Episodes

  • The Perks of Beanless Coffee with Jaxie Friedman of Atomo Coffee

    The Perks of Beanless Coffee with Jaxie Friedman of Atomo Coffee
    Jul 25 2024
    Host Keith Anderson is joined by Jaxie Friedman, Sustainability Manager for Atomo Coffee. Together, they discuss the innovative approach Atomo takes towards creating sustainable coffee. Jaxie delves into the environmental challenges facing the coffee industry, including emissions and deforestation, and how Atomo's upcycled ingredients contribute to reducing their carbon footprint. The conversation also explores the complexities of measuring and managing these impacts, emphasizing the importance of maintaining product quality while making sustainable choices.
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    26 mins
  • Greening Grocery with Suzy Monford of Food Sport International

    Greening Grocery with Suzy Monford of Food Sport International
    May 23 2024
    In this episode, join host Keith Anderson as he speaks Suzy Monford, founder and CEO of advisory firm Food Sport International. With an extensive career as an executive in the global grocery industry, and having worked at places like H-E-B Central Market, Kroger, and Coles and Woolworth's in Australia, Suzy has been a pioneer at leading grocery and retail technology companies and has a deep interest and commitment to sustainability in the industry. Tune in for her insight on online grocery, food waste, frozen food, and much more!
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    45 mins
  • Repurposing Capitalism to Scale what Works with Minchan Park of Unreasonable Group

    Repurposing Capitalism to Scale what Works with Minchan Park of Unreasonable Group
    May 16 2024
    In this episode of Decarbonizing Commerce, host Keith Anderson speaks with Minchan Park, director of portfolio selection at Unreasonable Group, a company helping scale growth stage, impact-driven ventures working on some of the world's biggest problems. They discuss the Unreasonable Fellowship program, the new Unreasonable Food collaboration with Mars, how Min and the team identify and prioritize companies for participation, what the experience is like for the entrepreneurs that are part of the program, and what Min is looking forward to next. Tune in to gather insight from Min’s perspective on these topics and more!
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    32 mins
  • Less Shrink, Longer Shelf-Life with Katherine Sizov of Strella

    Less Shrink, Longer Shelf-Life with Katherine Sizov of Strella
    May 9 2024
    Today's guest is Katherine Sizov, co-founder and CEO of Strella, whose hardware-enabled software as a service uses data to predict the shelf life of produce and allows everybody from distribution centers, packers, wholesalers, and retailers to make better decisions about when to ship, when to sell, and where to allocate what produce. Katherine joins Keith for a great discussion about how she and her co-founder came to start the business, some of the decisions they've made in terms of go-to-market and business model, the economic and environmental results that their customers are seeing, and how to get those yellow bananas straight from the farm to the shelves of supermarkets!
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    20 mins
  • Driving Traffic, Sales and Unit Economics with Amazon's Climate and Sustainability Programs with Keith Anderson of Decarbonizing Commerce

    Driving Traffic, Sales and Unit Economics with Amazon's Climate and Sustainability Programs with Keith Anderson of Decarbonizing Commerce
    May 2 2024
    Relive a recent talk from Firstmovr’s JBPx Amazon eCommerce Growth Summit. The session was focused on two Amazon climate and sustainability initiatives for vendors and sellers: the Climate Pledge Friendly badge and Compact by Design. The session covers the programs' commercial benefits, guidance on how to qualify, and more.
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    36 mins
  • Future-Ready Fibers with Tessa Callaghan of Keel Labs

    Future-Ready Fibers with Tessa Callaghan of Keel Labs
    Apr 25 2024
    This episode features Tessa Callaghan, co-founder and CEO of Keel Labs, which produces a fiber from seaweed material being used in the fashion and other industries. In addition to sharing her and her co-founder's journey to starting Keel Labs, Tessa covers what they experienced firsthand as designers in the fashion industry, some of the ways that the material they're producing compares and contrasts both to conventional synthetics and natural fibers, and where she sees the industry headed.
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    25 mins
  • Sustainability without Compromise with Mark Rushmore, Co-founder and CCO of SURI

    Sustainability without Compromise with Mark Rushmore, Co-founder and CCO of SURI
    Apr 18 2024
    Mark Rushmore is co-founder and CCO of SURI, a sustainable electric toothbrush company. Mark and his co-founder began their careers at P&G, one of the great incubators of talent within the CPG industry. With a long entrepreneurial track record and some exits, he and his co-founder had the opportunity and the idea to start a consumer product brand that doesn't compromise on effectiveness or performance, produces a product that's more sustainable, and educates consumers about how to use it sustainably throughout the product's life cycle. Hear Mark’s insights about decisions from product design, materials, packaging, and growing direct to consumer and and through retail.
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    25 mins
  • Calculating and Communicating Food Emissions with Matthew Isaacs of My Emissions

    Calculating and Communicating Food Emissions with Matthew Isaacs of My Emissions
    Apr 11 2024
    In this episode of Decarbonizing Commerce, host Keith Anderson welcomes Matthew Isaacs, co-founder of My Emissions, to discuss the critical intersection of climate innovation and commerce, focusing on the environmental impact of food production and consumption. Matthew shares how his journey with My Emissions began during the COVID-19 pandemic when he and his co-founder sought ways to reduce their environmental footprint. Recognizing that food accounts for a significant portion of global greenhouse gas emissions, they developed My Emissions to help food businesses calculate and communicate product-level emissions. The platform aims to bridge the gap between emissions data and consumers, empowering businesses to make informed sustainability decisions while engaging customers through carbon labeling. Matthew highlights the platform's dual focus on emissions data and communication, enabling companies to navigate sustainability challenges and drive meaningful change and the importance of transparency and collaboration in achieving a low-carbon future for the food industry.
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    27 mins