Climate Rising

How Lab - Grown Cotton can Decarbonize Textiles

Jun 19, 2024

Luciano Bueno, founder of GALY, discusses lab-grown cotton using sugar, its benefits, and market strategies. They explore innovative textile production, fundraising challenges, and other applications like saffron and cell-based meat.

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Luciano Bueno

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Lab-grown cotton offers sustainability benefits like reduced land usage and minimal chemical requirements.

Entrepreneurs in climate tech must pivot towards purpose-driven ventures for success.

Deep dives

Introduction to Business and Climate Change Course at HBS Online

A new online course, Business and Climate Change, has been launched by HBS, focusing on tools for companies to enhance resilience to environmental challenges like droughts and storms, while reducing emissions. It aims to inform organizational strategies using global insights.

Intro

2min

Decarbonizing with Lab-Grown Cotton

4min

Innovative Textile Production Inspired by Food Technologies

4min

Advantages of Lab-Grown Cotton and Market Strategies

19min

Evolution of Fundraising Strategy and Investor Interactions

4min

Exploring the Potential of Lab-Grown Technologies: Beyond Cotton

8min

Today’s episode is the fourth in our series on decarbonizing the roots of value chains, where we’re looking deep into supply chains that serve many industries. Previously we talked about the technical products of green concrete and green steel, and agriculture through the lens of regenerative agriculture. Today we continue our focus on decarbonizing agricultural products by focusing on lab-grown cotton. Luciano Bueno, founder and CEO of GALY, joins me today to talk about how his biomaterials start-up uses sugar to feed cells and grow cotton in the lab. Luciano will share how he rebounded from a venture that failed, and then started GALY and grew it into the Series B company it is today. I’ll also ask him to share his views of the future of lab-grown fabrics and his reflections on entrepreneurship in climate tech more broadly.

Host and Guest

Climate Rising Host: Professor Mike Toffel, Faculty Chair, Business & Environment Initiative (LinkedIn)

Guest: Luciano Bueno, Founder and CEO at GALY (LinkedIn)

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Climate Rising

How Lab - Grown Cotton can Decarbonize Textiles

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Introduction to Business and Climate Change Course at HBS Online

Decarbonizing Agricultural Products with Lab-Grown Cotton

Technology and Advantages of Lab-Grown Cotton Production

Scaling and Market Impact of Lab-Grown Cotton

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