Duncan Goose, CEO and founder of One Water. One year on...

Duncan Goose, CEO and founder of One Water. One year on...

Author: Host Sandra F April 19, 2025 Duration: 30:33

Duncan Goose, the founder of Global Ethics and the brand One Water, returned to ProGRESS to talk about what has happened in the 12 months since we last spoke, including why he undertook a round Britain road trip to echo the world tour he was on more than 20 years ago that changed his career direction.


Duncan also speaks about tracking down the girl (now woman) who sparked his mission to bring water projects to communities living in extreme poverty around the world, and you can see the story of that in the link below.


One Water gives away its profits to projects that provide clean drinking water to communities. With 5 million lives changed and more standpipes planned for the future, it is definitely a success story.


Read about One Water here and watch the story of 'the girl at the standpipe' here (link to YouTube).


Read more and find extra links on the ProGRESS website show notes page here


Listen to the first episode with Duncan in 2024 here.

Duncan Goose, founder of Global Ethics and One Water S1 E10


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