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Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Green Start-up Forum
by IE Eco Club
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Our planet and its resources are finite and today's workers are looking for purpose and meaning in the workplace. At the crossroads of these paths, sustainable entrepreneurship is a source of opportunity that is still under-exploited. How to get started in this type of entrepreneurship, what is it concretely?
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Our planet and its resources are finite and today's workers are looking for purpose and meaning in the workplace. At the crossroads of these paths, sustainable entrepreneurship is a source of opportunity that is still under-exploited. How to get started in this type of entrepreneurship, what is it concretely?
The Environmental Sustainability Committee brought together different entrepreneurs from within and outside IE University, with different backgrounds. They will first share their experience as responsible entrepreneurs, presenting in particular the sustainable alternatives they bring through their entrepreneurial projects. Key topics such as how sustainability can be a source of differentiation and competitive advantage will then be addressed during a panel-like discussion, followed by questions from the audience.
Speakers
Carlota Mateos
Founder
PlenEat
https://www.instagram.com/pleneat_organicfood/
PlenEat is a pioneering company which encourages the virtuous circle Countryside-City. PlenEat offers 100% certified organic homemade meals to companies, restaurants, supermarkets, vending machines, etc.
Fresh food, traditional homemade recipes with nutrition design and affordable prices for everyone.
Fresh food, traditional homemade recipes with nutrition design and affordable prices for everyone.
Tom Fréreux-Sanchez
Founder
Green Goals
Green Goals is a startup born at IE Startup Lab that aims to bring young students and activists together to increase awareness about sustainable issues.
Felipe Hernández
CEO & Lead Design - Founder
Hexagro
https://www.instagram.com/hexagro.io/
Felipe is originally from Colombia and, from a young age, he moved to Costa Rica with his family. His first professional steps were within the family company where he got passionate about design and entrepreneurship working with his parents, both industrial designers. After graduating from Product Design he presented Hexagro as his bachelor thesis and was awarded a scholarship to study in the top technical university in Italy, Politecnico di Milano, a master’s degree in Design & Engineering and a double title course on Management & Innovation at Alta Scuola Politecnica. These experiences gave Felipe the basis to found Hexagro 3 years after its initial presentation, in 2017. Felipe is currently based in Milan and has now more than 10 years of experience developing industrial products while working in companies in the aerospace, automotive, and consumer product sectors, he also develops freelance projects for companies in various designs fields.
https://www.hexagro.io/
Nicholas Saye
Founder
Tumbao
https://www.instagram.com/tumbaobrand/
Tumbao empowers people to transition into a sustainable lifestyle without having to sacrifice design or quality. By harnessing the power of modern technology while keeping nature at the heart of the design process, Tumbao is redefining what it means to be sustainable
Arjun Srihari
Energy Entrepreneur
https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjunsrihari/
Armed with an undergraduate degree in Economics, Arjun started his career at Penn Schoen Berland (PSB) - a strategic communications consultancy that advises electoral campaigns & MNCs and are responsible for electing over 35 heads of state across the world such as Bill Clinton & Tony Blair to name just a few. Thereafter he spent 15 months traveling across India to look for his next big challenge and realized very quickly that he was passionate about protecting the environment and fighting climate change. Towards the end of his travels while being trained as a Climate Leader by Former Vice-President Al Gore and his organization Climate Reality, he met Dev Arora and shortly after the conference they co-founded a rooftop solar company to help accelerate India's transition to renewable energy. He was involved with successfully growing Ovrview Technologies (formerly 8minutes) for ~5 years resulting in over 35 MW of solar capacity in projects spread across 10 states in India, before stepping away from the business to join IE Business School in Madrid, Spain to pursue his MBA. He is currently on the hunt for his next adventure in the Sustainability/Climate Action/Climate Tech space. An adrenaline junkie, Arjun loves the Great Outdoors and stays active by playing numerous sports. In his free time he teaches himself to play the Djembe and can be found advocating for all things related to a sustainable lifestyle and outlook.
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Co-hosted with: IE Eco Club (OWNER)
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