Over the years, LAUNCH has experienced an evolution of solutions and an evolution in the collaborations that propel them forward! Here is Pia Huusfelt of #IKEA sharing her reflections from #LAUNCHCircular last week.
#circularsociety#sustainability#biz
We stand against racism.
We stand with Black communities.
We stand with our Black colleagues.
We see you. We hear you. We value you.
Black Lives Matter. 🖤 #blackouttuesday
We are extremely excited to announce our partnership with @BARDA to secure the supply chain for COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. Please read more: https://t.co/at8mUdvukk #COVID19#mRNA#Vaccine#Covid_19#coronavirus ~ DP
Congrats Stephanie Benedetto for your nomination as #CWI20 laureate for North America! Stephanie is the CEO & Founder of Queen of Raw, a company that’s on a mission to turn pollution into profit.
Women Entrepreneur Spotlight: Miriam Chipulu, Founder of @FoodsShais Zambia
“The main objective is to improve food security at the household level and create a sustainable source of income for smallholder farmers, especially women & youth."
See her story👉https://t.co/i3xgi6BJli
Can you make money giving away free stuff? Apparently yes! Tune in for Wednesday's free webinar and May Al-Karooni, CEO of Globechain, will tell us how she is creating sustainability with her eCommerce marketplace.
Register at https://t.co/vum22aCI3P
Spreading the word (& shouting out LAUNCH #BeyondWaste Innovator @SIRUM, pictured in the article):
"Calling All Education Entrepreneurs: Announcing The $1 Million Rybakov Prize To Be Awarded At Forbes’ Under 30 Europe Summit" via @SamanthaLTodd@Forbes
https://t.co/Yvqi5QwJTI
It's a small world!
Tinia Pina, Founder & CEO of Re-Nuble (from our #MCorps cohort), shared an article featuring a photo of none other than Kiah Williams, Co-Founder of @SIRUM (from our @LAUNCHorg Beyond Waste cycle in 2012).
Take a look at the article & opportunity in @Forbes.
"My dream is to one day grow a lung & seed it with lung cells & use the mycelium to create the capillary network & use the human cells to create the actual lung." @ebenbayer of @ecovative, a 2013 LAUNCH Systems innovator company.
Their story via @CNN: https://t.co/kICzsDj43k
The apparel sector is one of the most polluting in the world, but brands are slowly starting to change that. Thank you, @worthmag, for the support! | https://t.co/e3jT2pn2oQ
We're celebrating the heroes that are solving the challenges the planet is facing: Meet @siddharthhande - a hero from our @LAUNCHNordic program. We asked him a few questions. Give it a read https://t.co/v8wYj9zicr
or even better: Reach out to him - He deserves it!
On this week’s SynBioBeta Podcast, @ebenbayer talks about how @ecovative is using mycelium to give structure to biomanufactured goods like textiles, “meat”, packaging, technical wear, cosmetics, and other high-performance #materials https://t.co/qg0IwFp7Yw #biomaterials#biobased
60% of rubbish in bins could be recycled!
Reduce waste by:
Offering reusable coffee mugs for morning coffee instead of disposable cups
Put larger items on Globechain to be reused rather than sending them to landfill
#EcoMonday#Ecofriendlytips#Reuserevolution