Today's guest is Katherine Sizov, co-founder and CEO of Strella, whose hardware-enabled software as a service uses data to predict the shelf life of produce and allows everybody from distribution centers, packers, wholesalers, and retailers to make better decisions about when to ship, when to sell, and where to allocate what produce. Katherine joins Keith for a great discussion about how she and her co-founder came to start the business, some of the decisions they've made in terms of go-to-market and business model, the economic and environmental results that their customers are seeing, and how to get those yellow bananas straight from the farm to the shelves of supermarkets!

Relive a recent talk from Firstmovr’s JBPx Amazon eCommerce Growth Summit. The session was focused on two Amazon climate and sustainability initiatives for vendors and sellers: the Climate Pledge Friendly badge and Compact by Design. The session covers the programs' commercial benefits, guidance on how to qualify, and more.

This episode features Tessa Callaghan, co-founder and CEO of Keel Labs, which produces a fiber from seaweed material being used in the fashion and other industries. In addition to sharing her and her co-founder's journey to starting Keel Labs, Tessa covers what they experienced firsthand as designers in the fashion industry, some of the ways that the material they're producing compares and contrasts both to conventional synthetics and natural fibers, and where she sees the industry headed.

Mark Rushmore is co-founder and CCO of SURI, a sustainable electric toothbrush company. Mark and his co-founder began their careers at P&G, one of the great incubators of talent within the CPG industry. With a long entrepreneurial track record and some exits, he and his co-founder had the opportunity and the idea to start a consumer product brand that doesn't compromise on effectiveness or performance, produces a product that's more sustainable, and educates consumers about how to use it sustainably throughout the product's life cycle. Hear Mark’s insights about decisions from product design, materials, packaging, and growing direct to consumer and and through retail.

In this episode of Decarbonizing Commerce, host Keith Anderson welcomes Matthew Isaacs, co-founder of My Emissions, to discuss the critical intersection of climate innovation and commerce, focusing on the environmental impact of food production and consumption. Matthew shares how his journey with My Emissions began during the COVID-19 pandemic when he and his co-founder sought ways to reduce their environmental footprint. Recognizing that food accounts for a significant portion of global greenhouse gas emissions, they developed My Emissions to help food businesses calculate and communicate product-level emissions. The platform aims to bridge the gap between emissions data and consumers, empowering businesses to make informed sustainability decisions while engaging customers through carbon labeling. Matthew highlights the platform's dual focus on emissions data and communication, enabling companies to navigate sustainability challenges and drive meaningful change and the importance of transparency and collaboration in achieving a low-carbon future for the food industry.

In this episode, you'll meet Ryan Lupberger, founder and CEO of Cleancult, a company making cleaning products that are better for you and better for the environment. Ryan shares his experiences and lessons learned from starting up to scaling up, discussing how to meet both retailers and consumers where they are in terms of education and behavior change, driving awareness with a different product form and unconventional packaging, as well as fundraising and other challenges.

This week's episode features Adhithi Aji, founder and CEO of Adrich, a smart packaging solution for connected e-commerce. Adrich takes some of the friction out of replenishing consumable products, helping overcome some of the challenge of changing behavior in the shift to more sustainable consumption models. Tune in to hear more about how it plays a role in accelerating behavioral change in areas like refillable packaging, other use cases and possibilities, and the unit economics of new technologies in the connected packaging space.

Join Keith Anderson as he talks to an old friend, Chris Perry, Chief Learning Officer of Firstmovr. He is not only a trusted advisor to the industry, but he's been in house at world class brands like Reckitt, WellPet, and Kellogg's. Chris tells us about his perspective about some of the challenges that the industry that wants to make it a priority faces in reaching out and persuading colleagues in conventional commercial roles. He also shares an interesting point of view on the impact of emerging brands and insurgents and how innovation can play a role in accelerating industry shifts, and talks about the importance of communication. The conversation closes with us thinking a little bit differently about strategy as it relates to sustainability and retail and CPG.

Join Keith Anderson as he meets and learns from our guest this week, Autumn Fox, Climate Sustainability Senior Manager for Mars. Together they discuss the company’s roadmap to net zero emissions, looking at how far they’ve come and how they, and the rest of the industry, might continue to move forward. Together they touch on plans that affect agriculture, retail, packaging, and logistics.

In this episode, join Keith Anderson as he meets and learns from today's guest, Mike Robinson, who is part of the founding team of The 8th Notch, a software platform helping retailers and carriers essentially do what they already do, but more effectively and cost efficiently--incidentally, reducing emissions in profound ways. Together they discuss the outlook on the future of delivery in e-commerce, touching on a report by the WEF, and what The 8th Notch brings to the table in this area. With more than 25 years of leadership experience in the retail industry, Mike shares his thoughts and outlook in this episode of Decarbonizing Commerce.

