-Life as an Ocean Plastics Recycling Champion-
Tom Jackson is the founder of Honest Ocean, a company on a mission to supply brands and manufacturers with ocean-saved recycled plastic, while empowering local communities and families through unique community engagement programs.
Experience + Passion
With a background in manufacturing, Tom has always been interested in the sourcing and collection of materials that went into making products. Combined with spending the last ten years of his life on the ocean and witnessing the scale of problem plastic pollution represents, he knew he wanted to see change.
This interest led Tom to look into how he could help create a sustainable waste management supply chain across Indonesia.
And with that, Honest Ocean was born.
South East Asia
In recognition that certain geographic regions of the world are more adversely affected by ocean plastics waste than others, Tom established his company within Indonesia.
Aside from the amount of this waste washing up on shores there, the country itself has more or less allowed itself to become a willing plastic dumping ground for many western and Asian nations for the past twenty years.
Making a Difference
Tom and his team have concentrated on creating a closed loop 360 plastic supply chain, turning this plastic waste into a commodity, whilst also educating and empowering local communities to help in the fight against this ocean plastics waste problem.
Reasons to Listen
This will be a talk worth listening to for:
- those who are looking to learn more about operating a sustainability minded startup in a foreign market
- those curious about what it’s like to be so stringently focused on one particular mission and purpose
- those who are seeking deeper insights on what it’s like to build a life and company based on tackling the ocean plastics waste problem
Listeners will come away with insights on:
- what Honest Ocean is all about in terms mission and action
- a day in the life of a sustainability minded startup founder
- one particular challenge Tom and his team experiences within his business as it relates the recyclables market
- what external factors drive his business
- a deeper look at the recyclables market supply chain
- what lead Tom to establishing Honest Ocean
- a look at Honest Ocean’s innovative business model which not only addresses environmental but also social impact issues within Indonesia
- some of the success stories he’s experienced thus far in his business
- the value of identifying and securing strong partners in business
- the importance of building a strong team within an organization
- how the sustainability ecosystem is developing within South East Asia
- what this work and mission means to him
- a powerful story illustrating the impact one’s work can have on others
- Tom’s take on whether the sustainability movement will ultimately deliver the results many of us hope for
- much more!
A Memorable Quote from the Episode:
“Being able to collaborate and create partnerships with other people, especially with locals here in Indonesia is the driving force for everything we do. If these guys are doing well, it means more plastic is getting into the recycling market.”
-Tom Jackson
Check out the Video Conversation:
For those who desire to view video highlights of the conversation, you can do so via Youtube.
Discover More
For those interested in learning more about Tom and his work, you can check out his company Honest Ocean. You can also find Tom on the following platforms:
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