ESG & sustainability networking

1% Global Summit 2024

Ever feel a bit solitary in your sustainability endeavours? Well, you’re not alone. No, really, you’re not! 😁 Online or off, wherever you are, there are wonderful opportunities to meet and collaborate with sustainability people just like you, stay up to date on sustainability matters, and make lasting connections. Here are our top picks of […]

Does sustainability pay?

Piggy bank in front of solar panels

During my week’s work experience at Grain, I took the opportunity to explore the economics of sustainability and how the cost of sustainable solutions impacts their much-needed implementation. My research uncovered many examples where sustainable technologies have become cheaper to access than ever before, generating far more economic benefit than I had previously thought. The […]

From bookshop to B Corp

FOLDE Dorset B Corp bookshop

While sustainability has been my profession for two decades, I have always loved reading and being in nature. That’s why, a little over three years ago, I opened the doors to a new venture — a bookshop focused on nature writing — in Shaftesbury, Dorset. In setting up FOLDE, my co-founder (Karen Brazier) and I […]

Can the actions of one company truly make a positive difference?

Sustainability consulting team

During my work experience at Grain, I have learnt quite a lot about the impact that companies have on both the planet and our society. For instance, Walmart, the American multinational retail store, has a larger annual revenue than Spain and Australia. Even more disturbingly, according to The Guardian, just 57 oil, gas, coal and […]

The new B Corp standards

A pile of "B the change" buttons

Ask a B Corp consultant! B Corps are businesses on a mission to transform the global economy to benefit people, communities, and the planet. At present, to achieve B Corp certification, companies must fill out the B Impact Assessment (BIA), a free online tool which is a robust assessment of a company’s processes and practices, […]

Focusing on the ‘S’ in ESG

African family group of kids and teenagers

When focusing on sustainability and the threat of climate change, we quite often jump solely to environmental changes, anything relating to carbon, and emissions reductions. Here we discuss the danger of forgetting the ‘S’ — Social — in ESG, and how a holistic view really is necessary to create sustainable businesses and society. Grain’s recent […]

How Grain became a B Corp

Grain images

We first heard about Certified B Corporations in 2015, when we were visiting good friends in New York