and Carlo Stocco, Managing Director, North America, both of Andriani S.p.A., the Italian company behind Felicia, Italy's fastest-growing pasta brand. Felicia means "happy" in Italian, and the brand's Canadian arrival is built on a simple but stubborn problem: Canadians want healthier pasta, but the better-for-you category has long asked shoppers to compromise on taste and texture. Carlo traces the company's roots to Gravina in Puglia in southern Italy, its rapid European growth, and the decision to build a North American manufacturing facility in London, Ontario rather than simply import from Europe. That plant now anchors a national launch, with organic ingredients increasingly sourced in Canada and an ambition to bring the entire supply chain onshore. Naïla unpacks what makes the product different. Felicia owns its technology and mills its own raw materials, which matters enormously when there's no gluten to bind the pasta. The result is a seven-SKU lineup built on single ingredients and vegetables rather than blends and fillers: buckwheat, brown rice and spirulina, chickpea, red lentil, oat and green cauliflower. One organic red lentil serving delivers 23 grams of protein and 14 grams of fibre, plus iron and potassium. The oat pasta recently took home a NEXTY award for best gluten-free product at Expo West in Los Angeles, chosen from more than 1,000 submissions. The conversation turns to the retail strategy every emerging food brand wrestles with. Felicia has launched in specialty and health stores across Ontario and Quebec, landed at Loblaw in the natural health aisle, secured Costco with red lentil penne plus a limited mid-May drop of organic oat and green cauliflower cavatappi, is rolling into Save-On-Foods, and is in discussions with Sobeys. But where should it live on shelf? Carlo makes the case for the main pasta aisle using Italy's Esselunga, where 14 Felicia items sit alongside conventional pasta and grow the total category, much as cereal and bakery have already been transformed. A sharp listen for anyone tracking Canadian grocery innovation, better-for-you food trends and brand building in a crowded category. About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Visiting Professor in Food Policy and Distribution at McGill University and a Professor in Food Distribution and Policy in the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University.Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. He is one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability with over 775 published peer-reviewed journal articles. Dr. Charlebois is also an editor for the prestigious Trends in Food Science Technology journal. He co-hosts The Food Professor podcast, discussing issues in the food, foodservice, grocery and restaurant industries and which is the most listened Canadian management podcast in Canada. Every year since 2012, he has published the now highly anticipated Canadian Food Price Report, which provides an overview of food price trends for the coming year. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, nationally as well as internationally. He has testified on several occasions before parliamentary committees on food policy-related issues as an expert witness. He has been asked to act as an advisor on food and agricultural policies in many Canadian provinces and other countries.With extensive experience collaborating with businesses, governments, and NGOs, Dr. Charlebois combines academic rigor with practical expertise, making him one of the most influential voices in the global agri-food landscape. His work continues to advance the understanding of food systems, fostering innovation and resilience in a rapidly evolving industry. In 2025, he received the prestigious Charles III medal recognizing his tremendous work in informing Canadians about food issues. Michael LeBlanc is a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and media entrepreneur. Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions hosted senior retail executive on-stage in 1:1 interviews worldwide. Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including The Remarkable Retail Podcast, The Voice of Retail, The Food Professor, The FEED powered by Loblaw and the Global eCommerce Leaders podcast. He has been recognized by the National Retail Federation (NRF) as a global Top Retail Voice for 2025 and 2025, and continues to be a ReThink Retail Top Retail Expert for the fifth year in a row.

What does it take to keep a 100+ year-old family business feeling fresh?The fourth-generation CEO of The Fine Bedding Company, Claire Watkin, uncovers a century-long journey from feathers flying around a Liverpool factory to award-winning innovation, B Corp status, and a factory in Estonia with its own beehives. Join us for a fascinating look at a leader who became MD at 28, as Claire joins us on ‘It Runs In The Family' to share how a strong values-led culture can carry a business across generations.

Sustainability isn't just good PR; it's good business math. In this episode, Andrew breaks down why companies are shifting toward circular business models, using Philips Lighting as a case study in selling light as a service instead of a product. He digs into the economics behind the shift: a British industrial symbiosis study that saved companies significant money and cut CO2 emissions, a PwC Sweden study showing double-digit operating cost reductions in circular electronics, and the rise of sustainability-linked loans that reward companies for hitting circularity targets with lower interest rates. Andrew also gets honest about the limits of corporate sustainability. Greenwashing is real, B Corp certification isn't perfect, and some consulting firms that advise on sustainability also take on fossil fuel clients. He connects this to a broader conversation about right-to-repair legislation, the EU's upcoming circular economy rules, and why appliances that used to last 20 to 25 years now often die within a decade. Along the way, he shares a personal story about a retired school principal who spent 25 years collecting bottles and cans to fund his old school, a small-scale example of the same circular thinking companies are now being pushed to adopt. This episode is part of How to Protect the Ocean's weekday coverage of ocean and sustainability news, where Andrew connects business decisions, government policy, and everyday consumer choices to the bigger picture of environmental protection. Takeaways Circular business models like Philips Lighting's lighting as a service can cut costs while extending product lifespans Industrial symbiosis and shared waste streams between companies can generate major cost savings and emissions reductions Sustainability-linked loans now offer lower interest rates to companies that hit circularity targets Greenwashing and inconsistent B Corp standards make it hard to separate real sustainability action from marketing The EU's upcoming circular economy legislation includes stricter product design rules, a digital product passport, and consumer repair rights Right to repair laws could reverse the trend of appliances failing well before their expected lifespan Deposit return systems for bottles and cans show how take-back models create financial incentive for recycling Support Independent Podcasts: https://www.speakupforblue.com/patreon Need help with your ocean non-profit, company, or project? Get the help you need with Pisces Oceans Inc.: https://www.piscesoceans.ca Connect with Speak Up For Blue Website: https://bit.ly/3fOF3Wf Instagram: https://bit.ly/3rIaJSG TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@speakupforblue Twitter: https://bit.ly/3rHZxpc YouTube: www.speakupforblue.com/youtube  

