Christine Goulay

Sustainable Fashion and Startups | Christine Goulay, Kering Group

In this episode of Entrepreneurs For Good, I speak with Christine Goulay about her work as Sustainability Innovation Manager at The Kering Group to work with entrepreneurs and innovators to solve the sustainability challenges their Group faces.

It is a fresh look at how brands seeing the opportunities to work with externals, and beyond speaking about the challenges of how that works internally, Christine gives some advice to entrepreneurs who are looking to work with them.

About #EntrepreneursForGood Series:
Through this series, we speak with Asia based entrepreneurs whose mission it is to bring solutions to the environmental, social, and economic challenges that are faced within the region to learn more about their vision, the opportunities they see, and challenges that they have had to overcome.

It is a series that we hope will not only engage and inspire you, but catalyze you and your organizations into action.

To identify a challenge that is tangible, and build a business model (profit or non) that brings a solution to the market.

About Christine
Christine is a corporate sustainability and innovation expert with more than 10 years of professional experience as a venture capital corporate lawyer, running a start-up business, teaching and researching triple bottom line companies, and working for a corporate leader in sustainability in the apparel sector.

Follow Charlene:
Kering Website: https://www.kering.com
Kering Sustainability Website: https://www.kering.com/en/sustainability/
Kering on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMDZYZibcyrf99iEa4CQJkA

About Rich:
Driven by the belief that change begins with a single step, Richard Brubaker has spent the last 15 years in Asia working to engage, inspire, and equip those around him to take their first step.

Acting as a catalyst to driving sustainability, Brubaker works with government, corporate, academic and non-profit stakeholders to bring together knowledge, teams, and tools that develop and execute their business case for sustainability.

Follow Rich
Website: http://www.richbrubaker.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rich.brubaker
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richbrubaker
Instagram: https://instagram.com/richbrubaker
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/richbrubaker

Contact Rich
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#richbrubaker #SocialInnovation


Cyrille Filott

Investing in Sustainable Food & Agriculture | Cyrille Filott, Rabobank

In this episode of Entrepreneurs For Good, I speak with Cyrille Filott, Global Strategist for Consumer Foods at Rabobank.

For me, this was a really interesting discussion as I have been working hard to develop an understanding for the interplay between finance and sustainability, and took away a much better understanding for how Rabobank sees sustainability in the food & agricultural space, the role of consumers, and how they are putting their money to work.

About #EntrepreneursForGood Series:
Through this series, we speak with Asia based entrepreneurs whose mission it is to bring solutions to the environmental, social, and economic challenges that are faced within the region to learn more about their vision, the opportunities they see, and challenges that they have had to overcome.

It is a series that we hope will not only engage and inspire you, but catalyze you and your organizations into action.

To identify a challenge that is tangible, and build a business model (profit or non) that brings a solution to the market.

About Cyrille Filott:
Cyrille Filott is global strategist for Consumer Foods. Within the sector he is focusing on the baked goods chain and various other topics. He is based in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Cyrille is a business economist with a great deal of experience in fund management and equity research. He joined the research team at RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness in 2008. Since the beginning of 2014 he is strategist for the Consumer Foods sector.

Cyrille earned a Master’s degree in Economics from Erasmus University in Rotterdam. He also holds a VBA designation.

Follow: Cyrille:
LinkedIn: https://nl.linkedin.com/in/cyrille-filott-16b4586
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cyrille_filott

Follow Rabobank:
Rabobank Website: http://www.goodfoodcommunity.com/

Rabobank Consumer Research: https://research.rabobank.com/far/en/sectors/consumer-foods/index.html

About Rich:
Driven by the belief that change begins with a single step, Richard Brubaker has spent the last 15 years in Asia working to engage, inspire, and equip those around him to take their first step.

Acting as a catalyst to driving sustainability, Brubaker works with government, corporate, academic and non-profit stakeholders to bring together knowledge, teams, and tools that develop and execute their business case for sustainability.

Follow Rich
Website: http://www.richbrubaker.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rich.brubaker
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richbrubaker
Instagram: https://instagram.com/richbrubaker
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/richbrubaker

Contact Rich
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#richbrubaker #entrepreneurs4good #SocialEntrepreneurship


Monique Maisson

Recycling Plastic Waste into Textiles | Monique Maisson, Waste2Wear

Extremely excited to be kicking off this year's Entrepreneurs For Good series with my conversation with Monique Maissan.

