Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam

Driving to every single household on this sparsely populated and often remote island is no easy task and creates logistical and environmental issues. But my next guest decided to make every An Post vehicle have zero emissions. No mean feat when we’re talking about hundreds of them. In fact the national postal service aims to be net zero by the end of this decade. And it is for that reason as well as the fact that An Post consistently wins prizes for its working environment and trust among the public, that this month's Repak ‘Green Business person of the Month’ is David McRedmond, the Chief Executive of An Post.

Friday business news and market review with Joe Lynam and Leonie MacCann from Irish life Investment Managers.

The Irish are famously among the biggest tea drinkers in the world. It used to be a choice of either Lyons or Barrys but increasingly we are branching out in the types of tea we drink including Matcha, Chai and Green tea. One tea importer in Galway, called Solaris is run by a German couple who have now achieved the rare accolade of a B Corp Status denoting the highest standards in how the business is run.
Jorg Müller, co-owner of Solaris Tea told Joe all about the company.

In Davos last week the EU Commission said it was pressing on with the introduction of a new type of European corporate entity, called EU Inc, which would be recognised in all 27 member states. It would create a single, harmonized set of EU-wide rules for company law, insolvency, staffing, and tax and could save a lot of money.
It’s often referred to as the 28th regime and our own Michael McGrath is pushing it forward to simplify doing business is a bloc famed for red tape. The person who came up with the term EU Inc is the German entrepreneur and investor Andreas Klinger who joined Joe this morning.

Thursday's business news review along with Newstalk Business Editor Joe Lynam.