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Insiya Jafferjee: 'What keeps me optimistic is that most people want to make impactful change'

Stuart Stone

Stuart Stone

20 May 2024 • 5 min read

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Shellworks' founder and CEO discusses environmental start-ups' 'blessed position' and the importance of failure in building new sustainability-focused markets

Insiya Jafferjee is co-founder and CEO of Shellworks, a startup committed to creating a new generation of materials described as being plastic-like in performance but producing zero waste. The...

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