Monique has been a good friend for a number of years, and over the last 2 decades she has an amazing company, Waste2Wear, to upcycle plastics into new products.

Our conversation starts with a bit of her background, and the size and scale of the plastic problem we face, but quickly jumps into the process of building her company, the many lessons she has learned, and some of the innovations and collaborations she is working on to take her mission to the next level.
She is a true leader in the space, and you will learn a lot from this interview.

About The Entrepreneurs For Good Series:
Through this series, we speak with Asia based entrepreneurs whose mission it is to bring solutions to the environmental, social, and economic challenges that are faced within the region to learn more about their vision, the opportunities they see, and challenges that they have had to overcome.

It is a series that we hope will not only engage and inspire you, but catalyze you and your organizations into action.

To identify a challenge that is tangible, and build a business model (profit or non) that brings a solution to the market.

About Monique
Monique Maissan is a Dutch entrepreneur and textile engineer specialized in Circular Economic solutions for the textile industry.

As CEO and founder of Waste2Wear, she leads a committed team towards sustainable innovation using textile products made from recycled plastic to create a positive environmental impact. The innovations in her company, have been acknowledged through the Entrepreneur the Year award 2012, in the USA from Enterprising Women; the Sustainability Award from the European Economic and Sustainability Committee in 2014; the Women Economic Forum’s Outstanding Women for the Advance of Sustainability award in 2017; The #1 Business Women Of Middle East award in Egypt in 2018; and the She Rockers MyEO Women SDG Award 2019 from EO (Entrepreneur Organization). She is currently nominated for the EY (Ernst & Young) Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 award.

Monique has also founded various social programs, including Waste2Weave, designed to improve the livelihood of Indian women working on hand-looms, while taking plastic out of the environment. She continuously strives to create collaborations with a broad diversity of stakeholders to help to create awareness and to find solutions to protect the environment. This includes collaborations with the Jane Goodall Institute, National Geographic and many more.

Follow Monique:
Waste2Wear Website: https://www.waste2wear.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monique-maissan-96b2b41/

About Rich:
Driven by the belief that change begins with a single step, Richard Brubaker has spent the last 15 years in Asia working to engage, inspire, and equip those around him to take their first step.

Acting as a catalyst to driving sustainability, Brubaker works with government, corporate, academic and non-profit stakeholders to bring together knowledge, teams, and tools that develop and execute their business case for sustainability.

Follow Rich
Website: http://www.richbrubaker.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rich.brubaker
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richbrubaker
Instagram: https://instagram.com/richbrubaker
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/richbrubaker

Contact Rich
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#richbrubaker #entrepreneurs4good #SocialEntrepreneurship


Charlene Tan

Community Supported Agriculture in the Philippines | Charlene Tan, Good Food Community

In this episode of Entrepreneurs For Good, I speak with Charlene Tan from Good Food Community about her journey to build the Good Food Community platform in Manila, where she aims to make local communities sustainable by connecting organic farmers and “enlightened citizens” in a program called Community Shared Agriculture.

A business model that has been in place for many years in the United States, and Europe, she sees farmers benefiting by having the safety net of stable demand while citizens get shares of the harvest every week.

Working with more than 20 farmers, Charlene and I speak about the progress she has made to date, the challenges she is facing in scaling the organization, and the need to be process focused throughout.

It is a great interview that is educational, inspirational, and practical!

 

 

About Entrepreneurs For Good Series:
Through this series, we speak with Asia based entrepreneurs whose mission it is to bring solutions to the environmental, social, and economic challenges that are faced within the region to learn more about their vision, the opportunities they see, and challenges that they have had to overcome.

It is a series that we hope will not only engage and inspire you, but catalyze you and your organizations into action.

To identify a challenge that is tangible, and build a business model (profit or non) that brings a solution to the market.

About Charlene

Follow Charlene:
Website: http://www.goodfoodcommunity.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlene-tan-42b68ab0/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/charlene.c.tan

About Rich:
Driven by the belief that change begins with a single step, Richard Brubaker has spent the last 15 years in Asia working to engage, inspire, and equip those around him to take their first step.

