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Hosted by Chris Jones · business · EN · 55 episodes
We feature some of the top business leaders in Sustainability, talking through their growth challenges and how they're solving them. From marketing & sales to recruitment & retention, what does it actually take to grow an impact-first business today?If you're growing a Sustainability business or want to move into it, this show is a must-listen for you. Learn from the brightest and most cutting-edge minds in the sector!
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Signup to Generate a PitchWe feature some of the top business leaders in Sustainability, talking through their growth challenges and how they're solving them. From marketing & sales to recruitment & retention, what does it actually take to grow an impact-first business today? If you're growing a Sustainability business or want to move into it, this show is a must-listen for you.
The Plucky Bamboo Podcast is hosted by Chris Jones. The show has published 55 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Joe Robbins of Public Grid talks B2B2C growth, breaking into multifamily & why energy companies overspend on ads" (1 October 2026, 30 minutes), "Michael Newton of Qorium talks lab-grown leather, why there's no green premium & selling into big brands" (24 September 2026, 37 minutes), and "Sophie Tuviahu of Bioplasmar talks why bioplastics get priced out, the pivot from product to material & how EU regulation is forcing demand" (10 September 2026, 32 minutes).
The Plucky Bamboo Podcast publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 31 minutes across 55 episodes.
Booking probability for The Plucky Bamboo Podcast is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Plucky Bamboo Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Plucky Bamboo Podcast's contact route on record: public web form.
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Chris Jones hosts The Plucky Bamboo Podcast, a business show with 55 episodes published.
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Episode #55
Most energy companies buy their customers with ad spend. Public Grid fixed a task everyone hates instead: setting up your electricity account. Joe Robbins is co-founder and COO of Public Grid. When residents move in...
Episode #54
Michael Newton spent 15 years at Nike watching startups pitch new materials and fail. Now he's the one pitching. Michael is CEO of Qorium, which grows real leather from cow cells in weeks instead of the 2 years it takes...
Episode #52
Nobody designs a product for a material made out of potato peels. Sophie Tuviahu is CEO of Bioplasmar, which makes biodegradable materials from green waste. Before this, she worked in commercial roles at UBQ Materials...
Episode #51
Most founders protect what's working. Tom Wilford burned his own company down while it was still growing. Tom is the founder and CEO of Ella, an AI agent for sustainability data, carbon reporting and B Corp...
Episode #49
Most founders chase the biggest possible market. Angelo Amicarelli chased the smallest one he could own completely. In this episode of The Plucky Bamboo Podcast, Angelo Amicarelli, co-founder of FinApp, talks about...
Episode #48
Bioplastics have existed for over 30 years. After three decades of government grants, investor capital, and charismatic founders, the industry still hasn't produced a genuinely profitable company. Alexander Blum...
Episode #47
<p>Climate tech has a communication problem. And it's slowing down the entire industry.</p><p><br></p><p>Akhila Kosaraju, co-founder of What If Design, works with deep tech climate companies on design, messaging, and...
Episode #46
<p>Climate action without measurement is guesswork.</p><p>In this episode, Gilad Regev explains how Kora is building real-time carbon tracking tools to turn employee behavior into measurable decarbonization.</p><p>We...
Episode #45
<p>Sustainability isn’t sustainable without revenue.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Helen Zhang shares how she’s building Coffee Elf -a company transforming commercial coffee waste into bio-based materials and...
Episode #44
<p>What does real scale look like in a sustainability business?</p><p><br /></p><p>For Mallika Reddy, founder of Cancelled Plans, it doesn’t mean producing more.</p><p><br /></p><p>It means producing...
Episode #43
<p>Clean heat is one of the biggest pieces of the climate puzzle - but it won’t scale unless it makes financial sense.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of The Plucky Bamboo Podcast, I sat down with Jane Melia...
Episode #42
<p>Turning climate concern into meaningful action is one of the biggest challenges facing the sustainability movement today.</p><p>In this episode of The Plucky Bamboo Podcast, I sat down with Brett Walter, founder &...
Episode #41
<p>Commercialising sustainable materials is one of the hardest and most misunderstood challenges in climate tech.</p><p>In this episode of The Plucky Bamboo Podcast, I sat down with Marc McConnaughey, CEO of Biobond...
Episode #40
<p>In this episode of The Plucky Bamboo Podcast, I sat down with Emilio Sassine, Founder & CEO of Cedrus, to talk about what it really takes to commercialise AI in the built environment.</p><p>Cedrus is building a...
Episode #39
<p>In this episode of The Plucky Bamboo Podcast, I sat down with Josh Knauer, Co-Founder & CEO of ReSeed, to explore how environmental markets can work better for the farmers at the centre of them.</p><p>Josh has spent...
Episode #38
<p>Building a sustainability business isn’t just about good intentions.It’s about the trade-offs you make when values, margins, and growth collide.</p><p>In this episode of The Plucky Bamboo Podcast, I’m joined by Sara...
Episode #37
<p>In this episode of The Plucky Bamboo Podcast, Chris Jones sits down with Brad Stutzman, Founder and CEO of o3 Energy, to talk about what actually drives adoption in commercial renewable energy.</p><p><br></p><p>Brad...
Episode #36
<p>Growth in traditional industries doesn’t fail loudly. It slows quietly - when leaders stop building forward and start protecting what already exists.</p><p>In this episode of The Plucky Bamboo Podcast, Chris Jones...
Episode #35
<p>In this episode of The Plucky Bamboo Podcast, I’m joined by Kyle C Grant-Talbot, founder of Oxwash (since acq. by Elis), to explore what it really takes to scale impact in an industrial sustainability...
Episode #34
<p>Sustainability often comes down to what organisations decide to do with what they no longer need.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of The Plucky Bamboo Podcast, Chris Jones is joined by Michael Amos, Managing...
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