Impact at Scale

EP 70 - Sonalie Figueiras - Founder at Green Queen Media - There Is No Human Health Without Environmental Health

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The Social Innovation Podcast had an in-depth conversation with Sonalie Figueiras the founder of Green Queen Media and the founder and CEO of Source Green a platform that helps businesses reduce the plastic in their packaging.


Sonalie is an award-winning social entrepreneur, building Asia's first impact and sustainability media platform. In this episode, we discussed several issues related to sustainability including plastic, carbon tax, and impact investing as well as what people can do to have a positive impact.

Some of the topics Sonalie covered in detail:

  • Quantifying the cost of plastic to the planet
  • How plastic can impact one's health
  • Who should pay for the waste
  • How to deal with the lazy consumer
  • How can we factor the environmental cost into the end products?
  • Everyone agrees plastic pollution is a bad thing

    • Other titles we considered for this episode:

    1. We Are Addicted to Convenience
    2. We Are Doing the Math Wrong
    3. I’ve Seen Behind the Wizard of These Big Companies
    4. The Cost of Not Doing Has to Be Greater Than the Cost of Doing
    5. Plastic Waste Serves No One
    6. When People See Information Clearly They Change Their Behavior
      7. ...more
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      Impact at ScaleBy Hosted by Zal Dastur and Produced by Michael Waitze Media
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