Group Lead, Ved Krishna
Hello, hello! Join us today for an informative, exciting conversation with David Walker, founder and partner at Kauri Capital, as he shares his journey from the forest industry to sustainable finance. In this episode, David delves into the challenges and opportunities within the biomaterials secto
0:00 – For me good waste is waste which can be dealt with by the environment...
For me good waste is waste which can be dealt with by the environment and can be reused at the same time also is creating some level of economic value. Hello hello hello welcome to the good garbage podcast. My name is V Krishna. My primary reason for existence has been to find ways to leave our wonderful planet cleaner. We will be speaking with mat
13:00 – It's different to be a publicly listed company than it is to be a...
result of all the of all the people coming to visit visit Santa Claus. So uh yes absolutely absolutely we’ve all got to believe in Santa Claus because it’s uh it’s otherwise we’d be it would be silly not to acting against our own interests. Absolutely. And I finally this winter, the last winter, I finally got to do the, you know, digging a hole, ge
27:00 – Then you sort of talk to the traditional industry and they go oh you...
they’re going through and and I can help them you know in terms of help them get through some of the things because it’s not easy right I mean to today today you know there there are a lot first of all there are a lot of startups even in this narrow space that we’re working in in biioaterials So, so, so there’s a lot of lot of great ideas and and i
41:00 – Let's get back to fundamentally understanding what we're trying to achieve and design a...
I I you know I’ve advised some of the biggest companies in the world and in the industry and so they you know they regard me as sort of somebody that they know well and then then you have this David Walker fellow bringing this sort of this startup sort of do shaking the tree sort of excuse the pun I mean shaking the tree type type company that’s qu
55:00 – Good Garbage is sponsored by Pekka, a family of brands that produces compostable packaging...
when something is just grossly mispriced as plastics is in terms of its environment impact, then we’ve got to slap we’ve got to start slapping taxes on plastics. As long as those those taxes and here’s always the crux of taxes, as long as those taxes are going back to create environmental benefits, right? So, so not not, you know, not disappearing
69:00 – If you can't say it in a page, then don't tell me, >> you...
either give our fund money or or or or you directly money. you’ve been entrusted with that money, right? You got to look at you’re a you’ve got to look after it, right? You’ve got to be making. So, I I I I look for that technical differentiation. I look for the passion, but I also look for the sort of the common sense associated with am I am I cons
83:00 – Carbon is a very difficult thing to I mean conceptually to understand, right
Carbon is a very difficult thing to I mean conceptually to understand, right? I mean I mean you you’re sort of you know you can’t see it because we’re told but I mean but but look you know what what’s going on and I’m not this is not political. I mean what’s going on in certain parts of the world you know around belief or non-belief and in those so
97:00 – In Europe in general, you could say in general, Europe should be able to...
think that’s that’s hopefully some good closing advice. >> Yeah. No, and it’s Fridays for me, too. So, so we’re meeting on the right day and our calendars are relatively open. So, my final two questions to you, David. You said you’re 63. That means that I can give you a timeline of 7 years. Okay. So, let’s let’s let’s do it like this. you know you
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