Let's Talk Climate Business

Did you know that coffee is one of the world’s most traded commodities?

Did you know that coffee beans weigh 20% less after roasting?

That’s 20% less mass to ship around the world. And by roasting coffee at the place of harvest, we can skip unnecessary shipping to roasting facilities.

This is some of the supply chain efficiency opportunities that Mike Coates discovered when he investigated the coffee supply chain. He was analyzing with an unusual perspective - He wasn’t looking for where to save money, make more profit and compete. He was looking for how to help Colombian coffee farmers out of poverty and child labour.

This is an interesting story about discovering hidden opportunities by taking a different perspective. A perspective looking for how to give, rather than how to get.

Consider that there are no failures in sustainability.

Any action with good intentions for the environment will lead you forward.

The results and the learnings give you a new place to stand with new openings for action in your climate leadership.

Discover the environmental opportunities and actions that you can take as a business leader from Sam who has advised 30+ companies with a market cap of 100m+ on their sustainability strategy. All the way from executive incentive schemes to waste recycling in the office.

Here is more information about Chevron’s executive incentive scheme that Sam mentions in the episode. https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/chevron-faces-shareholder-proposals-climate-change-filing-2021-04-08/

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In this episode we explore the inherent nature of the climate change challenge. We can’t win individually - we can only win together. If we all work together. It requires a different type of thinking!

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein.

We discover the sustainability journey of Shypple, a Series A funded digital freight forwarding startup out of the Netherlands. Vakis, the VP of Marketing, shares the ambitious climate objective they set for themselves. Offsetting 10x the carbon footprint they leave.

We cover how Vakis and Shypple build climate action into their product to enable their customers and the shipping industry to work together in achieving sustainability.

The climate and ESG advisor that Vakis Rigas mentions during the episode is Harald Walkate - https://www.linkedin.com/in/harald-walkate-022227/

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Look around you.

Take inspiration from something you care about.

That’s a great place to start aligning your career and business with your purpose.

That’s what Simon did. As an avid sailor, Simon loves the ocean and used that as an inspiration to challenge and rethink how he runs his business, looking beyond the horizon!

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