Ecotone Renewables’ Post

I'm thrilled to announce a trajectory-changing moment as Ecotone Renewables begins its first paid pilot partnership with Compass Group! Collaborating with this inspiring industry leader, we're ready to scale and support Compass Group's customers by bringing our innovative food waste solutions to a company that serves millions daily across schools, hospitals, and corporate campuses. This pilot lays the groundwork for potential expansion across Compass' vast network of 55,000 locations in 45 countries, amplifying our impact on global food waste reduction efforts while supporting this industry leader. Thank you to Compass Digital Ventures, Compass Group Canada, Amodini Chhabra, Margaux Sophie von Büren, and Heather Wilkie for coordinating the Pitch-to-Pilot event. Ecotone has grown immensely over the last 6 years, a journey I've been proud to share alongside our outstanding team and my fellow cofounders Dylan Lew, EIT and Elliott Bennett. We're eager to work closely together and drive meaningful change turning the food waste of today into the nutrients of tomorrow!

I’m super excited to announce Ecotone Renewables’ initial paid pilot partnership with Compass Group! It’s incredible seeing such a well-aligned industry leader focused on customer success and reducing food waste. We are excited to highlight fast, clean, and reliable food waste solutions together and scale to help support Compass’ 55,000 locations worldwide. Trajectory-changing moment and so happy and proud to share this with our amazing team and cofounders Kyle Wyche and Elliott Bennett. Thank you Compass Group Canada, Amodini Chhabra, Margaux Sophie von Büren, and Heather Wilkie for coordinating this opportunity, and we are excited to work closely together 🎉

🌱 Next up, meet Elliott Bennett, the Co-founder and Chief Financial Officer of Ecotone Renewables. Ecotone Renewables is on a mission to eliminate food waste through climate-smart practices. Founded in Pittsburgh, PA, Ecotone Renewables is scaling anaerobic digestion technology to sustainably process food waste and convert it into renewable hashtag #energy and organic liquid hashtag #fertilizer. Curious what a world without waste looks like? Tune into this edition to discover what carbon-negative fertilizer is, its impact, and its potential. 💡 Fun Fact: Globally, 30-40% of all produced food is wasted ($1.61B annually) 💼 Snapshot of Elliott: 👉 Earned his B.S. in Philosophy, Marketing and Finance from Boston College 👉 Worked as a Treasury Analyst at Bank of America This was a fun conversation, from hearing about his back-to-back summers leading sales at CUTCO Cutlery, forging a new path crowdfunding a startup with his childhood best friend, and his positive outlook on having an open climate conversation. Inspired by his mom, Elliott shares: “Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life.” 🚀 Join us as we delve into Elliott’s story of balancing passion projects with a corporate job, the internal dilemma of prioritizing one's passion, and the journey of building impact fertilizer that diverts 90 pounds of CO2 emissions with each gallon of carbon-negative organic fertilizer produced. This was full of many laughs—tune in! #EarthFirst #Startup #ClimateTech

Yesterday Dylan Lew, EIT and I flew into Chicago to present Ecotone Renewables to Evergreen Climate Innovations’ investment committee. I am happy to share we were 1 of just 4 companies chosen to pitch to the group. A special thank you to the comittee for their insightful questions and to the investment team on their diligence. Right after our pitch, we stopped by The Unwaste Shop and are excited to have them as our first #Chicago retail location for Soil Sauce. If you know a plant store, nursery or garden shop that you think #soilsauce should be at, please let us know!