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Saskia van Gendt is an environmental scientist and the first Head of Sustainability at Rothy's, the San Francisco-based, direct-to-consumer fashion company. Rothy's items are made from 100% recycled plastic water bottles and post-consumer recycled materials. Saskia oversees their initiatives to use more reusable materials, design products that eliminate waste, and advance their goal of making the brand - and fashion industry at large - ever more circular to better serve our planet and future.

Saskia van Gendt:

Saskia is an environmental scientist with over a decade of experience in sustainable manufacturing and design, Saskia is the Head of Sustainability at Rothy’s, a San Francisco-based company transforming environmentally-friendly materials into timeless essentials for everyday wear. At Rothy’s, Saskia develops strategies to minimize the environmental impact that Rothy’s supply chain has on the environment, advancing Rothy’s sustainable innovations in materials, production, fulfillment, and more.

Prior to joining Rothy’s, Saskia worked as the Senior Director of Sustainability at method, a brand renowned for their sustainable, clean, and effective cleaning products. At method, Saskia implemented sustainability initiatives on the ground for the European business and at method’s LEED-Platinum soap factory in Chicago.

Resources:

Learn more about Rothy’s at https://rothys.com/

Connect with Saskia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/svangendt/

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Wes Carter is the President of Atlantic Packaging, the largest, private packaging company in the U.S. which has been operating for 75 years. As a third generation business owner, he is on a mission to make packaging smarter and sustainable. In this episode, we discuss the moral obligation he feels for packaging companies to care about environmental issues, inspire greater responsibility in customers, and innovate to better serve our future. He reveals the power of collaboration between competitors, partners, and policy makers to realize a new and transformative vision for sustainable packaging at a time it’s urgently needed.

Wes Carter

Wes Carter is the third generation leader of Atlantic Packaging. The company origin traces back to his grandfather, Horace Carter, and its history of culture and community is as ingrained in Wes’s personal story as it is in his professional career. As a UNC grad with a degree in journalism, Wes recognized that Atlantic provided an opportunity where he could have a creative and challenging career and also contribute to the family business in a meaningful way. In 2016, Wes was named President of Atlantic Corporation and was activated in all aspects of the operation. Today, Wes is the driving force behind the company’s sustainability initiative and its commitment to making real and lasting change. As a life long surfer, traveler, and outdoorsman, Wes’s link with the global surfing community helps connect the pieces between the ambassadors of the ocean and the leaders in the packaging supply chain who can enact this change.

Resources

Learn more about Atlantic Packaging at https://www.atlanticpkg.com/

Connect with Wes on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wes-carter-32a7a5b/

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Since 1923 Hasbro has delighted generations with beloved toys, games and brands that are synonymous with childhood. Kathrin Belliveau is the first Executive Vice President and Chief Purpose Officer of the self-described "global play and entertainment company," where she is charged with bringing their purpose to life in ways that make the world a better place for children, fans, and families. In this episode, Kathrin talks about why it's critical for companies in all sectors to embrace sustainability and lead with purpose to drive growth, relevance and impact. From innovative packaging to building a purposeful culture, Kathrin explains the strategies Hasbro has used to be recognized as one of "the World's Most Ethical Companies" eleven years in a row. 

Simon Mainwaring: 

Simon Mainwaring is a brand futurist, keynote speaker, and bestselling author. He is best known as the author of We First: How Brands and Consumers Use Social Media to Build a Better World and Lead With We: The Business Revolution That Will Save Our Future; as the Founder and CEO of We First, an award-winning strategic consultancy that works with purpose-led companies to build their brand strategy, company culture, and impact storytelling; and as the author of the influential 'Purpose At Work' column in Forbes and host of the podcast, Lead With We.

