Sustainable – Ken Pucker http://kpp.active-interactive.com Writer, Investor, Advisory Director, Berkshire Partners - Professor of Practice, Fletcher School Tufts University Thu, 08 Aug 2024 15:29:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 http://kpp.active-interactive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-PhotoKP-32x32.jpeg Sustainable – Ken Pucker http://kpp.active-interactive.com 32 32 Don’t Believe What Consumers Say When It Comes to Sustainability http://kpp.active-interactive.com/articles/dont-believe-what-consumers-say-when-it-comes-to-sustainability/ Fri, 24 Nov 2023 22:03:44 +0000 http://kpp.active-interactive.com/?p=533 A growing body of consumer surveys suggests interest in sustainable consumption is reaching a tipping point. Those surveys are deeply flawed, writes Kenneth P. Pucker.

]]> 533 Why Mushroom Leather (and Other New Materials) Are Struggling to Scale http://kpp.active-interactive.com/articles/why-mushroom-leather-and-other-new-materials-are-struggling-to-scale/ Thu, 13 Jul 2023 12:47:29 +0000 http://kpp.active-interactive.com/?p=476 Late last month, leading materials start-up Bolt threads said it had paused operations for its leather alternative Mylo. The company’s struggle to raise funds points to deeper challenges for the sector, writes Kenneth Pucker.

 

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