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How Sustainable Supply Chains Are Changing Business · How To Protect The Ocean

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  I'm going to
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  challenge you on this episode.
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  I'm going to challenge in the way you
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  think about how we can
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  lower our impact, not only
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  as an individual or as a community, but
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  businesses and how they can
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  lower their impact and not
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  just one aspect of a product or service,
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  but the entire thing.
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  So if you're having a product like an
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  orange juice and you are
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  looking at how you can lower
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  your impact, how do you lower your impact
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  when you are serving
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  it in a plastic bottle
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  compared to how you actually cultivate
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  and grow the oranges and
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  how do you use pesticides?
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  Do you not?
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  Do you have to clear out an area to build
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  a farm to build that that farm with where
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  you grow the oranges?
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  And there's all these different types of
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  things that we think about
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  when we talk about making
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  a product that we only focus on one or
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  two aspects of the product.
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  When we can actually find ways to reduce
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  our impact from a
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  product in various ways that
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  might actually have a bigger impact.
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  So we're going to talk about this because
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  on today's episode I have
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  on the program Christophe
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  Girardier.
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  He's a CEO of Glimpack.
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  He's from France and he's talking about
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  his business and how he created it.
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  Glimback to basically put together a
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  business that will help
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  businesses lower their impact
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  based on a mandate by the European Union.
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  It's going to be a fun episode.
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  Let's start the show.
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  Hey everybody.
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  Welcome back to the show. Hey everybody.
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  Welcome back to another exciting episode
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  of the How to Protect the Ocean podcast.
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  I'm your host, Andrew Lewin.
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  And this is the podcast where you find
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  out what's happening
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  with the ocean, how you can
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  speak up for the ocean and what you can
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  do to live for a better
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  ocean by taking action.
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  On today's episode, I said I'm going to
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  challenge the way you
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  think about products, not only
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  as an individual and consumer, but also
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  as a business owner maybe
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  or how other businesses,
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  large businesses and corporations can
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  change the way they impact the
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  environment, but not
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  only being able to make money off of
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  products, but having a lower impact on
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  the actual environment,
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  not just in climate, not just on the
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  oceans, but on several aspects of
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  protecting the planet.
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  When you are able to reduce it overall,
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  now you're talking about
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  having a product that's
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  much better for the environment and not
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  just one aspect because
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  we know that our planet
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  is not just being destroyed by using just
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  regular old climate
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  change, but also by the
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  way, we're looking at marine plastics,
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  we're looking at
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  fisheries, we're looking at a lot
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  of different aspects of deforestation, a
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  lot of different
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  aspects, and there's ways that
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  we can lower our impact overall and have
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  a better influence on
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  our overall environment.
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  So we're going to be talking to
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  Christophe Girardier,
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  who is a CEO of Glimpact.
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  We talked a little bit about how he
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  became the CEO of Glimpact.
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  And he's talking about customers that he
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  works with,
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  corporations, large corporations in
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  the fashion industry, agro-food industry
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  and others, where he
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  talks to them and works with
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  them on how they can lower their entire
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  global imprint, their
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  environmental imprint
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  based on looking at their entire supply
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  chain and how they can reduce it overall.
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  It's a fantastic episode.
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  It's a wonderful interview to do.
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  I love this one because this really
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  challenged the way I
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  thought of looking at plastics.
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  I used to just focus on one aspect of it,
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  but there's an entire aspect that you can
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  focus and maybe not focusing on just the
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  plastic bottle that a
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  product comes into is going
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  to help by reducing other aspects of its
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  environmental footprint.
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  So we're going to talk about that.
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  And I want to hear a lot about what you
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  think about this because I think it's
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  really going to challenge a lot of us.
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  A challenge is definitely
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  challenge the way I thought.
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  But here's the interview with Christophe
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  Girardier, the CEO from Glimpact, talking
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  about how we can, as
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  corporations around the world,
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  lower our
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  environmental impact as a whole.
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  Enjoy the interview and
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  I'll talk to you after.
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  Thank you, Kisto, for
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  joining us on this episode
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  of the "How to
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  Protect the Ocean" podcast.
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  I told you, it's a very
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  different way of thinking
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  about what we can do to lower your impact
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  on the environment, right?
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  And looking at not just
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  from a climate perspective,
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  or not just from an ocean perspective,
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  but from an entire planetary perspective.
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  This is something that
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  I think is really going
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  to make us think
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  about how we move forward
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  with companies like trying to greenwash
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  and companies really
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  trying to lower their imprint.
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  And even talking to
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  Kisto during the interview,
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  I said, it requires a
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  certain transparency
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  from the company of
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  looking at how can they reduce
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  their overall footprint
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  for making their product
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  or even doing their service.
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  And it's going to say,
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  "Hey, look, we realize
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  that there's one aspect
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  that may not be great,
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  but if we reduce the other aspect,
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  we've reduced our impact
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  by 40% or 50% or even 60%.
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  And by tackling each one at a time
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  and looking at what they
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  can do and what they can't do,
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  I think will be really
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  interesting to see how we can lower
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  our entire footprint.
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  Because we may not be
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  focusing on the right thing.
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  We may be focusing on the wrong thing
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  or on something that
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  would have a less impact
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  if they change it.
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  But I'd love to hear
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  your thoughts on this.
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  This is going to be really interesting.
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  I am going to put a link to the app that
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  Christophe mentioned
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  at the end called MyGlimpack.
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  I filled it out.
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  It's really, really interesting.
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  It only has a few countries.
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  So if you're in the
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  US or you're in Belgium
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  or you're in France or even in Europe,
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  somewhere in Europe, they have that.
