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Rachel Eden is our new Mayor of Reading. In this interview, discover what the role of Mayor entails and Rachel's main aims for her time as Mayor. We explore the values that underpin Rachel in her many roles: Councillor, Businesswoman, mother and now Mayor. Rachel leaves us with a valuable take-away of how she stays serene with a very full-filled diary! A great listen. #rdguk #valuesmatter #sustainability #businessculture #ethicsinaction #businessethics #wellbeing #mayor #leadership

Our very own volunteer, Caroline Gratrix has been supporting Ethical Reading since we launched, as our official people and event photographer. Caroline shares her passion for capturing people looking happy and natural, she set up her successful company VIVA photography and has not looked back since! Caroline shares her excitement and pride in making Reading a better place to live and work. We are delighted to have Caroline on our team! #rdguk #EthicsInAction #volunteers #photography #sustainability #workplacewellbeing #networking #connecting #businessethics #businessculture #events 

Our very own ER volunteer and sustainability lead, Kathryn McCann, guides us through one of our most loved ER initiatives: Trees for Reading (TfR). She leads us through how it started, the benefits of trees in town, the project’s instant success and the situation post covid. At the end, Kathryn shares a heart-warming story about one particularly meaningful tree planted outside the Town Hall. Great work Kathryn! #TreesForReading #sustainability #rdguk #urbantrees #treeplanting #sustainability #ethicsinaction #ethicsinactionenablers #environment #treecare #sustainable #businessethics #businessculture #trees

Chris Williams tells the remarkable story of the family-owned Jennings Business Park and its unique values regarding tenants, with community at its heart. Since 2018 it’s been on a transformational sustainability journey to becoming a B-Corp with a roadmap to be Carbon-negative by 2030 – not just Jennings itself, the whole business park! Visionary stuff, well worth a listen. #sustainability #carbonnegative #sustainablebusiness #business #EnviornmentalSustainability #EthicalBusiness 

Kimmy of Style Nation, a successful, award-winning hairdressing business in Reading, found a natural fit with the Reading Ethical Recruitment Charter. In her recruitment practices, Kimmy looks for people with passion and creativity with the values of honesty, integrity, fairness and, of course, exceptional customer service. Kimmy shares her journey as an entrepreneur and the ingredients for her success. #businessethics #ethicalrecruitment #EthicsInAction #valuesmatter #customerservice #entrepreneur

Reading Ethical Recruitment Charter Series: Rapid Personnel was set up as an alternative to exploitative recruitment agencies using unscrupulous practices. 20 years on and many sector challenges later, Rapid Personnel is a well proven successful business model. Treating their people well results in a happy workforce who do good work for their client organisations. Simon tells us about their innovative approach to staff retention and the resulting high fulfilment levels. A great listen. #businessethics #recruitment #EthicsInAction

Adele had a unique role as instigator of the Reading Ethical Recruitment Charter. She was told of several cases of totally unacceptable practices by employers in the recruitment process and saw red! She took action, teamed up with Antoine de Vazelhes of Ethical Reading and James Parkin of Eximius Recruitment. Now with a role involving recruitment herself, Adele uses the RERC as a guide in the recruitment process reaping the rewards of finding the best employees for the job in a way that is fair, transparent and respectful. An inspiring and informative listen! #businessethics #recruitment #rdguk #ethicalrecruitment #EthicsInActionEnablers #EthicsInAction #EthicalRdg #recruitmentadvice #EthicalBusiness #businessculture #HR

Tim was pressured at work to overlook large-scale financial impropriety, he refused and left. This led him to start Work in Confidence, a system where employees can raise a workplace problem, concern or idea anonymously. Tim gives us fascinating insights into how this system can save issues in organisations from escalating in the wrong direction. A very interesting listen! #speakup #workinconfidence #employeeengagement #wellbeing #rdguk #EthicsInAction

Earth51 based in Reading, led by Akhil Handa, is dedicated to the rapid transition of environmental sustainability placed at the core of their client businesses' purpose and practice - for ongoing profit and planetary survival. Many businesses, large and small, see the issues at hand and lack the knowledge, tools and confidence to take the required action. Earth51 bridges that gap by educating leaders of today and tomorrow within organizations on why the transition is necessary and how it’s done. Akhil shares some great success stories. The next 2 years are critical as early adopters taking action now reap great business benefits in addition to doing the right thing, while investments decline for those without a sustainability agenda at their core. Join us for this powerful, inspiring interview! Contact Akhil Handa at  https//Earth51.com Tags: #Business, #Environmental Sustainability, #Business sustainability, #Ethical Business, #Women in Leadership, #Women in STEM

Jenni Montgomery of Barton Wilmore shares her views about the Property Development industry and its reputation. She gives an overview of the Government's proposals to overhaul planning and construction processes in the UK with some potential opportunities - and challenges the proposed changes may present. Jenni talks about the Reading 2050 Vision and the importance of having big vision plans as a guidance system in Reading's development. She discusses the significance of changes to town centres, considerations for climate change and a current project, a tool 'Greenkeeper' which puts a monetary value on the unquantifiable health and well-being benefits of green spaces in our cities.

Sean Taylor, CEO of Redwood Technologies takes us on the journey from local start-up to multi-million-dollar turnover international business, a great local success story! Sean outlines how values have been at the core of all they do, eliciting extraordinary support from customers and suppliers while supporting local business communities and charities.  As the business has grown, Sean talks about the challenges of scaling up the culture internationally. An inspiring listen!

Richard Baker of EY talks about the core values of the business, the local effects of Covid-19 on the business sector and shares his concerns for employees working remotely. He reflects on the wider challenges faced by auditing firms and that he sees a recent great shift to investors looking to invest in responsible businesses with a good reputation for ethical practices. Richard believes this will drive change for good overall.