Episodes
26 Preventing Plastic Pollution, Companies Upcycling Ocean-Bound Plastics & Supporting Informal Waste Workers in Developing Countries with NextWave’s Kendall Glauber
Episodes Kendall Glauber from Lonely Whale and the NextWave Plastics Consortium went from summers in Southern California to the non-profit world, keeping plastic waste from entering the ocean. In this episode, we learn how her efforts through Lonely Whale are...
25 Package-Free Retail, Community Building and Post-Pandemic Shifts to Zero Waste Living with The Tare Shop’s Kate Pepler
Episodes Kate Pepler from the Tare Shop was feeling overwhelmed with the doom and gloom narrative of our earth’s health and decided to do something about it. In this episode, we learn how Kate’s lifelong relationship with the water and a move to a coastal town...
24 Emotional well-being, accessibility, outreach & activism. Skateboarding as a vehicle to achieve social change with Yash Presswalla from Impact Skateboard Club
Episodes Yash Presswalla from Impact Skateboard Club left a career in music behind to start a nonprofit focused on supporting youth. In this episode we learn why he's chosen to use skateboarding as a vehicle for social change. We discover how Impact's programming,...
23 Luxury candles with purpose. Giving light, love and access to clean drinking water to someone in need with Janey Snelgrove and Shannon Fisher from Pillars of Light
Episodes Janey Snelgrove and Shannon Fisher from Pillars of Light came together in the darkest part of the pandemic, with the goal to spread love and light throughout the world. In this episode, we learn how the two explored the one-for-one model and other ways to...
22 Rethinking food waste. Upcycling imperfect fruits, vegetables and otherwise edible scraps into wholesome and sustainable snacks with Bruized’s Monique Chan.
Episodes Monique Chan from Bruized takes scraps destined for the compost bin and creates delicious treats. In this episode, we learn how time spent in restaurant prep kitchens led Monique to look at food waste differently. And explore the economic and environmental...
21 Creating innovative and developmentally-focused products for baby/toddler and the realities of counterfeits and intellectual property with ezpz’s Lindsey Laurain
Episodes Lindsey Laurain from ezpz turned the toddler feeding space upside down with a tip-proof all-in-one placemat and plate that suctions to the surface. In this episode, we learn how she’s created a mission-driven company that leads with innovation and input...
20 Eco-Conscious Practices, Sustainability and Inclusivity in Salons. Supporting the Community with Hairdressing with Alicia Lumsden from Queen’s Shop
Episodes Alicia Lumsden from Queen's Shop Fine Hairdressing created a salon where sustainability and community could co-exist. In this episode, we learn what sustainable means in the hairdressing world, and how Alicia deals with the salon's waste from hair clippings...
19 Plant-Based For Pets and Creating Sustainable Dog Treats to Lower Your Dogs Carbon Pawprint with Bright Planet Pet’s Katherine Ellison
Episodes Concerns about climate change led Katherine Ellison from Bright Planet Pet to look closely at the environmental impact of pet ownership and create a line of 100% plant-based dog treats that taste and smell like real meat. In this episode, we learn how...
18 Green Your Holiday Season with Sustainable and Realistic Tips to Reduce Waste with Eco-Friendly Event’s Romina Kwong
Episodes Romina Kwong from Eco-Friendly Events was inspired to help event organizers and business owners with their green initiatives after being a bridesmaid in a friend's wedding. In this episode, we discover from Romina what steps can be taken to make larger-scale...
17 Inclusivity and Meaningful Employment for Youth with Intellectual Disabilities with Social Enterprise Do Good Donuts’ Melanie Cote
Episodes Melanie Cote from Social Enterprise Do Good Donuts is using donuts to teach young adults with barriers to employment job readiness skills. In this episode, we talk about the realities that Melanie faces as the parent of a child with Williams syndrome and...
16 Launching a Plastic Neutral, Luxury, Sustainable and Stylish Hand Sanitizer During the Pandemic with Paume’s Amy Welsman
Episodes In today's episode, we chat with Amy Welsman from Paume. We learn how Amy's antibacterial hand gel was already in development when COVID changed everything. Why she was inspired to create a luxury sustainable and stylish hand hygiene brand, how Paume is...
15 Handcrafted Watercolours in Plastic Free Packaging, Influenced by Indigenous Paint Tradition with Anong Migwans Beam from Beam Paints
Episodes In today’s episode, we chat with Anong Migwans Beam from Beam Paints. We learn how Anong’s father taught her to harvest pigment near her home in M’Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin island, how she’s been inspired by her artist parents and indigenous paint...
14 B Corp, Green Blushing, Conscious Consumerism. This is the Critical Decade with Kristy O’Leary & Brianna Brown from Decade Impact
Episodes In today's episode, we chat with Brianna Brown and Kristy O’Leary from Decade Impact. We learn what led each of them to work with purpose-based business, We learn why our actions in the next decade are so critical to the future of our planet, we hear all...
