Sustainable Transformation Podcast: Koh Episode

This article was contributed by Sustainability Tracker.

How a Bondi dad is taking on the giants of the toxic cleaning aisle

Open the cupboard under your kitchen sink. Chances are you’ll find a dozen or more cleaning products, each with a slightly different job and nearly every one carrying a warning about the chemicals inside.

Koh co-founder Adam Lindsay didn’t set out to build a brand people would talk about. He set out to solve a problem in his own cleaning cupboard, and ended up building one of Australia’s most trusted cleaning brands almost entirely on word of mouth.

In this episode, Kiarne sits down with Adam to talk about what it actually takes to earn that kind of trust, from a cold call to a university chemistry department, to farmers market stalls, to nearly two million households today. It’s a conversation about taking on the giants of the cleaning aisle with a safe and sustainable product, and winning.  

You’ll hear and learn:

• Why Adam called a university chemistry department before starting Koh, and what happened when he did
• What convinced skeptical customers at farmers markets that Koh was the cleaner for their family
• The real reason so many cleaning products still carry that “clean” smell
• What it actually takes to get third-party eco-certification, and why Koh did it before selling a single product
• Where Koh is headed next as it looks at reducing what gets shipped across the country

This episode is a must-listen for anyone who’s ever stood in the cleaning aisle wondering which claims to trust, and any founder wondering whether doing things properly is worth the extra cost.

MENTIONS:

• Koh
• GECA (Good Environmental Choice Australia)
• Sensitive Choice, National Asthma Council Australia

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CREDITS:

Host: Kiarne Treacy

Guest: Adam Lindsay

Guest Company: Koh

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