RESET Mindset - Responsible Enterprises for Social and Environmental Transformation
By Vic, Maurizio, Nao, and Marcello
RESET Mindset - Responsible Enterprises for Social and Environmental TransformationJan 18, 2022
EP 13 The Value of Waste: a panel of fearless female innovators who fully embrace circularity.
We invited innovators who fully embrace circularity by helping solve issues surrounding waste and making it valuable as a profitable business. by upcycling and leveraging for waste streams as components of the regenerative supply chain in order to eliminate products made with plastic. On an all-female panel, we discuss the opportunities in the value of waste with the co-founder of NewGenSurgical Kim Chase and co-founder of Nutshell Coolers Tamara Mekler, founder of Fermenstation and co-founder of waste*d Taylor Zehren.
EP12 Using carbon dioxide as a carbon source, Solid Carbon Product turns CO2 into carbon black and graphite, Co-founder Gay Wyn Quance shares her story
We speak with the co-founder of Solid Carbon Products about how the desire to protect their son going into the Iraq war inspired the late Dallas B. Noyes to figure out a better armor to protect their son turns into a project that will benefit humanity by making specialty reinforcing carbons using carbon dioxide as the carbon source.
EP11 Billion-dollar flooring company Interface innovates carbon-negative products to keep in pace with customers - Erin Meezan Chief Sustainability Officer
We speak with Erin Meezan to hear a story of transformation. Agility to meet customer demands marked a turning point for commercial flooring company Interface in the 1990s. Today, decades of research and commitment to sustainability have led systemic changes in carpets and flooring.
EP10 Meeting the increasing appetite of sea urchin (uni) while saving kelp forests - Urchinomics' Brian Tsuyoshi Takeda and Yoshi Tabuchi
In this episode, Brian and Yoshi discuss with Vic the positive externality of ranching sea urchins to feed not only an increasing appetite for uni at fine restaurants globally but also restore barren sea floors back into a vibrant kelp forest.
A new type of company and community is emerging. Zebras Unite.Org fosters a more inclusive, equitable, and ethical environment for early-stage businesses, catalyzing community, capital, and culture for people building businesses that are better for the world.
https://www.urchinomics.com/
https://www.zebrasunite.org/
EP9 Direct Air Capture technology to remove CO2 from the air - Carbon Engineering - VP Europe Amy Ruddock.
Direct Air Capture is a technology able to remove CO2 directly from the air for sequestration or to be used for carbon-neutral fuels. Since 2009 Carbon Engineering has been pioneering this technology and inventing new solutions to transform the carbon into carbon-neutral fuel (Air to Fuel). In this episode, Marcello interviews Amy Ruddock, VP for Europe at Carbon Engineering to unpack the role of this technology as a contributor to a CO2-balanced economy.
https://carbonengineering.com/our-technology/
EP8(Japanese) Medical Training Tools Made With Sustainable Material - Kotobuki Medical - With CEO Seiichiro Takayama's voice in Japanese and Ami Kano
In this episode, Vic and Nao speak with Seiichiro Takayama and IR communication officer Ami Kano at Kotobuki Medical speak with Nao and Vic about plant-based surgical training products and their journey from a small traditional company.
Links:
KOTOBUKI Medical sustainability [https://kotobukimedical.com/en/sustainability.html](https://kotobukimedical.com/en/sustainability.html)
KOTOBUKI GIKEN (machi-koba) [https://www.tech-kg.co.jp/kg_profile.html](https://www.tech-kg.co.jp/kg_profile.html)
Most recent fundraising: 80 million JPY in Series A funding from the Gunma Biomedical Innovation Fund and the Shinkin Wings Fund [https://kotobukimedical.com/news_en/2021/06/03/announcement-of-third-party-allocation-of-shares/](https://kotobukimedical.com/news_en/2021/06/03/announcement-of-third-party-allocation-of-shares/)
Crowdfunding campaign site raised 89.3million JPY from 591 individual investors [https://fundinno.com/projects/70](https://fundinno.com/projects/70)
What is machi-koba? [https://tokyofabhub.com/beginners-guide-tokyo-clusters/](https://tokyofabhub.com/beginners-guide-tokyo-clusters/)
What is konnyaku? [https://www.umami-insider.com/konnyaku-traditional-japanese-delicacy/]
EP8 Medical Training Tools Made With Sustainable Material - Kotobuki Medical - Interview with CEO Seiichiro Takayama and IR communication officer Ami Kano
In this episode, Vic and Nao speak with Seiichiro Takayama and IR communication officer Ami Kano at Kotobuki Medical speak with Nao and Vic about plant-based surgical training products and their journey from a small traditional company.
