Gayatri Keskar, a sustainability expert from Material Connexion, joins us for an enlightening discussion. She provides valuable insights into Material Connexion's mission to catalog and promote sustainable materials, driving innovation in sustainable design.
Read MoreIn this enlightening episode, we had the pleasure of talking to Amira Fernandéz, a scientist with a keen interest in responsible science communication.
Read MoreIn this episode, we meet Tomas Vucurevic, founder and managing director of BRAIND® and a renowned expert in sustainable ingredient branding.
Read MoreIn this episode, we talk to Daniel Guntschnig, whose fascinating background allowed him to shift his focus and co-found one of the leading innovators in the bio-based sustainable materials industry, Polyola.
Read MoreIn this episode, we shine the spotlight on Álvaro Castellanos Caro, a finance expert from Madrid, whose insatiable curiosity for science has led him to venture into the realm of sustainable entrepreneurship.
Read MoreJoin us on the second part of our podcast coverage of the renowned World Bio Markets conference in The Hague. In this episode, we continue to bring you insights and interviews with industry experts who are driving change in the realm of renewable material technologies and their applications.
Read MoreIn this episode, Plastic. Climate. Future. had the privilege of partnering with the renowned World Bio Markets conference in The Hague, where experts from various fields come together to discuss the latest advancements in renewable material technologies and their applications. Join us as we share live impressions from the conference and highlight key interviews with industry leaders who are driving change towards a more sustainable bio-based future.
Read MoreIn this thought-provoking discussion with Plastic Climate Future, John Bessant extends our understanding of managing innovation, AI, and circularity, providing insights that are as deep as they are enlightening. Tune in to get a whole new perspective on innovation, and how it shapes our world.
Read MoreAlex Thielen is a psychologist by training who ventured into creative writing. He has a passion for conveying information in nice stories - which is highly needed in a technical sector, such as plastics, and also became the reason why he joined Bioplastics Magazine in the first place.
The magazine started as a family business and was founded by Alex's father, who is a chemical engineer. After 18 years in operation, the magazine has established and publishes six issues per year. Each issue features two focus points that highlight inspiring stories from the bio-based plastic value chain, researchers, and start-ups.
Despite its name, Bioplastics Magazine does not solely focus on promoting bioplastics. The magazine recognizes that other technologies that support circularity are equally important, as long as they are backed by scientific evidence. In this podcast episode, we discussed opinions and perspectives on bioplastics. Whether it is bad, what the term actually implies, and why it could be confusing sometimes. We also talked how the challenges faced when delivering information, including the factors which affect them (such as location and system), and importantly, we also learned what bioplastics are.
PS: They even published a bioplastics basics book in 6 languages, which you can find HERE
Find out more about Bioplastics Magazine at www.bioplasticsmagazine.com/en/ and feel free to contact Alex via LinkedIn.
In this podcast episode, we’ve had the pleasure to speak to Charles Dimmler, who is the Co-founder and CEO of Checkerspot. Having a passion for both history and biological sciences, Charles believes that economy and business can drive impactful societal change. After working as a junior investment banker and holding management positions in biotech companies, he decided to build Checkerspot, a biotech company with a sustainable mission.
Checkerspot develops renewable material technologies from bio-based sources - mainly algae. They use the power of biology to design production processes for renewable materials that replace petroleum-based chemicals, such as polyurethanes. Moreover, they empower product designers with knowledge and access to not only more sustainable material solutions but also performance features that expand their possibilities beyond commodity materials. They are committed to scale their technologies through practical applications just like, for example, developing bio-based materials that can improve the performance of skis!
We also delved into the topic of scalability and asked whether how innovative bio-based materials can fulfil the demand for their traditional petroleum-based counterparts. Once more, it became clear that there is no one-size-fits-all solution, and it's essential to explore synergies between innovations and synergies to existing technologies
Find out more about CheckerSpot at https://checkerspot.com/ and feel free to contact Charles via LinkedIn.
