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In this series Nilesha Chauvet, Managing Director at GOOD Agency, interviews people who have made a conscious decision to lead a life with purpose and provides inspiration on how you can do the same.

  1. 05/12/2025

    Jodie Caris on: Making Mental Health Accessible

    “Therapy is an active participation with your wellness.Just because you're in therapy, just because you have a therapist, doesn't mean that you're going to see any change. It's about how you do the work on yourself and how you are taking care of yourself inside and outside of those sessions.” This episode features Jodie Caris, Founder and Co-CEO ofSelf Space, the world's first on-demand mental health service on the high street. In this episode, Nilesha and Jodie discuss her journey to becoming such a strong advocate for mental health support, how businesses can support their staff, and importantly, how we can all take better care of our own mental health.

  2. 03/28/2025

    Jessie Macneil-Brown on: Activism at Ben & Jerry's

    "I'm seeing a lot and hearing a lot of business who are very risk averse, very scared, rolling back on their commitments. Whether that's climate commitments, diversity commitments. My advice to all companies right now is no one wants to buy from you; they want to buy into what you stand for." This episode features Jessie Macneil-Brown, Head of Social Mission Europe at Ben & Jerry's. She has the dream job of mixing activism with ice cream, and she is a passionate advocate of using business as a force for good. In this episode, Nilesha asks Jessie about her activist roots, her role and how other businesses can learn from Ben & Jerry's.

  3. 12/20/2024

    Stef Jones on: creating opportunities for prison leavers

    "I feel really hopeful for the younger generation of entrepreneurs coming through. They'll be they'll put purpose over profit, because that that has to be the new profit. That's where the joy comes from." This episode features Stef Jones, Founder of Onwards & Upwards. They are a charity that set up XO bikes, a company that trains ex-offenders to fix bikes and sell them. In the episode, Nilesha and Stef discuss why he changed his path to set up a charity and his views on reform, redemption and rehabilitation.

  4. 07/31/2024

    Will Pearson on: Keeping the ocean plastic free

    "I think every business has both responsibility and opportunity to do something good for the world. I think it's becoming increasingly clear to us the most successful brands of tomorrow will be those who go above and beyond for people and planet." This episode features Will Pearson, co-founder and co-CEO of Ocean Bottle. They are on a mission to save the ocean from ocean-bound plastic. Each Ocean Bottle funds the collection of 1000 plastic bottles in weight, and so far, they have collected 14,164,500 kilograms of plastic via its grassroots partners in coastal communities. In the episode, Nilesha and Will discuss the plastic crisis the ocean is facing, and how material innovation and business have the power to solve the problem and ultimately benefit people and the planet.

  5. 04/22/2024

    Duncan Meisel on: The clean-up of creativity

    “The people who are at these big agencies, they're the most valuable part of this conversation, you're the people that I'm most interested in talking to. We actually approach this with an extreme minimum of personal shame. You know, you're not the person making a lot of these decisions if you're just an employee there. But you're the person that has the most leverage.”   This episode features Duncan Meisel, Executive Director of Clean Creatives. His organisation is on a mission to help create a sustainable future for the creative industry by calling on the agency sector to clean up its act and stop working with fossil fuel clients. In this episode, Nilesha and Duncan discuss the role that agencies, B Lab, and individuals have in fighting to stop oil companies from being able to greenwash.

  6. 12/11/2023

    Gabby Jahanshahi-Edlin on: Having a Bloody Good Period

    "I really started to develop what was then just a project into what became Bloody Good Period. Eventually, after quite some time, became a charity because I wanted this service delivery to become really sustainable, permanent." This episode features Gabby Jahanshahi-Edlin, founder of Bloody Good Period and Bloody Good Employer. Both are charities set up to help fight for menstrual equity and the rights of all people who bleed. Her aim was to create a society where periods are no longer taboo and where people have access to the right products when they need them. After stepping down as CEO, Gabby reflects on what inspired her to set up the charity and its great successes so far.

  7. 10/10/2023

    Chris Baker on: Founding purposeful businesses

    'I'm a big believer in the new wave of brands that are not only successful as businesses themselves, but also at keeping everybody else honest, making everybody else move faster, showing Governments that it's possible to be plastic free, and then paving the way for legislation.' This episode features Chris Baker, co-founder of Change Please and Serious Tissue. Both are successful, purposeful businesses and social enterprises. Change Please train people experiencing homelessness to become baristas and work in their coffee shops. Serious Tissue is the first carbon-neutral toilet roll made from 100%  recycled paper. After working in advertising for 20 years, Chris shares what inspired him to move into the world of purposeful business and the importance of this new wave of challenger brands.

  8. 08/24/2023

    Carly McLachlan on: The Climate Emergency

    'What I hope is that they [The Government] have really not read the room correctly on how people feel about the urgency of action on climate change. And people don't want to hear about the importance of investing in fossil fuel, they want to hear how we are going to move to a greener economy with good jobs for people.' This episode features Carly McLachlan, Professor of Climate and Energy Policy at Manchester University. She's also a director at Tyndall, a Centre for Climate Change Research. Recorded just after news broke about Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak’s approval of over 100 new oil and gas licences, we hear Carly’s opinion on the harsh reality of what this means and how we can remain hopeful for change in the future.

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In this series Nilesha Chauvet, Managing Director at GOOD Agency, interviews people who have made a conscious decision to lead a life with purpose and provides inspiration on how you can do the same.

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  • Creator
    GOOD Agency
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    25
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © GOOD Agency
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    GOOD on Purpose