Category: Sustainability

Through The Noise
November 18, 2020

TTN #566 Biomaterials & Sustainability Innovation by Hexas Biomass – with Wendy Owens

Wendy Owens // Founder & CEO // Hexas Biomass & Biomass 1

Wendy Owens is the founder and CEO of Hexas Biomass Inc. and combines her background in materials engineering and biotech to lead Hexas to help the world achieve …

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Through The Noise
October 28, 2020

TTN #565 Acme Paper & Supply: Advancing Sustainable Products – with Scott Attman

Scott Attman // Vice President // Acme Paper & Supply

As part of the 3rd generation, Scott Attman, Vice President of Acme Paper & Supply, has spent 23 years growing his family’s 74 year distribution company focusing on providing innovative …

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Through The Noise
September 23, 2020

TTN #561 Reducing Single Use Bags with ChicoBag

Andy Keller // Founder // ChicoBag

In 2005, after a trip to his local landfill, Keller was inspired to create a pocket-sized reusable bag to compete with the convenience of single-use plastic bags. Keller’s mission to help humanity bag the …

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Through The Noise
September 2, 2020

TTN #558 The Impact of Plastics & the Pathways to a Responsible Future – with Marcus Eriksen

Dr. Marcus Eriksen // Author // Junk Raft // Founder & Executive Director // 5 Gyres // Founder & Executive Director // Leap Lab

Dr. Marcus Eriksen is the author of Junk Raft, founder and executive director of 5 Gyres, …

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Through The Noise
August 26, 2020

TTN #557 Examining the Progress of AF&PA’s Better Practices, Better Planet 2020 Sustainability Initiative

Jerry Schwartz is the Senior Director of Energy and Environmental Policy at the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), as well as AF&PA’s Sustainability Team Leader. He is responsible for AF&PA’s Better Practices, Better Planet 2020 sustainability initiative, which includes …

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Through The Noise
August 19, 2020

TTN #556 Disposable Products & Emerald Brand’s Sustainable Materials

Ralph Bianculli Jr. // Managing Director // Emerald Brand

Ralph Bianculli Jr. is a Managing Director of Emerald Brand, a sustainable consumables product company headquartered in New York. He continues to drive sustainability and focuses on educating the private and …

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Through The Noise
June 3, 2020

TTN #547 How an Essential Industry Copes With the Pandemic and Plans a Sustainable Future – With AF&PA

Heidi Brock // President & CEO // American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA)

As President and CEO of the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), Heidi Brock serves as the chief advocate for the pulp, paper, packaging and wood products …

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Through The Noise
May 28, 2020

TTN #546 The Environmental & Financial Benefits of the Growing Wind Energy Industry – With AWEA

Tom Kiernan // President & CEO // American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)

Tom Kiernan began as CEO of the American Wind Energy Association in 2013 after serving for 15 years as the President of the National Parks Conservation Association. Tom …

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Through The Noise
May 26, 2020

TTN #545 What We Knew About the Coronavirus Outbreak Before & the Future of Pandemics

Professor Daniel Brooks // Author // Book: Stockholm Paradigm // The Covid-19 Situation

Daniel Brooks is a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Linnean Society of London, and a …

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Through The Noise
May 5, 2020

TTN #541 Making the Switch to Renewable Energy – ACORE’s Mission

Gregory Wetstone // President & CEO // American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE)

Gregory Wetstone is President and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy, a national nonprofit that unites finance, policy and technology to accelerate the transition to …

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