Sustainable Products at Expo West

5/4/26

In this episode, which was recorded at Expo West, we hear from several sustainable brands about how they implement sustainable practices in their products and operations. Expo West is a huge natural food & products industry conference, bringing together brands and attendees from around the country. Sustainability is critical in the production of all kinds of products from matcha to soap to non-toxic cleaning products to clean beauty, and even toilet paper. This episode features interview with Hannah Habes, founder of Matchaful, Nathalie Marin-Gest, Special Operations at Dr. Bronner’s,  Richard Rick Caustic, founder & CEO at 100% Pure, Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks, president & CEO of ECOS, and  Aaron Liou, from Who Gives a Crap. In these conversations we discuss topics including sustainable supply chains, regenerative organic certified, growing matcha under solar panels, innovative ingredients in non-toxic products, and more.

This episode features interviews with:

Hannah Habes, Founder, Matchaful

 Nathalie Marin-Gest, Special Operations, Dr. Bronner's

 Richard Rick Caustic, Founder & CEO, 100% Pure

 Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks, President & CEO, ECOS

 Aaron Liou, Brand Activations Manager, Who Gives a Crap

CREDITS:

Produced by Kiana Michaan

Edited by Maxfield Biggs