Show Notes
My guest today is Tim Frick, CEO of Mightybytes, a digital agency and certified B Corporation that helps great organizations create greater impact. Tim uses his business to drive social and environmental change.
In the episode, we discussed:
- The history of Mightybytes and why Tim made the decision to change the structure to a Certified B Corporation
- Tim Frick’s experience of personal sole searching and the realization that he gravitated towards working with organizations that drive social and environmental impact
- The unique structure and requirements of B Corporations which use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems
- Process of going through the B Assessments, which is an audit process every 3 years to ensure the company is adhering to B Corp guidelines
- Using the B Impact Assessment in Mightybytes’ ongoing decisions (community, governance, workers, environment, customers)
- Making decisions based off of the environmental review during the B Assessment — learned that the internet had a major carbon footprint
- Mightybytes’ focus on decreasing their internet carbon footprint through web optimization in performance and efficiency
- Mightybytes’ commitment to using green hosting providers using the Green Web Foundation’s advice and guidance
- Declaration of a climate emergency within Mightybytes along with a communications toolkit that states this is an emergency and we need to treat it as such
- Goal of reaching net zero at Mightybytes through offsetting and decreasing travel, renewable energy hosting, analyzing office space energy uses, and more
- 1% for the Planet Member — 1% of company profits are donated to environmental organizations
Resources
Here are the direct links to resources mentioned in the episode: