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IMA InsightsSustainability as a Competitive Advantage with Venkatesh KiniIn an era where sustainability is no longer a choice but a necessity, integrating sustainable practices into business operations is essential for long-term success. Most businesses have a significant environmental impact, making it essential to understand and scrutinise every stage of the supply chain.At recent India CEO, CFO and Sustainability Forum sessions across India, Venkatesh Kini, Former President and CEO, Coca-Cola India and Co-Founder of Ubuntoo, explored how to embed sustainability into the core of a business, highlighting strategies to reduce environmental impact, enhance resource efficiency and create a more resilient and sustainable supply chain, resulting...
2024-09-0207 min
InTechnology194. Finding Practical Solutions for Corporate Sustainability Through AIIn this episode of InTechnology, Camille gets into finding sustainability solutions through AI with Peter Schelstraete, Co-Founder of Ubuntoo. They talk about Peter's personal passion for sustainability inspiring him to found Ubuntoo, how Ubuntoo works as an environmental solutions platform, how Ubuntoo AI utilizes large language models, overcoming obstacles to integrating sustainability practices, the importance of looking across a company and around the world for inspiration on best practices, and how to make practical knowledge on sustainability more accessible. The views and opinions expressed are those of the guests and author and do not necessarily reflect the...
2024-02-1922 min
SustentableMente con Carolina EscobarPeter Schelstraete - Bridging between companies and eco-solutions | Formando un puente entre las empresas y las eco-soluciones
Bringing ideas from #entrepreneurs or rather “ecopreneurs” to #companies; that is the goal of @ubuntoo. A kind of @airbnb of the #environmentally #responsible #industry, as described by one of its founders, @peterschelstraete. We spoke with him about #plastics, the #textile industry and #connections. This week's complete program on sustainable and responsible fashion can be found in @cualestuhuella24horas' bio. #sustainablefashion #sustainableliving #responsibility #ecopreneur
Llevar ideas de #emprendedores o más bien “ecopreneurs” a #empresas, ese es el objetivo de @ubuntoo. Una especie de @airbnb de la #industria #responsable con el #medioambiente, cómo lo describe uno de...
2023-07-1213 min
B The Change Georgia with Nathan StuckUnleashing Profitable Sustainability by Connecting Businesses with SolutionsWhy should you see sustainability as a core aspect of your business operations and how can you integrate it seamlessly to drive profitability? Today Nathan had the pleasure of sitting down with Venkatesh Kini, Co-founder of Ubuntoo. Ubuntoo is an online platform that matches corporations and institutions to sustainable innovations and entrepreneurs around the world. In today’s discussion, Venkatesh shares the story of founding Ubuntoo with Peter Schelstraete, delves into the challenges faced by companies when adopting sustainability practices, and addresses the common misconception that sustainability is separate from the core business. Stay tuned as...
2023-06-2728 minThe Steward ChairUnleashing Profitable Sustainability by Connecting Businesses with SolutionsWhy should you see sustainability as a core aspect of your business operations and how can you integrate it seamlessly to drive profitability? Today Nathan had the pleasure of sitting down with Venkatesh Kini, Co-founder of Ubuntoo. Ubuntoo is an online platform that matches corporations and institutions to sustainable innovations and entrepreneurs around the world. In today’s discussion, Venkatesh shares the story of founding Ubuntoo with Peter Schelstraete, delves into the challenges faced by companies when adopting sustainability practices, and addresses the common misconception that sustainability is separate from the core business. Stay tuned as...
2023-06-2728 min
Better World77 | Ubuntoohttps://explore.ubuntoo.com/This episode was produced and mixed by Daniel Reza.
