HappyPorch is now a Certified B Corporation®
Barry O'Kane
"Business without meaning is just pointless admin". This quote really inspired me when setting up HappyPorch 6 years ago. One of the core tenets of HappyPorch has always been that business should be so much more than the exploitation of people and planet it too often becomes
16 Jul 2021
Committed to reaching net-zero emissions
Marina Matic
As part of developing our climate strategy HappyPorch made a net-zero emission commitment this year through the SME Climate Hub commitment.
15 Jul 2021
Our 2019-2020 Carbon Footprint
As part of our climate commitment, we finalised our carbon footprint report for the UK tax year starting from April 2019 until the end of March 2020. After our previous report’s calculations and results, I think we became more aware of our individual carbon footprints as well as the company’s.
01 Jul 2021
Enabling Circular Innovation
If we are to successfully tackle major issues such as climate change, waste crises and biodiversity loss, the linear economy has to change. We must transform all elements of the take-make-waste system:
05 May 2021
Circular Stories: Showcasing the Pioneers Putting Theory into Practice
As the Circular Economy emerges, storytelling plays a central role. Beyond logic and rationale, systems level change relies on the clear communication of purpose, meaning and values.
09 Apr 2021
Queen of Raw – Transforming the Fashion Industry to Protect People and the Planet
The fashion industry is deeply unsustainable. Every year, it creates almost 100 million tons of textile waste, which ends up in landfill or incinerated – emitting even more CO2, as well as toxic gases.
08 Mar 2021
How We Make Decisions That Work For Us
Grace Witter
We're a self-managed team over here at HappyPorch. We didn't have a violent overthrow of our corporate overlords, that's just how we've always been from the very beginning. Being a self-managed team means that we all have a say in the company's direction.
24 Feb 2021
Circularity IQ: Sparking the Circularity Domino Effect With Data
At the end of 2020, the world marked an alarming milestone: Human-made materials now weigh more than all of life on Earth.
In our latest episode of our podcast series on the Circular Economy, we spoke to Roy Verclouen of Circularity IQ.
12 Feb 2021
Tech UK: The Positive Potential of Digital Technology
The technology industry has the unique capacity to not only reduce its own resource consumption, but to help others do so as well. From digital solutions to artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT), tech can be embedded into a vast range of products and sectors to boost sustainability by enabling more circular practices
20 Jan 2021
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