article thumbnail

How adaptability during a pandemic transformed this YLAI Fellow’s Honduran sustainability company

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

In 2015, she was able to merge these two passions together to create her company, Beleaf. Beleaf is a sustainable fashion company that uses scraps to “upcycle” and create new clothing and accessories. Reducing waste in fashion requires “upcycling” materials in new, innovative ways. By Angie Garozzo. What is Beleaf?

article thumbnail

How To Unleash Sustainable Innovation That Matters

Entrepreneurs' Organization

As President and co-owner of the 102-year-old Lamey Wellehan shoe stores, Jim Wellehan used sustainability to foster innovation and remain relevant in the face of fierce competition. If you are simultaneously interested and confused by sustainability, you are not alone. Of that material, 99% is no longer in use after 6 months.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How a Little Bit of Fear Breeds Innovation

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In 2015, one of the largest healthcare intermediaries in the country presented us these challenges. If you are interested in entrepreneurship, innovation and accelerating your growth, then you will want to register for EO24/7 , EO’s annual virtual-learning event. Ultimately, a little bit of fear breeds innovation.

article thumbnail

Accelerating Sustainable Food Business Solutions to Reshape Our Cities

Impact Hub

More than four billion people work, live, and sustain themselves in the metropolis. Technological leaps have enabled many (though by no means all) of us city-dwellers to sustain ourselves adequately, despite breaking our traditional connection with agricultural life. Photo: Global Climate Strike 2019, Lausanne. trillion USD by 2030.

article thumbnail

Empowering millennials in Peru to take action volunteering

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Here, she learned more about volunteerism and also learned about the United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development. “It Seeing the difference between the two countries and the difference in programming between them,” as well as the emphasis on sustainability, she thought to herself, “why are we not talking about this in Peru?”

article thumbnail

Food Innovators: 4 Startups Creating Solutions for the Future

Impact Hub

According to the World Food Programme (WFP), hunger has been on the rise since 2015 and, by 2020, 768 million people are chronically suffering from the problem. No wonder why Zero Hunger figures as a priority among the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals. . Food innovation for a sustainable future.

article thumbnail

The two powerful skills every 10X entrepreneur needs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

He is founder of Arowana , a B Corporation which invests in, operates, and grows sustainable companies. Jobs staged a remarkable hyper-turnaround by drastically re-focusing the company on innovative consumer products. In 2015, Martin managed the hyper-turnaround of a key market for Delivery Hero, the food delivery platform.