59: Corking Carbon with Carlos de Jesus

In this episode, CSB Associate Director Chris Gassman is joined from Portugal by Carlos de Jesus, Operational Director at APCOR, the Portuguese Cork Association. APCOR was founded in 1956 and establishes cork production and manufacturing standards, promotes Research & Development, and educates both professionals and consumers. Cork is a sustainable and regenerative material for bottle closures, for example a Life Cycle Analysis by PwC found that a plastic closure emits 10 times more CO2 than a cork stopper and aluminum cap closures emit 24 times more CO2 than a cork stopper. APCOR has approximately 270 members who represent more than 85% of cork exports from Portugal. In addition to his work with APCOR, Carlos is the Director Marketing & Communications at Amorim Cork, the largest cork supplier in the world. In the Episode Carlos and Chris discuss - 💶 Making material choices that sequester carbon instead of creating it - 🔧 Multi-solving for labor and climate challenges with the same solution - 🏘️ Embedding the benefits of the business in communities, and more... Stay tuned to the end for a short message from Sustaining Sustainability’s Producer and Editor, Kristen P Ahern. Sign up to receive bi-weekly episodes right to your inbox: bit.ly/csbpodcastemail Submit your "Sustaining Sustainability" feedback and/or questions: bit.ly/csbpodcastfeedback This episode was researched, recorded, edited, and produced by Prof. CB Bhattacharya and CSB Team of the University of Pittsburgh Center for Sustainable Business: www.sustainablebusiness.pitt.edu Music: "Lively" by Dee Yan-Key From the Free Music Archive CC BY NC SA creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcod