Metta Talks

Ocean Bottle was established in 2019 and is a B Corp certified reusable bottle brand. Since launching in 2019, Ocean Bottle has prevented over 11.9 MILLION kgs of ocean-bound plastic from reaching our oceans, that’s equivalent to 1 billion plastic bottles. With the sale of each Ocean Bottle, 11.4kg of plastic (the equivalent of 1,000 ocean-bound plastic bottles) is collected globally, in coastal a...

In Episode 8 of the #MettaTalks Season 3 Podcast 🎙 we were joined by Ian Ormerod , CEO of Switch2Zero . Switch2Zero aims to accelerate the global transition to net-zero carbon emissions for people and businesses everywhere. They believe that by working to make the path to net zero as quick, easy, and affordable as possible - and by forging a supportive community of like-minded individuals and busi...

In Episode 7 of the #MettaTalks Season 3 Podcast 🎙 we were joined by Diversity VC’s CEO Ladi Greenstreet & their Head of Growth Julia Rabin . Diversity VC is working with entrepreneurs, investors and universities in order to create an industry that is free from bias - they are setting a global benchmark for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) best practices in the VC industry.  With a globa...

In Episode 6 of the #MettaTalks Season 3 Podcast 🎙 we were joined by Sofia Busck , Chief Revenue Officer at Worldfavor . As some of our listeners may recall from season two, Worldfavor is a global sustainability platform that helps companies access, manage and share sustainability information. Over 30,000 organisations and over 140 countries are using one or a mix of Worldfavor's solutions to...

In Episode 5 of the #MettaTalks Season 3 Podcast 🎙 we were joined by Julia Höglund - Director, ESG and Sustainability Strategy, at SB+CO . SB+CO is a #sustainability, #ESG strategy and responsible business consultancy, that advises companies on strategy, sustainability, ESG, stakeholder engagement and more 🙏 SB+CO have decades worth of expertise in sustainable business to help companies navigate...

In episode 4, we're joined by Zahra Shah , Founder and Executive Director of Iraqi Innovators . Iraqi Innovators is a social impact organisation with a mission to increase women’s involvement in the tech sector, up-skill job seekers, and change the international narrative about Iraq.  They offer training in Digital Copywriting, Social Media Marketing, and Digital Literacy. They aim to amplify...

In episode 3, we're joined by Sarah Middlemiss, COO of Ecometrica, UK and Europe. Ecometrica are experts in climate metrics, and since 2008, have been enabling businesses and governments to accurately and transparently calculate their climate impact using their software platform. Ecometrica is dedicated to providing transparent environmental reporting, to enable businesses, governments and so...

In episode 2, we're joined by Sebastian Elwell,  Director of Switchfoot Wealth. Sebastian started Switchfoot Wealth to offer financial planning that matches the way we live and work today. By using the best technology and their expertise, Sebastian and his team are bringing financial planning into the 21st century, helping people, businesses and professional advisers make the most of their ti...

We're delighted to be back with Season 3 of the #MettaTalks Podcast. Across this season, we’ll be chatting to people breaking the mould around traditional ways of doing business, while using innovation and sustainability to drive change for good. In episode 1, we're joined by Cathy White , who we’ve known and worked with on our programmes and projects since 2019 🚀 Cathy is Founder and C...

Join us for the final episode of #MettaTalks Season 2! In our 10th and final episode, our Co-Founder Wil chats with Becky Okell and Huw Thomas, Co-Founders of Paynter - a #slowfashion brand who create limited edition jackets, made in Batches, available just four times a year.  Paynter launched in 2019, after coming to the realisation that they didn’t want to follow in the footsteps of the fast fas...

In episode 9, our Co-Founder Wil and Programme Director Ksenia, chat with Mehar Zariwala and Rishabh Singh - Director of Innovation and Senior Program Manager respectively at Link Innovations. Link’s story started in 2000 in France before becoming a hub for international corporate innovation operating at a global scale. Since 2015, in India, Link (formerly known as NUMA Bengaluru) accelerates star...

In episode 8, our Co-Founder Wil and Programme Associate Dana, chat with Ricardo , CTO at TotalCtrl. Ricardo loves building digital products, leading multidisciplinary teams, and managing the process behind the delivery of digital products. TotalCtrl are a digital inventory innovation company helping restaurants, hotels, municipalities, and consumers to ditch manual processes and prevent food wast...