2022-02-1542 min
People of Packaging Podcast105 - Weekly Packaging News - Are rural communities better at recycling?Join us every Monday at 8:30 am MST live on LinkedIn as we discuss the news in packaging.Brought to you by our friends at Ubuntoo and Specright. Join our community at www.sustainablepackaging.io--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peopleofpackaging/support This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.packagingisawesome.com
2022-02-1119 min
People of Packaging Podcast104 - The Packaging News talking aluminum and paper shortages and Waste360Join us every Monday at 8:30 am MST live on LinkedIn as we discuss the news in packaging.Brought to you by our friends at Ubuntoo and Specright. Join our community at www.sustainablepackaging.io--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peopleofpackaging/support This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.packagingisawesome.com
2022-02-0418 min
People of Packaging Podcast94 - Packaging News Weekly - Importance of LCA's, UW-Stout Basketball, paper based flexible sachets for cosmeticsJoin us every week as we discuss important and relevant packaging topics as brought to you by Ubuntoo. Join us by going to www.sustainablepackaging.io and use code packaging25Interested in being a sponsor? Send us an email at info@encasemedia.com--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peopleofpackaging/support This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.packagingisawesome.com
2021-12-2417 min
People of Packaging Podcast87 - Weekly Packaging News - Discussing the newest community platform UbuntooWhat an amazing opportunity to partner with Ubuntoo and help them build this community up. Go to www.sustainablepackaging.io and use packaging25 to get signed up--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peopleofpackaging/support This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.packagingisawesome.com
2021-12-0717 min
X-tra Time33. (EN) Peter Schelstraete - Ubuntoo, the Environmental Solutions PlatformX-tra Time #33"You ask yourself why didn't we make more progress in the last 20 years? As everyone is talking about circular economy etc. But the reality is that often the circular economy thinking was driven by fear. It was driven by PR people that did things because they had to. Because of regulation or consumer or customer pressure."Listen to our conversation with Peter Schelstraete, a Belgian marketeer who turned his career around to create a central platform for ecological ideas and innovations, named Ubuntoo. We talked about world travelers, the Coca-cola company, mid-career changes...
2021-08-231h 06
Bigger Than Us#159 Venkatesh Kini, Co-Founder of UbuntooVenkatesh Kini is co-founder of Ubuntoo, a global environmental solutions platform that helps scale impactful innovations that address the planet’s biggest challenges. Venkatesh holds 30 years of experience in marketing and general management with some of the world’s most reputable brands and corporations.
Prior to founding Ubuntoo, Venkatesh served as President, India and Southwest Asia, for The Coca-Cola Company. In his 19 years with The Coca-Cola Company, Venkatesh led major brand launches and marketing campaigns in India and globally, including Sprite, Thums Up and Minute Maid. Prior to Coca-Cola, Venkatesh worked for ITC and Asian Paints in Indi...
2021-08-0332 min
RECREO, by YSB ColombiaEpisodio 6: Moda sostenible, con Makis Medina (Wonder for People) y Carolina Obregón (ubuntoo.com)En este episodio conversamos sobre el impacto de la industria de la moda y de los retos e innovaciones en términos de sostenibilidad. Invitamos a María Claudia Medina, más conocida como Makis Medina, fundadora de Wonder for People. Esta es una empresa que se ha dedicado a transformar vidas a través de la moda. Desde una mirada más académica, invitamos a Carolina Obregón, consultora en temas de moda sostenible en ubuntoo.com y profesora de la Universidad de los Andes, en Bogotá. RECREO es un podcast de YSB Colombia con el apoyo...
2021-06-2441 min
Saving Tomorrows PlanetPETER SCHELSTRAETE - Building a community of changemakers to further the environmental agenda.Peter Schelstraete is the co-founder and CEO of Ubuntoo, an environmental solutions platform promoting sustainable economic growth. Previously, Peter’s career span 19 years at The Coca-Cola Company, within a variety of roles including Global VP Digital and Assets for and CMO for the Asia Pacific. Within this episode, Peter and Jeremy discuss how Ubuntoo is connecting individuals, entrepreneurs and large corporations to aid the collective power of change. Peter explains how everyone can be a changemaker and the importance of collaboration in achieving the sustainable change of tomorrow. They speak further about Ubuntoo’s greenhouses which...
2021-05-2721 min
Seedpod98: Peter Schelstraete - We have all the solutionsThis weeks guest Peter Schelstraete is the co-founder and CEO of UBUNTOO, a technology startup whose mission is to accelerate scalable sustainability solutions and innovations by providing a digital platform for global visibility and collaboration. The Ubuntoo platform connects innovators and industry leaders to collaborate on solutions and technologies in support of the UN SDGs, starting with solutions to end plastic waste & pollution.Previously, Peter was at The Coca-Cola Company for 19 years’ tenure, where he held a variety of high profile roles including CMO for Asia Pacific region. Being a true world citizen, Peter has live...
2020-10-161h 15
The Rise of the EcopreneurEp. No. 9 - Sustainable Fashion is the Future (Erin Wallace with thredUP)In today's podcast we speak to the Brand Director of thredUP, the world's largest online thrift shop.
thredUP: http://bit.ly/SHELBI_thredUPApr2019
RESALE Report: https://www.thredup.com/resale
2019-06-2021 min
Greenhouse LassesLow Impact is the New Zero WasteDo you wish you lived a more sustainable lifestyle but don’t even know where to begin? Join us for Episode 4 where we chat with Shelbizleee & Madison--two bonafide eco-influencers--on how to transition to an attainably sustainable lifestyle. We chat through their upbringing in Texas, their ‘meet-cute’ at Texas A&M, what an eco-vlogger life entails & the many ways you can help reduce your impact.
