Episodes
Friday Feb 16, 2018
#102 Tom Szaky
Friday Feb 16, 2018
Friday Feb 16, 2018
Eliminating the Idea of Waste - A conversation with Tom Szaky, CEO & Founder of TerraCycle
"Why does waste even exist?" That’s the question at the heart of TerraCycle’s own existence. Since 2001, the company has been taking hard-to-recycle waste and turning it into raw material for use in new products. It operates in over 20 countries and engages over 60 million people.
2017 marked a period of significant growth for the relentlessly innovative company. TerraCycle had its first acquisition, placing it on the path to going public. It’s leveraging the JOBS Act to crowdsource for equity. And it’s partnering with major organizations such as Proctor & Gamble (P&G), Mars, Nestlé and Unilever to generate ultra-durable packaging forms that’ll be owned by the manufacturer and merely loaned to the consumer.
In December 2017, Bard MBA’s Alistair Hall spoke with Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of TerraCycle, about the company’s plans for growth and all the ways in which it continues to work toward eliminating the idea of waste in our world.
Friday Feb 02, 2018
#101 Dan Zarrilli
Friday Feb 02, 2018
Friday Feb 02, 2018
New York City Takes on Big Oil - A conversation with Dan Zarrilli, Chief Resilience Officer for the City of New York.
On January 10th, New York City became the first major US city to announce that the City’s $189 billion pension funds would divest City funds from fossil fuel reserve owners within five years. Currently, the City’s five pension funds hold approximately $5 billion in securities from over 190 fossil fuel companies.
To learn more about this, Bard MBA’s, Cindy Wasser spoke with Dan Zarrilli, Chief Resilience Officer for the City of New York.
You can learn more about this and other steps New York City is taking to mitigate Climate Change by visiting www1.nyc.gov