13 Sunscreen, Antiperspirant, Personal Care – Why Choosing Natural Creates So Much Impact with The Green Beaver Company’s Alain Ménard
Episodes In today’s episode, we chat with Alain Menard from The Green Beaver Company. We explore why Alain, a microbiologist, and his wife Karen, a biochemist, left their careers in the pharmaceutical and pesticide industries after deciding to start a family and being...
12 Buy Less Choose Well and Make it Last – Building a New Sustainable Brand with The Good Kiind’s Courtney Stewart
Episodes In today's episode, we chat with Courtney Stewart from The Good Kiind. We explore why Courtney shut down her reusable silicone label business at the height of success to start a brand new company, and learn what lessons she learned from her first go at...
11 Actionable Tips: Highlights from episodes 1-10 & Tips To Live More Sustainably and Socially Responsible
Episodes Highlights from episodes 1-10 & Live More Sustainably or Socially Responsible With Tips You Can Take Now. In today's episode, we're going to do something a little different and revisit the last ten episodes, The first 10 episodes of the podcast, focusing...
10 Nourishing Snack Foods with Community Focus and Social Impact Baked In with Sheena Russell from Made With Local
Episodes In today's episode, we chat with Sheena Russel from Made with Local, the popular CPG brand from the Maritimes. We explore how she’s created clean and simple snack food bars with social impact baked in, we learn how her childhood on a family farm in rural PEI...
09 Consumer Goods, Toxic Load and the Environmental Health Effects of How We Shop with Emma Rohmann
Episodes In today's episode, we chat with Emma Rohmann from Green at Home. We learn how Emma went from environmental engineering to studying our toxic load from the products we use in our everyday lives, we learn why ultimately, regulations don’t work as they should...
08 Sustainable, Ethically Made Mis-Matchable Socks and Determining the True Cost of a Product with Melita Cyril from Q for Quinn
Episodes Melita Cyril from social impact business Q for Quinn makes certified organic cotton basics for children, ethically. We explore the environmental costs of manufacturing conventional cotton, and the potential health risks of the colourful dyes, and...
07 Taking on Single-Use Plastics and Takeout Waste with Suppli’s Megan Takeda-Tully
Episodes In today's episode, we chat with Megan Takeda-Tully, from Suppli and learn about how she's taking on the challenge of takeout waste. We learn what the costs of our single-use plastic and convenience obsessed culture really are, How viewing a...
06 Manufacturing Sustainable and Multipurpose Children’s Footwear Domestically with Baubles + Soles’ Lisa Nguyen
Episodes In today's episode, we chat with Lisa Nguyen from Baubles + Soles. We explore the environmental costs of conventional footwear manufacturing. We Learn one of the first dinner’s out with her new baby inspired Lisa to design an interchangeable bauble to...
05 From a Farmer’s Market Soap Company to a Skin Care Brand Focused on Women’s Wellness with Anointment’s April Mackinnon
Episodes In today's episode, we chat with April McKinnon from anointment. We learn how having a newborn with a critical illness led April from a career in civil engineering to buying a farmer's market soap company. We learn how she's inspired by the unique landscape...
04 An Introduction: Rebuilding a Purposeful Business Based on Values with Hip Mommies’s Jennifer Myers Chua
Episodes Jennifer Myers Chua here, the host of Cost of Goods Sold. In today's episode, I'm going to tell you this story of how I got here, how I went from a career in the food television world to becoming the CCO of Hip Mommies, a boutique distribution...
03 Mindful Representation and Diversifying your Product Lineup with Kid Swag’s Kimberlee West
Episodes In today's episode, we chat with Kimberlee West, from Kids Swag. Kids Swag is a brand built on the idea of mindful representation. We learn what she looks for when sourcing products for her shop. About the social cost to conventional toy curation and...
02 Cultivating Mindfulness and Empathy in Children with My Kindness Calendar’s Maran Stern-Kubista
Episodes In today's episode, we chat with Maran Stern-Kubista from My Kindness Calendar. We learn why she left life as an opera singer and a career in law behind to build a brand based on kindness. How she's turning a business, built with a seasonal product...
01 Upcycling Plastic Toy Waste with Tiny Toy Co.’s Rebecca Saha
Episodes In today's episode, we chat with Rebecca about why she feels so motivated to make an impact with toy waste. What the costs of the drive-thru, surprise toy, Loot Bag Toy culture really are, how COVID times have affected her business. How we as small...
Ep.00 Coming Soon! Cost of Goods Sold Podcast
Cost of Goods Sold is about why the products that make a difference are made. And it's coming April 2021. Hosted by Jennifer Myers Chua Hello Everyone and welcome. It’s Jennifer Myers Chua - your host of the podcast "Cost of Goods Sold." I’m the CCO and co-founder of...
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