The Impact of Your Small Business on the Environment
Your business has an environmental impact — even if you're a service provider. 🌿
This week on Money Secrets, we’re talking about impact — one of our core themes inside Good Money Club — and how our businesses affect the environment.
We often expect product and manufacturing businesses to shoulder the responsibility of sustainability, but service providers? We’re part of the picture too.
In this solo episode, Fi opens a gentle and important conversation about the choices we make in our businesses — from how we deliver our services, to the software we subscribe to, the products we buy, the banks and super funds we use, and the gifts we send to clients.
You don’t need to be a sustainability expert to start making more conscious choices. This is about doing what you can, with what you have — and being willing to ask better questions.
🎧 Tune in to hear practical prompts, real-life examples, and one simple browser switch that could make a world of difference.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Your business has an environmental footprint — even if you don’t sell physical products. Every service has a cost, whether it’s cloud storage, energy use, or software subscriptions.
- Small changes can add up. From switching browsers to reducing video recordings, there are simple shifts that reduce impact without sacrificing efficiency.
- Where you spend matters. The tools, subscriptions, banks, and super funds you use are all part of your business ecosystem — and their values become part of yours.
- Your delivery model is part of your impact. Whether you’re commuting, flying, or working remotely, it’s worth considering how your service is getting to your clients — and at what cost to the environment.
- Buying better beats buying more. When it comes to products and client gifts, longevity and ethics go a long way — even if it costs a little more up front.
- You don’t have to be perfect to care. You don’t need a sustainability degree to start making better choices — just curiosity, reflection, and a willingness to ask yourself some honest questions.
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We’ve come so far as a society in many ways, but money is one of the areas where progress hasn’t been enough. If we want to tip the scales in favour of marginalised people, it starts with understanding the secret: money in small business.
In this podcast, Money Secrets, host Fiona (Fi) Johnston—Chartered Accountant, small business advocate, and impact enthusiast—dives into the conversations we need to have about money. The secrets that once stayed behind closed doors (or on the golf course) are finally out in the open.
Fi’s mission? To get more money into the hands of good people, like you. She believes small businesses have the power to change the world, and the key to making a bigger impact is to make—and manage—more money.
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Thank you to everyone involved for bringing this podcast together. We are excited to hear from you with any questions, feedback or suggestions for future episodes that you might have. Send a Direct Message to @peach.business
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This podcast episode was recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation and I'd like to acknowledge them as the Traditional Owners and custodians of this land and water that I live, work and play on. I'd like to pay respect to elders both past and present, and note that sovereignty has never been ceded. This always was and always will be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land.
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