Today with Tessa Clarke, we discussed the journey to build a globally relevant green first, digital first business as a female founder. We talk also about the rules Tessa and her co-founder are breaking, and also advise on sustainable and practical things you can do for the planet without giving anything up. “Honestly, one of the easiest ways to massively reduce your carbon and your waste footprint is to stop throwing away food. Now to most people, it's really hard to get your head around how environmentally damaging food waste is, because food seems natural, organic, and it comes from the ground and returns to the ground, sort of how bad can that be. But the reality is, it is absolutely devastating. So if it were to be a country, food waste would be the third largest source of greenhouse gas emissions after the USA and China. And that's because a landmass larger than China is used every single year to grow food that has never been eaten.” Tessa Clarke is co-founder and CEO of Olio. A free app tackling the problem of waste by connecting neighbours with each other, and volunteers with local businesses so that surplus food and other household items can be given away, not thrown away. Olio, it has grown to 6 million users in just over five years, and its impact has been widely recognised, most notably by the United Nations who highlighted OLIO as a beacon for the world and by Viva tech who awarded Olio the next European unicorn. Prior to Olio,Tessa had a 15 year corporate career as a digital managing director in the media retail and financial services sector. And she met her co-founder Sasha whilst they were studying for the MBAs at Stanford University. Tess is passionate about the sharing economy as a solution for a sustainable world and about profit with purpose as the next business paradigm. Connect with Tessa: To connect with Tessa and Olio, check out the links below: Website: OLIO – The #1 Free Sharing App (olioex.com) Linkedin for Tessa: Tessa (Cook) Clarke | LinkedIn LinkedIn for Olio: OLIO • Share More, Waste Less: Overview | LinkedIn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/olio.app/ Tiktok:OLIO.app (@olio.app) TikTok | Watch OLIO.app's Newest TikTok Videos