In episode 7, our Co-Founder Gabi and Programme Director Ksenia, chat with Anne-Charlotte Mornington, Head of Impact at OLIO. OLIO is an app that connects neighbours with each other and with local businesses so surplus food - and non food items can be shared, not thrown away. This could be food nearing its sell-by date in local stores, spare home-grown vegetables, bread from your baker, or the gro...

In episode 6, our Co-Founder Wil and Innovation and Sustainability Lead Heather, chat with Hampus Jakobsson, General Partner at Climate Tech Fund Pale Blue Dot. Prior to becoming a VC, Hampus was an angel investor with 100+ investments worldwide, and before that founded and ran two startups.  Pale Blue Dot is an €87M seed-stage venture capital firm which invests in climate tech startups that reduc...

In episode 5, our Co-Founder Gabi and Programme Associate Dana, chat with Thiago Carmo , Managing Director at social enterprise Passion4Social . Operating in Scotland, Passion4Social aim to help create an equal, understanding and inclusive society, celebrates diversity and puts people first, over and above profit margins. Thiago is a Brazilian entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in Marke...

In episode 4, our Co-Founder Wil and Marketing Lead Nicole, sit down with Richard Smith - Innovation & Entrepreneurship Lead at South of Scotland Enterprise . We’ve been lucky to work with Richard and the rest of the SOSE team over the last few months, on a research project aiming to research the current business landscape in the South of Scotland and the challenges that local enterprises in t...

In episode 3, our Co-Founder Gabi and Programme Director Ksenia, sit down with Lise Alm from Worldfavor . As Chief Strategy Officer, Lise’s main focus is to develop the organisation's long-term and short-term strategic initiatives, supporting Worldfavor’s continued growth and expansion. Lise brings over 15 years of experience across business development, strategy and corporate affairs in the...

Welcome back to #MettaTalks Season 2! In episode 2, our Co-Founder Gabi and Innovation and Sustainability Lead Heather, sit down with Jonathan Withey , to chat all things climate education and reducing carbon costs. Jonathan is Head of Business Development at Planet Mark - a sustainability certification for every type of organisation and real estate. The certification recognises continuous improve...

We are back with #MettaTalks Season 2! In our first episode, our Co-Founders Gabi and Wil give us an introduction to where Metta are now, including how we've grown our team by 200%, gained our Planet Mark certification, and started our journey to becoming a BCorp. We then chat with Martin James Power - Co-Founder and Creative Director of Ensemble - about brand narrative and tone of voice. We...

This episode is hosted by Heather Baden and Dana Zou, two of our newest Metta team members. Heather and Dana share what sustainability means to us at Metta and they're also talking all things B Corp with John ‘Sinx’ Sinclair, co-founder of ustwo, a digital product studio. In this conversation with John, we dig into B Corp certification:  what it means to our businesses, why it’s important, wh...

In this episode, Ksenia talks to Gianluca Mauro, co-founder of AI Academy and co-author of "Zero to AI - A nontechnical, hype-free guide to prospering in AI era". Gianluca teaches artificial intelligence (AI) to people without a tech background and he's previously worked with companies like P&G, Merck, and Total. Today we’re talking about AI applications in business. Gianluca us...

In this episode, Wil talks to Pippa Gawley, Founder and Managing Director of Zero Carbon Capital - an early-stage investor in companies that are on a mission to fix climate change through deep science innovation. Wil and Pippa take a look at where climate investing is today, how Zero Carbon Capital validates cutting-edge technologies in this space, and supports spinout companies on their journey a...

In this episode, Gabi talks to Divya Sukumar, Behaviour Scientist at Signol - an app and communication service that uses the latest behavioural science to nudge key decision-makers to be measurably more efficient. Gabi and Divya take a look at the foundation of behaviour science and its role in sustainability as well as the ethics behind it all. Learn more about Signol on their website ( signol.io...

In this episode, Ksenia talks to Emilie Hannezo, Principal at InMotion Ventures, about the future of mobility. InMotion Ventures is Jaguar Land Rover's venture capital arm. Based out of London, they invest globally in early-stage technology companies and their ethos is - investing in exceptional entrepreneurs, changing the way people move. Ksenia and Emilie discuss the rise of Mobility-as-a-S...

In this episode, Gabi explores corporate-startup collaboration with Carlton Washburn, Systems Engineer at The Boeing Company, and Andre Wegner, CEO of Authentise - data-driven process automation software for additive manufacturing. Carlton and Andre discuss why established industry should work with startups, the biggest challenges and barriers in corporate-startup collaboration, the role of the co...