Our Start-Up focus this week is on Mechanical Engineering graduate Ben Richardson who co-created the start-up business Tyndall Sustainability – a consultancy business which aims to help businesses move closer to ‘carbon neutrality’ through analysis, education and goal setting.
Ben’s story: We work closely with
companies to calculate their impact on the environment. A company’s carbon
footprint can be broken down into aspects such as: Agricultural inputs,
transport, packaging, waste & processing. Only once this analysis is
complete can a company then focus their resources on making changes in the
right ways.
Many parts of sustainability can be misleading and complex. We try and provide
companies with the understanding to manage their emissions and reach specific
sustainability goals.
needs sorting out and I was excited to dedicate my career to help this
missions. My partner (Joe) and I, started with the concept of trying to get
emission data on as much packaging as possible. We really thought (and still
do), that it is compatible with the boom in the calorie and how people change
their habits as a result of numbers on the back of packaging
working with companies to calculate their direct and indirect greenhouse gas
emissions to see what they can change to have a better impact on the
environment
We are majorly thankful for
their ongoing support and help with the confusion and complexities of starting
a business! The money raised from the B-Enterprising team was the first step to helping
develop a website. It also took the pressure off two (very) recent grads to be
able to give it a shot
I have zero business
background and it has been a steep learning curve from the business /
financials / sales side of things. Trying to contact companies and getting
rejected constantly was a bit rough on the motivation but now we are finding
ourselves in a position where companies are coming to us as our portfolio
builds.
emissions reduce and educating them on how they can further head towards
Net-Zero is genuinely rewarding! We are seeing that companies are actively
searching for ways that they can reduce their footprint and see it as good for
business. As long as this ball keeps on rolling I am
optimistic about the
future of the planet!
Name one thing you wish you knew before you started out
hard on coding courses as soon as a left university but if I learned the skills
a couple of years ago, I could have saved a lot of time!
it is a classic) is that communication is so important.
speaking to colleagues or pitching to a potential client, it’s everything from
your ability to write to suit your audience to be able to layout data in a
visually appealing and clear way.
different aspects of communication correct in a business, you’re probably in a
good place!
