Leading with Purpose
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Little Box of Books Founder, Lynsey Pollard, talks to us about her inspiration for starting her inclusive book company. Having launched the business in 2018, Lynsey aimed to create a more inclusive library of books that better reflected minorities and underrepresented family members. Little Box of Books has a goal to publish more stories with illustrations that children from all backgrounds could see themselves in as well as promoting a diverse array of authors.
NEMI Teas is a sustainable and inclusive tea company that solely employs refugees, providing them with employment and giving them the work experience, skills and confidence to enter the UK workforce. Their specialist teas are organic and fairtrade-certified, their teabags are plastic free and biodegradable, and their beautiful upcyclable packaging is made with renewable resources.
Founded in 2016 after co-founder Alan Mahon caught a parasite from an unclean water source in Nepal, Brewgooder are on a mission to brew a fairer world for all, one beer at a time. Since day one, they’ve been committed to ensuring every can and pint of beer enjoyed supports people and community projects undertaken by the Brewgooder Foundation, spanning areas such as clean water and sanitation. They have already funded over 160 projects worldwide through impact partners that include Charity Water.
Founded in 2016 after co-founder Alan Mahon caught a parasite from an unclean water source in Nepal, Brewgooder are on a mission to brew a fairer world for all, one beer at a time. Since day one, they’ve been committed to ensuring every can and pint of beer enjoyed supports people and community projects undertaken by the Brewgooder Foundation, spanning areas such as clean water and sanitation. They have already funded over 160 projects worldwide through impact partners that include Charity Water.
Breaking the Bias – Words of wisdom from two women who are fighting for diversity, equity, and inclusion in business.
For our Next-Gen Eco Warrior series, we are reaching out to young people to get a fresh perspective on the matter. We know that young people around the world are becoming increasingly concerned with how this crisis is being handled and are taking an active role in voicing their opinions; we want to be an echo chamber for the future of tomorrow.
African Clean Energy (ACE) is a social enterprise dedicated to providing electrical and thermal energy to Sub-Saharan countries. Their hybrid energy solution, the ACE One, provides a smokeless cooking experience and generates solar electricity for its users, helping communities to transition to cleaner fuel alternatives. For more than a decade, ACE has served as a leader in providing cheaper, cleaner, and more efficient energy for residents of developing countries.
In celebration of Marmalade’s 10 year anniversary, our CEO, Claire Eades, pens a letter reflecting on the last decade, and looks towards the amazing purpose-driven opportunities ahead.
Alina Bassi, CEO of Kleiderly, a Berlin start-up turning textile waste into sunglasses, and Mat Dusting, CEO of M-24, designer of tarpaulin-recycled bags & accessories, talk to Marmalade about the fashion & sustainability sphere, how they came to start their businesses, and how much the conversation about fashion’s social and environmental conscience has grown over the last couple of years.
Founded by Anike Mlemchukwu, Lapapo Special Needs is the one-stop shop for caring for children with special needs. They curate products and services for those with disabilities and are dedicated to building a supportive community with an inclusive future for all children at its forefront.
Joshua Coombes and Jamie Morrison are two friends using their creative skills to help make a change for the better. Joshua, a barber, and Jamie, an artist, set up the art show ‘Light & Noise’ in an effort to bring attention to the humanity of the individuals experiencing homelessness in our cities.
Stopcocks Women Plumbers are the only national company of women plumbers and heating engineers in the world. In 2015 the company launched the Stopcocks franchise as a national support for women to become self-employed plumbers. Since then, they’ve expanded their scope by launching a Register for Tradeswomen during the height of the Covid-19 Pandemic: a one-stop shop for householders to find verified tradeswomen across the UK.
What the Ellen MacArthur Foundation champions could not be more closely aligned with the focus of our series — organisations that strives to create long-term positive impact for the economy, society, and the environment.
Luke AG is a poet, writer, public speaker, and change maker. He’s currently heading the Diversity & Inclusion team at VCCP, and if his recent TEDx talk is anything to go by, then we can expect to see him make real, inclusive, change happen in the creative industries.
We got in touch with Luke to chat about his concept ‘The Camera Lens Conundrum’, how to address Diversity & Inclusion across the creative industries, and why using poetry as a medium to talk about D&I will make people listen.
Photo Credit: TED x Royal Tunbridge Wells & Frankie Julian
Unhidden is a universal fashion line created with the purpose of inclusion for people living with disabilities. We spoke to Founder, Victoria Jenkins, about how she’s planning on growing her brand. With 1 billion disabled people worldwide, Victoria seeks to create not just a garment, but the chance to give wheelchair users, amputees, people with gastrointestinal conditions and many others the same expressive freedom and dignity as everyone else.