Lee Caraher, CEO of Double Forte, is a widely acclaimed communication strategist known for her practical solutions to big problems. Her company works with some of the top consumer lifestyle, digital life, and wine and spirits brands in the country at many stages, from startups to mid-cap public, private and B-Corp companies. She is a straight-talker who doesn't hold too many punches, although she does her best to be pleasant about it. Her big laugh and sense of humor have gotten her out of a lot of trouble. She's also known as the "team-whisperer" for her practical approach to building great, positive, high producing work teams. Lee's the author of Millennials & Management, based on her experience with failing and then succeeding at retaining Millennials, and The Boomerang Principle about building lifetime employee loyalty.   CONNECT WITH Lee Caraher LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leecaraher/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leecaraher/?hl=en Website: https://leecaraher.com/   JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST FOOD INSECURITY    Join the fight against food insecurity here in the U.S. DONATE TODAY at Meet the Streets Outreach, INC. to fight hunger!     Meet the Streets Outreach provides essential support to Houston's food-insecure communities by offering over 2,100 hot meals each month. With your help, we can continue to serve those in need. Your support ensures that we can continue to make a meaningful difference in the lives of Houston's most vulnerable residents. Thank you for considering this opportunity to invest in the well-being of our community.   Food Insecure Households For many families in the U.S., the past several years have been difficult. Higher food prices, economic instability, and other factors have made providing for a family even harder. 1 in 8 households in the U.S. is food insecure. That means these families don't have enough money or resources to buy enough food for everyone in their household. As recently as 2022, 7.3 million children lived in food insecure households. Also, 16.9% of children live in poverty.   SNAP Benefits More than 22 million U.S. households use SNAP benefits to help with food costs, as of April 2023. Sometimes known as "food stamps," SNAP is the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. People who receive SNAP benefits can use it to buy groceries, seeds, and plants for food. SNAP cannot be used to purchase hot food or household items like cleaning supplies, vitamins, or diapers.   CONNECT WITH Cedric Francis Website: https://www.lead2greatness.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cedricbfrancis X: https://twitter.com/cedricbfrancis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cedricbfrancis/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cedric-b-francis-a0544037/

Following the merger of Invacare and Direct Healthcare Group to form DHCare, Tiffany has been helping shape a new organisation across Europe and APAC. She reflects on the realities of leading transformation, acknowledging that while change can involve difficult decisions, creating a sustainable business is what ultimately protects opportunities for people to develop and build long-term careers. Discussing HR in the age of AI, Tiffany advocates that HR's role is to ask better questions and never lose sight of human judgement, and that continuous improvement matters far more than chasing perfection. Growing up in Australia and with a career across mining, manufacturing and healthcare, Tiffany has long championed inclusion. Today, she sees diversity through a wide lens, describing it as a kaleidoscope of experiences, backgrounds, identities and ways of thinking. Throughout the conversation, one idea shines through: be more you, because that's what the people around you need most. Thank you to Kin&Co for sponsoring this episode What makes or breaks large-scale transformation? Rarely the strategy - almost always the culture. Kin&Co is a certified B-Corp and female-owned consultancy on a mission to make work better for 10 million people by 2030. Using cutting-edge behavioural science, they help global organisations transform cultures and drive measurable impact on strategy, people and performance. They've developed a new behavioural blueprint for transformation, drawn from their experience at some of the UK's most iconic organisations. If you're curious, read their latest thought piece on transformation and assess your cultural readiness. Ready to build a culture that measurably drives performance? Read their thought piece at The Transformation Blueprint to learn more.

Sustainability anxiety is real. Watching wildfires spread, sea levels rise, and ice melt while governments drag their feet on climate policy can leave anyone feeling stuck. Andrew opens today's episode by naming that frustration directly, then makes the case for where real momentum is actually coming from: business. This episode breaks down why companies are adopting sustainability practices, sometimes because they want to and sometimes because regulation and consumer pressure leave them little choice. Andrew walks through the European Union's corporate sustainability due diligence directive, a law requiring large companies to address environmental and human rights harms across their entire supply chain. He also shares a real cost savings story from Mountain Equipment Co-op's warehouse recycling overhaul, and explains how B Corp certification gives consumers a way to check a company's environmental and social record before they spend a dollar. This episode sets up Friday's interview with a sustainability consultant who works inside the entertainment industry, giving listeners the business and regulatory context needed to get the most out of that conversation. Takeaways The EU corporate sustainability due diligence directive requires large companies to address environmental and human rights harms across their full global supply chain Consumer spending and cancel culture create real pressure on companies to change their environmental practices Mountain Equipment Co-op saved millions of dollars annually after fixing its warehouse recycling and packaging process B Corp certification scores companies on people, profit, and planet, giving consumers a way to vet businesses before buying Small and medium-sized businesses face a heavier relative burden than large corporations when new sustainability regulations take effect Industry pushback has already led EU ministers to reduce the number of companies covered by the directive and delay its timeline Support Independent Podcasts: https://www.speakupforblue.com/patreon Need help with your ocean non-profit, company, or project? Get the help you need with Pisces Oceans Inc.: https://www.piscesoceans.ca Connect with Speak Up For Blue Website: https://bit.ly/3fOF3Wf Instagram: https://bit.ly/3rIaJSG TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@speakupforblue Twitter: https://bit.ly/3rHZxpc YouTube: www.speakupforblue.com/youtube  

How do you grow a business without losing the integrity and soul that inspired you to build it in the first place?Today, we welcome Rob Craven: a purpose-driven entrepreneur, seasoned CEO, and the author of Scale Passion: A Blueprint for Building Purpose-Driven Businesses.Rob previously served as CEO of Garden of Life and MegaFood, two leading companies in the natural-products industry. Under his leadership, these businesses experienced rapid growth, achieved B Corp certification, and ultimately reached successful exits. Today, through his company ScalePassion, Rob helps founders align their personal purpose with their business strategy so they can grow their companies, expand their impact, and build something that can thrive beyond them.In this conversation, we explore what it actually takes to transform passion into a scalable business, how a founder's personal development shapes the health of an organization, and why purpose and profitability do not have to be opposing forces. We also discuss how to protect the culture, values, and deeper mission of a company as it grows, so that success does not come at the expense of its soul.This episode is for the conscious entrepreneurs who know they are here to make a meaningful impact, and who are ready to build the structure, leadership, and strategy required to carry that purpose into the masses.Send us Fan MailThis episode is brought to you by Ojas Oasis Ayurveda, Sasha's private clinical practice. Schedule a 30-minute strategy session here. For 10% off Kerala Ayurveda, use code OjasOasis. For 20% off GarryNSun, code OJASOASIS20. For 10% off Ora Cacao, code OjasOasis10. Support the showTo learn more about working with us, please visit www.OjasOasis.com Connect with us @ojasoasis on Instagram, X, TikTok, and YouTube