Keith’s guest this week is Julia Marsh, the co-founder and CEO of Sway, a biomaterials company replacing plastics with regenerative materials made from seaweed. As a designer, Julia spent over a decade building brand and packaging systems for consumer goods companies, tech startups, and design studios, winning the Closed Loop Partners Beyond the Bag Challenge in 2021, and a finalist for the Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize in 2022. Join this conversation as Sway announces a $5 million in fresh funding, and Julia brings an incredible perspective on the role of design in packaging and solving problems in sustainability, why seaweed is such a high potential alternative to petroleum-based plastics, the state of and outlook for composting infrastructure, where Sway's packaging works best, and what's next for Sway.

Join Keith Anderson and Santiago Navarro, founder and CEO of Packamama, a company reimagining wine packaging to lower emissions while winning at the shelf and preserving tradition. This episode is an interesting case study covering the importance of packaging from a transit perspective, the unavoidable risk of breakage, and the consumption experience of wine. Learn how Packamama has approached creating a package for the future with those and other considerations in mind.

This week Keith talks to Irina Gerry, CMO of Change Foods and a sustainable foods industry thought leader, using precision fermentation to commercialize a new way of producing real milk proteins and dairy foods with biotech. Irina's also a founding member and vice chair of the board of the Precision Fermentation Alliance. Together they walk through her interesting (and in some ways improbable) career in grocery and CPG marketing with a background at iconic plant-based brands, including Silk and So Delicious at Danone. Tune in to meet and learn from Irina about the world of Precision Fermentation and Biotech in food.

Introducing Mike Newman, founder and CEO of Returnity Innovations, a partner to retailers and brands for reusable packaging, Keith Anderson talks to Mike about his venture and lessons he’s learned. With a blend of entrepreneurship as well as environmental science and policy experience, Mike has a practical view of the immediate impact that reuse can have in commerce. You'll learn about some of the reasons that the internal logistics leg is one of the most viable places for reusable packaging in commerce today, and some of the challenges and barriers and opportunities and what would have to be true for reuse to be economically and operationally viable in some of the other consumer-facing areas that we continue to see interest and innovation.

Today’s guest is David Kat, SVP Business Development for Wasteless, which is using AI to dynamically price and mark down perishables, helping grocers sell what they otherwise might have wasted. This episode has something for everybody. AI, dynamic pricing, electronic shelf labels and 2D barcodes. David has an informed perspective on the challenges and the opportunities of using dynamic pricing and markdowns to help mitigate food waste in brick and mortar grocery in a way that is really accretive to earnings.

In this episode, Keith Anderson interviews Kari Morris, co-founder of Martie, a venture-backed online surplus discount store specializing in shelf-stable groceries. Kari shares the company's inception, emphasizing its mission to address surplus in the food industry. The conversation explores Martie's rapid evolution, its retention mode, and the strategic balance between discount and higher AUR items. Kari also discusses customer engagement through live shopping events, the role of influencers in their model, and Martie's unique approach to capturing a new customer base.

Today's guest is Francesca Hahn, vice president for digital commerce, U.S. At Mondelēz, the multinational snack leader. Francesca is responsible for the strategy, vision, execution, covering everything about how Mondelēz brands are discovered, shopped for, purchased, fulfilled online, including two direct to consumer sites. Before Mondelēz she had roles of increasing responsibility in category management and sales, at Britax, Colgate-Palmolive (including the Hills Pet e-commerce team), Acosta Sales and Marketing, PepsiCo, & Diageo. Mondelēz recently added sustainability as its fourth strategic pillar, and Francesca is a sponsor of the sustainability team for the U.S. In this episode we discuss introducing sustainability across such a large enterprise, the intersection of sustainability and climate work and e-commerce.

Keith speaks to Catherine Conway, is Director and Reuse Lead for GoUnpackaged, one of the UK's leading consultancies specializing in reuse and refill packaging. Catherine has been working in the reuse refill space since 2006. We discuss her work with the Refill Coalition, which is a group of UK based retailers that are working together to develop a standardized, but also modular and adaptable approach to reusable and refillable packaging.We also talk about some of the drivers and barriers as it relates to reuse, refill and some of the pending legislation in Europe and beyond.

