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Sahil Kher, Good Law Project; Zack Polanski, Deputy Leader of the Green Party; Becky Annison, Chancery Lane Project; Mhairi Littlewood, Better Business Act Our panel of expert guests reveal the how the Government and the law can tackle the cl
Martin Ndegwa, Mutira Coffee Farmers Association; Emily Pearce, Co-op & Hans Perk, Okiocredit “Everyone needs to come onboard, and we fight this giant that is called climate change.” We risk losing our food supply if we don't take global col
Helen Bird, Business Lead Head, WRAP; Lucy Reynolds, CSR Communications VP, Boots; Lee Man, Head of Community Fairtrade and Regenerative Sourcing, The Body Shop. How can we move towards a sustainable use of plastic? Plastic plays a big part i
Alex Maitland, Oxfam International; James Ghaffari, B Lab & Lebi Hudson, General Manager of RSTGA cooperative in Tanzania + Cafédirect Director Good business governance means its stakeholders - like staff, the environment and farmers - are c
Dorothy Shaver, Global Food Sustainability Director Unilever; Nick Hoskyns, Peanut & sesame farmer & ETICO Director; + Beatrix Richards Senior Corporate Engagement Manager, Solidaridad Despite small-scale farmers contributing a third of the g
Sarah Wakefield, Head of Food Transformation, WWF-UK & Steven Ripley, Group Responsible Sourcing Manager (Forests), Tesco Did you know the food we eat is the main driver of deforestation? We hear from WWF and Tesco about why preserving our p
Guy Singh-Watson, founder of Riverford Organic & Sam Fulton, Group Director of Corporate Affairs, Nomad Foods (Birds Eye) “Our food system accounts for 50% plus of biodiversity loss and 25% of climate change.” Guy and Sam unpick how our food
Mike Barry, Director of Mike Barry Eco Ltd (former Director of Sustainable Business at Marks & Spencer) Mike Berners-Lee, author of ‘There is No Planet B’, ‘How Bad Are Bananas?’ and ‘The carbon footprint of everything’, professor and consulta
Guests: Jane Aldrige Managing Director of Coffee Nestlé UK&I + Erinch Sahan, Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) Jane and Erinch discuss their different approaches to tackling the issues facing the coffee industry. Jane
We all want a healthier planet and fairer future to look forward to. Building Better Business explores how business has a huge impact - and how, as informed customers, we can become part of a positive movement for change through our consumer
Claire Rhodes (CEO, Producers Direct), Ed Gillespie (the Futurenauts podcast, Greenpeace Director) and Sir Tim Smit (founder of the Eden Project) join John for a live recording of this Fairtrade Fortnight special edition. Our guests delve in
Mike Brehme took a leading role bringing good quality, ethical tea to the UK market and Clipper Teas is now the world’s largest Fairtrade tea brand. Mike established Clipper in the mid 1980’s and as Managing Director, he ran the business for
Erinch’s career at Oxfam and then CEO of the World Fair Trade Organisation has led him to his latest endeavour at Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL). Erinch tells us about doughnut economics – the theory by British economist Kate Raworth, w
Peter joins us from the UK body for social enterprise, which is a business with a social or environmental mission. From building markets for social enterprises to public facing campaigns, they amplify the voice of their members and influence
Most of our valued commodities, including coffee, are produced by people in some of the poorest conditions in the world. Albert Tucker’s career has been dedicated to working to create equal partnerships with producer cooperatives and communit
Kresse Wesling is an environmental entrepreneur that set up Elvis & Kresse – a company that makes gorgeous luxury accessories from reclaimed materials. Kresse inspires us to think about the huge potential of the waste that normally goes into
Child-labour and slavery in the cocoa industry is rife but Tony’s Chocolonely uses its delicious tasting chocolate and its different business model to make change across the industry. Ben Greensmith started his career in food and drink over 2
Jenny Costa founder of Rubies in the Rubble, a sustainable condiments brand that uses surplus fruit and vegetables, joins John this week. Jenny started the business through her passion for avoiding food waste and desire to tackle the enormous
Fairtrade works to provide worker’s rights, safer working conditions and fairer pay to farmers and workers who are marginalised from trade in various ways. Trade on favourable terms strengthens economies by improving livelihoods and communiti
COOK is a hugely impressive company. Caring about people is in their DNA and they’re always coming up with new ways to help the people in their communities and see the potential in their staff. The hand-made frozen food
Andrew Ethuru, Kenyan tea farmer and former Cafédirect Board Director Andrew gives us insights into where our tea comes from and why buying ethical tea that pays a fair price to farmers is vital in ensuring its future. We discuss how tea pric
The power of enterprise, Danny Sriskandarajah, CEO Oxfam GB Oxfam sees enterprise as a hugely powerful tool to tackle poverty, improve lives and livelihoods where it’s needed most. CEO Danny Sriskandarajah notes how current levels of global
Kate Sandle Director of Programmes and Engagement, B Corp UK.Kate Sandle Director of Programmes and Engagement at B Lab tells us about B Corps who are leading the way in transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities and th
Claire Rhodes is CEO of Producers Direct, a charity set up by Cafedirect in 2009 to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. Producers Direct is led by farmers and runs programmes to turn smallholder farms into sustainable businesses.
This week’s guest is Sophi Tranchell, former Managing Director of Fairtrade chocolate brand Divine. Sophi shares her experiences of 21 years leading a truly unique business that was set up by cocoa farmers in Ghana who also sit on the Board a
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