Meet ZeroBees
Who We Are
ZeroBees is a boutique sustainability agency dedicated to accelerating sustainability and carbon reduction across SMEs and supply chains. As a B Corp certified and Living Wage Employer, we uphold the highest standards of ethical business, transparency, and social responsibility. Our work is driven by the belief that sustainability should be accessible, actionable, and impactful for businesses of all sizes.
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We are a team of passionate strategists, technical specialists, and changemakers who thrive on solving complex sustainability challenges. At ZeroBees, innovation meets responsibility, creating a workplace where your impact truly matters.
Our Story
Founded in 2021, ZeroBees began with a SaaS-led sustainability platform. However, through hands-on experience with clients, we realised that product alone wasn’t enough—SMEs need tailored support to translate sustainability and carbon insights into real action. So, we evolved into a people-led consultancy with supported technology, ensuring our clients get the expertise and tools necessary to drive meaningful change.
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Our Values
At the heart of ZeroBees are our core values:
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Sustainability – We lead by example, helping businesses reduce their footprint and maximise positive impact.
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Integrity – We operate with transparency and honesty, ensuring ethical and evidence-based sustainability practices.
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Innovation – We challenge conventional approaches to create practical, effective, and scalable sustainability solutions.
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Collaboration – We believe in the power of partnerships to amplify impact and drive systemic change.
Our Mission
Our mission is to increase sustainability and accelerate decarbonisation across SMEs and value chains, making a lasting positive impact on the environment and society. This vision guides our strategies, operations, and commitment to a regenerative future.
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Our B Corp Commitment
ZeroBees is proud to be a B Corp certified company, meaning we meet the highest verified standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. As part of the global B Corp movement, we believe business should be a force for good. Our certification reflects our commitment to:
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People-first business practices – Ensuring fair pay, employee well-being, and ethical workplace policies.
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Environmental responsibility – Reducing our own footprint while helping clients do the same.
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Community impact – Collaborating with mission-aligned partners and supporting responsible supply chains.
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Governance and transparency – Maintaining ethical decision-making and clear accountability at every level.
How We Make an Impact
SME-Centric Approach
SMEs make up 90% of businesses worldwide, employ 70% of the global workforce, and contribute over half of global GDP. However, many lack the time, resources, and expertise to engage in sustainability. We focus on bridging these gaps by providing:
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Measurable impact tools – Simple, effective sustainability measurement and reporting.
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Strategic consulting – Expert guidance tailored to SME needs.
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Community & collaboration – Peer networking and knowledge-sharing to accelerate collective action.
Our Approach
Our Theory of Change
Put simply, we recognise key barriers that SMEs face:
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Lack of skills & knowledge → We provide jargon-free tools, training, and expertise.
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Lack of time & resources → We simplify processes and offer hands-on support.
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Lack of funds → We offer scalable, cost-effective solutions that focus on tangible benefits.
Through a mix of technology and tailored consulting, we help SMEs:
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Measure and reduce carbon emissions.
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Implement sustainability strategies that align with their business goals.
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Enhance brand value, strengthen supplier relationships, and engage employees.
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Our Commitment to Ethics & Responsibility
Our Code of Ethics
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We are committed to conducting business with integrity, transparency, and accountability. Our guiding principles include:
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Integrity & Honesty – No greenwashing, no shortcuts—just evidence-based sustainability.
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Fairness & Responsibility – We advocate for inclusivity and equitable outcomes.
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Respect & Collaboration – We foster diverse thinking and ethical partnerships.
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Transparency & Compliance – We adhere to legal, environmental, and data protection regulations.
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Environmental Stewardship – We minimise our own footprint and empower clients to do the same.​​​​​
Living Wage & Employee Well-being
We believe in fair pay and a healthy work environment.
As a Living Wage Employer, we ensure our employees are fairly compensated, supported by policies that promote work-life balance, flexible working, and sustainable travel.
Why Work With ZeroBees?
At ZeroBees, we’re not just consultants—we’re partners in your sustainability journey. Whether you’re looking to measure your carbon footprint, enhance sustainability practices, or build a long-term impact strategy, we’re here to help you take meaningful, measurable action.​Ready to start your sustainability journey? Let’s talk.
Toby Radcliffe
Co-Founder
A scientist by training, Toby has a passion for positive social change and lifelong experience in sustainability. He holds a masters degree from Cambridge in Natural Sciences, an MSc in Financial Economics from SOAS and an MProf in Leadership for Sustainable Development from Forum for the Future. As well as being a former professional long distance triathlete, he has worked across a range of sectors including rail, energy, commodities, tech and childcare, across a range of functions from risk management to marketing, commodities trading to project management, product range to customer experience, and sustainability consultancy.
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Contact: toby@zerobees.com
Martin Stead
Co-Founder, Advisor
Martin believes the dialogue around climate change needs to shift from doom and gloom to the art of the possible. With a Masters in History from Cambridge, Martin has led a number of businesses including senior positions at P&G where he drove a charge to get people to reduce energy use by washing at lower temperatures, EDF where he launched the UK's first mainstream 100% low carbon electricity tariff at a market-leading price, and FinTech Nutmeg where as CEO he launched ESG portfolios, grew the customer base 10-fold, and raised sufficient capital to get the start-up to a sustainable financial position.
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Heather Brett-Pickering
Junior Consultant
Heather is our Carbon Consultant at ZeroBees. A trained scientist (biological) with an MSc in Climate Change Finance and Investment from the University of Edinburgh Business School, Heather has a strong interest in sustainable initiatives and nature-based solutions. She's passionate about the possibilities that ecology and biodiversity offer for scaling up investments to create a climate-resilient future. Heather is also actively involved in volunteering and local community initiatives.​
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Contact: heather@zerobees.com
Andrew Ho
CTO
Andrew is a full stack engineer and has lead engineering teams in two successful tech exits.
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He brings his broad skills - from machine learning to complex problem solving, databases to language models - to ZeroBees to solve for sustainability use cases, aligning product and tech solutions to impact driven outcomes.
Stephanie Chang
Advisor
Steph has spent her career working in sustainability with 20 years of experience across consulting, banking and investment. She thrives on working to tackle our biggest societal and environmental challenges and firmly believes in the necessity of collective action and human ingenuity. ​She began her career at HSBC, working as a corporate banker before moving on to the sustainable finance team. She then went on to advise corporates on all things sustainability as a consultant at PwC.
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She is currently the Head of Sustainable Investment Advisory and Integration at Schroders, the largest FTSE100 asset manager and an industry leader in sustainable investment. Steph holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford and is also a Chartered Financial Analyst, and is a happy and proud mum of two and wants to leave our planet in a nice state for them to live in.
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