In this installment, host Keith Anderson sits down with Danielle Jezienicki, Founder of Impact FWD, a consulting practice specializing in sustainability and impact. Danielle brings a wealth of experience, having previously served as the Vice President of Sustainability for Grove Collaborative, a pioneer in plastic-neutral retail. During this insightful conversation, Danielle shares her remarkable journey from an MBA program to leading sustainability programs at renowned brands like Williams Sonoma and Grove. Together, they delve into the intricacies of sustainability in the consumer packaged goods industry, addressing pressing issues such as the plastic crisis and discussing the transition from Sustainability 1.0 to Sustainability 2.0.

In this episode of the Decarbonizing Commerce Podcast, host Keith Anderson delves into the world of supply chain adaptation in the face of climate change. Joining him is Berk Bahceci, Founder and CEO of Heraclea, a family-owned olive oil producer based in Turkey. Berk shares how his company has maintained supply chain stability and quality yield amidst industry challenges caused by climate-related impacts. They discuss the unique agricultural practices Heraclea employs and explore potential scalable solutions for the broader industry. If you've ever wondered about the relationship between climate change and the cost of olive oil or are interested in innovative supply chain strategies, this episode is a must-listen.

In this episode of the Decarbonizing Commerce Podcast, host Keith Anderson sits down with David Bryngelsson, CEO and founder of CarbonCloud. With a background in climate science, David shares his journey from academia to founding CarbonCloud, a climate intelligence platform for the food industry. They delve into the challenges and opportunities of product-level climate footprinting and labeling, exploring why it's gaining traction and how it can drive sustainability in the food value chain. Tune in to discover how technology is revolutionizing climate transparency in the food sector and why it's becoming a crucial consideration for retailers and brands.

In this episode Keith is joined by Tanvi Patel, Senior Data Analyst for Climate and Sustainability Data at SPINS. SPINS is a data technology company specializing in wellness, health, beauty, food, and beverage, at the heart of where innovation meets sustainability. In this episode, we delve into Tanvi's unique career journey, which beautifully intersects retail data, consumer packaged goods (CPG), and the pressing issue of climate change. We explore the remarkable framework developed by Tanvi and SPINS to enrich the SPINS product intelligence suite, unveiling the invaluable insights it offers to brands and retailers. Join us as we uncover the trends and transformative potential that lie at this powerful intersection.

Keith is joined by Emily Fultz, the Vice President of Marketing and Sustainability, North America for the Swedish company, the Humble Co. Emily has more than 25 years of experience in the U.S. consumer goods market, having worked at Starbucks, IRI (now Circana), Campbell Soup, Henkel, and most recently the Clorox Company. They discuss how Emily has transformed her roles with broad competence from working in both marketing (omni channel) and sales calling on grocery, drug and home hardware, but also overseeing sustainability in this innovative company.

On this episode, Keith is joined by Anne Coghlan, co-founder and COO at Scope3, a collaborative sustainability platform for decarbonizing media and advertising. Before co-founding Scope3, Anne was head of product at Waybridge, a company created to make the supply chain for raw materials more efficient, resilient, and sustainable. In it they discuss the size of the emissions challenge in advertising and media and what the industry can and is doing to collaborate to reduce emissions.

Keith is joined by Caroline Buck, Co-founder and CMO at Petaluma. Petaluma is on a mission to create a more sustainable and humane agricultural system by using ingredients that offer optimal nutrition, reduced ecological harm, and humane treatment of farmworkers and animals. They discuss a plethora of fascinating topics such as her career trajectory from tech to CPG, the economics of sustainable pet food, choices about distribution, direct to consumer, Amazon, brick and mortar, and much more.

George Wojciechowski is a Cofounder and CEO at Manifest.eco. Prior to launching Manifest.eco, George cofounded ShipBob, a predominant name in the global ecommerce fulfillment space. He joins host Keith Anderson as they discuss a wide range of topics including packaging, transportation, and freight, and powering, lighting, and cooling a massive fulfillment center.

On the very first episode of Decarbonizing Commerce, host Keith Anderson is joined by Nora Schaper. Nora is an eco-preneur and a co-founder of HiBAR, the world's first salon-quality, plastic-free hair care (and now solid luxury face wash and natural deodorant). A lover of nature, Nora despises plastic more than the average person, but believes in the power of many people making simple swaps to inspire a movement toward a more beautiful planet. They discuss the innovative design of HiBAR’s products and how this aligns with both their mission and customer experience goals as a company.

Welcome to Decarbonizing Commerce, where we explore what’s new, interesting, and actionable at the intersection of climate innovation and commerce. I'm your host Keith Anderson, and together we'll meet entrepreneurs and innovators reinventing retail, e-commerce, and consumer products through the lenses of low-carbon and commercial viability. https://decarbonize.co