Frances Lucraft: 'I don't think you can start a business these days without being sustainable'

Stuart Stone
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Credit: Grace & Green

Founder of eco-friendly and organic period product brand Grace & Green explains why she's 'falling in love' with product development again as she reflects on a 'big shift' in healthcare sector sustainability

Frances Lucraft has spent more than a decade in the water and sanitation sector, specialising in environmental management, international development and climate change. She spent time in Nepal, Belize...

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