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Getting to know...
William Pearson from The Ocean Bottle
What is your thinking behind ‘for profit, for good’?
We believe in impact companies – a new generation of business that
exists to create positive change in line with sustainable development
goals and profits to expand their presence. If companies start to
put these objectives at the centre of their operations and are hugely
successful, we see that larger corporations will also follow suit.
What is your ultimate goal?
To help the world turn the tap off ocean plastic. We are taking a
collaborative approach to achieve this and are working with individuals,
corporations, fashion brands, hotels and NGOs for bottles and local
action to collect plastic currently in Haiti, Indonesia, Philippines and
Brazil with our partners Plastic Bank. Each ocean bottle also has an
embedded smart chip which will enable owners to fund more plastic
collection when they bring it along and scan at partner refill locations.
By 2025 we want to be funding collection equivalent to three billion
plastic bottles each year, whilst also deploying plastic collection
infrastructure where it is needed most.
How has it been working with us?
Farrer & Co is unique in the way it looks after companies by putting the
entrepreneur first. The connections and also business advice that has been
accessible to us stretches far beyond just legal support. We look forward to
being a part of this network going forward, which only continues to grow
beyond its great history to also facilitate a new era of business.
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