Best of Earth911 Podcast: Radio Flyer CEO Robert Pasin on the Ride to Becoming a B-Corp

Best of Earth911 Podcast: Radio Flyer CEO Robert Pasin on the Ride to Becoming a B-Corp

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Robert Pasin, chief wagon of Radio Flyer, discusses the advantages and means of turning into a B Corp. Radio Flyer makes, along with the wagons we all know from our childhoods, tricycles, scooters, inflatables, adult e-bikes, and a set of Tesla electric toy vehicles. It turned the primary world toy and e-bike model to develop into a certified B Corp., the rising company kind that acknowledges enterprise can have an environmental and social mission along with the purpose of turning a revenue. Achieving B Corp standing is a rigorous endeavor that requires the adoption of accountable labor, social, and environmental practices. It offers profitable firms with tax and different benefits, together with a sterling repute that draws, specifically, younger employees.

Robert Pasin, CEO and chief wagon officer at Radio Flyer
Robert Pasin, CEO and chief wagon officer at Radio Flyer, is our visitor on Sustainability in Your Ear.

Robert’s grandfather, Antonio Pasin, based Radio Flyer in 1917. Robert spent a number of years educating sixth grade in Chicago earlier than becoming a member of the corporate. He explains why Radio Flyer “went B” and the way the method has reshaped what his group works on and the standards they apply to decision-making. We additionally discover Radio Flyer’s new line of e-bikes and the way it will promote cargo e-bikes and different gear to native supply firms. You can be taught extra about Radio Flyer at radioflyer.com.

This podcast initially aired on October 28, 2022.