Links:
KOTOBUKI Medical sustainability [https://kotobukimedical.com/en/sustainability.html](https://kotobukimedical.com/en/sustainability.html)
KOTOBUKI GIKEN (machi-koba) [https://www.tech-kg.co.jp/kg_profile.html](https://www.tech-kg.co.jp/kg_profile.html)
Most recent fundraising: 80 million JPY in Series A funding from the Gunma Biomedical Innovation Fund and the Shinkin Wings Fund [https://kotobukimedical.com/news_en/2021/06/03/announcement-of-third-party-allocation-of-shares/](https://kotobukimedical.com/news_en/2021/06/03/announcement-of-third-party-allocation-of-shares/)
Crowdfunding campaign site raised 89.3million JPY from 591 individual investors [https://fundinno.com/projects/70](https://fundinno.com/projects/70)
What is machi-koba? [https://tokyofabhub.com/beginners-guide-tokyo-clusters/](https://tokyofabhub.com/beginners-guide-tokyo-clusters/)
What is konnyaku? [https://www.umami-insider.com/konnyaku-traditional-japanese-delicacy/]
EP7 Sustainable Consumption through Refurbished Electronics - interview with CO- founder and CEO Kilian Kaminski
Refurbed is the marketplace for refurbished electronics in Europe. This episode is an interview with founders and CEO Kilian Kaminski about the current state of electronics sustainability, the “right to repair movement” and the future of refurbished products as a way to reduce consumption and waste.
Speaker: Kilian Kaminski, Founder & CEO. Forbes 30 under 30.
EP6 Sustainably designed medical devices, surgical packaging and products -NewGenSurgical - Kim Luedee-Chase Cofounder
In this episode, Dr. Vic Woo speaks with Kim Luedee-Chase, co-founder and vice president of marketing and business development, at NewGen Surgical. NewGenSurgical was started with the vision to design a quality single-use medical device with sustainable materials, revolutionizing the operating room (OR). We learn about life's squiggle lines to success and finding the light through dark tunnels during COVID when surgeries were drastically reduced.
NewGenSurgical https://newgensurgical.com/
Impact calculator: https://newgensurgical.com/scbi/
Gary Cohen https://practicegreenhealth.org/
EP5 Waste-free Consumption through Reusable Packaging - Loop (Terracycle) - Interview with Eric Rosen
Marcello and Victoria interview Loop’s Head of Communication, Eric Rosen, unpacking today’s waste crisis and how Loop’s reusable packages system is solving the problem at the root cause. Hear from Eric how this spin-off project from recycling giant Terracycle will change the way we buy and dispose of everyday consumer goods.
EP4 Sustainable Energy Storage - SaltX - Interview with CTO Corey Balckman
The sun doesn't always shine and the wind doesn't always blow. The sustainable energy industry faces a problem when it comes to energy production and storage. How do we make sure to store the surplus energy generated during peak production times, and deliver it 24/7? In this episode, we talk to Corey Blackman, CTO at SaltX, a company whose mission is to solve this problem. Using a combination of salt, and an innovative patented nano-coating they developed a system that stores energy potentially forever, thus offering a sustainable solution to our current and future energy storage.
EP3 Financial Solutions for Sustainable Consumption - Doconomy - Interview with Co- founders Mathias Wikström and Johan Pihl
In this episode, Marcello and Nao interviewed co-founders of Doconomy Mathias Wikström and Johan Pihl. Doconomy helps each of us measure and take control and keep track of CO2 emissions generated from our everyday consumption. Hear from the cofounders Mathias Wikström and Johan Pihl on their journey to raise global awareness, disseminate knowledge to the many and bring evidence of what utilizing the power of banking, leading climate expertise, and global payment technology at scale can achieve.
EP2 AI Driven Food Tech - NotCo - Interview with Founder Matias Muchnick on his mantra "In Plant, We Trust"
In this episode, Matias shared with Vic and Nao his journey founding NotCo and how he is approaching a more sustainable future by combining the power of AI to fuel the plant-based food evolution by removing animals from food production, using Giuseppe an AI engine that could learn infinite combinations of plants to replicate animal products, NotCo recently raised $85 million in funding and are now positioned to really scale. In Plant We Trust..
EP1 Financial inclusion and investing in tech and talent - Gojo - Founder Taejun Shin
In this episode, Taejun Shin shares his journey in raising the initial founding and investment strategy to enables financial inclusion by building partnerships with financial service providers.