About Us

We’re your strategic thinking partners, change management companions & ethical marketing agency, all in one.


You want to build a brand with integrity.

You want more than just another ethical marketing agency. Because you don’t view sustainable development as separate from your financial success.

Instead, you take an integrated perspective. Economic success is your driving force behind fostering sustainable sensibility, human solidarity and a high quality of life for everyone.

We’re with you on that.

Our work is steeped in your business strategy. We’re your companions as you create much-needed cultural change. And our creative copywriting & design produces measurable results.

Holistic, accessible, inclusive

The know-how for excellent marketing localisation. An eye for keeping the entire user journey consistent. Accessibility and inclusion at the heart of all work. Plus, you’ll learn absolutely loads while working together.

If that’s the kind of agency you’re looking for, I recommend From Scratch Communications. Period.

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Katinka Oppeck

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According to Digital Beaconour previous home page emitted 462.87g of CO2e per month.

This is equivalent to driving 531 metres in a Tesla Model S or watching 1 hour of Netflix (in HD).

As of summer 2025, we’ve got a new website designed to emit less. But we haven’t collected the data yet. So check back soon.

 

In 2023, we donated 2.28% of all our revenue to projects that contribute to the SDGs – and contributed pro bono services to the value of €6,510 to initiatives and individuals driving culture change.

From Scratch Vision & Values

Since the late 19th century, marketing has been the source of stories, beliefs and behaviours that cause overconsumption, health problems and the destruction of the environment.

We believe that it’s time for marketing to be a force for good – creating stories, beliefs and habits that promote sustainable sensibility, human solidarity and a high quality of life for everyone.

We’re here to accelerate this culture change towards a regenerative economy. Where profit is seen as a source of social and environmental impact — not an end in itself.

This culture change takes time, and it takes all of us. Travelling in the right direction together is more important than chasing elusive perfection.

Learning is winning
We enjoy research and writing because they‘re serious play. This doesn‘t mean we reinvent the wheel with every job or project.
Thinking over doing
In a world of blueprints and 5-step plans to success, we produce new ideas and aha moments.
Signal vs noise
Unless it’s art, we don’t create for creation’s sake. We live in a world of instant access to information. For many people, choosing what content to engage with has become a major source of overwhelm.

Content we produce needs to stand out in the noise.

To achieve a good signal-to-noise ratio, we always create based on solid strategy. We value original perspectives and thoughts over pure information sharing. If in doubt, we’d rather curate and comment than duplicate content.

Making Money and Making Change:
A New Balance

From Scratch was founded in 2017 with a mission to build the most sustainable copywriting agency on Earth.

On our journey, we discovered that our true potential reaches far beyond such an egocentric goal.

Colleagues, competitors and clients tell us that this part of our website has inspired them to transform their own practices. We hope you’ve found some new ideas here as well.

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