Acting as a catalyst to driving sustainability, Brubaker works with government, corporate, academic and non-profit stakeholders to bring together knowledge, teams, and tools that develop and execute their business case for sustainability.

Follow Rich
Website: http://www.richbrubaker.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rich.brubaker
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richbrubaker
Instagram: https://instagram.com/richbrubaker
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/richbrubaker

Contact Rich
[email protected]

#richbrubaker #SocialEntrepreneurship


Edmund Dimalanta

Overcome the Fear of Failure to Find Success | Edmund Dimalanta, D&G Pacific

In this episode of Entrepreneurs For Good, I interview Edmund Dimalanta.  A SERIAL entrepreneur, who on his SIXTEENTH venture, D&G Pacific.
While the name is unassuming, it was clear to me that the lessons of Edmund's early ventures were not lost.  He has learned to pivot his business quickly, identify markets and develop products, and build a team that has the ability to execute.
It was a real pleasure speaking with him about the decision to get into waste management, but more than that, the lessons he imparts from previous ventures (successful and not) were invaluable.

About Entrepreneurs For Good Series:
Through this series, we speak with Asia based entrepreneurs whose mission it is to bring solutions to the environmental, social, and economic challenges that are faced within the region to learn more about their vision, the opportunities they see, and challenges that they have had to overcome.

It is a series that we hope will not only engage and inspire you, but catalyze you and your organizations into action.

To identify a challenge that is tangible, and build a business model (profit or non) that brings a solution to the market.

About Edmund:
The founder and President of the company, Edmund Dimalanta, is passionate about developing and providing environmentally friendly and sustainable business solutions for improving the waste management and recycling in the Philippines.

Follow Edmund:
Website: https://www.dgpacificcorp.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edmund-dimalanta-5381264/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/edmund.dimalanta

About Rich:
Driven by the belief that change begins with a single step, Richard Brubaker has spent the last 15 years in Asia working to engage, inspire, and equip those around him to take their first step.

Acting as a catalyst to driving sustainability, Brubaker works with government, corporate, academic and non-profit stakeholders to bring together knowledge, teams, and tools that develop and execute their business case for sustainability.

Follow Rich
Website: http://www.richbrubaker.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rich.brubaker
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richbrubaker
Instagram: https://instagram.com/richbrubaker
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/richbrubaker

Contact Rich
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#sustainability #SocialEntrepreneurship #Innovation


John Wu

Next Generation Sustainable Leadership | John Wu, Novalis Flooring

In this episode of Entrepreneurs For Good, I speak with John Wu about the work he has done to green his family's flooring business.



 

About #EntrepreneursForGood Series:
Through this series, we speak with Asia based entrepreneurs whose mission it is to bring solutions to the environmental, social, and economic challenges that are faced within the region to learn more about their vision, the opportunities they see, and challenges that they have had to overcome.

It is a series that we hope will not only engage and inspire you, but catalyze you and your organizations into action.

To identify a challenge that is tangible, and build a business model (profit or non) that brings a solution to the market.

About John:

John Wu is the second-generation president and CEO of Novalis Innovative Flooring, one of the largest players in the global LVT market. The company, started 34 years ago by Wu’s father, today creates all products under the LVT spectrum and goes to market via a number of channels, including its own Nova and Ava brands. Novalis manufactures its products in China.

Follow John:
Website: https://novalisinnovativeflooring.us/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-wu-72a0346a/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NovalisFlooring

About Rich:
Driven by the belief that change begins with a single step, Richard Brubaker has spent the last 15 years in Asia working to engage, inspire, and equip those around him to take their first step.

Acting as a catalyst to driving sustainability, Brubaker works with government, corporate, academic and non-profit stakeholders to bring together knowledge, teams, and tools that develop and execute their business case for sustainability.

