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Fortune
Emma Burleigh

The CEO of a Gwyneth Paltrow-backed startup ditched body wash, coffee to-go, and disposable diapers for over 2 years

Blueland CEO and cofounder Sarah Paiji Yoo (Credit: Courtesy of Blueland)
  • Sarah Paiji Yoo, the cofounder and CEO of Blueland, went zero-waste for two and a half years—reusing cloth diapers and ditching body wash—before she realized her impact was “minuscule.” She wanted to go bigger with her passion and launched a sustainable cleaning products company, which raised $35 million and is backed by Gwyneth Paltrow and Justin Timberlake.

As each summer gets hotter and microplastics run through our rivers, more people have become conscious of how they can live more eco-friendly. One CEO leading a multimillion-dollar company chose a radical act of sustainability.

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