Alice Kuepper from Winning Group | #357

Alice is an authentic business leader and strategist who believes in the shared value approach and the power of business as a catalyst for positive societal change and sustainable growth. In her role at Winning Group as Head of Sustainable Business and CSR, Alice led the development of the company's first sustainability and social impact strategy and is creating value by engaging employees, customers and partners into the delivery of impact initiatives across responsible sourcing, charity & community engagement, waste & recycling and carbon management. With 15+ years of leadership experience, Alice was previously managing multifunctional teams and complex projects within the e-commerce sector with responsibility for commercial performance, marketing, partnerships, stakeholder engagement, sustainability and product development.

In this episode of Add To Cart, we checkout Alice Kuepper from Winning Group. Alice landed her ‘dream job’ as Head of Sustainable Business and Corporate Social Responsibility at the home of Appliances Online and Winning Appliances in 2020. The broad and far-reaching role includes goals such as championing a circular economy, ensuring good visibility on supply chain ethics and forging meaningful connections with First Nations communities. It feels like destiny may have played a significant part in Alice’s career path. Growing up living in different countries and societies, studying sociology and then being exposed to the progressive world of ecommerce.

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I love The Circular Economy podcast.

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