How to build and balance prosperity and purpose in business.

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Phil Rose talks to Rob Barnard-Weston about all things sustainability and ESG. Rob has lived in Bath for forty years, thirty of them working in social and environmental responsibility. He co-founded Bath’s first eco-hotel; an eco-artisan bakery company; a commercial scale composting company; the UK’s farmers’ markets movement (starting with Bath’s farmers’ market); a farming apprenticeship scheme for vulnerable school-leavers in one of the region’s most economically disadvantaged rural communities; a local environmental charity; a local exchange and trading system; an award-winning community-supported agriculture scheme and an international social responsibility consulting company. He is also a founder investor in the innovative regional banking initiative Avon Mutual.
(Some of) The main points for listeners:

· How becoming a father was a catalyst for change in Robert’s life and how you can look at your life to make changes

· How a handful of bigger companies made CSR part of what they did and produced extraordinary results

· Anita Roddick – the warrioress who wasn’t in it for the money

· How we’re all addicted to money … and oil “the drug of choice’”

· Balancing personal and organisational values can bring massive benefits for society and business

· The change that started from small beginnings at Unilever

· You have to create the foundation for change to survive and thrive

· Prosperity and purpose can be mutually enhancing

· How the work of John Elkington influenced Rob and stands the test of time today

· John Elkington “Cannibals with Forks”

· The benefit of Upsizing (Gunter Pauli)

· What we can learn from a Zero Emissions lab in Japan

· Building engagement through better internal and external communications

· The Bath University research that showed that the top quartile companies made 2 x profit, and 20 x employee innovation

· The combination of strategic narrative, employee voice, being seen as human vs a resource, the say do gap…

· Why and how communication is at the heart of climate change

· The building of Transform ESG…

· ESG companies will benefit long and short term

· ESG: Environment, Sustainability, Governance AND Engage, Scale, Grow

· What we can learn from the Stern report produced in 2006!

· And finally, how we can all learn from the young women in our lives!

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Books and Articles Referenced in this Episode

The Stern Report: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmtreasy/231/231.pdf

Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business, John Elkington - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cannibals-Forks-Triple-Century-Business/dp/1841120847

UpSizing: The Road to Zero Emissions: More Jobs, More Income and No Pollution (Gunter Pauli) https://www.routledge.com/UpSizing-The-Road-to-Zero-Emissions-More-Jobs-More-Income-and-No-Pollution/Pauli/p/book/9781874719182

Organismics: A Present for the Future, Robert Weston - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Organismics-Present-Future-Robert-Weston/dp/0955476208

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