Paul Hargreaves, founder and CEO of Cotswold Fayre

2021-11-12

Julia is joined by Paul Hargreaves, founder and CEO of Cotswold Fayre, a wholesaler of speciality and fine foods. Paul is passionate about business with purpose. He is the author of a book on how to create a better world through purpose-driven business, called Forces for Good, and recently published a second book about compassionate leadership, called the Fourth Bottom Line. His own company is a certified B Corp, and Paul shares how having a clear, common...

Julia is joined by Paul Hargreaves, founder and CEO of Cotswold Fayre, a wholesaler of speciality and fine foods.

Paul is passionate about business with purpose. He is the author of a book on how to create a better world through purpose-driven business, called Forces for Good, and recently published a second book about compassionate leadership, called the Fourth Bottom Line.

His own company is a certified B Corp, and Paul shares how having a clear, common purpose across the business has made a big difference during tough times.

He also talks to Julia about the pitfalls of greenwashing and purpose-washing (and how to avoid them) and why he believes we need to ask tougher questions of big corporations and challenge our Capitalist system’s addiction to growth at all cost.

Articles discussed by Paul and Julia:

Capitalism is killing the planet – it’s time to stop buying into our own destruction | The Guardian

Seven ways to spot businesses greenwashing | BBC News

Small businesses get more green – but is the customer convinced? | Forbes

Links to the big food and grocery retail stories this week:

Grocery price rises turn up heat on British consumers | Reuters

M&S does not expect Christmas supply shortages, CEO Steve Rowe says | The Grocer

After acquiring Dija and Fancy, instant grocery startup Gopuff launches in the UK en route to European expansion | TechCrunch

Shoppers ready for greener life — but only if price is right | The Times

Morrisons hopes cow seaweed diet will cut methane | BBC News

Quaker Oats falls victim to supply issues after PepsiCo IT upgrade | The Grocer

Marcus Rashford stars in Aldi’s Christmas advert with the return of Kevin the Carrot | The Independent