With us today is Cyrus Alavi, Founder and CEO At Nüwater, a homegrown sustainable beverage brand, battling the ever-growing issue of single-use plastics within the region. And placing a focus on relaying the impact micro-plastics have on our body.
Aug 2023
Uniting Philanthropy and Capital Markets with Water.org
<p>Philanthropy and the private sector haven’t always known how to work together. But today, investors are becoming more concerned about social and environmental impact. </p><br><p>Gary White, CEO of the nonprofit Water.org and the asset manager WaterEquity, seized this oppo ... Show More
29m 17s
Oct 2022
Building A Climate-Friendly Business That’s Profitable Too
<p>In this episode of <i>Shopify Master</i>s, we’re in London, UK, chatting with Edwin Broni-Mensah, founder of GiveMeTap, a social enterprise that’s reducing plastic waste by mapping out establishments that offer free tap water, and building wells in Africa to supply drinking wa ... Show More
33m 27s
Aug 2025
Weekly podcast – Dissolving the problem: zero-waste solutions for flexible packaging
<p>This week: Vidhu Nagpal, director for flexible packaging, and Alex Abbott, chief revenue officer at SmartSolve Industries, talk with Ian Welsh about why recycling rates for flexible packaging remain stubbornly low and how a zero-waste solution could change the game.</p>
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23m 44s
Mar 2023
Creating a clean water supply from the air and sun
On today’s episode of McKinsey on Startups, our guest is Dr. Cody Friesen, the founder and CEO of Source Global, a sustainability-focused startup that is working to help solve the planet’s drinking water scarcity issues. The company’s flagship product is the Source Hydropanel, a ... Show More
30m 14s
Aug 2024
Challenges for Active Lifestyle Brands
Paulo Ribeiro, Founder of Two Things, delves into navigating challenges in the active lifestyle brand industry. Similar to many industries, the active lifestyle space has been plagued by a sea of sameness in tactics and strategies. The differentiator for leaders in the space is a ... Show More
31m 12s
Jul 2025
#248: Mike Cessario, Founder and CEO of Liquid Death – Disrupt with discipline
They sold a $300 coffin. They made a candle with Ozzy Osbourne’s DNA. And built a $1.4B beverage brand doing it. Mike Cessario, founder and CEO of Liquid Death, has turned irreverent ideas into a marketing juggernaut. But behind the stunts is a seriously disciplined approach to b ... Show More
1h 1m
Mar 2023
The Challenger Brand Cleaning Up Home Care
Rory meets Tim Keaveney, Co-Founder of Homethings, a challenger brand offering sustainable household cleaning products delivered direct to your door. As a winner of Sky’s Zero Footprint Fund, Tim reveals their plans for their first TV campaign and discusses how perceptions are ch ... Show More
39m 6s
Feb 2024
Water Purification, Solar Energy, Multiculturalism & The End of Plastic Usage | Sami Khoreibi 107
Sami Khoreibi is an entrepreneur and an investor in sustainable technology, recognized by ‘MIT Technology Review’ as a “Top 5 (Arab) innovator under 35”. Sami is the Founder of Wisewell, a sustainable technology company disrupting how we drink and deliver water by transforming ta ... Show More
1h 30m
Jul 2022
Sachinn J Laala, CEO at Liquid
Today we have Sachinn J Laala, the CEO at Liquid. A homegrown UAE brand, and the Middle East's first independent agency fully dedicated to Commerce that has begun to expand globally, including eastern Europe and soon the UK.
53m 51s