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From startups investing in the environment to new thinking on how our economies should operate, these stories celebrate those working for a positive impact and finding better ways to do business.

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She’s tackling cow burps – with seaweed

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The engineer turning waste into bricks

Interview

Return of the tailor

Curated

Once ravaged by war,
Iraq’s date palms are
swaying once more

Interview

The architect building houses from seaweed and shells

Video

The Moment:
The cheese lover reimagining vegan cheese

Video

The Moment:
“Let’s make pesticide-free garden plants the norm”

Article

Insects and the city:
Breeding bugs to fix the food chain

Interview

“For every item of clothing we sell, we donate a pair of underwear to someone who needs it”
antigreenwashers hero wide

Article

Meet the
anti-greenwashers

High 5

“It’s not about me.
It’s about we”

Article

Actions, not words: 10 companies on why they got B Corp certified

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Organic, fairtrade
and vegan:
Giving beauty products a makeover
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Article

The apps that want to make impact investors of us all

Article

Shit happens. So farmers are turning it into fuel

Interview

How big a dent can carbon offsets make in the climate impact of travel?

Article

Takeaway, not throwaway: The coffee cup you borrow and bring back

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Can this ready meal brand make plant-based eating mainstream?

Gallery

The farm of the future

Interview

Jobs first, jewellery second. The accessories brand that’s really a social impact project

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The sustainable textile pioneer making products with purpose

Article

Upcycling the used plastic that clogs Nigeria’s waterways

Article

Becoming a B Corp: Meet the businesses resolving to be a force for good

Article

Profit, meet purpose: The new way businesses are measuring success

Article

The fashion brand that publishes what it pays people

Article

The cool companies making it easier to go green

Article

Cooking up a solution for food that goes unused

Interview

The fashion insider fixing a broken industry – with algae

Interview

The man with the bottle to take on the ocean plastic problem

Article

Don’t like how fashion businesses are run?
Start your own

Curated

‘The Deliveroo of clothing repairs’: New app gives garments a second chance

Article

Your next favourite accessory, signed by the person who stitched it
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Interview

The rebel investors out to make a difference – not just a profit

Interview

Has ‘corporate purpose’ lost its way?

Curated

‘Airbnb for gardens’: the platform connecting growers with green spaces

Article

Slower, kinder, more meaningful – the entrepreneurs doing things differently

Curated

5 ways to get sustainability on to the agenda at work

Article

The brand new fabric made from your old jeans

Curated

The app that helps you shop ethically –
and what I learned using it

Article

Air + sunshine = food. Really?
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Article

This store is a plastic-free zone

Article

The startup that’s changing how the world sees coffee
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Interview

The hunt for sustainable startups that see opportunity in the deep

Article

Conscious capitalism: Why its time has come

Article

Meet Cornwall’s seaweed foragers

Article

The innovator bringing solar fridges to Nigeria’s markets

Interview

One chef’s mission to create great food – without waste

Article

“We need to stop companies from spoiling us”

Article

Let’s find out how well Facebook knows us

Podcast

Morals and money in the tech world: Does Zuckerberg really know who your next lover is?

Article

In the hunt for profit, don’t forget people

Article

What if human waste isn’t waste at all?
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Article

Dolls of all colours
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