Episode notes:
Have Shelbizleee & Madison inspire you on the reg & help you transition to an eco-minimalist lifestyle by subscribing to them!
- https://www.youtube.com/user/Shelbizleee Shelbizleee Youtube channel
- https://www.youtube.com/channel...
2019-04-121h 04The Rise of the EcopreneurEp. No. 8 - Raising the Bar on Conscious Consumerism (Brian Linton with United By Blue)In today's podcast we speak to the founder of United By Blue, a company leading the way for sustainable brands.
Ryan is the founder of United By Blue, a company making outdoor goods with sustainable materials .
United By Blue: https://unitedbyblue.com/
The World's Most Eco-Friendly Shoe: https://9153da98.kckb.st
2019-04-0524 minThe Rise of the EcopreneurEp. No. 7 - The World's Largest Brands go Reusable, Is it Green Washing?In today's podcast we speak to one of the most prominent leaders in the Ecopreneur space, Tom Szaky.
Tom is the founder of Terracycle, a company making products from waste and coordinating recycling efforts for hard to recycle materials. More recently Tom helped coordinate one of the most ground breaking zero waste services known as Loop.
Loop has received both glowing reviews as well as some push back from the eco-activist community. Find out more about Loop and how Tom feels about the criticism in this episode.
Terracycle: https://www.terracycle.com/en-US/
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2019-03-1434 minThe Rise of the EcopreneurEp. No. 6 - Upcycling Pollution (from Algae to Shoes)In today's episode we speak to Ryan Hunt from Algix and the creator or BLOOM foam. Ryan tells us all about how his grad school project became a full fledged business. Their most revolutionary product to date is their BLOOM foam which offers a safer, more sustainable answer to conventional flexible foams, with less environmental impact.
Learn More: https://bloomfoam.com/
Shoes we Discussed: https://9153da98.kckb.st
2019-02-1938 minThe Rise of the EcopreneurEp. No. 5 - World's First Compostable Phone Case & How it was CreatedPela created the world's first compostable phone case from plant based materials and they're not stopping there! Listen to how Jeremy, Pela's founder, first discovered the agriculture waste product used in the case, and the journey to where Pela is now.
Find more about Pela here: https://bit.ly/2qCUdEg
and purchase one for yourself if you love the brand as much as we do!
2019-01-2325 min
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The Rise of the Ecopreneur is an approachable podcast created for the eco-conscious. Ecopreneurs, academics, environmental experts, corporate stakeholders, and anyone passionate about sustainability will find the podcast engaging, interesting, and compelling.
The host Shelbi (other wise known as Shelbizleee on YouTube) speaks to environmental change-makers each week whose research, campaigns, and innovations are helping to create a more sustainable future.
Featured guests discuss their early relationship with the environment, their inspiration to a green career, "aha...
2018-12-2809 minThe Rise of the EcopreneurEp. No. 4 - Behind the Scenes of the World's First Collapsible Straw (Emma from Final Straw)On Episode No. 4 of The Rise of the Ecopreneur we speak with Emma from Final Straw.
Emma details the behind the scenes of creating the perfect collapsible straw. Emma explains how the product idea came to be, how they became successful, and the frustration of poor quality copy cats.
Learn More: https://finalstraw.com/
2018-12-1230 minThe Rise of the EcopreneurEp. No. 3 - Conscious Capitalism with Ryan from Earth HeroOn Episode No. 3 of The Rise of the Ecopreneur we speak with Ryan from Earth Hero. Ryan details the behind the scenes struggles and successes of becoming a sustainable business. Ryan discusses which categories have been highest in demand and how current culture and trends have influenced the items that are moving off the shelves.
Learn More: earthhero.com/?ref=shelbizleee
2018-11-2925 min
The Rise of the EcopreneurEp. No. 2 - Rethinking Recycling with Carlos from EnvalOn Episode No. 2 of The Rise of the Ecopreneur we speak with Carlos Ludlow-Palafox from Enval.
Carlos details how he turned his project at Cambridge from a lab experiment to a full blown business. He discusses the difficulties in developing such a process due to lack of corporate and political support.
Learn More: http://www.enval.com/
2018-10-3037 min
The Rise of the EcopreneurEp. No. 1 - Take 3 For The Sea with Tim SIlverwoodOn Episode No. 1 of The Rise of the Ecopreneur we speak with Tim Silverwood from Take 3 For the Sea.
Tim details how he cofounded the not-for-profit organization and social media initiative that has garnered attention on almost every continent of the globe.
Learn More: https://www.take3.org/
2018-10-1225 min