Kathrin Belliveau:

As Executive Vice President and Chief Purpose Officer, Kathrin Belliveau leads Hasbro's Global Purpose Organization. Her responsibilities include Global Government and Regulatory Affairs, Global Communications, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) & ESG, Climate & Sustainability, Philanthropy & Social Impact, Human Rights, Ethical Sourcing, and Health & Safety. She is responsible for leading Hasbro's ESG strategy and for embedding purpose across the business to advance Hasbro's positive impact on the world. She reports to the CEO and is a member of the company's executive leadership team.

She was also instrumental in creating Hasbro's CSR function, leading the establishment of the company's CSR practice in 2011 and it's evolving ESG strategy to support the company's growth and transformation as a global play and entertainment company. Under her leadership, Hasbro has been recognized for its corporate citizenship, including being named, for the past ten consecutive years, at the top of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens list by CR Magazine and also for the tenth consecutive year as a World's Most Ethical Company® by Ethisphere Institute.

Resources:

Learn more about Bayer at https://www.bayer.com/en/us/bayer-united-states-of-america

Connect with Kathrin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathrin-belliveau-97572491/

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Bayer is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world – generating $48.90 billion in revenue in 2021. At the helm of Public Affairs, Science and Sustainability for Bayer’s Consumer Health Division is Daniella Foster. Daniella joined Bayer in 2019 with a powerful vision for how consumer engagement and cross-sector collaboration can transform millions of lives including those in underserved communities around the world. With aggressive but attainable goals to be climate neutral by 2030 and net-zero by 2050, Daniella reveals how Bayer meets these targets while solving for complex global challenges.

In this conversation, Daniella candidly shares how her experience at the State Department is helping her accomplish big things at Bayer. She also talks about how she is using storytelling to educate consumers to live healthier and longer.

Daniella Foster

Daniella Foster is the Global Vice President and Head of Public Affairs, Science, and Sustainability for Bayer’s Consumer Health Division. In this role, she is responsible for embedding sustainability into the fabric of the divisional business model, including strategy and ambition development, implementation and impact stewardship. This work focuses on empowering the transformation of everyday health for 100 million people in underserved communities around the world by 2030 through health literacy programs, access strategies and, planet-friendly packaging.

She is passionate about social entrepreneurship and serves as the Chairwoman of the Emergent Leaders Network, a non-profit she co-founded that provides scholarships and mentoring to community college students. Foster is a board member of the United Nations Global Compact Network USA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and serves as a Commissioner for the Global Business Coalition Education’s Youth Skills and Innovation Commission.

Resources:

Learn more about Bayer at https://www.bayer.com/en/us/bayer-united-states-of-america

Connect with Daniella on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella/

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Damian Bradfield is the Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer at WeTransfer, the leading cloud-based content-sharing platform that is in the business of making tools to shape and move ideas for creatives globally. While best known as a service to easily transfer large files to colleagues and loved ones, WeTransfer is a powerful storytelling company on a mission to make the internet more open and democratic. In my chat with Damian, we discuss how WeTransfer came to be, how it is creating impact through its editorial platform WePresent, and how a tech company builds and sustains critical trust at a time when others struggle.

This episode of Lead With We was produced and edited by Goal 17 Media and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Audible. You can also watch episodes on YouTube at WeFirstTV.

Damian Bradfield:

Damian Bradfield is the company’s Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder. He joined WeTransfer in 2010 as Chief Strategy Officer, before setting up the company’s US offices and creating WePresent. He was the co-founder of digital design studio, Present Plus, which was acquired by WeTransfer in 2016. Damian started his career at Stella McCartney before joining ad agencies AMV and later, J Walter Thompson. Damian is a published author of The Trust Manifesto, which debates online privacy, trust, and big data. He holds a degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Resources:

Learn more about WeTransfer

Connect with Damian on LinkedIn

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It started with a punk-rock band in Seattle in the 90’s and a kid who had a knack for screen printing t-shirts from his bedroom. That entrepreneurial start led to the launch of ScreenPrinting.com in 2004 which generated $8 million in revenues in under three years. As his business grew so did Ryan, as a successful business owner and social change agent. Through Allmade he is now reimagining what eco-friendly, socially conscious apparel and printing looks like and challenging the biggest brands in the world to buy more responsibly, to make sure everyone in the supply chain is fairly paid fairly, and to ensure the clothing we wear each day gives back to those in greatest need.