This week I talk to small business owner Lenny Gale. We talk about how he and his wife started Blending For Good, running an ethically-driven company, and being an influencer, on this week's Who The Folk?! Podcast.Blending For Good a web app that helps people use their Vitamix like they intended. They're also a Vitamix dealer for folks that like buying from people. All of the food they teach is 100% plant-based, and therefore pareve by default. They're a certified B Corp and give a minimum of 2% of gross revenue to No Kid Hungry.FOR LISTENERS$20 off subscriptions: https://blendingforgood.com/register/annual/?coupon=SB55KC453JLinks to send people to:blendingforgood.com (main page, core offer)blendingforgood.com/vitamix/ (if anyone's shopping for a machine)blendingforgood.com/recipes/jewfolk/ (will be a round-up of all the recipes we talked about)The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of Jewfolk, Inc. Episodes are produced by Jewfolk editor-in-chief Lonny Goldsmith. If you have questions, comments, or a guest to nominate, send an e-mail to editor@jewfolk.com. For more information, go to TCJewfolk.com/podcast

Bronte Campbell won three Olympic gold medals in the pool. Now she's taking on a $600 billion industry with a rule she swam by: raise the bar, then raise it again.After four Olympics and a stint in corporate strategy at EY, Bronte co-founded Earthletica, a B Corp making high-performance activewear from recycled and organic fibres with none of the forever chemicals the industry runs on. She launched the world-first Bronte Jacket weeks before racing at Paris 2024, and she's building the whole business on the idea that sustainability only works if the product performs first.We get into why she walked away from a cushy corporate setup for the uncertainty of founder life, why "your cleanest sweat yet" beat "better for the earth" as the line that actually sells, and how an athlete's relationship with discipline and recovery shapes the way she runs a company. Bronte's honest about what's still not solved, the pricing maths on sustainable fibres, and the deliberate choice to grow through community and equity crowdfunding rather than take the easy celebrity cheque.In this episode:Why performance has to come before sustainability, and how "your cleanest sweat yet" reframed the whole brand around the customerHow building a sustainable supply chain from scratch beats retrofitting one, and what it took to find manufacturers who'd say yes to tiny order volumesWhat an Olympic athlete's approach to discipline, recovery and two million minutes of work teaches you about building a brandConnect with Bronte Campbell Explore EarthleticaSubscribe to the Add To Cart newsletter  SMS us to Suggest a Guest Connect with Nathan Bush Join the Add To Cart Community 

What happens when the brightest minds in legal, technology, and innovation come together to shape the future of our profession? Welcome to the Legally Speaking Podcast Legal Tech Talk 2026 miniseries. As the UK's number one legal podcast and show ranked in the top 1% of podcasts globally, we're delighted to be returning as the official media partner for Legal Tech Talk for the third time. Having supported this event since the beginning. We've witnessed firsthand how it has become Europe's largest legal technology conference, bringing together the people, ideas, and innovations transforming the legal industry. Across this special series, we'll be speaking with some of the world's leading legal professionals, founders, technologists, change makers to explore what's next for law. Because our mission remains the same. Inspiring legal minds, transforming legal futures. Let's get into it. James McGregor is the founder of Ethical eDiscovery, a boutique consultancy focused on digital evidence and e-discovery. His core message is that legal teams should resist chasing AI for its own sake: get data organised, reduce unnecessary data, and define the real problem before buying new technology. He sees AI as valuable for streamlining routine work and improving access to justice, but only with strong human oversight.So why should you be listening in? You can hear Rob and James discussing:- Human Adaptation Over Tech Hype- Data Hygiene Powers Effective AI- Protect Independent Legal Judgment- Automate End-to-End Legal Workflows- Lead with Empathy and Connection.Connect with James Macgregor here - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jamesmacgregor

In this rebroadcast of one of our most listened to episodes of all time, we dive into the prominent role of circularity in the new B Corp standards with Nellie Cohen, creator of Patagonia's Worn Wear project, and Dan Kurzrock, CEO of Upcycled Foods. Nellie and Dan share strategies for transforming waste into value across diverse industries like textiles and food. We also highlight how smaller companies and service-based businesses can integrate circularity more deeply into their operations. Tune in today!Show Notes: https://go.lifteconomy.com/blog/circularity-lessons-from-patagonia-and-upcycled-foods-rebroadcast

