Episode 180 — A Healthy Home Starts With SAFE Cleaning Products
Guest: Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks • Date: November 30, 2023
Episode Overview
This episode explains why you want to pay extra close attention to the cleaning products you use in your home. Our guest is Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks, President and CEO of ECOS, the maker of eco-conscious cleaning products made with safer ingredients. Also joining the conversation is Kristine Waldren, Sr. Director of Corporate Communications and Government Affairs at ECOS and a mother to a child diagnosed on the autism spectrum. These two powerful women make the case for ACTION because cleaning your home with toxic chemicals is NOT OK.
About Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks
KELLY VLAHAKIS-HANKS
As President and CEO of ECOS plant-powered cleaning products, Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks is passionate about human and planetary health. She leads four manufacturing facilities across the U.S. as well as a European manufacturing platform. Kelly is widely recognized for her highly effective leadership at ECOS and her influential voice in corporate social responsibility, safer chemistry, and sustainable manufacturing. Kelly led ECOS to become a climate-positive company in 2021 after achieving carbon neutrality, water neutrality, and TRUE Platinum Zero Waste certification. ECOS is also the first manufacturer to receive LEED® Zero certifications in net-zero energy, carbon, and waste. She’s been featured on CNN, CBS News, ABC News, FOX News, NBC News, Bloomberg, and MarketWatch and in publications such as Fortune, Entrepreneur, and the Los Angeles Times.
KRISTINE WALDREN
Kristine Waldren is the Sr. Director of Corporate Communications and Government Affairs at ECOS®, the maker of plant-powered cleaning products, where she blends her experience in communications and public policy with her passion for protecting the health of people and the planet.
You’ll Discover
A Big Assumption That You CAN’T Make (4:51)
The Logo You Want To See on Cleaning Products (8:09)
The Color That Does NOT Mean Clean (14:12)
The Link Between Chemicals and Behaviors In Kids (17:35)
The Origin Story of ECOS (24:00)
How You Can Make Your Voice Heard (27:12)
The Many Ways ECOS Is Leading The Way (33:12)
Referenced In This Episode
Feature film A Green Story tells the story of Kelly’s father, Van Vlahakis.
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