About Tessa
I am a…
Activist, Entrepreneur, Parent, Startup
Bio
After a 15 year corporate career, Tessa Co-Founded OLIO, the world's first neighbour-to-neighbour food sharing app, which is solving the problem of household food waste at scale. OLIO has grown to over 2 million users in just over 4 years and its impact has been widely recognised, most notably by the United Nations who highlighted OLIO as a "beacon” for the world, and by Vivatech who awarded OLIO "Next European Unicorn". Tessa is passionate about the sharing economy as a solution for a sustainable world, and about ‘profit with purpose’ as the next business paradigm.
An idea worth spreading
According to Project Drawdown, the #1 most impactful thing humanity can do to ensure we limit global heating to 2 degrees, is to reduce food waste. This comes above electric cars, solar power and plant based diets.
With half of all food waste taking place in the home in most 'developed' countries this means WE have a massive ability to make a difference.
Areas of expertise
food waste, startups, sustainable living, tech 4 good, zero waste