What makes a brand story powerful enough to move millions of people on the world's most complex issue? Not more data. Not louder messaging. Not a bigger ask. The answer, according to serial entrepreneur Ryan Kohn, is radical simplicity — and a single theme that makes your audience feel the truth of your idea before they ever think about it. Ryan Kohn is the founder of Point One, a global business initiative that asks companies to commit just 0.1% of their revenue to accelerate the clean energy transition. That is one dollar for every thousand in revenue. A rounding error for most businesses. But pooled together, it is enough to fully fund clean energy access for the entire world within 15 years. In this episode of the Business of Story, Park Howell sits down with Ryan to unpack how he turned one of the most fatigued conversations in modern business — climate change — into one of the most compelling brand stories in the world. And what every brand builder can steal from it. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE How to find the single brand theme that compresses your biggest idea into your most powerful message. Ryan and his team distilled an impossibly complex global challenge into four words — almost nothing changes everything — and built an entire movement around it. Why leading with your cause is killing your message. Ryan explains why Point One never leads with sustainability, climate, or clean energy — and why that counterintuitive decision is the reason the brand resonates where others have failed. How to meet your audience inside the cultural moments they already love. Point One builds brand awareness through sport, music, art, and film rather than issue-led campaigns, reducing friction and expanding reach without alienating anyone. Why simplicity is not a shortcut in brand storytelling — it is the destination. Ryan's rule is simple: if it is not simple, it does not land. This episode shows you exactly how to apply that principle to your own brand story. How a 0.1% corporate commitment could change everything. Park runs Point One through the StoryCycle Genie live on air, surfacing the brand's core positioning statement and unique value proposition — and revealing just how precisely Ryan's team has already nailed their story. ABOUT RYAN KOHN Ryan Kohn is the co-founder of PROPER Snacks, the UK's leading premium snack brand and one of the first B Corps in the sector. From a kitchen-table idea to a global company selling over eight million snacks a month, he scaled PROPER into a household name and led its 85-person team before exiting to private equity in 2021. Alongside building PROPER, Ryan launched ventures spanning carbon-neutral property development and the UK's largest student events business, earning recognition as EY Entrepreneur of the Year. Beyond business, Ryan has long championed impact initiatives — from co-founding campaigns alongside Riz Ahmed and HRH Prince William to serving as a board member of environmental charity Hubbub. He has co-authored a B Corp guide to achieving net zero, and has mentored the next generation of entrepreneurs through programmes including Virgin Start-Up and Tesco Back It. Most recently Ryan founded Point One, a global initiative making it radically easy for businesses to support the clean energy transition. Point One asks companies to contribute just 0.1% of their revenue into a shared fund that helps unlock and accelerate clean energy projects, particularly in developing markets. By pooling these small fractions across everyday economic activity, Point One aims to create a new funding engine for global cooling and help fully fund the clean energy transition within 15 years. WHY THIS EPISODE MATTERS FOR BRAND BUILDERS This is not an episode about climate change. It is an episode about what happens when a brand story is so clear, so simple, and so true that it makes even the hardest yes feel like the easiest decision your audience has ever made. Ryan Kohn just happens to prove that principle in the most difficult storytelling arena in modern business. If you have ever struggled to simplify a complex message, lost an audience to jargon, or wondered why your brand is not moving people the way you know it should — this conversation is for you. CONNECT WITH RYAN KOHN AND POINT ONE Website: pointone.world ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF STORY The Business of Story is the top-ranked podcast for brand storytelling strategy, hosted by Park Howell — founder of the Story Cycle System and one of the world's leading brand narrative strategists. Each week Park interviews the world's brightest brand builders, marketers, and communicators to reveal how purposeful storytelling drives growth, loyalty, and lasting impact. Subscribe, leave a review, and visit BusinessOfStory.com to access tools, training, and resources that will make you a more powerful brand storyteller.

What does it really take to build a healthy design practice today? On this episode of I Hear Design, Robert Nieminen speaks with David Shove-Brown, co-founder and partner at Washington, D.C.-based architecture and design firm //3877, about the systems, values, and leadership habits that help firms stay resilient over time. Their conversation explores how culture, accountability, transparency, and mentorship shape everything from retention and team trust to client relationships and project outcomes. Shove-Brown also explains how //3877 used B Corp certification not simply as a credential, but as a framework for operationalizing its values, measuring impact, and challenging traditional assumptions about how design firms should work. For leaders thinking about the future of practice, this episode offers a candid look at what sustainable, accountable firm leadership can look like in real terms.

Cherie Hoeger is the Co-Founder & CEO of Saalt, a B Corp that creates reusable and sustainable period care products that replace disposable pads and tampons. Since Launching Saalt in 2018, the company has donated 160,000 period products to underserved women and girls in 56 countries through it's give-back program. By the third year, Cherie had scaled Saalt to 8 figures in revenue. Saalt's social impact mission is to end period poverty.On this episode, we get a chance to chat with Cherie about how she builds impact without losing her soul. Being a mother of 6 children (5 are girls), integrating her family into her business model, women led entrepreneurship, building a purpose driven brand, women's health, and so much more! Shop Saalt: https://saalt.com/Connect with Cherie: cherie.hoeger@saalt.comStay Connected With Us: https://linktr.ee/janiecharlotFollow us on You Tube: https://youtube.com/@mattersoftheheart_andsoul?si=q58FWSOGqn51NbkD

In today’s episode, Nathan Stuck sits down with Savannah Seydel to unpack what Better Earth is doing to eliminate petroleum-based plastics from our food systems and advance a truly circular economy. Savannah Seydel is Vice President of Sustainability at Better Earth, an Atlanta-based B Corp and compostable packaging provider, where she advances Better Earth's mission to realize regenerative circularity across the foodservice industry through product innovation, education and advocacy, and stakeholder engagement. She is also the founder of Sustaining Women, a network supporting and sustaining 800+ women across the environmental sector. With an expansive background that bridges creative writing, environmental public affairs, grassroots advocacy, and impact filmmaking, Savannah brings a distinct narrative lens to complex environmental and cross-functional corporate challenges. In this conversation, Nathan and Savannah dive deep into her circuitous career journey—including the fateful ski lift encounter that redefined her professional path. They discuss the historical evolution of compostable packaging, why business leaders must champion a mindset of progress over perfection, and how her newly expanded national initiative, Sustaining Women, is building a resilient, intergenerational community designed to fight change-agent burnout. RESOURCES RELATED TO THIS EPISODE Visit Better Earth www.becompostable.com Follow Better Earth on social media at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/becompostable/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/becompostable Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/becompostable/ Follow Sustaining Women on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/sustaining-women Sign Up for the Atlanta Women in Sustainability Quarterly Newsletter https://lnkd.in/efKSE7ig CREDITS Theme Music