This episode of Lead With We was produced and edited by Goal 17 Media and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Audible. You can also watch episodes on YouTube at WeFirstTV.

Ryan Moor

Ryan Moor, CEO (Chief Entrepreneur Officer), connector, maker of dreams, a builder helping people build things.

Ryan found his niche screenprinting shirts for his punk rock band which turned entrepreneurial when he built an early version of ScreenPrinting.com in his bedroom in 2004.

Fueled by ecommerce and YouTube first-mover success, the website rocketed to over 8 million in revenues in under three years helping thousands start and learn a screen-printing business.

From there Ryan started to vertically integrate the company adding manufacturing of manual screen printing equipment and supplies which helped grow the company to 20 million of revenue by the end of 2010.

The next decade was spent adding entrepreneurial ventures which included becoming the US Distributor of ROQ Automated Screen Printing Equipment and starting Allmade Apparel, a socially conscious eco-friendly blank apparel manufacturer. In 2020 he led the transformation of the company's structure to create integral partnerships to scale each area of the business splitting off Allmade and ROQ.US into their joint ventures.

Today Ryan spends time traveling to build relationships and ideas for each company and continues his entrepreneurial ventures as a partner of MADELab.io an apparel development and decorator education platform.

Resources:

Learn more about Ryonet

Learn more about Allmade Apparel

Connect with Ryan on LinkedIn

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Patagonia is an outdoor apparel company based in Ventura, California with a mission to save our home planet. It was founded in 1976 by Yvon Chouinard and was the first B-Corporation in the state. Rick was Vice President of Environmental Initiatives and Special Media Projects for Patagonia for 15 years during which he founded the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. In addition to his accomplishments at Patagonia, Rick is recognized as one of the world’s foremost mountaineers. Along with Yvon and another friend, they were the first Americans to summit K2. He has done other significant climbs and explorations on all continents. 

In this conversation, Rick discusses why and how Patagonia is fulfilling their mission to save our home planet. He also talks about how Patagonia walks the walk when it comes to sustainability and how it measures its financial performance with the overall health of the planet. 

Rick is also the author of 6 books. His latest book, "Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map" is a memoir that recounts some of his boldest expeditions. Rick estimates that he has spent over five years of his life sleeping in tents in distant locations around the globe, "Life Lived Wild" offers some insights to those adventures including his ascent of K2 to exploring a remote area of Tibet that no outsider had ever seen.

This episode of Lead With We was produced and edited by Goal 17 Media and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Audible. You can also watch episodes on YouTube at WeFirstTV.

Rick Ridgeway:

Rick Ridgeway is an outdoor adventurer, writer, and advocate for sustainability and conservation initiatives. For 15 years, Rick was a VP at Patagonia developing environmental and sustainability initiatives including Freedom to Roam, the Footprint Chronicles, and Worn Wear. He also was founding chair of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, today the largest apparel, footwear, and home textile trade organization in the world. In addition, Rick is recognized as one of the world’s foremost mountaineers. With three companions, he was the first American to summit K2, and he has done other significant climbs and explorations on all continents. 

Resources:

Learn more about Patagonia at https://www.patagonia.com/

Connect with Rick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-ridgeway-151ab819/

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Unilever is a purpose-led global company that owns over four hundred brands we use every day. Its purpose is to make sustainable living commonplace by empowering consumers to make responsible choices. In this episode, I have a great conversation with Unilever’s CEO of Health & Wellness, Jostein Solheim, about the new division he is leading for Unilever and his re-radicalizing of Ben & Jerry's, the activist ice-cream brand he led for 8 years.

