80% of a product's environmental impact is decided at the design stage. So how as designers can we make more planet-centric decisions to ensure the products and services we build increase our positive influence?
To explore this topic, we invited Tessa Clarke, Co-Founder of Olio – the community-driven app tackling waste and reimagining how we share the world’s resources.
During this 60-minute interview she'll share how to embed sustainability and innovation into your business and to make the sustainable choice the easiest, most rewarding choice for the individual.
Save My SpotSpeaker:
Tessa Clarke
Co-Founder & CEO of Olio
Hosted by:
Ekaterina Solomeina
Co-Founder of Future London Academy
What you’ll take away from this session:
How a personal moment of frustration became the seed of a global community-driven platform with over 9 million users
How to make sharing feel easier and more rewarding than the bin
How to scale global impact while embedding sustainable innovation into the heart of your business
What it means to lead a purpose-led business when the stakes are existential
About the speakers:
Tessa Clarke
Co-Founder & CEO of Olio
Tessa is leading a sustainability revolution through Olio, the community-driven app tackling waste and reimagining how we share the world’s resources.
Under her leadership, Olio has grown into a global movement of over 9 million users, sharing more than 140 million meals and 15 million household items – collectively saving over 40 billion litres of water and avoiding 1 billion car miles’ worth of emissions. A passionate advocate for the power of small actions to drive systemic change, Tessa champions purpose-led business, climate action and community collaboration. In recognition of her impact, Tessa was named Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman of the Year in 2023.
Ekaterina Solomeina
Co-Founder of Future London Academy
Ekaterina is a creative director, entrepreneur and TEDx speaker.
She worked as a Creative Director with a variety of agencies and in-house teams, including Microsoft, Nike and Samsung and creative legends like Donatella Versace and Michael Wolff (Co-Founder of Wolff Olins), collaborated with product leaders from Uber, Wise, Amazon, Arrival and more.
The event is for:
Creative Directors, Heads of Design, Architects and Founders.
Our participants work in the world's leading companies including:
It is the only MBA equivalent that is made specifically for Creative Directors and Design Leaders with 15+ years of experience who want to get a better understanding of the business processes, become greater leaders and take their career and business internationally.
Within one year after the programme, our alumni report getting promoted, doubling their business' revenue, improving team retention and saving on operational costs.
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