Seven Clean Seas: Scaling Impact and Sustainability in Ocean Plastic Conservation
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https://doi.org/10.68903/iilmr.v01i01.11Keywords:
Seven Clean Seas, Sustainability, Ocean Plastic Conservation, Corporate sustainability, Financial sustainabilityAbstract
In early 2025, Tom Peacock-Nazil (Tom), the Founder and CEO of Seven Clean Seas, was busy sitting in his Singapore office, poring over the latest annual impact report (Annual Impact Report 2023). At the time, his organisation had reached a significant milestone: removing more than four million kilograms of plastic from oceans and rivers. The next goal was even greater removing 10 million kilograms by the end of the year (Karishma & Lim, 2024). The question was how?
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