This episode of Lead With We was produced and edited by Goal 17 Media and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Audible. You can also watch episodes on YouTube at WeFirstTV.

Jostein Solheim

Jostein became the Group CEO and Unilever EVP Global Health & Wellness in June 2021. Prior to this role, he was the Head of Unilever Foods and Refreshment Division, North America, since July of 2018, and prior to that he was the CEO for Ben & Jerry’s for the past 8 years, and successfully expanded the iconic business across 38 countries while further increasing its social mission reach and impact. Jostein spent 15 years in Unilever’s ice cream businesses across Europe, Eastern Europe, and North America before leading Ben & Jerry’s. Prior to that, he worked within Unilever’s Corporate Strategy department supporting the global Foods business. Jostein is a devoted advocate for diversity, environmental conservation, and social justice. He graduated from the London School of Economics, an institution that pride’s itself on educating for impact.

Resources

Learn more about Unilever at https://www.unilever.com/

Connect with Jostein on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jostein-solheim-bb5a151/

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AppHarvest is a high-tech, controlled-environment agriculture company based in Morehead, Kentucky committed to solving the growing food crisis. They are a B-Corp on a mission to combine conventional agriculture techniques with today’s cutting edge technologies to dramatically increase crop yield using a fraction of the natural resources. Jonathan Webb is its Founder & CEO who shares why he decided to bring this project to his home state, why now is the time to act now on sustainable agriculture solutions and how we get it done together. 

This episode of Lead With We was produced and edited by Goal 17 Media and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Audible. You can also watch episodes on YouTube at WeFirstTV.

Jonathan Webb

After years of study and gathering support from inside and outside the region, Jonathan is turning his dream of a high-tech farming hub in Appalachia into reality. Before founding AppHarvest, Jonathan worked with the U.S. Department of Defense on a massive solar project to help achieve a White House goal of ensuring the military’s hundreds of installations receive 20 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2025. In February 2017, encouraged by investors, advisers, and politicians of both parties, Jonathan left Washington and came home to Eastern Kentucky to start a new kind of farm and turn Appalachia into the AgTech capital of America. He has a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Kentucky.

Resources

Learn more about AppHarvest at https://www.appharvest.com/

Connect with Jonathan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanwebbinfo/

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Anheuser-Busch InBev is the world's largest beer brewer by both volume and revenue, whose portfolio includes more than 500 beer brands sold in over 150 countries. Under the leadership of its new CEO, Michel Doukeris, the industry-leading enterprise is revitalizing its brand with a new purpose and sustainability goals to drive future growth and impact. In this episode, I speak with Michel about his leadership philosophy and his ambitious 10-year plan. This roadmap hinges on the company's commitment to “Dream Big To Create A Future With More Cheers” and Michel shares his advice for business leaders and entrepreneurs about how to navigate an ever-changing and challenging future.

This episode of Lead With We was produced and edited by Goal 17 Media and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Audible. You can also watch episodes on YouTube at WeFirstTV.

Michel Doukeris

Michel Doukeris is AB InBev's CEO since 1 July 2021 where he's been leading the company towards a Future With More Cheers. Mr. Doukeris joined AB InBev in 1996 and held a number of commercial operations roles in Latin America before moving to Asia where he led AB InBev’s China and Asia Pacific operations for seven years. In 2016 he moved to the U.S. to assume the position of global Chief Sales Officer. In January 2018 he assumed leadership of Anheuser-Busch and the North American business. He was born in 1973 and is a Brazilian citizen. He holds a Degree in Chemical Engineering from Federal University of Santa Catarina in Brazil and a Master's Degree in Marketing from Fundação Getulio Vargas, also in Brazil. He has also completed post-graduate programs in Marketing and Marketing Strategy from the Kellogg School of Management and Wharton Business School in the United States.  

Resources

Learn more about Unilever at https://www.ab-inbev.com/

Connect with Michel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michel-doukeris/

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