Clean Green with Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks of ECOS
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Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks – Is the President and CEO of ECOS. A family owned non-toxic, plant-based cleaning company. Kelly continues to raise the bar and leads by example of how a company can expand without compromise with the help of innovation, vision and know-how. Kelly is someone I very much admire and ECOS is proof that you can choose to care about people, the planet and still profit.
https://www.ecos.com/
Timestamps:
[2:14] Kelly's father Van, and his journey from Greece to America.
[5:49] People are slowly becoming more aware of clean, green products.
[11:57] Hiring women for leadership positions, and building a company that reflects consumers.
[15:26] There is no FDA for cleaning products, we have to be our own FDA.
[22:22] The myth that plant based products don't clean as well.
[26:58] Laundry sheets from ECOS - remove the plastic by removing the water.
[30:36] Being hands on with the process and farmers.
[35:13] Post consumer recycled plastic.
[39:51] Working through COVID-19.
[42:07] What made you choose to care about this stuff?
[44:42] How can people make small changes at home if they don't want to buy a product?
[47:16] The future and goals for ECOS.
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