44. THE ONLY WAY IS ETHICS: Businesses with a social purpose
Reasons Revisited
Geoff Lloyd
4.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2018
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Hello! This week we're talking Social Enterprise, the companies whose primary reason for existing is not profit but social or environmental purpose. Karen Lynch, CEO of Belu (formerly of Barclays) and Peter Holbrook, CEO of Social Enterprise UK, join us to tell us why social enterprise works for business and society and how we can have more of them in the Geoffocracy.
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| 0:32.0 | This episode is brought to you by PodSaveTheUK. |
| 0:35.0 | The new weekly politics podcast with Nishkama and KokoKan. |
| 0:39.0 | We've been big fans of PodSave America for years. |
| 0:43.0 | And now the people behind that podcast bring you the same sharp, smart, funny perspective to UK politics. |
| 0:50.0 | Now, as I said at the start, the hosts and Nishkama, love that guy. |
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| 1:11.0 | Honestly, Nishkama is wired directly into the mainframe of political news. |
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| 1:19.0 | When I was thrilled to see that he's teamed up with journalist KokoKan, I have really enjoyed her writing these last few years. |
| 1:25.0 | What I love about the pairing is she is not yet another of the usual Westminster suspects. |
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