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  They don't have one for Canada, which I'm
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  going to work with this stuff.
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  We've got to have that
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  Canadian representation.
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  But it's really
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  interesting on how you fill it out.
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  And it tells you how many sort of
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  planetary boundaries that we cross
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  and how many planets will
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  hurt based on looking at this.
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  It's really interesting.
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  I hope you download.
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  I'd love to hear and see your your
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  results because I'll share my results.
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  But yeah, so I'll put the links there.
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  I'll put the links to Christophe so you
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  can contact him if you want.
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  And of course, I'll put all
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  the links for us and this podcast
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  so that you can get a hold of us.
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  And if you want to get a hold of me, you
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  can do so by just going to our
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  Instagram at How to Protect the Ocean,
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  DME at How to Protect the Ocean.
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  And don't forget to subscribe and hit
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  that notification bell to watch all this
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  stuff on YouTube.
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  I put out I put out three episodes a week
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  and I want to make sure that you get
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  access to that.
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  And of course, don't forget you can hit
• 1:06:09
  us up on Spotify, Apple podcast and all
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  your other favorite
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  podcast apps if you want.
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  So it's going to be a lot of fun.
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  Thanks a lot for joining us on today's
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  episode of the How to Protect the Ocean
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  podcast. Have a great day.
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  We'll talk to you next
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  time and have a conservation.
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  Thank you, Christophe, for joining us on
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  this episode of the How to Protect the
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  Ocean podcast. I told you it's a very
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  different way of thinking about what we
• 1:06:31
  can do to lower your
• 1:06:34
  impact on the environment.
• 1:06:37
  Right. And looking at not just from a
• 1:06:39
  climate perspective or not just from an
• 1:06:41
  ocean perspective, but from an entire
• 1:06:42
  planetary perspective.
• 1:06:44
  This is something that I think is really
• 1:06:46
  going to make us think about how we move
• 1:06:49
  forward with companies like trying to
• 1:06:52
  greenwash and companies really trying to
• 1:06:54
  lower their their imprint.
• 1:06:56
  And even talking to Christophe during the
• 1:06:58
  interview, I said, like, it requires a
• 1:07:00
  certain transparency from the company of
• 1:07:03
  looking at how can they reduce their
• 1:07:05
  overall footprint footprint for making
• 1:07:06
  their their product or even doing their
• 1:07:09
  service. And it's going to say, hey,
• 1:07:10
  look, we realize that there's one aspect
• 1:07:12
  that may not be great. But if we reduce
• 1:07:14
  the other aspect,
• 1:07:15
  we've reduced our impact
• 1:07:16
  by 40 percent or 50 percent or even 60
• 1:07:19
  percent. And by tackling each one at a
• 1:07:22
  time and looking at what they can do and
• 1:07:24
  what they can't do, I think will be
• 1:07:25
  really interesting to see how we can
• 1:07:27
  lower our entire footprint because we may
• 1:07:30
  not be focusing on the right thing.
• 1:07:31
  We may be focusing on the wrong thing or
• 1:07:33
  on something that would have a less
• 1:07:34
  impact if they change it. But I'd love to
• 1:07:37
  hear your thoughts on this.
• 1:07:37
  This is going to be really interesting. I
• 1:07:39
  am going to put a link to the app that
• 1:07:41
  Christophe mentioned at
• 1:07:42
  the end called MyGlimpack.
• 1:07:44
  I filled it out. It's really, really
• 1:07:46
  interesting. It only has a few countries.
• 1:07:48
  So if you're in the U.S. or you're in
• 1:07:49
  Belgium or you're in
• 1:07:50
  France or even in Europe,
• 1:07:51
  somewhere in Europe, they have that. They
• 1:07:52
  don't have one for Canada, which I'm
• 1:07:54
  going to work with Christophe.
• 1:07:55
  We've got to have that
• 1:07:56
  Canadian representation.
• 1:07:57
  But it's really
• 1:07:58
  interesting on how you fill it out.
• 1:07:59
  And it tells you how many sort of
• 1:08:01
  planetary boundaries that we cross and
• 1:08:03
  how many plants will
• 1:08:03
  hurt based on looking at
• 1:08:05
  this. It's really interesting.
• 1:08:06
  I hope you download.
• 1:08:08
  I'd love to hear and see your results
• 1:08:11
  because I'll share my results.
• 1:08:13
  But yeah, so I'll put the links there.
• 1:08:14
  I'll put the links to Christophe so you
• 1:08:18
  can contact him if you want.
• 1:08:19
  And of course, I'll put all the links for
• 1:08:22
  us and this podcast so
• 1:08:24
  that you can get a hold of us.
• 1:08:25
  And if you want to get a hold of me, you
• 1:08:27
  can do so by just going to our Instagram
• 1:08:29
  at How To Protect The Ocean, DM me at
• 1:08:32
  HowToProtectTheOcean.
• 1:08:33
  And don't forget to subscribe and hit
• 1:08:34
  that notification bell to
• 1:08:36
  watch all this stuff on YouTube.
• 1:08:37
  I put out three episodes a week and I
• 1:08:40
  want to make sure that
• 1:08:42
  you get access to that.
• 1:08:44
  And of course, don't forget you can hit
• 1:08:46
  us up on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and all
• 1:08:48
  your other favorite
• 1:08:49
  podcast apps if you want.
• 1:08:51
  So it's going to be a lot of fun.
• 1:08:52
  Thanks a lot for joining us on today's
• 1:08:54
  episode of the How To
• 1:08:55
  Protect The Ocean podcast.
• 1:08:56
  Have a great day. We'll talk to you next
• 1:08:57
  time in happy conservation.