The Toxic Fox Show podcast

...it’s a movement we are in this together, we have just one beautiful planet."  Vinita Baravkar shares her journey to creating authentic organic cotton homewares and clothing.

Website: Bhumi Organic | https://bhumi.com.au/

Today - we explore taking a traditional "bricks and mortar" business online to help couples all over the world in every nook and cranny to have a baby.

Today's interview with James Meldrum, Co-Founder, Whole Kids. We discuss "the why and the how" they have changed the Australian Children's snack food industry for GOOD!

Today I am delighted to introduce you to Kim Morrison, founder of Twenty8 skin care and essential oils, educator, mother and of course an ultra-marathon runner.

Hannah shares her journey - Audrey Blue to launching Mighty Good Undies via the Start Some Good Crowd Funding Platform. She's very good at using business Awards such as Moral Fairground's Early Enterprise Pitch Competition to get funding and coaching prizes.

Today's conversation is with one of the Co-Founders of Intrepid Travel - Geoff Manchester. They lead from behind and consider the impact of their business on local culture.

Imagine growing up and being called a double scoop of ice cream with a cherry on top – the cherry being your head? This is what the kids at school used to call today’s guest, Luke Tan, and it’s one of the many memories that have inspired him on his journey. An obese and sick child, Luke has been to some very dark places, including suicide, but thankfully he chose to change tracks and pursue a career in health and fitness.

Today’s guest Nick Savaidis is the Founder of Etiko (clothing), and Jinta Sport, (sports equipment), ethical brands committed to fair trade, traceability, and sustainability. Since establishing these businesses in 2005, Nick has been awarded numerous sustainable and ethical awards.

Today’s guest is Martin Gleeson, a co-founder of The Electron Workshop and Serversaurus, two companies that sit under the umbrella of Arktisma, which is one of the founding members of the B Corp movement in Australia.

Serversaurus, which promotes an equitable workplace, was the first 100 percent carbon-neutral Australian web-hosting company, partnering with Greenfleet Australia in 2007 to offset their carbon emissions. They’re also part of the One Percent for the Planet movement, donating one percent of their sales to environmental causes.

We recently changed hosting to Serversaurus primarily because they’re a B Corp, and we’re working towards achieving B Corp accreditation.

Join our chat as we discover and discuss:

• Martin's awareness of a fair workplace at the age of 12 and why he gives a damn
• Principles of a fair workplace: respect, autonomy, equality
• Treating people the way you expect to be treated
• The psychology and effects of men asking for higher wages than women
• Pushing equality between men and women in the workforce
• The advantages of working four days a week
• Creating a more equitable workforce and other issues they need to face
• About the B Corp movement and why they chose B Corp
• How to become a B Corp: Learn the process of becoming one!
• Getting help from The Intern Group
• Resources small businesses can tap into (business templates and handbooks)
• Martin's advice for success in business partnership
• Processes and channels they've used for effective communication
• Various challenges they've faced and solutions they've applied
• Organisational tools they use (Apple Calendar, Highrise CRM)
• The demographics of clients they serve
• What makes Serversaurus different from other web hosts
• The company's green initiatives
• How they're supporting their employees to engage in environmental causes

Quotes:

Money is the oxygen of business.

Treat people the way you expect to be treated and that should be the default position.

If you're negotiating something, the first person to get their deal on the table is the one who is going to do best out of it.

You say you're B Corp then they know what you're about. It's a shorthand way for sharing your values.

The key to any effective relationship is communication.

Don't be afraid. Be prepared to be yourself and to put your values and your ethics way upfront.

We worry more about the opinions of people that we don't respect than those that we do.

Episode Resources:

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The Slow School of Business... Today, Carolyn shares with us the school’s strategic transformational learning principles such as learning by doing, how to build a business plan on a tree, and having a deeper understanding of why you are here.