Nigel Parkin's guest appearances

Nigel Parkin

The Sustainable Business Podcast

Deanna Cook

Ben Carter

John Brown

Richard Morris

Jeremy Smith

John Grant

Vijay Eswaran

James Thornton

Carolina Miranda

Will Richardson

Charlie Luxton

Louisa Ziane

Joel Solomon

Doug Johnson

Phil Clark

OwlTail

Matthew Sawyer

Matthew Sawyer is the MD of SEE Sustainability, a sustainability consultancy helping SMEs improve their triple bottom line. Nigel Parkin is the owner of Institution is a multi-award winning boutique cafe located in the Georgian Market town of Bedale. In this episode, Matthew shares his experience working with Nigel and they chat about their experience turning Institution into a more sustainable business. Highlights:  Understanding of SDG and getting the team on board “Within a period of 6 weeks we were able to reduce our waste bill by 60%.” Using social media to shout about sustainability campaign SDG 12.3 Reducing Food Waste Reducing coffee waste, sourcing more local produce and reducing packaging Closing the information gap between knowledge Biggest challenge of reducing carbon footprint  Useful link: Nigel Parkin https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-parkin-b139bb159/ Institution Cafe in Bedale http://cafe.thisisinstitution.co.uk/ Matthew Sawyer  https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-matthew-sawyer-mb-bsc-gradiema-66325110b/ SEE Sustainability https://seesustainability.co.uk/ Timestamp: [03:00] Understanding of SDGs [05:00] Improving waste management of the cafe [10:00] Environmental impact from the customer’s perspective [15:00] Asking questions of suppliers [20:00] What has been the biggest struggle? [25:00] Once piece of advice to audience

Matthew Sawyer is the MD of SEE Sustainability, a sustainability consultancy helping SMEs improve their triple bottom line. Nigel Parkin is the owner of Institution is a multi-award winning boutique cafe located in the Georgian Market town of Bedale. In this episode, Matthew shares his experience working with Nigel and they chat about their experience turning Institution into a more sustainable business. Highlights: <ul> <li>Understanding of SDG and getting the team on board</li> <li>“Within a period of 6 weeks we were able to reduce our waste bill by 60%.”</li> <li>Using social media to shout about sustainability campaign</li> <li>SDG 12.3 Reducing Food Waste</li> <li>Reducing coffee waste, sourcing more local produce and reducing packaging</li> <li>Closing the information gap between knowledge</li> <li>Biggest challenge of reducing carbon footprint</li> </ul> Useful link: Nigel Parkin <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-parkin-b139bb159/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-parkin-b139bb159/</a> Institution Cafe in Bedale <a href="http://cafe.thisisinstitution.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://cafe.thisisinstitution.co.uk/</a> Matthew Sawyer <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-matthew-sawyer-mb-bsc-gradiema-66325110b/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-matthew-sawyer-mb-bsc-gradiema-66325110b/</a> SEE Sustainability <a href="https://seesustainability.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://seesustainability.co.uk/</a> Timestamp: [03:00] Understanding of SDGs [05:00] Improving waste management of the cafe [10:00] Environmental impact from the customer’s perspective [15:00] Asking questions of suppliers [20:00] What has been the biggest struggle? [25:00] Once piece of advice to audience

E048 - Matthew Sawyer from SEE Sustainability and Nigel Parkin from Institution cafe