Rubber Republic

21/11/2022

🎉 AMAZING NEWS 🎉 There are now 1,000 UK B Corps, and Rubber Republic is proud to be one of them!

We first heard about the BCorp movement 7 years ago and immediately recognised it’s power to build a more inclusive, equitable AND regenerative economy.

We’ve been part of this trailblazing community for 5 years. It supports and challenges us, and it’s incredibly exciting to see and feel the momentum build as so many organisations join and take action to transform their businesses as a force for good. The movement now has over 50,000 employees in over 58 industries!

The world we want to see is possible, and with every new addition to the movement, our collective action gets bigger, bolder and more impactful.

Let’s all work together to be a force for good.

20/07/2022

Can our imagination solve the Climate Crisis?

As we recognise the agency to solve the growing problems in our society and systems, we need radical imaginations contributing to the pursuit of a path towards a better future.
mulgan declares that using our collective imagination is the key to solving the great problems of our present and future.

Sir Geoff Mulgan CBE is a Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation at UCL and former CEO of Nesta. Geoff has explored ideas of collective intelligence, experimentalism, social investment and more.

This short film is part of a larger strand of work looking at how vital collective imagination is right now and how it can democratise access to a future that works for all of us, released in partnership with the .

Check out the other films through the link in our bio.

29/06/2022

💚🚨!! Great BCorp news claxon !!🚨💚

We’ve just passed our recertification! 😃💪🙌

Rubber Republic has proudly been part of the trailblazing B Corp community for over four years*. Every business who certifies is taking a stand to be part of the solution not the problem, and we couldn’t be more proud to be part of this growing community of amazing organisations. A smarter future is possible, but it takes those bold and visionary enough to invent the future we need, and the BCorp community is full of inspirational groundbreaking organisations redefining how business can operate.

Vitally, BCorps operations have to include in their goals and impacts their effects on their broader stakeholders of people, communities and the planet, and as every business depends on these things to operate, it’s smarter that we tie their future into our planning.

If anyone wants to join the (currently) 5,132 companies and counting, including Patagonia, Ben & Jerrys and Triodos Bank click here (or drop us a line if you need any advice)! LINK :https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us

* Recertification comes around every 3 (normal) years but the pandemic caused us a bit of a recertification delay 😬.

04/05/2022

Noticed a rise in greenwash post COP26? Fear not - we’ve recruited some of the world's top business hamsters to explore the problem in the short film “Greenwash explained with hamsters” - live on now.

Check out the trailer below, and then head over to Waterbear to watch the full film (subscription is free + link in bio).

With VO from , we explore our furry friend's world and expose various dubious practices hamster businesses use to mislead customers about their climate credentials. 🌍

Obviously no human businesses would do this kind of thing though....would they?

04/11/2021

360 Video: How are indigenous communities responding to the climate crisis?

Daniela is a Colombian climate activist and describes how her community cultural identity is inherently tied to that of nature. When nature is threatened, so are her people.

View more VR stories here: https://www.mockcop.org/climate-reality/

Our project, tells groundbreaking stories of youth activists from around the world being affected by the right now and how they are actively resisting on the ground.

03/11/2021

360 Video: Is ancient wisdom a key to solving the climate crisis?

Watch Txai tell her story in 360 video in a VR headset at TODAY at stand C1 in the Green Zone (Weds Nov 3rd).

Meet Txai, a member of the Movement of Indigenous Youth of Rondônia who is passionate about why indigenous voices need to be at the heart of climate discourse.

View more VR stories here: https://www.mockcop.org/climate-reality/

Our project, tells groundbreaking stories of youth activists from around the world being affected by the right now and how they are actively resisting on the ground.

Also check out Txai's passionate speech during the opening of the United Nation's COP26 summit earlier this week here: https://twitter.com/andretrig/status/1455213225331544065

02/11/2021

360 Videos: What is it like to experience a Typhoon in The Philippines?

Meet Bea, a climate activist who takes us inside a typhoon and shows us the destruction which Typhoon Goni brought last year. LINK

View more VR stories here: https://www.mockcop.org/climate-reality/

Our project, tells groundbreaking VR stories of youth activists from around the world being affected by the Climate Crisis right now and how they are actively resisting on the ground.

01/11/2021

360 Video: Meet Rakesh, a waste-picker and climate activist, as he shows you round a waste sorting plant in India:

View more VR stories here: https://www.mockcop.org/climate-reality/

How do we create solidarity with those tackling climate change in India?

Our project, tells groundbreaking VR stories of youth activists from around the world being affected by the Climate Crisis right now.

27/10/2021

How do we help create empathy with those most affected by the Climate Crisis?

Our project filming 360 films with youth activists who's lives are already profoundly affected is almost ready.

Working with Mock COP26, and Picture Zero, this week we're bringing together the final footage ready for a showcase at to allow those attending to see what young people in India, Uganda, The Philippines, Colombia and the Brazilian Amazon are experiencing, and how they're already working to address the effects on the ground.

Check out the trailer here, and we'll release the films for VR headsets and online 360 viewing next week:

11/10/2021

BREAKING: Major business executives demand meaningful action on biodiversity as opens.

Proud to have worked with Business for Nature & Greenhouse PR to highlight the world's leading businesses call for critical action.

01/10/2021

Great to be working with and to create MY CLIMATE REALITY ahead of . Five VR films transport you to the front lines of the climate crisis to experience the effects on the ground, and the work already underway to fight back, first hand.

Meet activists Bea, Jonathan, Daniel, Rakesh, Txai and Daniela, and travel from the Philippines to Uganda, India, Brazil and Colombia. My Climate Reality was created by a global collaboration of activists and filmmakers to transport you right to the heart of the action.

Stay tuned!

23/07/2021

WE’RE HIRING: Social Media Maestro

Rubber Republic is on a mission to make change entertaining and engaging. We’ve got a couple of projects coming up that require social media magic. Find out more here:
https://www.rubberrepublic.com/were-hiring-social-media-maestro/

Know someone who might be the perfect match for us? Tag them below!

07/07/2021

Thrilled to see our anniversary film screened on Piccadilly Lights! 😍 💚 🌍 Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9fPaTBfado
Want to join the race? Get involved here: https://unfccc.int/climate-action/race-to-zero-campaign

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