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Community

We were recognised in B Corp’s ‘Best for the World’ lists for our impact in Community, which means scoring in the top 5% of the global community.

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Clients

Our mission is to unlock the potential of the new economy to leave behind a better world. This past 12 months, we took the time to breakdown what this means to us in detail.

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Executive summary

What did this look like IRL in 2021-22? To be honest, the last 12 months were a heady mix of highlights and progress, alongside moments where we didn’t quite meet our expectations.

2022 Impact Trip: Rach's Reflections

A few months ago we went to Cambodia & Bangladesh to meet our colleagues, connect with end customers like Mrs Jonaki Akhtar in Bosila to get a first hand understanding of how 1 billion people live, without clean cooking. It was tough to hear their challenges, but positive to see how our work impacts people in a really positive way.

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Goals

Now that we’re a B Corp, we want to utilise the B Corp framework to help Harvey grow and thrive in a way that helps our planet and the people who inhabit it. As such, we’ve mapped our 2021 goals against the five pillars of B Corp assessment.

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Environment

It goes without saying that the climate crisis is the biggest issue facing our species right now. Since day one, it’s been important to us to use Harvey as a tool for funnelling essential funds towards initiatives that are helping find solutions. Our contribution might be small in the grand scheme of things, but it means a lot to us to know that we’re trying our best.

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Community Good

We’re acutely aware of the fact that Harvey doesn’t exist in a vacuum. And even though we may be small, our operations and decisions can have a direct impact on our immediate (and extended) communities. So we strive, at all times, to enrich the community in which we operate. 

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Governance and Team

‘Good’ is baked into our constitution (yum!) from our governance, to the team we never meant to build we show up every day for equality and wellness.

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Mission

Our mission is to unlock the potential of the new economy to leave behind a better world. At all times, we primarily work with companies who are helping move the needle on some of the pressing issues of our time through their work – either directly or indirectly. Importantly, we don’t work with organisations who are being destructive. 

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Partners

Over the course of 2020, we helped more conscious businesses grow. And that’s really what this is all about for us. To be able to play even a small role in helping ethically minded businesses connect their messages, products and services to more Australians gets us out of bed in the morning (if Margie hasn’t already, that is!).

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Executive Summary

We know our impact is small in the grand scheme of things, but it’s important to us that we do our bit to help create a fairer, more sustainable and more equitable society in whatever way we can.

5 small steps we took to be a more conscious business

There were some little things we could change straight away, which helped us get certified, but also just made us feel good about the impact our business was having on people and planet. Here are five of ‘em.

5 big steps to becoming a more conscious business

If you’re looking to build some turbo impact into your business, we hope our 5 Big Changes will give you some ideas to help you do that. Here we go!

We became a B Corp to audit our ethics.

August was a big month for us. After a year in business, we knew we were doing good things for good people, but couldn’t shake the question: were we doing enough of it? Don't become a B Corp if you’re not ready to be challenged.

Thinking of becoming a B Corp? Here's how we did it.

Thinking about becoming B Corp certified? It's definitely a journey and here's our little journey.

Jaunt: Converting Land Rovers to Electric

When it comes to the planet Harvey is always looking at new ways to lessen our impact, plus we’re always dreaming about owning an electric car. But until we can drive one 24/7 we’re choosing to live vicariously through the work of our client, Jaunt.

One Small Step: Behaviour Change at Scale

The third in our environmental series of climate crisis conversations with impact-driven businesses is a conversation with Lily Dempster, founder of One Small Step.

ATEC: Bioenergy for the planet

Inspired by our February Pause Fest panel, this is the second in our series of climate crisis conversations with impact-driven businesses.

Patagonia: Ethical Outerwear

If ever there was a poster child for ethical business it would have to be Patagonia. A company as famous for taking the planet into consideration with every business decision as it is for its colourful outerwear.

Business Can Lead on Addressing the Climate Crisis

We hosted a panel at Pause Fest 2020 this year titled 'Business Can Lead on Addressing the Climate Crisis' with Patagonia, ATEC* and One Small Step. What a panel 🔥 Thanks for capturing some of the gold shared Smart Company.