Joey Zwillinger (CEO, Allbirds): Should Companies Pay for Their Pollution?

Mission Critical with Lance Chung by GLORY Podcast Network

Episode notes

Joey Zwillinger is the CEO and co-founder of Allbirds, a San Francisco-based material innovation company that specializes in making the world’s most comfortable shoes (and now, apparel!) More importantly, they’re a company on a mission to tackle what Joey calls the biggest problem of our lifetime: climate change. In this episode, Joey and Lance talk about sustainability, activism, and whether companies should pay for their pollution.


Key Highlights


[3:29] Allbirds was created to make better things in a better way.


[6:53] What does it mean to create "apparel with purpose"? For Joey and his team at Allbirds, it's about creating something that can help consumers tackle climate change.


[9:35] How do you maintain and protect your values as you grow into a billion-dollar company? It ac ... 

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