S5E9 - Transforming Harmful Algae Into Everyday Goods
Let's Talk Sustainable Business
English - March 07, 2024 09:40 - 20 minutes - 27.9 MBManagement Business Investing esg conferenceboard sustainability Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Mari Granström is the CEO and Founder of Origin by Ocean, a Finnish start-up building a business ecosystem based on farmed and harvested algae, which is turned into ingredients used in the production of everyday consumer goods including in food, cosmetics, detergents, agriculture, textiles and packaging. In this episode we discuss why Mari decided to focus on the processed algae market, how Origin by Ocean uses biorefinery technology to tackle the problem of marine eutrophication and the company's partnership with Finnish brand Marikmekko.