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Ep. 113: Sustainability, China and Ecommerce
Category: Business
Duration: 00:38:17
Publish Date: 2021-03-17 14:51:09
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Bio Emmanuel Dean:

Emmanuel Dean is from Indonesia and graduated from Colgate University, NY, in 2018, majoring in Economics and Chinese. Emmanuel has a deep passion for entrepreneurship as well as making a positive difference. He wanted to make a start-up that was not only profitable but also beneficial for the Earth. That was when he decided to found Boomi in the summer of 2018. He himself is still a novice eco-warrior, but as the company grows, so does his passion for living more sustainably.

BOOMI is a multi-brand e-commerce platform home to 50+ local purpose-driven businesses. Their mission is to empower and enable our partners and individuals to make a positive lasting impact. Boomi comes from the Indonesian word "bumi" meaning Earth.

 

Episode content:

We cover all kinds of things around sustainability, but in short it comes down to the following:

Why he transformed Boomi from bamboo toothbrushes into  a sustainable platform.

How to vet suppliers and brands on sustainability?

Recent developments on sustainability in China and what is needed to grow the attention for it

How you can join this movement?

Planting trees as part of the reward program.

Managing an international team from different cultures

What the world would look like in 2050

Planting trees is a core element in Boomi, 8.8% of the revenue is donated to Boomi Forest Initiative to plant trees in Inner Mongolia. You can take a real-time look here: https://720yun.com/t/a5vksq7w719?scene_id=48057252#scene_id=48057252

 

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