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The Green Ledger - Tips for a Sustainable Small Business
What if your business could not only survive the ups and downs of the market but actually thrive during uncertain times? What if, instead of constantly putting out fires, you had systems in place that let you step away—maybe even take a real vacation—knowing that everything was running smoothly in your absence?
The Green Ledger - Tips for a Sustainable Small Business is the show where making money meets making a difference. This podcast is your guide to building a profitable, planet-friendly, and people-friendly business. In each episode we explore strategies and insights used by big companies and adapt them for the small business landscape.
Whether you're serving up meals, brewing drinks, crafting goods, or making an impact in your own unique way, The Green Ledger equips you with practical tips, proven tools, and forward-thinking methods to build resilience, create long-term value, and give you a competitive edge. Join our community of forward-thinking small business owners, and let’s turn sustainability into your secret weapon for success—one entry in The Green Ledger at a time.
The Green Ledger - Tips for a Sustainable Small Business
Episode 10 - Track Your Business Impact - What Matters Most for Small Business Resilience
You’ve worked hard this year - cut waste, trained your team, switched suppliers, maybe even implemented a backup plan. But here’s the question: can you actually prove any of it made a difference? If a customer, lender, or even your own family asked, “What difference did it make?” or “How is your business really making an impact?”, would you have a clear answer, or just a vague feeling?
In this episode, we talk about how to stop guessing and start knowing. You’ll learn how to measure what matters most for business resilience, even if you’re not a “numbers person,” and how to turn your progress into a one-page snapshot that builds confidence, attracts customers, and helps you sleep better at night.
📊 What You’ll Learn
- Why tracking your impact = tracking your resilience
- A bite-sized GRI approach you can actually use
- How to track both what affects your business and how your business affects others
- Narrative + number = your secret weapon for grants, customers, and team morale
- A simple 30-60-90 day plan to build your own Impact Snapshot
✍️ Quick Action List for This Week
- Pick ONE metric you wish you knew right now (e.g., energy savings, team retention)
- Ask yourself: “If I improved this, what could I do with that result?”
- Find your current baseline and write it down
- Imagine the story behind the number: what would change for your team or business?
📄 Your 3-Part Impact Snapshot Includes:
- What’s hitting you from the outside (costs, supply chain issues, climate, labor)
- What ripple effects your business is creating (employee morale, reduced waste, community impact)
- What’s next (specific, realistic, meaningful goals for the next quarter or year)
This isn't a corporate report. It's a one-pager that helps you see, and show, what matters most.
🛠️ Free Resource
📥 The Bite-Size GRI Template
💌 Questions? Feedback?
Reach out at anca@3pimpactconsulting.com - I’d love to hear from you.
🎧 Listen now - and take the first step toward a more resilient business.
I am the founder of 3P Impact Consulting and I help small businesses build long-term resilience through sustainable practices. I adapt tools used by big corporations to fit the reality of purpose-driven small business owners - so they can grow with confidence, even in uncertain times.
💻 Learn more about my work at www.3pimpactconsulting.com/services-overview
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