Metta Talks
A very warm welcome to Metta Talks! We are Metta - and we facilitate transformative innovation as a force for good with startups, industry, governments and businesses. Join our Co-Founders Gabriela Matic and Wil Benton - along with a few others from the Metta team - for monthly episodes, as they chat with amazing individuals on topics around #startups, #progress and #impact. For more from us, head to metta.partners. Follow us on Twitter (@mettatalks) and LinkedIn (linkedin.com/company/mettatalks) for our latest updates.
Episodes
30 episodes
S4Ep0: Ocean Bottle & Ocean Co. | Saving the ocean, one bottle at a time
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 plas...
Metta Talks: S3 Ep8: "Accelerating the Global Transition to Net-Zero"
In Episode 8 of the #MettaTalks Season 3 Podcast 🎙 we were joined by
Metta Talks: S3 Ep7: "Creating more Diversity in the VC World"
In Episode 7 of the #MettaTalks Season 3 Podcast 🎙 we were joined by Diversity VC’s CEO
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Metta Talks: S3 Ep6: "$10M in funding for ESG Reporting"
In Episode 6 of the #MettaTalks Season 3 Podcast 🎙 we were joined by Sofia Busck, Chief Revenue Officer at Worldfavor.As some of our l...
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Metta Talks: S3 Ep5: "ESG and Sustainability Strategy"
In Episode 5 of the #MettaTalks Season 3 Podcast 🎙 we were joined by
Metta Talks: S3 Ep4: "Analysing Iraq's Startup Ecosystem"
In episode 4, we're joined by
Metta Talks: Season 3 Episode 3: "15 years in #Climate Tech - what's changed?"
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 c...
Metta Talks: Season 3 Episode 2: "Financial Planning with Impact"
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, ...
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Metta Talks: Season 3 Episode 1: "Cutting through the Noise"
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 goo...
Metta Talks: Season 2 Episode 10 - #SlowFashion, Find your Lane
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 #s...
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Metta Talks: Season 2 Episode 9 - Accelerating Open Innovation
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 befor...
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Metta Talks: Season 2, Episode 8 - No More Spreadsheets
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.
Metta Talks: Season 2, Episode 7 - Share More, Waste Less
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 fo...
Metta Talks: Season 2, Episode 6 - Climate Tech Investment
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 worldwid...
Metta Talks: Season 2, Episode 5 - Creating Inclusive Culture
In episode 5, our Co-Founder Gabi and Programme Associate Dana, chat with Thiago Carmo, Managing Director at social enterprise Passion4Social. Ope...
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Metta Talks: Season 2, Episode 4 - Sustainability in the South of Scotland
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 ...
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Metta Talks: Season 2, Episode 3 - Sustainable Supply Chain
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-ter...
Metta Talks: Season 2, Episode 2 - Reduce Carbon, Reduce Cost
Welcome back to #MettaTalks Season 2!In episode 2, our Co-Founder Gabi and Innovation and Sustainability Lead Heather, sit down with Jonathan With...
Metta Talks: Season 2, Episode 1 - Navigating your Brand Narrative
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 j...
Metta Talks: Season 1, Episode 10 - Becoming a B Corp
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 ustw...
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Metta Talks: Season 1, Episode 9 - AI in Business
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...
Metta Talks: Season 1, Episode 8 - Climate Investing
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 lo...
Metta Talks: Season 1, Episode 7 - Behavioural Science in the Wild
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 ...
Metta Talks: Season 1, Episode 6 - The Future of Mobility
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 com...
Metta Talks: Season 1, Episode 5 - From Collaboration to Innovation
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.Carlt...
