The Better Business Show

For organisations that want to change the world, The Better Business Show offers insight, inspiration and hope by exploring the people and companies proving that sustainable business models do work.

The Better Business Show is a business podcast hosted by Narrative Matters, with 106 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Narrative Matters hosts The Better Business Show, a business show with 106 episodes published.

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  #84 Rewriting the script: How Ryan Dean is reinventing kids’ TV with purpose

  Jun 25, 202541 minS0

  <p>This week, Tom meets Ryan Dean, founder of RD Studios and the creative force behind Treehouse, a beautiful new live-action TV series for preschoolers that’s redefining what children’s content can look like.</p><p>As a father of teens, Tom reflects on the nostalgia of early kids’ shows – and how Treehouse feels both fresh and familiar (much like the sweeping beauty of David Attenborough’s new film Ocean, which he also reviews at the top of this episode).</p><p>Ryan talks about his journey from journalist to studio founder, why controlling your own IP matters more than ever...

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  #83 Carbon is not the enemy: Step inside Interface’s innovation engine

  May 22, 202542 minS0

  <p>What does it really take to hit net zero – and stay there? For global carpet tile manufacturer Interface, the answer lies in a deep-rooted culture of innovation.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Tom sits down with Luca Achilli, Global Innovation & Sustainability Projects Director at Interface, to explore how the company is using design, R&D, and circular thinking to lead the charge toward carbon-negative products.</p><p><br></p><p>They discuss:</p>Why innovation is essential to achieving real emissions reductionsThe future of carbon as a raw materialHow Interface is embedding sustainability into product developmentWhat it...

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  #82 From farm to finished product: How to build a supply chain you can trust

  May 14, 202546 minS0

  <p>What does it really take to build a transparent supply chain?</p><p>In this episode of The Better Business Show, host Tom Idle dives deep into one of the most urgent and complex challenges facing brands today: how to create truly traceable, accountable, and credible supply chains – from the farm to the factory to the finished product.</p><p>With global regulations tightening and consumer expectations rising, transparency is no longer a box-ticking exercise; it’s a business necessity. But building that visibility, especially in commodities like cotton, is far from simple. It takes technology, policy understanding, and huma...

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  #81 Building a better booze brand: How Sxollie is ripping up the cider sector

  Apr 29, 202542 minS0

  <p>Cider doesn’t often make headlines in the world of drinks innovation. It’s a category that’s long been dominated by heritage brands, murky labels, and – let’s be honest – a fair amount of concentrate and sugar masquerading as nature’s bounty.</p><p>But this week, we meet someone who’s rewriting the rules.</p><p>Laura Clacey is the co-founder of Sxollie, a bold, no-nonsense cider brand born in South Africa and on a mission to shake up the status quo. From using single varietal eating apples (not juice concentrate), to pioneering transparency and sustainability in a sleepy drinks...

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  #80 Chirrup: Measuring nature with a microphone

  Apr 15, 202538 minS0

  <p>Biodiversity loss is one of the biggest, least understood risks facing our food system – and businesses are waking up to it. But measuring nature has never been easy. This time, we meet Conrad Young, founder of Chirrup, a startup using birdsong and bioacoustics to track biodiversity across farmland.</p><p>Conrad shares how a quiet moment during the COVID lockdown inspired him to build a technology that helps retailers and suppliers, like Tesco and Diageo, get a clearer picture of ecological health in their supply chains. We explore why biodiversity matters to business, what birds can tell us about ec...

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