Category: Ethical/Eco
March 25th, 2022 Posted in Ethical/Eco
The Green Claims Code and ‘greenwashing’
With more and more people wanting to spend their money with environmentally friendly suppliers, some unscrupulous companies have been trying to mislead us. The Green Claims Code from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is a way of combatting this. This works two ways for us small business owners – trying to be more eco […]
February 7th, 2022 Posted in Ethical/Eco
Easy ethical switches for your business
Here are some easy switches I’ve made to help Intention be more ethical when choosing banking, broadband and mobile phones. More detail at https://byintention.co/easy-ethical-switches-for-your-business/
August 2nd, 2021 Posted in Ethical/Eco
Ecologi – helping a climate positive workforce
I’ve signed up to a monthly plan with Ecologi to help Intention become a climate positive business.
October 28th, 2019 Posted in Ethical/Eco, Freelancer tips, Psychology
The ethics of ‘faking it until you make it’
I’ve seen many sources encourage us to ‘fake it until we make it’ in a new career path or when starting a business. If they’re selling coaching/ebooks or ‘growth hacking’ their startup or social media account this kind of advice is especially common. There are some ethical issues around this attitude though – both for […]
Phone spam from PC support company “PCEFIX”
I keep getting calls about my “Windows computer” from some idiots who say they are from the “Service centre for windows operating system”. This looks to me like an attempt to sound like they are calling from Microsoft. I get other phone spammers trying to make out they are calling from Orange when they are […]
Sennheiser eco-friendly packaging
I was quite surprised to see the packaging on my new CD300-IIs that arrived today – the box is completely made of corrugated card! Nice box – let’s just hope this pair last longer than the previous ones.