More than 10,000 companies have been certified as B Corps, which requires them to change their legal structures to ensure their boards consider all stakeholders, not just shareholders; measure and manage impact; and commit to continuous improvement. On this week’s episode of the ESG Currents podcast, Clay Brown, chief standards officer at B Lab, joins Eric Kane, Bloomberg Intelligence director of ESG research, to discuss how companies balance fiduciary responsibilities with commitments to people and the planet. They also explore the biggest risks and opportunities for B Corps today, how the B Corp standards have changed over time, and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bernard Gouw joins Ryan Honeyman to unpack the new Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion topic as part of the V2 B Corp standards. Drawing on his four and a half years at B Lab developing the Human Rights, Fair Work, and JEDI topics, Bernard explains how companies can use data, stakeholder feedback, and context-specific action to move beyond good intentions. Ryan and Bernard also explore the anti-DEI backlash, concerns around demographic data, and why JEDI work must reach beyond the workplace.View the show notes: https://go.lifteconomy.com/blog/v2-standards-jedi-w/-bernard-gouw

What happens when you strip away the assumption that success is measured solely by profit? In this deeply authentic conversation,  Andy Lopata is joined by Paul Hargreaves to explore how commercial businesses can thrive by putting people and the planet at the centre of their operations. Paul opens up about his non-traditional path to business—from spending over a decade doing inner-city charity work in Deptford, South London, to starting Cotswold Fayre from the back of his car. He shares the painful reality of a massive warehouse management system failure in 2014 that nearly collapsed the business, explaining why the resulting team restructuring was a vital "pruning process" that paved the way for B Corp certification. Andy and Paul discuss the practicalities of leading with values, why Cotswold Fayre uses "heart and soul" questions to recruit for character over skills, the underutilised power of intuition in decision-making, and how Paul addresses executive loneliness. Finally, Paul defines "The Fourth Bottom Line," explaining why global change must start with the personal, internal transformation of the leader. Why might a catastrophic IT failure be the best thing that ever happens to your company culture? Discover how a business crisis can act as a natural filter, stripping away toxic patterns and misaligned team members. What are "heart and soul" questions, and how can they revolutionise your hiring process? Explore how to move past CV skills and interview candidates purely for character, deep motivation, and cultural fit. Is your workplace community crossing the line from supportive to destructive? Learn the subtle difference between healthy team friendships and negative, external relationships that can actively drag an organisation down. What is "The Fourth Bottom Line"? Find out why trying to solve massive global problems like climate change will fail unless leaders undergo a profound personal and internal transformation first. Download the full episode to discover how to align your personal growth with your business success! SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Connect with Andy Lopata: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | X/Twitter | YouTube Connect with Paul Hargreaves: Website |LinkedIn | YouTube Paul Hargreaves' Books: Forces for Good and The Fourth Bottom Line Paul's Podcast: 4th Bottom Line People Mentioned: Giles Hutchins (Sussex Woods), Ben Brabin (Walking platform), Luke Ambler (Andy's Man Club). The Financial Times Guide to Mentoring What we discussed in this episode:

