Saving the f#$%ing rainforests with Shara Tic...

Michael Dell was building a tech business in his dorm room long before it became a familiar startup story. In 1983, the UT Austin student began selling PC upgrade kits. Within months, he left college to devote himself to the business. When Dell entered the Fortune 500 in 1992, Mi ...  Show more

This episode is available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/ZYf-DfxJg1c Brian Chesky was 26 when he and his co-founders launched Airbnb, turning a few air mattresses in a San Francisco apartment into one of the most successful startups of all time. But as Airbnb grew into a company wo ...  Show more

A commodity associated with the destruction of tropical rainforest in South East Asia may soon have a synthetic replacement.But can it match palm oil's magic properties? Will consumers accept it in their food? And what will it mean for the farmers whose livelihoods depend on palm ...  Show more

Palm oil is in nearly every commodity you use — food, shampoo, makeup and more — but harvesting this essential material has contributed to the destruction of millions of hectares of forests globally. Sustainability leader Andika Putraditama shares how a groundbreaking collaborati ...  Show more

Palm oil is found in everything from chocolate to shampoo, pizza, toothpaste and deodorant. It’s hugely popular with food and cosmetics companies because it’s odourless, tasteless and colourless, and does not alter the smell, taste or look of products. But palm oil — 85% of which ...  Show more