Impact Journey with Julia

Creating a wave of change - Virginia Yanquilevich, CEO Dopper

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How do you tackle a massive challenge like plastic pollution? Dopper CEO Virginia Yanquilevich talks about all the ways that Dopper is creating a “wave” to change people’s behavior.

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THE IMPACT. Virginia:

  • Is CEO of Dopper, the Dutch B Corp the mission to reduce plastic pollution in our oceans and bring clean drinking water where it's needed. Their initiatives include Dopper Wave, a pledge against single-use plastic, and working on access to clean water in Nepal.
  • Was CMO at Fresh & Rebel and Sitecom
  • Started her career as a journalist and editor at Caras magazine in Argentina
  • Has a degree in Communication Science from Universidad de Ciencias Empresariales y Sociales
  • Speaks Dutch, Spanish, along with English

    • THE JOURNEY. In our conversation, we explore:

    • Growing up in Argentina: bringing supplies to at-need regions and telling the stories
    • Combining passion and career: coming back to a childhood interest after 17 years in marketing
    • The multi-part mission of Dopper: reducing plastic and providing access to clean drinking water
    • How all Dopper efforts are interlinked: from Cradle2Cradle certification to “best place to work”
    • The challenge of behavior change and what we’ve learned from solidarity in the coronavirus crisis
    • Positioning a big challenge: communicating both what you’re “for” and what you’re “against”
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