Watch the show on television by downloading the e360tv channel app to your Roku, LG or AmazonFireTV. You can also see it on YouTube.Devin: What is your superpower?Deepti: The ability to rise after setbacks and turn challenges into opportunities.Billions of toothpaste tubes end up in landfills every year, creating an environmental burden that's hard to ignore. Recognizing this, Deepti Brambl, Founder of Kaylaan, developed an innovative alternative: toothpaste tablets. The eco-friendly product eliminates the need for plastic packaging while providing a healthier, more sustainable oral care solution.“Toothpaste tablets are not a new concept,” Deepti explained in today's episode, “but for me, it was important to come up with a solution that is not just plastic-friendly but also chemical-free. All of our products are natural, which ties back to how I was raised.”Kaylaan has also expanded into mouthwash tablets and patented bamboo electric toothbrushes, solidifying their commitment to green innovation. The toothbrushes, with recycled plastic handles to combat mold growth, are fully compostable striking the balance between sustainability and practicality.This eco-conscious ethos stems from Deepti's Nepalese heritage, where everything was reused. After moving to the U.S., she was struck by the plastic waste culture and wanted to create an alternative that redefined oral care. She started small, testing products on Etsy. Her toothpaste tablets stood out, quickly becoming a bestseller thanks to community feedback.The company's community-centered approach is evident in the evolution of their product line, including fluoride-based formulas, strawberry- and watermelon-flavored tablets for kids, and neem-based tablets. Customers' input continues to shape Kaylaan's innovations: “Whoever came to us with requests, we worked on it,” Deepti noted.In just a few years, Kaylaan has earned B Corp certification twice, reflecting its strong commitment to sustainability. Revenue from crowdfunding has been instrumental in scaling operations. Deepti highlighted how funds from a $45,000 raise helped move the company into a new facility, upgrade machines, and achieve compliance with FDA and GMP protocols.Currently, Kaylaan is raising capital through regulated investment crowdfunding on Honeycomb Credit. This presents an exciting opportunity for sustainability-minded investors to support Deepti's vision of redefining oral care.Deepti's journey exemplifies the power of mission-driven innovation. By tackling environmental challenges head-on, Kaylaan is demonstrating how purpose and profitability can coexist in harmony.tl;dr:Kaylaan develops eco-friendly toothpaste tablets to reduce waste and promote sustainable dental care.Deepti Brambl draws inspiration from her Nepalese heritage to drive innovation at Kaylaan.Crowdfunding on Honeycomb Credit has empowered Kaylaan to scale operations and achieve regulatory compliance.Customer feedback has shaped Kaylaan's diverse products, including fluoride-based and neem-flavored options.Deepti's resilience and passion for sustainability have propelled Kaylaan's mission to new heights.How to Develop Resilience As a SuperpowerDeepti's superpower is resilience—the ability to rise after setbacks and turn challenges into opportunities. She explained, “You fall as many times as possible, because that's where real creativity, real strength, and real learning happen.” Her perseverance fuels Kaylaan, as Deepti embraces obstacles as steppingstones for growth, strength, and creativity.Deepti vividly recounted the 10-hour ordeal of relocating a 5,000-pound tablet-press machine to a new manufacturing facility. After renting a forklift that couldn't manage the task, she worked with a team of local professionals to resolve the situation. Despite setbacks, her persistence resulted in more efficient production and significant quality improvements for Kaylaan's products.Tips to Develop Resilience:View challenges as opportunities for creativity and growth.Accept failure as part of learning and keep moving forward.Build strong community and business relationships for support during tough circumstances.Prioritize preparation upfront to avoid costly mistakes later.Embrace the idea that obstacles are a pathway to innovation and strength.By following Deepti's example and advice, you can make resilience a skill. With practice and effort, you could make it a superpower that enables you to do more good in the world.Remember, however, that research into success suggests that building on your own superpowers is more important than creating new ones or overcoming weaknesses. You do you!Guest ProfileDeepti Brambl (she/her):Founder, KaylaanAbout Kaylaan: We make oral care better for people and the planet. Our toothpaste tablets eliminate plastic tube waste, reduce water consumption, and deliver clinically effective results — proof that a daily habit as simple as brushing your teeth can be part of a more sustainable world.Website: kaylaan.comCompany Facebook Page: facebook.com/kaylaantoothpasteCompany Twitter Handle: @KaylaanTabsInstagram Handle: @kaylaantoothpasteOther URL: invest.honeycombcredit.com/campaigns/Kaylaan-2Biographical Information: Deepti Brambl, originally from the Himalayas, is the founder and lead engineer behind Kaylaan, a B Corp‑certified sustainable oral care company based in New York. Deepti has been featured in publications like Happi Magazine, Long Island Press, CanvasRebel, and on the “Founders, Unfiltered” podcast. On the Happi Podcast, she discussed Kaylaan's innovative approach to oral care and eco-packaging, positioning the brand at the intersection of sustainability and consumer convenience.LinkedIn Profile: linkedin.com/in/deeptibramblSupport Our SponsorsOur generous sponsors make our work possible, serving impact investors, social entrepreneurs, community builders and diverse founders. Today's advertisers include Fureelz, High Desert Gear, and Climatize. Learn more about advertising with us here.Max-Impact Members(We're grateful for every one of these community champions who make this work possible.)Brian Christie, Brainsy | Cameron Neil, Lend For Good | Carol Fineagan, Independent Consultant | Hiten Sonpal, RISE Robotics | John Berlet, CORE Tax Deeds, LLC. | Justin Starbird, The Aebli Group | Lory Moore, Lory Moore Law | Marcia Brinton, High Desert Gear | Mark Grimes, Networked Enterprise Development | Matthew Mead, Hempitecture | Michael Pratt, Qnetic | Mike Babbit | Coledger Solutions | Mike Green, Envirosult | Nick Degnan, Unlimit Ventures | Dr. Nicole Paulk, Siren Biotechnology | Paul Lovejoy, Stakeholder Enterprise | Pearl Wright, Global Changemaker | Scott Thorpe, Philanthropist | Sharon Samjitsingh, Health Care Originals | Add Your Name HereUpcoming SuperCrowd Event CalendarIf a location is not noted, the events below are virtual.How to Score the Economic Health of Your Community: On Friday, June 26th at 9:00 AM Pacific Time, we'll share a recording of a brilliant webinar led by Michael Shuman, publisher of the Main Street Journal, hosted by Jen Risley of AMIBA. 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Devin Thorpe, CEO and Founder of The Super Crowd, Inc., will lead a session on “How to Make a Splash With Your Campaign Launch.” Drawing on his extensive experience helping entrepreneurs and impact-driven founders succeed in investment crowdfunding, Devin will share proven strategies for creating momentum and attracting attention when launching a crowdfunding campaign. In this session, he'll explore how founders can prepare for a successful launch, build excitement before going live, engage their networks effectively, and generate the early traction that often determines long-term campaign success. Attendees will learn practical tactics for storytelling, outreach, media engagement, and community building, along with common mistakes that can limit visibility and investor interest. 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Margo Walsh is an entrepreneur on a mission to prove that second chances are good for business. As founder of MaineWorks — a certified B-Corp — she has built a model that connects people with substance use disorder and/or criminal records to meaningful employment in the construction sector, tackling two of society's most persistent challenges at once.  MaineWorks doesn't just find jobs for people — it sets them up to succeed. Through the non-profit she co-founded with her sister, Margo ensures that returning workers have what they need to show up and thrive: like proper clothing, boots, transportation, and the basic building blocks of a fresh start.  What began in Maine has grown into a regional movement, expanding across New England and serving as a replicable blueprint for companies and communities across the country. Margo's work has earned widespread recognition and multiple awards — and in this episode, she shares what it was like to attend a State of the Union address as a senator's guest, a testament to the national impact of her vision.  This is a story about optimism in action — and what becomes possible when we invest in people others have written off.  Chapters: 00:00 Employing the Unemployable 02:13 Maineworks: A Staffing Agency with a Mission 05:42 Recruitment and Retention Challenges 09:10 Margo's Passion and Mission 13:42 United Recovery Fund: Addressing Basic Needs 17:10 Expansion and Industry Focus  20:01 Supporting New Americans 23:26 Navigating Systems and Maximizing Value 27:00 Engaging Business for Social Impact 31:26 The Value of B Corp Status 34:14 State of the Union and Future Aspirations 39:58 Optimism and Call to Action 

The last time Fireclay Tile CEO Eric Edelson was on the podcast, he shared the story of how he took over the company and, in a Jerry McGuire moment, turned its business model upside down. Six years later, and Fireclay has grown considerably, and Edelson has been on an acquisition spree, recently picking up Fox Marble, a sizeable Bay Area area fabrication and installation firm.   On this episode of the podcast, Edelson tells host Dennis Scully about why running a company in California is both an opportunity and a challenge, why he still believes in the B Corp model, and why the biggest change to his approach has been learning how to plan for success.  This episode is sponsored by Ernesta and KohlerLINKSFireclay TileDennis ScullyBusiness of Home

