Look who’s on our podcast today! Meet the veritable Jack Sim, better known globally as ‘Mr. Toilet’, Founder of the World Toilet Organization, the global non-profit which has been working to improve toilet and sanitation conditions worldwide since 2001. Today, it has 15 members and has now grown to 151 member organizations in 53 countries.

The Singaporean serial entrepreneur whose motto is ‘to live a useful life’ has started and run 16 businesses and 8 social businesses. Jack then retired at age 40 to devote his time towards changing the world. He has founded the Restroom Association of Singapore in 1998 and created the UN World Toilet Day observed on November 19 every year.

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[03:00s] Genesis of the World Toilet Organization
[11:33s] Making toilets ‘fashionable’
[19:00s] The need to talk more about the global sanitation issue
[33:33s] What’s next for the World Toilet Org

Look out for Jack’s book ‘The Gumption of Mr. Toilet’ releasing on August 27, 2024 by Penguin Random House.

More about the World Toilet Organization at https://worldtoilet.org/

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Her magical childhood lived on a tea estate in Kerala laid the genesis for her deep connection to nature and her passionate advocacy for environmental conservation. Meet Sunitha Srinivasan, the brilliant mind and soul behind EIB Solutions, a family-owned manufacturing enterprise that produces eco-friendly, biodegradable cleaning formulations that are human and animal-safe.

With nearly 30 years of professional experience across various industries, Sunitha holds the exciting laurel to have started her career as India’s first female tea taster and blender! She then went on to work in the retail sector for over two decades in across five countries before she started EIBS.

Sunitha has pioneered a retail skill development course for underprivileged children through Jeevika Skills Foundation, a CSR initiative of C2C Organizational Development. Sunitha is also an author with two historical narratives in her repertoire, while she is currently working on her third book.

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[04:00s] Starting her career as India’s first woman tea taster!

[06:25s] From retail to entrepreneurship and sustainability

[18:00s] Of safe, sustainable chemical manufacturing at EIBS

[22:30s] The economics of it all, the business model

[25:00s] Influencing mindsets towards sustainability

[39:36s] RWL Read Sunitha’s books, ‘Trailblazers of the Travancore Plantations’ and ‘Echoes of History: Travancore’s Legacy’; ‘Secret Life of Trees’ by Peter Wohlleben (what Sunitha refers to as ‘Book of Forests’ in the podcast)

More about Sunitha’s work at EIBS here: https://www.eibs.co.in/

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Our guest today is on the incredible mission of changing the way buildings are designed, built and lived in, in India, using data and communications as the foundations for advancing green building. Circular thinking, in his words, is the key for a future-ready India.

Meet the remarkable Sriram Kuchimanchi, founder and CEO of Smarter Dharma which is building the world’s first Sustainability Resource Planning Platform (www.sdplus.io) and which has become an impactful force in influencing key players in building environmental, social and institutional sustainability today. An Ashoka Fellow and TEDx Speaker, Sriram gave up his corporate tech job in the US 13 years ago to move back to India and work at the confluence of technology and sustainability, assisting communities, companies, and government agencies understand, embrace and practice sustainability.

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[06:02s] Journey from corporate world into sustainability entrepreneurship

[13:40s] Genesis of ‘Smarter Dharma’

[15:47s] Sriram’s ‘circular thinking’ concept behind Smarter Dharma

[33:12s] Biggest barriers to green construction today

[43:14s] Biggest learnings

[49:05s] RWL Read ‘Ecotopia’by Ernest Callenbach

More about Smarter Dharma at https://www.smarterdharma.com/

More about Sriram here: https://www.ashoka.org/en-in/fellow/sriram-kuchimanchi ; https://businessindia.co/climatechange/smarter-dharma-changes-the-way-buildings-are-designed

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