Honest
Carbon negative mobile network
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- Sustainability
- Mobile
- Telecommunications
- Environmental
- Lambeth, London, UK
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Company mission
To show a broken industry there’s a better way to do mobile.
31% female employees
Our take
Honest Mobile was launched in response to seeing a gap in the modern market for mobiles. Mobile networks were lagging behind, set in their old ways with complicated contracts, overcharging, and keeping customers on hold -being the norm.
To challenge this, the company built Honest Mobile from the ground up to create a better mobile network for customers and the planet. With £150k in funding, Honest Mobile has created the first carbon-neutral mobile network where customers can float between networks. And on top of this, its a registered B-Corporation and plants trees on behalf of its customers.
The mobile industry has many established players who have already spent time dealing with the challenges that Honest Mobile currently faces, like price competitiveness, WiFi functionality, and rural coverage. However, by aiming to capitalise on the consumer trend of eco-consciousness, which many of the existing companies in this space neglect, Honest Mobile aims to grow its customer base. Its performance on Seedrs, an equity crowdfunding platform for startups where it raised more than £3M in an oversubscribed campaign, shows that it is clearly gaining traction in the market.
With sustainability at the core of its mission, the company has released the UK's first recycled SIMs – made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic. Honest Mobile's next step? Getting get rid of SIMs altogether!
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- 🏝️ 25 days annual leave: Relax, unwind and take that all-important break 25 days a year, plus all the bank holidays
- 🥳 Your birthday off every year
- 📈 Ownership of Honest: Own your slice of Honest, through our company-wide EMI share options scheme
- 📱 An Honest plan and new refurbed phone: It goes without saying... a *new* phone (refurbed, ofc) and monthly SIM plan is coming your way – on us
- 🙋 Paid volunteering: We're all about doing the right thing. Each year you'll get a day to give back
- 📚 £500 annual learning budget: You get a learning budget! You get a learning budget! Everyone gets a learning budget! That's right, you'll get £500 per year for all your essential and technical learning
- 🧘 Monthly £35 wellbeing budget: Did someone say wellbeing? Yes, we did! You'll receive £35 through Heka to spend on self-care for the month
- 🚲 Cycle to Work scheme: Looking for a new ride to work? We've got you covered with the Cycle to Work scheme
- 🪇 Quarterly socials & team events: Once a quarter, we get together for a fun activity – from pottery painting, to archery, to escape rooms
Company values
- Radical changemakers: We’re here to shake things up, not follow the crowd. That means moving fast, taking risks and tackling challenges head on
- Positively provocative: We’re hungry for change but we’ll always keep things warm, hopeful and positive
- Caring candidly: While other networks count profits and dole out the bare minimum, we're here flipping the script. Because at Honest, we care about the same things our customers do
- Down-to-earth honesty: The clue’s in our name: we like giving it to people straight. Honesty is the bedrock of who we are
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2023
$4.1m
EARLY VC
Jan 2021
$1.1m
SEED
Total funding: $5.4m
Leadership
Andy Aitken
(Co-Founder & CEO)Andy studied Land Economy at Cambridge, and are an ICAEW Chartered Accountant. Worked at Deloitte for over eleven years, from Deloitte Scholar to Consultant for Deloitte Propel.
Josh Mihill
(Co-founder)Josh studied Product Design Engineering at Glasgow School of Art and the University of Glasgow followed by an MPhil in Industrial Systems, Manufacturing & Management from the University of Cambridge.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Honest
Fiona Egan (Head of People & Impact)
- Here at Honest, we’re all about doing the right thing, especially when no one’s looking. That includes building an inclusive environment where everyone feels like they belong and proud to be their true selves everyday. We’re committed to providing the support our team needs to thrive and do their best work. We believe it’s our differences that make us stronger and celebrate diversity in the Honest team. Learning from one another’s unique experiences, perspectives and ideas is how we win. That’s why we strongly encourage applications from all walks of life. So no matter your ethnicity, sexuality, gender identity, disability, neurodiversity, caregiver status, economic background or anything else, we welcome your application. Need any adjustments to support you with your application or at any point during the interviewing process? Email Fi, our Head of People & Impact. She’s here to help.
- Support during the process. If you have a disability, health condition, or any access needs and would like us to make adjustments to our process, please let us know. We’re happy to work with you to make sure you have what you need to take part fully and comfortably.
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