Ralph welcomes political consultant and pollster, Celinda Lake, to outline a ten-point Progressive Contract for America that she and Ralph believe – if adopted by Democratic candidates— will ensure they landslide the Republicans in the midterms. Then, Ben Cohen stops by to fill us in on his “Free Ben & Jerry!” campaign to take back the brand from the conglomerate that no longer retains the social justice values of their original company. Plus, Marine Corp veteran, Matthew Hoh, tells us about the provocative speech he made on Veterans Day entitled “Armistice Day and the Empire.”Celinda Lake is a political strategist and president of Lake Research Partners. She and her firm are known for cutting-edge research on issues including the economy, health care, the environment and education, and have worked for a number of institutions including the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Governor's Association, AFL-CIO, SEIU, CWA, Sierra Club, NARAL, Human Rights Campaign, Planned Parenthood, VoteVets Action Fund, and the Kaiser Family Foundation. Her international work has included work in Liberia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus Ukraine, South Africa, and Central America.I think [a Compact for America] is a really, really, really important idea, and it's absolutely essential to winning…And it should include concrete economic proposals. And it is noticeable that the two people who won governorships in 2025—Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill—both had contracts with their voters.Celinda LakeDemocrats need to lay out ten concrete proposals and run on them. We have the critique of what's going on. We understand what's happening in real people's lives. The third leg of the stool is offering our alternative—and a concrete alternative that people can pass on to their friends and family, that people can hold us accountable for. And the last of the ten proposals in the contract needs to be something about campaign finance reform. We have to get corporate money out of politics, or our system will continue to be rigged against us and rotting from the middle.Celinda LakeBen Cohen is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and longtime anti-war activist. He is a co-founder of the ice cream company Ben & Jerry's and a prominent supporter of progressive causes. He is co-founder of Up In Arms, a public education and advocacy campaign pushing for a common-sense approach to military budgeting.What's happened is that the company recently got owned by the Magnum Corporation, and the Magnum Corporation has disbanded that independent board of directors. I mean, it's kind of a crazy, stupid move because it's under that independent board (which has legal authority over the social mission and the quality of the product and the use of the trademark) it's under that independent board that the company has grown and done so well. But they've gotten rid of the independent board.Ben CohenWhen Ben & Jerry's was in the midst of trying to fend off this acquisition, there were some new laws that were passed in Vermont that allowed a consideration of the benefit of the community with regard to a potential sale. And after the sale happened, B Corporation started. And I've talked with the founder of B Corp, and he was saying that one of the inspirations for starting B Corporations was what happened to Ben & Jerry's. So B Corporations are a different legal structure for corporations which requires them to take into account the social benefit to the community and legally makes it easier to resist these efforts to have the company taken over.Ben CohenMatthew Hoh is a disabled Marine Corps veteran of the Iraq War and former Afghan War State Department Officer. In 2009, after being appointed to the Foreign Service, Hoh resigned his post in Afghanistan over the Obama administration's escalation of the Afghan War. He is now an analyst and commentator on foreign and military policy issues as a senior fellow with the Eisenhower Media Network. He serves on the advisory boards of many peace organizations, including Veterans for Peace and World Beyond War, and is an associate member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.The United States recognized Armistice Day as a holiday until after the Second World War. And then in the height of the Cold War in the early 1950s, this idea of a holiday dedicated to peace, a holiday dedicated to the abrogation of warfare, a holiday that exposed just how false the motives for war are—oh that was incredibly troublesome. That was very problematic for the American empire (again, at the height of the Cold War). So there was this campaign to rename Armistice Day to Veterans Day. And this way, it became not a remembrance of the horrors of war, of what war entailed, of who profited from war. But rather a celebration of American veterans, that they have won freedoms, they have protected us from overseas enemies—and utilizing veterans, then, as a tool to crush dissent, to silence opposition.Matthew HohClick here to sign up to get a copy of Matthew Hoh's "Armistice Day and the Empire”News 6/19/26* Our top stories this week are about major local progressive victories. Here in Washington, DC Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George – endorsed by a broad coalition of groups including the Metro DC DSA, the AFL-CIO, the Sierra Club and many more – has triumphed in the Mayoral primary. Lewis George trounced her centrist opponent, Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, who was backed both by major local corporate interests, such as the realtor lobby and even the Washington Parking Association, but also Democratic Party power brokers, including two former DNC Chairs. Lewis George, hailed as DC's answer to Zohran Mamdani, won over 50% of the vote in the first round, meaning that while this is DC's first mayoral election under ranked-choice voting, this race will not trigger this mechanism. McDuffie, for his part, won around 36% of the vote, coming ahead of Lewis George only in Ward 3, the wealthiest in the District. While votes remain to be counted, McDuffie has conceded.* Another DSA-backed candidate is poised to win a seat on the DC council. In Ward 1, Aparna Raj appears to have come up just short of 50% but while this means the race will go to a second round of ranked-choice reallocation, given that Raj is more than 25 points ahead of her nearest opponent, her victory is all but guaranteed. This is based upon data from the DC Board of Elections. Raj's impending victory, paired with that of Janeese Lewis George and others like Oye Owolewa demonstrates that the DC DSA is an electoral force to be reckoned with.* In more progressive electoral news, Semafor reports Bernie Sanders has endorsed former Congresswoman Cori Bush in her “comeback” bid for her old seat. Bush, a nurse and Black Lives Matter activist, was a member of the “Squad” in the House before she was defeated by a primary challenge from the right, backed in large part by AIPAC money. With the Republican redistricting in her home state of Missouri, this seat is now the sole remaining safe Democratic seat in the Show-Me State. In a statement, Bush said she was “honored to be endorsed” by Sanders, whom she called a “true leader in our movement to guarantee healthcare, housing, and childcare for all.”* Another much-publicized Bernie endorsement was announced this week: that of Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson. Pearson was originally running as a primary challenger against longtime incumbent Congressman Steve Cohen in Tennessee's 9th congressional district, but since the state Republicans redrew the districts Cohen has decided to retire, leaving the Democratic nomination to Pearson for the taking. While this district has been drawn in such a way to make it difficult for a Democrat to win, Pearson argues that “You've got a number of disaffected Republican voters, you've got a number of distraught MAGA voters, and you've got fired-up Democrats, which is a perfect recipe for success for us…Because our tent is big enough for everybody who is feeling that this status quo was rigged and broken against working-class folk, and want to see a future that is more just,” per the Intercept.