The Green Grocer, Richard Walker
The Green Grocer, Richard Walker
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The Green Grocer
One man's manifesto for corporate activism

Author: Richard Walker

Narrator: Richard Walker

Unabridged: 7 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: DK

Published: 04/06/2021


Synopsis

An intelligent, inspiring audiobook about the author's quest to find purpose with profit for his company, helping readers with businesses of all sizes to see the value of ethical policies and "doing it right".

Learn how to green your business from one of the UK's leading corporate activists.

Can you reverse climate change and promote social justice while generating a profit? Richard Walker shows you how it's both possible and valuable to "do it right".

Walker runs a £3bn business that is affecting real change in the most unlikely but critical sector: the supermarket. From restricting single-use plastic to eradicating palm oil from products, his quest is to find purpose with profit for his business. In this intimate, challenging, and encouraging audiobook, he explains how you too can make genuine progress on sustainable initiatives while being realistic about profit margins, and obligations to customers and employees.

The Green Grocer offers clear-sighted experience and inspiration for any business, whether a large corporation, a kitchen-table start-up, or a sole trader, to make a difference.

Richard Walker is the managing director of Iceland Foods, a company that has led the way with ethical business practices in the UK since the 1980s. Richard is at the forefront of the sustainability conversation, being a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, a member of the DEFRA Council for Sustainable Business, and a trustee of several environmental charities. He is a panellist on BBC's Question Time and star of Channel 5's recent TV series Inside Iceland.

© 2021 Richard Walker © 2021 DK Audio

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sophy on September 10, 2022

Although there have been some bold moves by Iceland to become more "green", this book involves a lot of self-congratulatory back slapping and adulation. And all this given that there are multiple contradictions in Walker's message. On the one hand "shop local, think local", on the other- we value ou......more

Goodreads review by Ni on May 07, 2023

The top line of The Green Grocer, Richard Walker’s book: a ‘Manifesto for Corporate Activism' is a testimonial from Piers Morgan, but wait! - Richard recognises that 'half the population absolutely loathes' Iceland Foods, alleging cheap highly-processed food. Question: How much fresh supermarket foo......more

Goodreads review by Jess on April 30, 2022

Reads as propaganda for Iceland and definitely a biased account of Walker's attempts to make the supermarket as ethical as possible. But, I am reminded that although it's easy to critique and pick holes in those attempts, the fact he is attempting them is fantastic and still, worryingly, the excepti......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on January 18, 2022

My copy is now full of post-it notes. Organisations I want to look up. Ways if thinking. Examples of how much effort you need to put in to make high impact changes. I gained so much from reading about Richard's approach to running a business and his approaching to becoming more sustainable. I loved......more

Goodreads review by Katie on January 13, 2023

I’ve seen some criticism that this book reads like propaganda for Iceland, however Walker simply uses his own business as a case study - and why shouldn’t he. Iceland as successfully brought about major changes in the UK retail industry. As a business owner I find this book highly inspiring and moti......more