The Stream (with Will & Tom)

This week, Alex McCormack, founder & CEO of Shayp from Belgium, joins Will and Tom to talk about Alex's mission to improve water efficiency in buildings in the most simplistic way possible.

Hear Alex talk about: 

• Approaching water leakage from a different angle – namely leaks within buildings, not utility networks
• Becoming B Corp Certified in January and what this means to be a business as a force for good
• The origin story of the company, involving water quality and a school and a landmark case involving the Manneken Pis 
• Supplying his hardware and software solution to schools, hospitals, commercial buildings and others.

Plus Alex talks about potential partnerships with water utilities and what he looks for.

And much, much more! 

We hope you enjoy the episode! 

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Emma Weisbord, partnerships lead at Royal HaskoningDHV Digital, joins Will Sarni & Tom Freyberg for a belated birthday chat! 

Listen to Emma talk about: 

• Being a rising star in the global water sector
• Blockchain, digitalisation, diversity and young professionals in water 
• Co-authoring the International Water Association’s young water professional manifesto for digital water 
• Chairing the Rising Smart Water Professionals Programme for SWAN, the smart water networks forum.
• Her water journey from Canada to the Netherlands 
• The importance of the edge effect, including the power of diversity in collaboration.

Plus, Emma calls for an end to people worshipping individuals, such as Elon Musk, when it comes to disrupting industries and explains why we should instead celebrate groups.

And Emma even calls for the Atlantean Media digital content manager, Andrew, to step up to the mic and asked for his take on the future of water in 5 words.

We hope you enjoy the episode! 

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes. 

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In this week’s episode, Will & Tom are joined by Erin Rothman, the founder & CEO of US-start up, StormSensor.

Listen to Erin talk about: 

• Scaling a business, from 8 to 38 employees and recently raising a $12 million Series A round of investment
• How a pivotal moment in her personal life led to a change in direction in her professional life, creating the necessary spark to focus and go on and build her company
• How rather than positioning the company in the “water technology” category, the focus was on providing a climate-tech solution and how this not only helped to attract the right talent and investors but provided a centralised, collective purpose for a young, growing company
• Developing networks in Deerfield, North Miami, Virginia, California and many other locations
• Spotting red flags with investors, the warning signs to look out for and how she likes to theoretically test their fear levels, in incase the going gets really tough.

Plus, hear how one investor told Erin that “that’s not how CEOs should dress” regarding the image of her in a hard hat – the very image on The Stream cover. This is unbelievable, as you will hear from her, and our reaction!

We hope you enjoy the episode!  

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

We're back! 

In this week’s episode, Will & Tom are joined by Cody Friesen, the founder of Source -  the poster child of the atmospheric water generation, or air to water market.

The Arizona start-up is setting out to do for drinking water what solar panels have done for electricity, namely disrupt the centralised market. His Hydropanel technology takes in sunlight and air to create water from the atmosphere, adding minerals, ozonating and then storing the water for drinking at a later date.

After securing an eye-watering $50 million dollars of investment from BlackRock, he’s under enormous pressure to lead this new market segment against heavy scepticism from seasoned water practitioners that claim it’s an expensive way to generate what they perceive to be low volumes of water. 

Cody is not only kickstarting the new season and 2022 but he’s also the first of many guests to who we are awarding WaterPunk status. Those of you who have seen the video version of this podcast on our Youtube channel will have noted the alternative intro.

The WaterPunk badge is for those guests with an even greater bias for action; those who are pushing boundaries to innovate, despite greater headwinds and adversity.

We hope you enjoy the episode! 

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes. 

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Dr. Reinhard Hübner, CEO of SKion Water, joins Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg for the Season three finale, in the next 30 minutes discover...

How an early investment in a chemical-free cooling tower treatment start-up cost Reinhard millions but taught him a valuable lesson: It's all about the people. 

Why it is important to get to know the innovators before investing and the dangers of founders falling in love too much with their innovation.

How Reinhard's company started with a blank sheet of paper back in 2010 and has since grown to 3,000 people with over 750 million euros in turnover. 

And why he also believes it's difficult for venture capital firms and start-ups to work in water, noting countless examples when it comes to sludge and gasification.  

Plus much, much more! 

We hope you enjoy the episode! 

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes. 

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Pierandrea Quarta, CEO & Founder of REBO, joins Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg to talk about Pierandrea's decade of experience at the multinational, Procter & Gamble and when overseeing the production of a bottle made entirely from plastics found on beaches, it opened his eyes to the plastic pandemic.

He talks about marrying a solution to the plastics challenge with a smart hydration innovation and discusses the experience of raising $250,000 through crowdfunding but how the plastic narrative was not necessarily the key driver that resonated with the first adopters. 

Plus, the conversation looks at unconventional partnerships, including with US packaging company Aptar in the early stages of the company and most recently, sports giant Adidas.

And much, much more! 

We hope you enjoy! 

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes. 

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Dr. Piers Clark, founder & chairman of Isle Utilities takes Will and Tom on a walk in the woods, his woods we should say! 

Piers tells us what he plans to do with his 12-acre woodland including regenerating the landscape and an encounter with a mysterious beast...

We find out about the evolution of Isle's water platform which now has over 1500 members, 720 organisations from 92 countries. He discusses how it started to share information on Covid-19 but shifted to help water companies and the global supply chain exchange information action to reduce carbon emissions.

He talks about the water sectors responsibility when it comes to climate healing. 

And much, much more! 

We hope you enjoy the episode!

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes. 

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, John Etgen, the CEO of the Project Wet Foundation, and Ricky Arnold, NASA Astronaut and director of STEM  engagement at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science,  join Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg to talk about how they found a connection to water growing up in the Chesapeake Bay. 

Find out about the fantastic work being done by the Project Wet team to advance water education in over 100 countries, including work with the Singapore Government. 

Hear about Ricky's time on the International Space Station - Twice! And why water recycling is critical in space. 

Plus, we talk about the huge challenge known as the silver tsunami that is facing the water sector with an increasing number of skilled engineers on the verge of retiring, leaving a workforce gap and why there is an urgent need role for education to spark careers in STEM-related industries. 

And much, much more! 

We hope you enjoy the episode! 

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes. 

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Lisa Hook, senior manager for environmental & product sustainability at GAP Inc. joins Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg to talk about her water origin story and working in Cambodia witnessing a lack of water in communities. 

Lisa talks about her fantastic session at the World Water Week in Stockholm discussing moving beyond water stewardship to strategy. Plus, we find out more about a water innovation centre in India where new industrial water technologies are being trialled and municipal water is being reused for manufacturing.

We also find out what water means to GAP Inc. and how the company has ambitions to make water fun and engage staff on water sustainability. And finally, Lisa tells us about the Women and Water Alliance, a partnership between GAP Inc. and the US Agency for International Development to help improve the health and wellbeing of women in communities. 

Plus much, much more!

We hope you enjoy the episode! 

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes. 

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

Ian Olson, the senior director of global sustainability at McDonald’s, joins Will and Tom this week to talk about his background in economics and as the global manager of supply chain sustainability at the Ford Motor Company, the lessons learned and what he brought to the fast-food giant, including learning to accept failure. 

Plus, Ian talks about a new partnership with WaterStart’s global pilot program to play a role in how emerging water solutions are identified, evaluated and deployed. Also, Ian, Will and Tom talk about the power of accessible brands, with McDonald’s serving 69 million people per day to provide “aha” moments, to democratise awareness on sustainability and water quality issues.

 Plus much, much more! 

We hope you enjoy the episode!

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes. 

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.