* Elsewhere in the South, the race in Florida's 20th congressional district is descending into chaos. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the powerful centrist Democratic congresswoman who was drawn out of her traditional seat by the recent Republican-led redistricting is now officially running in this district, a move that “disappointed” Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Nikki Fried, according to the Miami Herald. Fried further stated that Wasserman Schultz “[refused] to engage in meaningful dialogue about her decision.” Elijah Manley, the progressive candidate in this race, had harsher words for DWS. In a quote reported by Florida Politics, Manley stated “I'm not surprised that Debbie Wasserman Schultz is carpetbagging to FL-20, a black opportunity district, abandoning her own district and constituents…She is no different than the Republicans that are eviscerating black representation across the South. She is everything that's wrong with the broken unpopular Democratic establishment…I look forward to retiring her from public office permanently.”* Facing down the barrel of this decision, several of the Black candidates running in the 20th convened to discuss a plan to consolidate in order to ensure the district would continue to be represented by a Black member of Congress, as it has been for the past 34 years. However, CBS reports that plan has “fallen apart” as the filing deadline passed with none of the major Black candidates bowing out. This report includes statements from Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who, the piece notes, resigned from this very seat in disgrace earlier this year amid a congressional ethics investigation, saying she is “excited to campaign in the district I have represented for the last 5 years.” Dale Holness, the former Mayor of Broward County, said, “It has to be about policies that produce prosperity for the people.” Elijah Manley, said “I think it's going to come down to who works the hardest, and I think I'm going to work the hardest.” To this end, Manley has recently racked up major progressive endorsements in Florida, including Armando Grundy-Gomes, President of the Democratic Black Caucus of Florida, the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida, through President Matthew Grocholske, and Black Voters Matter lead Florida organizer Jamil Davis. According to the most recent polling, Manley lags behind Wasserman Schultz 21% to 39% in initial ballot testing, but blitzes into the lead 36% to 27% after voters receive candidate biographical information, per Florida Politics.* Another major political story from Florida is the comeback bid of former Congressman Alan Grayson. Grayson, who won a House seat in 2008, lost it in the Tea Party wave of 2010, won another seat, ran unsuccessfully for Senate, and then sought a comeback in 2018 is running in Florida's 7th congressional district, AOL reports. Grayson, known during his time in Congress for his “combative style and frequent clashes with Republicans,” is seeking to unseat scandal-plagued incumbent Republican Congressman Cory Mills. As this piece notes, Mills has “faced allegations ranging from sextortion claims made by a former girlfriend to accusations that he embellished aspects of his military record,” as well as what appears to be clear instances of corruption, such as driving government contracts to entities he owned. However, before these two have any chance of facing off against one another, both will have to get through his own party's primary.* Looking to Latin America, the outgoing President of Colombia Gustavo Petro, has published a fascinating op-ed in the Washington Post. In this piece, President Petro emphasizes how his government – considered one of the most opposed to American intervention in the region – has cooperated with the United States on shared objectives including stopping the “deadly flow of drug trafficking and transnational criminal violence.” Throughout the op-ed, Petro goes to great lengths to talk up Trump and how they have collaborated on mutual goals, even ending the piece by writing that “with continued U.S.-Colombia partnership, we can truly make the Americas great again.” This apparent about face from Petro, culminating in an obsequious appeal to Trump's favor, has led many to speculate about Petro's motivations here, including fear for his own safety, possible persecution within the American legal system or intervention in Colombia if his designated successor Ivan Cepeda ultimately wins the Colombian runoff presidential election this month. Whether or not this stratagem will work remains to be seen, but with Trump, flattery can get you everywhere.* In neighboring Peru, votes continue to be counted in the razor's edge race between Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez. The votes for the election, held on June 7th, are almost completely counted now – the tally stands at 99.38% – and at the moment Fujimori leads by around 39,000 votes. However, around 140,000 votes have been formally challenged, with 60% of those coming from Fujimori strongholds like Lima as well as Peruvians abroad. This from Reuters. Peru's political system has been wracked by instability, with the country going through nine presidents in the last ten years. Another painstakingly close election is unlikely to restore stability no matter who comes out on top.* Finally, we turn to the Middle East, where it seems the numerous parties involved in the latest round of peace talks may have finally reached a deal. According to Al Jazeera, in addition to the US-Iran agreement, rooted in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which includes financial concessions to the Islamic Republic, Israel and Hezbollah are pursuing a ceasefire in Lebanon. However, Israel's notoriously loose interpretation of ceasefire agreements jeopardizes both this deal and MOU. Journalist and expert Rania Khalek states simply that “From Iran's perspective, continued Israeli strikes would be a violation of that understanding.” Vice President JD Vance, who has been intimately involved in these negotiations, expressed a sharp warning to Israel not to jeopardize the deal and risk alienating Trump, their “only ally” left. Trump for his part is already hedging, saying “If it works out, I'm going to take the credit…If it doesn't work out, I'm blaming JD,” per CNN. A report in the Hill indicates that Republican Senators would largely oppose the deal if it were submitted for their approval, but given the increasing concentration of foreign policy powers in the executive branch, it is unlikely the Senate will even be consulted.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

We welcome Rebecca, Co-CEO of Badger, ethnobotanist, and seasoned operational visionary. Bringing years of experience transforming her family's second-generation business into a certified B-Corp powerhouse, Rebecca is now steering the global trajectory of a market-dominating natural skincare collective.In this sharp conversation, Seb and Rebecca deconstruct the traditional boundaries of business. From embedding Badger's core DNA into a holistic ecosystem of a waterless, five-ingredient crystallization chemistry to leveraging radical 10% profit-sharing equally distributed across all employees. Rebecca lays out the definitive blueprint for maximizing conscious enterprise potential. She delivers a masterclass on mission-driven, long-range scaling, while offering a grounded critique of the modern corporate obsession with greenwashing and explaining why genuine workplace culture is our ultimate weapon against standard capitalistic greed.Topics DiscussedRapid-fire Smash or Pass on corporate culture and scaling trends.Proof that ethical businesses can be hyper-profitable.Leading with a core mission to do more good than harm.The radical science behind a 4-ingredient sunscreen.Why going values-first beats traditional consumer data.Navigating pandemics, family boardrooms, and leadership handoffs.Radical profit sharing as the ultimate antidote to turnover.Connect with Rebecca on LinkedInConnect with Sebastian on InstagramSebastianNaum.com