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Kelsey Irvine is the CEO of Birch Babe, a sustainable Canadian skincare brand. Kelsey discusses the company's commitment to clean and simple ingredients, in-house formulation, and low-waste packaging. Discover more about Birch Babe's approach to creating sustainable skin care for the everyday person.

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Julia Dietmar is the CEO & co-founder of OpenWardrobe, an AI-powered app that allows users to catalogue their wardrobe, and then makes personalized outfit suggestions based on the items you already own. Their aim is to inspire a fashion revolution where every garment is valued and every purchase decision contributes to a more sustainable world. Discover more about OpenWardrobe's unique take on sustainable fashion and how they are encouraging mindful shopping.

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Leena Manro is an award-winning writer, director, and co-founder of All Purpose, a B Corp-certified creative agency. She shares how her passion for storytelling inspired her to leave a successful career in law to pursue acting, writing, and directing—and how that journey now helps her uncover and craft impactful stories at All Purpose.

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Stuart Jenkins is the Chief Innovation Officer at Blumaka, creator of recycled foam insoles and footwear that are scientifically proven to help elite athletes reach peak performance. Stuart discusses the environmental issues caused by foam manufacturing and excessive material waste, and how Blumaka turns foam remnants into high-performance products with minimal environmental impact. Discover more about how Blumaka is making its mark on the footwear industry while upholding its ethical values. 

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Keith Bearden is CEO of Alter Eco Foods, a company that uses innovative ways to ensure consumers can enjoy chocolate products while adhering to sustainable practices. The company focuses on having direct engagement with the supply and all aspects of the supply chain. From educating the farmers in Switzerland to having a hand in the packaging process, Alter Eco Foods ensures all their chocolate is both delicious and ethically sourced. Discover more about Alter Eco Foods approach to meshing the love of chocolate with sustainability!

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Josh Dorfman is the CEO and host of Supercool, a B2B media company that celebrates extraordinary climate solutions that cut carbon, boost the bottom line, and improve modern life.  Listen in as Josh discusses his journey in sustainable entrepreneurship, and his thoughts on the future of climate tech innovation.

 

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In this episode of In With the New, Avril Tomlin-Hood speaks with Stacy Seidel, head of sustainability at SunOpta, about the company's numerous sustainability initiatives and how SunOpta has embedded sustainability into company culture.

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Aja Horsley is the founder of Drizzle Honey. In this episode Aja shares her transition from environmental science to launching a sustainable honey company, and discusses industry challenges such as fake honey and bee health. 

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Divyansh (Divy) Ojha is the founder and CEO of Odd Bunch, a direct-to-consumer produce delivery company tackling food waste and insecurity. Divy shares his personal journey in building Odd Bunch, and discusses the brand's innovative subscription model and the importance of building strong relationships with farmers. 

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Jeff Richards is the founder of Mooala, creator of award-winning organic plant-based beverages. Jeff discusses what inspired him to start Mooala, and the company's commitment to only using clean and simple ingredients. In the competitive beverage market, Mooala prides itself on ingredient transparency so consumers know exactly what is in the products they are buying.

 

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Bob Underwood is a third-generation farmer and award-winning agricultural innovator. Bob discusses his latest innovation, Beyond Berries, which transforms "ugly" berries into delicious frozen treats, addressing food waste and promoting sustainability. 

 

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Gus Klemos is the founder and CEO of Unbun Foods. Gus shares his journey from tech to the food industry, and what inspired him to create grain-free, gluten-free baked goods that are high in protein and made with clean and honest ingredients. 

 

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Martin Mayorga is the founder of Mayorga Coffee, a company that uses innovative sustainable practices in the coffee industry and values the importance of supporting ethical and sustainable business practices.

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Tanya Olsen is the founder of Pacific Gold Beverage Corp. Tanya shares her journey in launching Gold Soda and Gold Spritz, emphasizing their low-sugar, low-calorie, and organic ingredients. She shares her story and her company's commitment to sustainability and ethical sourcing. 

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Natasha Vandenhurk is CEO and Co-founder of Three Farmers Foods. In this episode, Natasha shares the company's journey from its inception in 2011, to their current commitment for sustainability and transparency, creating healthy foods. Three Farmers believes that everyone should have wholesome food to eat, an understanding of where it comes from, and how it's made.

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Kevin Martin is the Co-founder and CEO of unspun, a technology company that aims to address overproduction and waste in the fashion industry. unspun has invented the world's first 3D weaving technology that can turn yarn into clothing in minutes, realizing zero-waste production and circular reuse.

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Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks is the President and CEO of ECOS, a company specializing in plant-derived, eco-conscious cleaning products. In this conversation, Kelly discusses the company's social and evironmental sustainability initiatives, as well as their advocacy for ingredient transparency in the cleaning product industry. 

 

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Abe Kamarck is a former U.S. naval helicopter pilot and the founder of True Made Foods. Abe shares his journey into the consumer packaged goods industry, driven by a desire to create delicious, healthy condiments with no added sugar.

