Responsible Business Podcast with LoudLaw: Recent Episodes
Loes Van Dijk
Now more than ever, people are dedicating their lives to building businesses that positively impact people and our planet. On this show, Loes Van Dijk, founder of LoudLaw, unpacks purpose-driven founder journeys through ideation all the way to reporting on their impact. This podcast will help you uncover the opportunities and strategies these founders are using so that you can feel equipped in building your own sustainable business.
What role does leadership play in building a responsible business? How does an organisation scale effectively? How do employees influence brand values? What is the connection between sustainability and inclusivity?
Your LoudLaw business podcast host, Loes, meets Margareta (Meggy) Sailer, Founder of Mondaysquares, a consultancy service for founders who want to set their company to scale and succeed. Meggy provides us with answers to the toughest questions in responsible business (plus, she’s a strategy & scaling expert).
Prior to founding Mondaysquares, Meggy acted as head of recruitment for EMEA Tesla, leading its European expansion from 30 to 40,000 employees across ten countries—that’s some valuable experience to draw on.
She talks us through the thread of sustainability in people, not just practice; how to nurture the way your brand values influence (and are influenced by) your employees; and the factors that increase emotive brand attachment throughout your workforce.
Listen and find out:
- Why leaders should set standards and take responsibility
- How to form values depending on organisational maturity
- Which role is played by diversity and inclusion in employee brand resonance
Looking for investment? Or have you just completed an investment round? You might find this episode useful.
Host Loes van Dijk speaks with Claudia Gwinnutt, Founder of Circla; a fully circular beauty brand changing consumer beauty routines with ethical, plastic-free products. Claudia Founded Circla in 2019 to take the faff out of reusable packaging by delivering products direct to your doorstep & picking them up to refill once empty — think the milkman of beauty.
Claudia walks us through her entire investment journey, from getting external funding to finding investors with aligned values. Listen in and jump start your sustainable business journey.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:
- How to ensure you onboard the right suppliers
- How to find value-led investors
- What hurdles a sustainable business faces through investment rounds
- How to recognised when you need external investment
- Advice from a successful purpose-led founder for investment seekers
What does it mean to be a sustainable business? Transparency? Reporting on impact? Acting on your values? Maybe all three.
In this episode, Loes welcomes Paul Hargreaves, Founder of Cotswold Fayre: a business that really understands what it means to be socially sustainable — never forgetting the impact on people, not just the planet.
For a long time Cotswold Fayre has been helping independent retailers across the UK source top quality food and drink. But it’s also been setting an example.
Today, it’s recognised as one of the UK’s first B Corps and, much like its founder, remains truly charitable.
Join the author of Forces for Good & The Fourth Bottom Line as he talks to Loes about the importance of compassion and self-awareness in businesses.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- What it actually means to ‘lead with purpose’
- Why being B Corp is important
- How to reflect business values through actions if you’re not a B Corp
- Where to start when analysing your sustainable practices
- Advice on reporting
- What the fourth bottom line is
Are you struggling to find suppliers or service providers with values aligned to your business?
On today’s episode Loes is in conversation with Keith Lesser, the Founder of Vegan Accountants; a financial management company dedicated to ethical businesses.
Combining his expertise in accountancy with enthusiasm for purpose-led business practice, Keith started Vegan Accountants in 2017 with a view to work exclusively with vegan or similarly-aligned businesses.
Keith talks us through how and why he came to start his accountancy firm. He has advice for other Founders to consider when partnering with value-aligned suppliers, and touches on what suppliers themselves should do to attract the right clients.
On Today’s Episode You’ll Learn:
- Why it’s important for purpose-led brands to find suppliers whose values align with theirs (or not?)
- What questions should you ask your suppliers to make sure they’re a match
- How to vet your suppliers to see if they’re values align with yours
- How to respond if a supplier migrates to unethical business practises
Wondering how your business can be more sustainable? Unsure whether positive impact businesses are even profitable? Join other listeners in finding out exactly what it takes to be a sustainable brand in 2022 and beyond.
On the latest episode of LoudLaw’s Responsible Business Podcast, you’ll be listening to Caner and Isabella, the Co-Founders of KIND Community.
Their marketing agency is for organisations doing good. They launch and scale dreams through to fully-fledged businesses, helping ecopreneurs have a positive impact on the world.
As a community first, they’re forming a space where like-minds in the ecosphere can come together, push collaborative change and join the conversations some of the most successful sustainable businesses’ are having.
If you’re serious about positive change (and how to get there as a business), this is one chat you won’t want to miss.
On Today’s Episode You’ll Learn:
- How to scale a positive impact business
- What your focus should be on as a start up
- How and when to secure investment
- Building a brand and communicating your value
- Integrating regenerative practice throughout your business
If today's episode resonated with you, KIND Community can be found at www.kind.community