A Little Bit Radical: Business | People | Planet

We all know The Body Shop's fantastic products, but did you know about their long history of activism? Campaigning for change across issues as diverse as animal testing, climate justice, domestic violence, and even human rights abuses in the Niger Delta, The Body Shop doesn't shy away from standing up for what's right. Alice Mazzola is Global Head of Activism for The Body Shop. In this...

Can marketing change the world? Paul Skinner, is determined to find out. Paul is the founder of MarketingKind and Pimp My Cause. Both organisations use the power of marketing, and marketers, to make a positive impact across a range of social and environmental issues. Paul is also the author of two books: 'The Purpose Upgrade' and 'Collaborative Advantage'. In this conversation we c...

To celebrate B Corp month, we've cut together a highlights show from some of the brilliant B Corps that appeared on season one of A Little Bit Radical. B Corps are a community of businesses that prioritise people and planet, as well as profit. Every March, the community comes together to celebrate everything it means to be a B Corp. In this episode, you'll hear highlights from: Shelley Mac...

In this episode, we speak to Shelley Macintyre, CMO of allplants. Shelley is a marketing powerhouse, having risen through the ranks at Unilever and Coca Cola, before joining challenger gin brand Sipsmith. Now at allplants, she's leading a transition in the way we eat: getting more plants into our diet and reducing ultra-processed food. Allplants is one of the most exciting scale ups in the UK,...

Our guest today is Erik Porter, Chief Risk Officer at Wagestream. Wagestream is a technology that gives your employees control over when they get paid, giving them access to pay as they earn it. Not only that, Wagestream includes a number of financial wellbeing tools including spending and saving tracking, as well as access to personal financial coaching, making it a great solution to promote fina...

Food waste. An issue that is becoming almost impossible to ignore, and for good reason. Some studies estimate that 2.5 billion tonnes of food are wasted every year. That's enough for 5.8 TRILLION meals. Olio, is an app using the power of community to tackle this huge problem. Olio connects you with your local community to share excess food through an easy-to-use app, for free. Olio has facilit...

Drink beer, give water. This is the simple idea behind Brewgooder, a craft beer using its profits to support clean water projects in the developing world. To date, Brewgooder drinkers have funded over 100 million litres of clean drinking water. They're a certified B Corp and were named as a 'Best for the World' company in 2022. In this conversation, we're joined by Alan Mahon, foun...

Doing Good Works is a business that aims to tackle not one, but two huge issues in our society. First, they create sustainable branded merchandise, tackling the huge waste from corporate events, brand giveaways and company 'stash'. The way they do it, is even more exciting - providing opportunities to those who've been through the foster system. 30% of their workforce at any one time,...

If the internet was a country, it would be the 6th biggest consumer of energy on earth. If you're thinking about reducing the carbon footprint of your business, have you thought about your company website?  Vineeta Greenwood is the co-founder of Wholegrain Digital - an agency helping businesses build low-carbon websites. She's also the co-founder of websitecarbon.com, a simple calculator t...

Robbie Hearn founded Standing on Giants with Vincent Boon after the two met on the startup team at giffgaff. A disruptor in the UK telco market, giffgaff was founded in 2009 on the 'little bit radical' idea to have no call centres, no stores, just an online community. What followed was beyond Robbie and Vincent's wildest dreams. This community of customers would answer each other's...

We all know that getting the best people in the right positions is key to success in business. It's bad news then, that the latest research shows that hiring is broken. If you're a woman you need to submit 30% more applications to get to an interview. People of colour need to submit 50% more applications vs their white counterparts.  Linnea Bywall is Head of People and Operations at Alva L...

Elizabeth Osta is Director of Data Management for The Heineken Company. Her illustrious career has included stints at Barclays, dunnhumby, Mckinsey, L’Oreal, and P&G. She is a visiting fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School and advises a number of exciting startups. Today she leads a large team of data professionals across 85 countries, helping the Heineken company draw the critical insight...

Coming Soon: 'A Little Bit Radical' - a business podcast from Standing on Giants!  Think you're radical? No? Maybe you'd like to be? Well, we've found that no radical thinker thinks they’re radical. They just think it’s common sense. And often, it is. We want to encourage people to believe in their idea that's ‘a little bit radical’ and help make it happen.  In each episode...