For a long period, I didn’t have a phone, but as I was about to get a job as a skipper, it would be irresponsible not to have one. It is part of the first aid kit when you are out and about. And not being able to call for help because I didn’t have a phone would never be ok.
After I decided to get a phone, I started to look for a company with a good price and would function in Asia. (That was where I was going as a skipper)
And that was where I found GreenSpeak*.
What Is GreenSpeak?
GreenSpeak is a company founded by three guys who were tired of not making a difference in the world with the job they had. The idea was to start a company that almost everybody had a subscription to and then donate the entire profits to charity.
Equal Pay and Salary Ceiling
Everybody at the company gets 30.000 DKK/month (4.300 $) no matter what position you have in the company. And they never get a raise.
To quote themselves:
“In GreenSpeak we do not have any desire to earn money for ourselves. We have no intention of becoming millionaires. We will rather focus on making a positive change that the world needs. That is why we have equal pay and a salary ceiling. The salary ceiling is the median income of Dane, which we think is fair”.
Democratic Donations
As a customer of GreenSpeak, you get to decide where the money is donated to. They have a long list where you as a customer can vote. And if an organization gets 10 % of the votes, they will get 10 % of the profit.
In 2019 they donated 420.000 DKK (61.000 $).
You can see the entire donation list here.
Fair Prices and No Bindings
If you don’t use your phone that much you and you only use it in Denmark, you can have the cheapest subscription for 49 DKK (7 $).
The cheapest subscription for calling and data in the EU is 119 DKK (17 $).
And you can cancel it anytime.
You can have a look at their subscriptions here.
My Experience with GreenSpeak
Since I have been shuffling a bit back and forward between Asia and Denmark, I can imagine that I have been a more demanding customer. I have changed my subscription at least three times, but with no hassle at all. I wrote them through the email or their website, and in less than 24 hours (sometimes just hours) they had made my request.
Currently, I have the danish subscription for 79 DKK (11 $) and it suits me well.
I would never write about them if I didn’t use them myself, or if they didn’t make the world a better place.
*I told them that I wanted to write an article about them because I like the way they are running the company so they offered me a free month for the article.