Follow Rich
Website: http://www.richbrubaker.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rich.brubaker
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richbrubaker
Instagram: https://instagram.com/richbrubaker
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/richbrubaker

Contact Rich
[email protected]

 


Dureen Shahnaz

You Can't Teach Entrepreneurship | Durreen Shahnaz, Impact Investment Exchange

In this episode of Entrepreneurs For Good, I speak with Durreen Shahnaz, Founder of Impact Investment Exchange and Shujong, about the work she has done to launch the world's first (and only) socially oriented stock market.

Born out of the recognition that the finance industry, which is largely run by Western/ white male executives, was not working for a large portion of the world, she has spent the last 10+ years developing a solution.

A solution that has not come easy, was largely built out of her own vision for what the system should look like, but for her there was no other choice or way.

She is a true entrepreneur.



About #EntrepreneursForGood Series:
Through this series, we speak with Asia based entrepreneurs whose mission it is to bring solutions to the environmental, social, and economic challenges that are faced within the region to learn more about their vision, the opportunities they see, and challenges that they have had to overcome.

It is a series that we hope will not only engage and inspire you, but catalyze you and your organizations into action.

To identify a challenge that is tangible, and build a business model (profit or non) that brings a solution to the market.

About Durreen:
Durreen Shahnaz is a global leader of social impact and impact investing. She is also the founder of Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) and IIX Foundation. IIX is the home of the world’s first social stock exchange and the largest impact investment private placement platform. IIX is also a leader in impact assessment methodology and innovative financial structures such as the world’s first Women’s Livelihood Bond. The company bridges the gap between finance and development by carving out a third space for social and environmental solutions through financial mechanisms and subsequently driving forward the Sustainable Development Goals. IIX and IIX Foundation’s work has a particular focus on women empowerment, climate action and community resilience.

Follow Durreen:
Website: https://iixglobal.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iixglobal
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/durreen-shahnaz-3158101
Twitter: https://twitter.com/durreen

About Rich:
Driven by the belief that change begins with a single step, Richard Brubaker has spent the last 15 years in Asia working to engage, inspire, and equip those around him to take their first step.

Acting as a catalyst to driving sustainability, Brubaker works with government, corporate, academic and non-profit stakeholders to bring together knowledge, teams, and tools that develop and execute their business case for sustainability.

Follow Rich
Website: http://www.richbrubaker.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rich.brubaker
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richbrubaker
Instagram: https://instagram.com/richbrubaker
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/richbrubaker

Contact Rich
[email protected]

 

 


Jeet Singh

Edtech Entrepreneurship in India | Jeet Singh, Selfstudy

In this episode of Entrepreneurs For Good, I speak with Jeet Singh, Founder of Selfstudy, to speak about the work he has been doing over the last few years to provide a better future to the next generation of Indian students.

It is a great conversation, and one where, as a consultant who quit to build a "better" way, I really found myself identifying with very easily, and I hope that you will find inspiration in his work.



About #EntrepreneursForGood Series:
Through this series, we speak with Asia based entrepreneurs whose mission it is to bring solutions to the environmental, social, and economic challenges that are faced within the region to learn more about their vision, the opportunities they see, and challenges that they have had to overcome.

It is a series that we hope will not only engage and inspire you, but catalyze you and your organizations into action.

To identify a challenge that is tangible, and build a business model (profit or non) that brings a solution to the market.

About Jeet:
Persainjit Singh (Jeet) is a seasoned management consultant with more than 12 years of consulting, industry and ed-tech experience. He has envisioned and created a digital learning platform which is used by more than 1 lac students in India.

Follow Jeet:
Website: http://www.selfstudy.co.in
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/persainjit/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/persainjit
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/persainjit

About Rich:
Driven by the belief that change begins with a single step, Richard Brubaker has spent the last 15 years in Asia working to engage, inspire, and equip those around him to take their first step.

Acting as a catalyst to driving sustainability, Brubaker works with government, corporate, academic and non-profit stakeholders to bring together knowledge, teams, and tools that develop and execute their business case for sustainability.

Follow Rich
Website: http://www.richbrubaker.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rich.brubaker
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richbrubaker
Instagram: https://instagram.com/richbrubaker
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/richbrubaker

Contact Rich
[email protected]


Chris Oestereich

Teaching Social Entrepreneurship in Thailand | Chris Oestereich, Circular Design Lab

In this episode of Entrepreneurs For Good, I speak with Chris Oestereich about his work in Bangkok teaching social entrepreneurship at  Thammasat University while standing up his own social enterprises, Full Circle Filament and Circular Design Lab.