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Kat Woolf is the Co-founder and CEO of Heyday Canning Co. A company that is on the mission to revitalize the canned food aisle with flavorful, convenient options. Heyday's goal of sustainability is the main reason they have chosen to market to consumers with canned options over plastic. Heyday uses a legacy method of food packaging and markets and reimagines it for today's consumer. Discover more about Heyday Canning Co's approach to reinventing how people view canned foods.

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Trey Vilcoq is the co-founder and CEO of BRIXY, a clean beauty brand that uses zero plastic packaging. Trey discusses the motivations behind launching BRIXY and the importance of delivering effective, enjoyable products when trying to change consumer behavior. Listen in.

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Erin Douglas is the director of social and environmental responsibility at Banyan Botanicals, a company that is integrating sustainability throughout their daily operations. From adding social and sustainability responsibilities to job descriptions to quarterly progress reports detailing the company's sustainability efforts, Banyan Botanicals takes accountability in contributing to a better planet.

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Amanda Oenbring is the CEO of the Upcycled Food Association, whose mission is to champion upcycling as one of the most critical solutions to mitigate the climate crisis. By working with stakeholders, including farmers, the Upcycled Food Association uses data and research to change the way food is consumed and disposed of in order to help fight climate change.

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Rachel Schnorr is the Membership Director at Ad Net Zero, an organization that is on a mission to reduce emissions in the advertising industry. Ad Net Zero's plan to reduce emissions is in their Climate Action Plan, which shows companies where they can have the potential for positive impact and how to decarbonize emissions made from operations, production and messaging. 

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Tyler Wallis is the founder of TripleLine Brands, an agency aiding sustainable brands on Amazon. In this episode, Tyler shares his journey from Amazon to establishing TripleLine Brands, emphasizing the importance of sustainability in e-commerce. TripleLine Brands is dedicated to working with purpose-driven brands that are healthy for both people and the planet. 

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Deniz Ataman is the Deputy Editor for Food Navigator USA, a company that prides itself on ensuring brands have access to education about food and what companies are doing to reduce food waste. Food Navigator USA helps brands become more educated on the need for not only sustainable packaging but clear ingredient lists so consumers are always aware of what they are buying.

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Maddy Rotman and Taylor Lanzet, are co-founders of Anytime Spritz, a regenerative and organic alcohol brand. Maddy and Taylor share their inspiration behind their sustainable canned cocktails, emphasizing ingredient transparency and the principles of regenerative organic agriculture.

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Phantila Phataraprasit is the CEO and co-founder of Sabai Design, a sustainable furniture company. This episode highlights Sabai Design's mission to offer affordable, eco-friendly furniture, emphasizing their circularity initiatives. The gap between buying cheap, big box store furniture and expensive furniture is what Sabai Design is trying to fill through circular solutions focused on sustainability. 

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Gage Mitchell is host of the podcast called 'Brands for a Better World', and in this episode he is interviewing Avril to discuss the environmental impact of digital advertising as well as to discuss strategies for reducing the carbon footprint of digital campaigns. 

 

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Jonathan Wise, is the co-founder of Purpose Disruptors, an organization aimed at transforming the advertising industry to support a sustainable future. Jonathan shares his personal journey through advertising strategist to what led him to found Purpose Disruptors. 

 

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Brett Christoffel, is the founder of All Y'alls Foods, a company producing plant-based protein snacks. Brett shares his personal journey through dietary changes to becoming a vegan and starting his business. 

 

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Duncan Meisel is the Executive Director of Clean Creatives. Clean Creatives offers a pledge for like minded PR and advertising agencies to only partner with companies who have a climate policy or are actively working towards bettering the planet.

 

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Rose Hartley is Head of Sustainability at Misfits Market, about the company's efforts to combat food waste.  Hartley explains their model, educational initiatives, and the impact of their merger with Imperfect Foods.

 

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Sabrina Kon is from Chop Value, a company that recycles chopsticks into various products. Over 80 billion single-use chopsticks are produced and used annually and Chop Value's main goal is to partner with restaurants worldwide to reuse this waste and turn it into unique pieces of furniture. 

 

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Amanda Mesluk, is the Senior Sustainability Manager at Flair Airlines. Flair is reducing the amount of emissions released in aviation, through operational efficiency. This includes fleet renewals and fuel efficient aircrafts. With one of the youngest aircraft fleets in the aviation industry, Flair has a 30% less carbon emission footprint then their older counterparts. 

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Susan Hollingshead, is the advisor to early-stage clean energy companies. Susan shares her role in the B Corp movement and her work in contaminated property redevelopment. Listen in to learn more about Susan's work with B Corp companies and their goal to make renewable energy better.

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05Carly Snider is the Executive Director of Pact Collective, a non-profit collective uniting the beauty industry to take responsibility for our package waste and work collaboratively toward more circular solutions for beauty. The collection occurs in various ways, including in store collection bins and mail back options as this waste is then upcycled, downcycled or considered for a mechanical recycling solution.

