🇦🇺 Australia

Yas Grigaliunas of Circonomy was recognized as an EY Entrepreneur of the Year for Social Impact. This prestigious recognition celebrates Yas’ unwavering commitment to the circular economy and her tireless work toward societal change.
Sharon Winsor of **Indigiearth** participated in the launch of Kmart’s new Indigenous collaboration with Indigenous artist Kyralee Shields. Sharon curated and delivered the menu, native mocktails, and traditional entertainment for the event.

🇨🇦 Canada

Nivatha Balendra of Dispersa spoke to the McGill Reporter about her cleantech company, which she launched while an undergraduate at McGill, with valuable support from the University’s Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship.
Aki Kaltenbach of Save Da Sea was featured in a piece highlighting how companies are making plant-based versions of these seafood favorites. "This is at a time when you were seeing the rise of plant-based meat," she explained. "To me, it seemed obvious."
Save Da Sea will have its products on the menu at the cafeterias of British Columbia-based Simon Fraser University within coming months.
Ecko Aleck of Sacred Matriarch Creative was mentioned in a piece by The Tyee as being tattooed by Dion Kaszas, who is featured as part of the True Tribal exhibition at the Museum of Vancouver..
Aki Kaltenbach of Save Da Sea was named the winner of the Entrepreneurial leader category of BC Business’s 2024 Women of the Year Awards.
Sheena Russell of **Made with Local** joined The Food Professor podcast to share the origin story of her tasty and healthy product, how she built a brand and achieved distribution across Canada and the path to success in a crowded category.

Hello Period published a blog post on “Post Menstrual Syndrome” discussing symptoms, causes, and arms readers with ways to “confront this monthly nuisance with style and grace”.
Stacey Marerora-Roberts of Ignite Your Gift was featured in UNO. Stacey writes: “As an Indigenous Wāhine Māori businesswoman, speaker, and leadership coach, sharing and seeing my journey in such a respected publication is humbling. More recently, I’ve focused on developing my 'receiving muscles', taking the time to ‘smell the roses’ because what isn't celebrated often gets repeated.”

City to Sea has received a major funding boost from Triodos Bank UK. The finance, in collaboration with grant and donation funding, will allow the St Paul’s-based organisation to continue to expand its campaigning and education work on plastic pollution.
BelleVie Care has officially earned their B Corp Certification. “This achievement represents a major step forward in our dedication to providing compassionate and sustainable care at home.”

Novoloop’s pilot plant in collaboration with Aether Industries, has now passed equipment testing and solvent runs, and has achieved continuous operations with the usage of commercially-representative waste feedstock.
Gillian Henker of Sisu Global was featured in a piece highlighting the company’s work with Hemafuse on battlefields in Ukraine and underserved communities in Kenya.
NPR featured the work of Sisu Global and their Hemafuse device in a piece on 'blood deserts’.