Topic

sustainability

Roundup

Holiday Gift Guide 2020

For your holiday gifting, we curated 50 brands that have joined the Slash Packaging movement.

Katelan Cunningham · Nov 19, 2020

Podcast

Aspiring to ubiquity

What does it take to be the first big blanket brand in the past couple centuries? Fresh off his Shark Tank pitch, Wylie Robinson is sharing his plan to make Rumpl a household name.

Wylie Robinson and Stephan Ango · Nov 18, 2020

Podcast

Designing for longevity

Bellroy CEO and Co-founder Andy Fallshaw is debunking status quo for profit, purpose and product design, and evolving to meet the needs of our planet.

Andy Fallshaw and Stephan Ango · Nov 5, 2020

How Seventh Generation designed their Zero Plastic cleaning line

We're talking to the Seventh Generation packaging team about their new plastic-free, water-free line of cleaning products.

Katelan Cunningham · Oct 20, 2020

Podcast

Building direct relationships

When Shopify acquired Tictail, Carl Rivera took the lead on Shop — Shopify's shopping app that boosts brand discovery and lowers acquisition costs.

Carl Rivera and Stephan Ango · Sep 30, 2020

Podcast

Unlearning and reeducating

Céline Semaan, founder of Slow Factory, is bringing us up to speed. This episode is a lesson on unlearning the systems we know and getting familiar with the discomfort of change.

Céline Semaan and Stephan Ango · Sep 9, 2020

Podcast

Making it onto the grocery list

In the midst of a pandemic-induced ecommerce boom, Ithaca Hummus is doing just fine in grocery stores’ deli sections. Founder Chris Kirby talks about the experiential role of retail, staying smart and flexible, and separating trends from universal truths.

Chris Kirby and Stephan Ango · Aug 12, 2020

Podcast

Protecting people and planet

What does it mean to be an "intersectional environmentalist" and how can companies follow suit? We're talking to Leah Thomas, the person who coined the term.

Leah Thomas and Stephan Ango · Aug 4, 2020

Advice

Why you should give your customers a low-packaging option

Companies like Glossier and Function of Beauty are giving customers packaging opt-outs at checkout. We explore why you should consider it too.

Katelan Cunningham · Jul 16, 2020

Podcast

Looking to Nature

True Botanicals founder Hillary Peterson debunks the idea that natural products can’t outperform toxic ones, and dives into the implications of cost and customer education.

Hillary Peterson and Stephan Ango · Jun 24, 2020

Video

Unboxing Clean Cult

Unboxing Things is back, and we're unboxing from home, starting with a refillable, modular, packaging delight.

Jesse Genet · May 28, 2020

Advice

How to Estimate the Carbon Footprint of Your Packaging

A guide to estimating the carbon emissions of your packaging, and how to reduce and offset them.

Dan Binkoski · Apr 24, 2020

Podcast

Rethinking Your Framework

Vanessa is taking us through the carefully considered, incremental decisions it took to build an ethical supply chain for Another Tomorrow.

Vanessa Barboni Hallik and Stephan Ango · Apr 23, 2020

Opinion

Slash Packaging

A movement to make packaging information accessible to all

Stephan Ango · Apr 22, 2020

Advice

Does Your Slash Packaging Page Answer These 5 Questions?

Inspiration from some of the pioneers of the Slash Packaging movement.

Katelan Cunningham · Apr 22, 2020

Bulletin

Release Notes: 7 New Sustainability Properties to Reduce and Reuse Packaging

Expanding our framework of strategies to help you make better packaging decisions.

Katelan Cunningham · Apr 21, 2020