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Green Means Business
by Melina CostaInterviews with the entrepreneurs paving the way to a low carbon economy. If you believe that we can do business better, this podcast is for you.
Copyright: © 2024 Green Means Business
Episodes
Wild Plastic: Recovering Plastic from Nature and Turning It into Eco-Products
40m · PublishedThe majority of all the plastic humans have produced since the 1950s has ended up in landfills or the natural environment. We are talking 5 billion tons of pollution, contaminating the planet's surface in particular in developing countries. This episode is about a startup in Hamburg that is creating a whole economy around plastic waste.
Wild Plastic recovers plastic from the environment in African countries, recycles that material and turns it into trash bags – which are then sold to climate-conscious consumers in Europe. In this interview Christian Sigmund, one of the co-founders, talks about the global logistics of plastic waste, how to convince consumers to pay 30% more for their trash bags and why he decided to create a steward-owned company. Wild Plastic cannot be sold and does not distribute profits among shareholders. In a nutshell, that means that its founders and investors cannot get ridiculously rich.
For Tomorrow: Making CO2 Emissions More Expensive
42m · PublishedToday my guest is Ruth von Heusinger, founder of the NGO For Tomorrow. For Tomorrow allows individuals to become carbon neutral by not only planting trees but also buying European emission rights out of the market. These are certificates that limit the amount of carbon that companies are allowed to produce in Europe. By acquiring those, For Tomorrow not only avoids emissions but also helps to make them more expensive.
Kleiderly: A Second Life for Fashion
31m · PublishedAlina Bassi is founder of the Berlin-based startup Kleiderly. Kleiderly transforms fashion waste into a kind of plastic that can be used to manufacture different products. The first one to hit the markets in late September are sunglasses. Alina is a chemical engineer and developed the technology herself.
In this episode we talk about:
- Fashion waste: why 87% of the clothes we ever wear ends up in landfills.
- The process of turning textile into plastic
- The business model behind Kleiderly and
- Circularity: how to make sure that Kleiderly is not producing even more waste with its recycled products
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Climate Farmers: Fostering Regenerative Agriculture
43m · PublishedIn this episode, I am supporting Planet Day, an event promoted by the NGO Planet Groups. It's September the 10th. The event is online and the tickets cost 20 euros, which will be sent to the Rainforest Trust UK. Registration here: https://planetgroups.net/planetday/
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Ivo Degn is founder of the German startup Climate Farmers. Climate Farmers is a network and a platform connecting farmers and supporting their transition to regenerative agriculture. In this interview we talk about:
- How farming could help reverse climate change
- The problem with industrial farming
- How to make regenerative properties economically viable
- The political environment in Europe for a new kind of agriculture AND
- Climate Farmers' ambitious plan of reaching 10% of Europe's farmland under regenerative management in the next few years
Plan A: Helping Companies with Carbon Accounting
37m · PublishedLubomila Jordanova is CEO and co-founder of the Berlin-based startup Plan A. Plan A helps companies with their carbon accounting by collecting data, visualising it and suggesting ways that companies can improve their environmental performance. Among their clients are the investment bank Société Générale and consulting firm BCG. In this interview we talk about carbon accounting, the problem with sustainability reporting and carbon offsetting.
Olio: Reducing Food Waste by Connecting Neighbours
37m · PublishedTessa Clarke is CEO and founder of Olio, a food sharing app that allows people to give away food and household items - instead of throwing them away. The app was created five years ago by a team in London and has already reached 4 million users. The Olio community is so excited about it that more than 25.000 volunteers help with picking up food and 50.000 ambassador work on the expansion of the app to countries like Mexico and Singapore.
In this interview, Tessa talks about the step by step of building Olio, from a proof of concept on WhatsApp to the latest funding round. She also explores the complexity of building a business model around free food and her plans to change the way we consume.
CarbonCloud: Measuring the Climate Impact of Food
48m · PublishedDavid Bryngelsson is CEO and founder of the Swedish startup CarbonCloud. CarbonCloud measures the climate impact of food products. Their most prominent client is Oatly, the oat drink company valued at $10 billion in its recent IPO.
In this interview, David talks in detail about how ClimateCloud accounts for all the emissions involved in producing food and how he translates all that complexity into a single number presented to consumers. He also shares his experience having tried different business models and he reveals his growth plans.
Show Intro
1m · PublishedWelcome to Green Means Business, a podcast about what companies are doing to contribute for a more sustainable economy. If you are interested in ESG investing, this show is for you.
Green Means Business has 8 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 4:42:33. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 26th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on February 27th, 2024 16:14.