Hailed by Al Jazeera as "London's food waste hero" and Sustain as "Robin Hood of the food surplus movement," she has worked with corporations (including Unilever & Sainsburys), local authorities (Westminster City Council) and higher educational institutes (London School of Economics) as well as food enterprises such as Gail’s Bakery, Ole & Steen, and more in cutting food waste and advising on sustainable development. Josephine was awarded a special “Women in Food” award by the Mayor of London in 2019 and was named on Forbes 30 under 30 in 2021. Josephine holds a BA from Colby College and a MSc from University of Oxford.
Awards & Recognitions
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2021
Featured honouree for Dare to Care Packages: As an immunocompromised individual, Josephine Liang knew exactly how vulnerable individuals felt during the pandemic. Along with cofounder Jon Lo, they quickly concocted a plan to pack and distribute weekly care packages for those that were not on the national support list. They have been supported by LSE Generate, Ada Ventures, Santander and more.
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2021
TechRound's list of Top 50 BAME Entrepreneurs under 50 is a testament to the individuals who are diversifying the UK’s startup landscape.
https://techround.co.uk/bame-50/48-josephine-liang/
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2019
Coined as the “Robin Hood of the food surplus movement,“ Josephine was recognised by her work in food sustainability, especially in food waste reduction in London. This award was presented by Mayor of London, Greater London Authority, and London Food Link (Sustain).
The Urban Food Awards were launched in 2015 to celebrate the people behind good food in London and since then have celebrated dozens of great food businesses and people, serving up Londoners healthy, sustainable and delicious food with a purpose.
This special award recognised a number of amazing women doing great things for food in London. They could be working alone or as part of a team in food education, community food, good food enterprise, urban food growing, or good food campaigning or policy.
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2021
Josephine was highly commended by the judges for thye Young Achiever category for her work in Cauli.
The Asian Women of Achievement Awards, founded by Pinky Lilani CBE DL in 1999, celebrate multi cultural Britain and the contribution of diverse cultures and talents to UK society. We put on a platform, the phenomenal Asian women across the UK and across industries, who are making a valuable and important contribution to British life. The awards play a key role in redefining the contribution of Asian women; and informing a new, positive, pro-diversity debate.
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2017
Josephine was the national campaign manager of Pumpkin Rescue. I was able to galvanize more than 40 organisations to host around 70 events. My social media campaign has engaged more than 6 million people, I produced 3 videos that earned more than 150,000 views, and the campaign was covered in national media including the Evening Standard and Time Out London.
The Pumpkin Rescue campaign, which was part of the season campaigns for Hubbub, won the Business Green Marketing Award in 2017.
Past Speaking Engagements
Forbes U30 Panel
2022
Josephine was invited by Forbes to participate in the first ever Forbes Under 30 residency, organised in hand with the Government of Bermuda. As a leader in sustainability, she was featured as a panelist on “The Business of Sustainability.“
School of Social Justice is an online educational platform for people to learn how to address society’s major problems. Interviewed as one of the speakers, Josephine shared insights on Cauli, social entrepreneruship, and how simple actions can lead to change
Josephine was invited to be a speaker at the Death of Plastic panel about the opportunities and challenges of alternative materials and solutions as businesses switch away from plastics.
Food Safety Conference is New Food’s annual flagship summit that assess and debates the food and drink sector’s most challenging topics.
Joining Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Hubbub, and Royal College of Art, Josephine was invited to speak at the Designing for a Cirular Economy panel at Pentawards Festival 2022.
Hosted at the Science Museum in London, the two-day festival bring together gloabl design leaders and speakers on topics surrounding Sustainability, Accessible Inclusivity, and Essential Futures.
Josephine was featured as a speaker at the Digital Direption series by the Surrey Business School, to discuss the state of re-use schemes as one solution to avoid single use packaging.
Featured on the closing panel “The next generation of leaders – how will leadership styles of the future be different to ones now?,” Josephine talks about how how young leaders create businesses of the future.
In this event, Josephine joins a panel of experts to discuss what a circular economy means in relation to food and farming, in the panel “How can the circular economy move us to better food systems?“ The #FoodTalks seriesus to explore how circular economy thinking can move us to food systems that are better for people, animals and the planet.
Josephine was invited to speak at the Reusable Plastic Packaging Seminar hosted by the British Plastics Federation; she represented CauliBox as an innovative company that is enabling companies to switch from disposables to reusables.
PechaKucha
2020
Josephine talked about starting Dare to Care Packages, which essentials to vulnerable people who are in isolation and the NHS staff across London, during lockdown within 10 days, and servicing tens of thousands of people through 3D-printed PPE and essential care packages.
Podcasts
Press Coverage
Press Coverage
TechRound
Meet Josephine Liang, Co-Founder and Director at reusable lunchbox scheme: CauliBox
Just Entrepreneurs
Meet Josephine Liang, co-founder of and CEO of CauliBox
Authority Magazine
Social impact tech: Josephine Liang of CauliBox on how their technology will make an important positive impact
Public Sector Catering
The truth about your environmental impact: suggestions to get staff to get onboard with organisations’ sustainability policies and net zero goals.
Management Today
Lessons from the leaders of the future.
Forbes
How To Embed Learning Into Your Organization
D&I Leaders
Why inclusive supply chains are a boost for business
Colby Magazine
From lunching to launching a startup: disrupting the urban food industry with CauliBox
BBC News
Feeling powerless? Here are some practical ways to help - Dare to Care Packages featured as one of theings to do to support people in need during the lockdown
Colby Magazine
Waste Not: Josephine Liang gives day-old food new value - and helps fund nutritious meals for London's school children