🇦🇺 Australia

• Sharon Winsor of Indigiearth appeared on SBS Food to discuss her family food memories and a cultural appreciation of the lime.

🇨🇦 Canada

• Save da Sea’s latest raise was covered in techcouver, which reported that the company closed $650,000 in capital last month, bringing the food-tech’s total raised to $1.6M. The latest investment into Save Da Sea was led by BDC’s Thrive Lab, with participation from Spring, What If Ventures, and YSpace.
• Heather Jeffrey of Re4m was named to the Forty Under 40 awards list by the Ottawa Business Journal and the Ottawa Board of Trade.
• Cheekbone Beauty was listed as one of “11 Best Eyeshadows for Mature Skin, According to Celebrity Makeup Artists”.
• Sheena Russell of Made with Local will be leading a fireside chat on May 16 with The ONSIDE Podcast and Start Now Incubator.
• Alisha McFetridge of RainStick spoke to Communitech about creating a more sustainable future with their cleantech innovations. “Our customer education focuses on showing them that Rainstick gives them a better shower experience and reduces their energy and water usage”.
• Chloe Dubois of Ocean Legacy Foundation spoke to the National Observer on concerns about the recent federal budget. Years of work and good jobs tied to cleaning up plastic pollution on Canadian shorelines are set to flounder after the federal government cut a critical source of funding in the recent budget.
• **RainStick** was selected as a finalist for the 2024 Thompson Okanagan Business Excellence Awards.
• Dr. Golnaz Golnaraghi of Accelerate Her Future delivered a keynote address on "Moving From Saviourism to Solidarity in Workplace Diversity, Equity and Inclusion" at the Leading with Heart Summit in Alberta.

🇳🇿 New Zealand

• Better Packaging Co.’s ‘Plastic Pile of Sh!t’ campaign was featured as a top 3 case study by Campaign Brief, which recognises and showcases the great work that is being produced in the region.
• Robyn McLean of Hello Period sat down with Supermarket News to discuss how Hello Period wanted to design products that are not only comfortable and easy to use but also more durable than single-use products.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

• Jillian Kowalchuk of Safe and the City joined the ASM Connected podcast to discuss what it’s like to be a Woman in Tech, the use of AI, and influencing digital legacies for years to come.
• City to Sea was quoted in an EveningStandard piece discussing how the UK government is set to ban single use plastic plates and cutlery.
• The Tellmi mental health service has been commissioned by the NHS Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland Integrated Care Board for five years to widen access to local mental health services for anyone aged 11+. Tellmi was introduced in April 2024 to support the large local and diverse population.
• New research from City to Sea has revealed that 64% of UK shoppers are motivated to reduce their single-use packaging when shopping for groceries. City to Sea worked with market research team Obsurvant to ask 2,037 UK-based respondents about their awareness and attitudes towards plastic pollution, as well as their reuse habits.

🇺🇸 United States