Sustainability Solved

Sian Conway is an ethical marketer working on behalf of Mother earth. Ethical Hour works with impact entrepreneurs on marketing strategies to grow their income and impact.

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This episode is hosted by Will Richardson - connect with Will on Linkedin or Twitter 
This episode is produced by Woon Tan of Podcast Publishing

Good Citizen turns single-use bottles into eyewear. They make 100% recycled sunglasses where each sunglasses is made from one recycled plastic bottle. Good Citizen is a father and sons team on a mission. We speak with Nik Robinson who set up the business with his two kids aged 6 and 8.

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This episode is hosted by Will Richardson - connect with Will on Linkedin or Twitter 
This episode is produced by Woon Tan of Podcast Publishing

Russ Avery is the sustainability marketing guy. Russ is a serial eco entrepreneur, having founded several startups including Happy Orangutan, Renewabilitee, and upcoming sustainability and communications consultancy Elodie.

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This episode is hosted by Will Richardson - connect with Will on Linkedin or Twitter 
This episode is produced by Woon Tan of Podcast Publishing

Kiran Gill is the cofounder of Bloom and Grace. Their missions is to eradicate poverty through working with artisan communities and educating local communities.Working with Buy1Give1 (B1G1) they are making an impact with every piece of jewellery they sell.

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This episode is hosted by Will Richardson - connect with Will on Linkedin or Twitter 
This episode is produced by Woon Tan of Podcast Publishing

Adele Frew is the cofounder of The Other Wife. They are a chemical free premium cleaning services. They use natural cleaning products free from chemicals and toxins.

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This episode is hosted by Will Richardson - connect with Will on Linkedin or Twitter 
This episode is produced by Woon Tan of Podcast Publishing

This week we chat with Charlie Luxton, TV presenter and sustainable architectural designer at Charlie Luxton Designs.

Charlie Luxton Designs create architecture that responds to local materials, traditions and climate, building a more sustainable world.

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This episode is hosted by Will Richardson - connect with Will on Linkedin or Twitter 
This episode is produced by Woon Tan of Podcast Publishing

Toast Ale is beer made from surplus bread. Up to 44% of bread is never eaten. Toast Ale work with bakeries and sandwich makers to prevent waste. In this episode, we speak with Louisa Ziane, Chief Brand Officer of Toast Ale.

In this episode final episode of season 1 of the Green Element Podcast, I share with you what is an environmental management system.

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Highlights:

• How you can manage your organisation's environmental impact?
• What is an Environmental Management System?
• Short term and long term steps to measure and evaluation of the environmental impact
• The 4 stages problem-solving model
• How we can help you to make a lasting change in your organisation
• Why get an Environmental certification
• ISO14001 certification

Useful link:

ISO 14001

Time Stamp:

[00:30] Review of Season 1

[01:40] How to environmentalize your business

[05:40] How to plan to reduce your environmental impact

[07:00] Gauging the effectiveness of an environmental management system

[10:00] Updating communications and policy for your business

[12:00] Why go for the ISO14001

[13:00] Get in touch

In this episode, we meet a few of the fellow B Corps. 

Certified B Corps are a new kind of businesses purpose and profit.

Highlights

• Why become a B Corp
• What it means to join the B Corp movement
• How to be more sustainable
• Why we need to be more sustainable
• Taking the B Corp impact assessment
• Looking beyond the horizon and longer term

Useful links:

DoNation

WholeGrain Digital

Ossa Organic

Red Inc

Time Stamp:

[00:20] What is the B Corp  

[01:00] Ossa Organic being a B Corp

[05:00] DoNation on helping companies become more sustainable

[09:30] How to be more sustainable?

[10:30] Adam Huttly of Red Inc

[13:20] Tom Greenwood of Wholegrain Digital

[16:30] Conclusion

Dr Michael Groves founded Topolytics to help drive new models of waste and resources management and digitally enable the circular economy.

Topolytics is a meta-database of industrial and commercial waste.

Topolytics use mapping, sensors and analytics to generate a high quality database of the generation, movement and fate of multiple waste materials.

Waste management, recycling and energy from waste companies use Topolytics’ data to optimise capacity investments and sales campaigns.

Industrial and commercial waste producers use Topolytics to maximise opportunities to realise the value in waste material.

Useful links:

Topolytics http://topolytics.com/

Time Stamp:

[00:50] What is Topolytics

[05:00] We enable people to reduce the waste they generate

[10:00] Waste information is messy

[14:00] Engagement is important

[18:00] Big challenge around the environment is communication and behaviour change

[23:00] Successful entrepreneurs preserve

[25:10] Important to be commercial

[29:00] Aviation and travelling

[32:00] Accused of being a tree hugger and believe in the economic upsides