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Monika Patel is Director of Communications and Marketing at the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) of Canada. FSC is all about promoting sustainable forestry, ensuring responsible sourcing, as well as adherence to environmental and social standards.

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Julia Marsh, is the CEO of Sway, a company creating sustainable seaweed-based packaging solutions. In this day and age, plastic is used in a so many products and has become a big issue in the world of sustainability. Julia shares the benefit of Sway and how it tries to combat the use of plastic in packaging through the use of seaweed. Recently, there has been a transition where seaweed has worked in machines that have historically only ever worked for plastic, which is showing to be a huge benefit. 

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Eben Bayer and Sarah-Marie Cole are the co-founder and CMO of My Forest Foods. A company specializing in meatless meat products made from mycelium. Listen in to learn more about My Forest Foods approach to creating better products and changing the way people view plant based foods.

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Matt Semmelhack, CEO and co-founder of Boox, talks about how companies making environmentally friendly products don't always use sustainable packaging when it comes to getting that product to the consumer. That's were Boox comes in to create zero waste shipping solutions for e-commerce.

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Sarah Pinner is the co-founder and CEO of Beni, an AI-powered search engine for finding resale items. Beni aims to simplify the process of buying second hand items and promotes sustainable fashion.

Having alternative ways to purchase clothing is a great way to save money and contribute to a better environment. What makes Beni unique is the browser extension, which allows people to shop online and see if a specific (or similar) product is available on the resale market.

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Douglas Horne is the founder of Evanesce, a company that creates sustainable packaging solutions. Doug and Avril discuss Evanesce's innovative plant-based, fully circular food and beverage packaging technology. Many companies use harsh chemicals to develop compostable or recyclable products, but not Evanesce. Evanesce is different because their products are made with a combination of starch and fibers from existing waste. These starch and fibers are then turned into compostable food service items and consumer packaging. Douglas shares his vision and goals of working with major companies in the fast food and service industry to create a shift in how food and drinks are packaged. Listen in to learn more.  

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In this special follow-up episode of In With the New, Avril speaks with Elysabeth Alfano to get practical tips and advice for impact investing.  

Elysabeth discusses her company, VegTech Invest, and its unique Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) that allows anyone to invest in plant-based innovation and why this is a better option for most people. 

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In this episode of In With the New, Avril interviews Andrew Wanliss-Orlebar, Chief Strategy Officer for Futerra. They discuss the impact of the communication sector on climate change and the existing challenges.
Andrew shares the concept of the "brain print" and how it shapes how communication affects consumers. The brain print is about how an industry or a sector can influence people based on messaging. The brain print is crucial in changing behaviors and encouraging people to improve. 

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Jordan Schenck is the Chief Brand Officer at Flashfood, a technology company working to eliminate retail food waste by connecting consumers with great deals on food nearing its best-by date.
 
Food retailers in Canada and the USA send 40% of their food to landfills. That means expired fruits, vegetables, meat, and packaged items past their best date are thrown out.
 
Jordan shares how Flash Food and its app solve this problem by partnering with different retailers.    Learn more here, in the shownotes.

Sara Smith, the founder of Wrappily, creates smarter, more environmentally friendly gift wrap products. Sara shares that despite consumers' best intentions, most traditional wrapping paper cannot be recycled and ends up in landfills, generating an estimated 2.3 million pounds of waste yearly. Sara discusses how Wrappily's newsprint-based, recyclable wrapping paper is a more sustainable choice for beautifully wrapped gifts for any occasion.

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Lauren Gregor is the Founder and CEO of Rent-a-Romper, the first shared closet for little ones to help parents and the planet. Lauren discusses what inspired her to start Rent-a-Romper, how consumer mindsets towards clothing rental have changed in recent years, and the many ways that Rent-a-Romper is working to make children's clothing more sustainable. Listen in to learn how it all works.

 

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Spencer Williams is the CEO and President of West Paw, creator of American made, high quality, eco-friendly dog toys, beds, leashes, and collars. Always looking to push the envelope in sustainable manufacturing, West Paw uses recycled ocean-bound plastic, recycled-plastic-bottle stuffing, and a proprietary fully-circular plastic that can be ground up and recycled into new toys again and again.

 

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In this episode, Avril Tomlin-Hood speaks with Ted Fleming, founder of Partake Brewing, about his mission to craft a variety of award-winning, expertly brewed, low-calorie, non-alcoholic beers that people are proud to drink anywhere. Ted discusses the rapid growth of the non-alcoholic beer segment and shares the challenges and rewards of growing Partake, including the positive impact the company has had on its consumers.

 

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Desirée Dupuis is a social entrepreneur and founder of Kove Ocean Foods, a seaweed-based CPG food brand, along with VOES & CO, an ethical, sustainable vegan fashion brand. Desirée is passionate about living a life of purpose and making an impact in the world by creating permanent, sustainable change. She has been living a vegan lifestyle since 2008 and is proud to use her voice to advocate for animals as well as the planet.

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