Lot's of lessons in here about how to engage students on topics, and why we should be optimistic about the future!

 


About #EntrepreneursForGood Series:
Through this series, we speak with Asia based entrepreneurs whose mission it is to bring solutions to the environmental, social, and economic challenges that are faced within the region to learn more about their vision, the opportunities they see, and challenges that they have had to overcome.

It is a series that we hope will not only engage and inspire you, but catalyze you and your organizations into action.

To identify a challenge that is tangible, and build a business model (profit or non) that brings a solution to the market.

About Chris:
Chris helps communities and organizations shift towards the circular economy. He’s also a writer, publisher, and the director of the ASEAN Social Innovation Review, the publishing unit at Thammasat University’s School of Global Studies where he lectures on topics related to sustainability, social innovation, social enterprise, and advocacy.

Follow Chris:
Website: https://chrisoestereich.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisoestereich/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chris.oestereich

About Rich:
Driven by the belief that change begins with a single step, Richard Brubaker has spent the last 15 years in Asia working to engage, inspire, and equip those around him to take their first step.

Acting as a catalyst to driving sustainability, Brubaker works with government, corporate, academic and non-profit stakeholders to bring together knowledge, teams, and tools that develop and execute their business case for sustainability.

Follow Rich
Website: http://www.richbrubaker.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rich.brubaker
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richbrubaker
Instagram: https://instagram.com/richbrubaker
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/richbrubaker

Contact Rich
[email protected]


Dhrav Khanna

Hydroponics and Agtech Entrepreneurship in India | Dhrav Khanna, Triton Foodworks

For the last 10 years, I have spent the majority of my time looking at sustainability as a function of urbanization, and the resource footprints of urban residents, in Asia.

Particularly how will Asia' urban systems be challenges by the movement of the next two billion Asians moving into cities (by 2030), and what the role of entrepreneurs and innovators will be as THE force to deliver the solutions required for sustainability in local environments, economies, and communities.

So, while the news surrounding Chennai's water shortage is now top of mind, and in keeping in mind there are dozens of other cities in India that are under similar threat, earlier this year I met with an amazing entrepreneur named Dhrav Khanna of Delhi based Triton Foodworks and interviewed him about his work for the Entrepreneurs For Good series.

It was an amazing discussion, similar to those I have had in Bangkok, Singapore, and Hong Kong, and while I was impressed by his systems, and saw similar challenges in business model, the one thing I really appreciated was in his approach to measuring how much water his systems saved against traditional farming.


About the Entrepreneurs For Good Series:
Through this series, we speak with Asia based entrepreneurs whose mission it is to bring solutions to the environmental, social, and economic challenges that are faced within the region to learn more about their vision, the opportunities they see, and challenges that they have had to overcome.

It is a series that we hope will not only engage and inspire you, but catalyze you and your organizations into action.

To identify a challenge that is tangible, and build a business model (profit or non) that brings a solution to the market.

About Triton Foodworks:
In 2014 Ullas Samrat, Dhruv Khanna and two close friends cofounded Triton Foodworks, a hydroponic agriculture startup. They initially were interested in urban rooftop farming, but in order to attain volume they set up full-scale commercial farms on the outskirts of major Indian cities such as Delhi, Mumbai and Pune. Triton Foodworks is now a leader in the hydroponics industry in India, producing more than 700 tons of residue-free fruits and vegetables every year.

Follow Dhrav:
Website: http://www.tritonfoodworks.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khannadhruv
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dhruv_khanna

About Rich:
Driven by the belief that change begins with a single step, Richard Brubaker has spent the last 15 years in Asia working to engage, inspire, and equip those around him to take their first step.

Acting as a catalyst to driving sustainability, Brubaker works with government, corporate, academic and non-profit stakeholders to bring together knowledge, teams, and tools that develop and execute their business case for sustainability.

Follow Rich
Website: http://www.richbrubaker.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rich.brubaker
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richbrubaker
Instagram: https://instagram.com/richbrubaker
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/richbrubaker

Contact Rich
[email protected]