Melissa Penn, shares her impact journey from becoming a Carbon Literacy Trainer to launching her own accredited course.

As a Certified B Corporation, on our journey to better business, we are looking at new ways to help purpose driven leaders communicate to drive behavioural and organisational change, while reducing the impact on our planet.

Addressing the climate crisis in the workplace isn’t just about adopting new ways of working or creating new policies. It’s about fundamentally transforming the way you currently do business, by creating behavioural shifts across the organisation and disrupting societal norms.

The journey to net-zero is complex for any small business trying to reduce their carbon footprint. Back in 2021, we set a net-zero goal for 2025 with the very best intentions but had no idea about the challenges that were about to emerge, and so we’re changing direction, with a ‘less net more zero’ approach.

We’re delighted to announce that AG Comms has been awarded Gold Rating by EcoVadis for our sustainability performance. Scoring advanced in Environment and Labour and Human Rights categories and outstanding in Ethics places us in the top 96th percentile of businesses in our sector.

We are over the moon to announce that our Founder and Purpose Leader, Lynne Griffiths has joined UK for Good as Co-owner and Co-CEO alongside Donna Okell. Their partnership will form part of a new shared leadership model at UK for Good, and Lynne will continue in her role as CEO of AG Comms.

Being “activists” is a term we're still getting comfortable with here because of our preconceptions. But there is a new type of activism forming – employee activism – and last Friday, armed with placards painted by our kids, our team went to Westminster for The Big One, a people's climate protest organised by Extinction Rebellion.

From the beginning we wanted everyone in our business to have a say in how we drive our purpose forward. So when it came to choosing not-for-profits to include in our giving strategy, we involved everyone in the voting process. Not just our employees but our supply chain too.

It felt a bit surreal travelling to London to join over 300 coalition members and supporters for Better Business Day at Westminster last month. The Better Business Act (BBA) coalition is campaigning for a change in UK law which would make businesses prioritise people and the planet alongside profit – creating a triple bottom line.

On World Earth Day, AG is proud to join Business Declares and the fast-growing network of businesses who acknowledge the Climate and Ecological Emergency.

When I started AG Comms over 12 years ago my purpose was driven by first-hand experience of how challenging it was to find flexible opportunities for women in the corporate world. Since then, I’ve created and grown a business with a model that benefits not just women, but everyone who needs and wants flexibility at work to support their life.