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Ten years ago, five Associates started out on the year of our first ever On Purpose programme. Since then, hundreds have committed themselves to this transformational experience and thousands have become part of our community that makes these...

In this second interview in a series of discussions with leaders of the B Corp movement, I met with Ryan Kohn, co-founder of Propercorn.We discussed the benefits of using the B Corp framework to embed considerations of people and planet at an...

In this first interview, in a series of discussions with leaders of the B Corp movement, I met with James Ghaffari of B Lab UK.I asked James for his views on the suitability of B Corp certification for food and beverage businesses. In the face of...

by Surabhi N and Jake Levy (On Purpose April’19 Cohort)There’s a good chance you’re aware by now that one of the most powerful decisions you can make as an individual to fight climate change is to switch your pension plan to an ethical option....

Food waste. It’s a big problem.Roughly one-third of all food produced for people to eat globally gets lost or wasted, and if we took all of the food that was wasted in the US, UK and Europe, we could feed nearly all the one billion hungry people...

Hosting, we learnt at Co-Lab’s November 2019 training course, is setting up spaces and processes which are flexible enough to allow groups of people to come together and decide for themselves what work will be done and how they will do it — to...

I’m sure you’ve experienced it at some point. The rush of a new idea for a social enterprise. The theme-park exhilaration of realising this idea is going to change the world. The slight ego-boost that comes from humbly (but not too humbly)...

Alison Glossop, one our October 2019 Associates, is halfway through her first placement at NatWest. In this article she shares her experience of attending a zero carbon conference where she left feeling inspired to find new ways of fighting the...

Today, 8th January 2020, On Purpose declares a Climate Emergency, formally recognising the urgent threat faced by humanity. We urge you to do the same.On Purpose was launched in 2010 to support the development of the social and environmental...

Long gone are the days of stuffing your mattress full of bank notes; nowadays, it’s rare to live without access to financial products. We all rely on being able to access money from ATMs, pay back money we owe, and if we are lucky, save a bit for...

Depending on which day in December you speak to me, I either love or hate Christmas. I find it equal parts exciting and stressful; some years I have all my Christmas presents purchased before December begins and some years I’m in tears on...

Broadly, I’m in agreement with this article. If we are to win the fight against climate change, collective political action is necessary, individual consumer choices will do nothing on their own, and trying to overturn the negative effects of a...