OLIO
Careers at OLIO
OLIO is the world’s only neighbour-to-neighbour food sharing app, and our mission is to solve the problem of food waste in the home & local community, at scale. We do this by connecting anyone with spare food – which can be households or food businesses – with neighbours living nearby who would like it. Globally, over one third of all the food we produce gets thrown away, which is worth over $1 trillion; and in a country like the UK half of all food waste takes place in the home. OLIO solves this problem with our award-winning mobile & web app.
Over the past 7 years OLIO has grown from a local initiative in North London to a global movement. We now have just under 6 million users who have given away over 50 million portions of food, in 63 countries. OLIOers have also given away 5 million household items in our non-food section.
Underpinning OLIO’s incredible growth has been our volunteer programme, with over 75,000 people reaching out to spread the word about OLIO in their local community. We also work with over 4,500 business locations across the UK via our Food Waste Heroes Programme to enable them to have zero food waste locations.
We have a bold ambition to have 1 billion OLIOers by 2030, given that reducing food waste has been identified by Project Drawdown as the #1 most important thing humanity can do to mitigate the worst effects of the climate crisis. Our work has been widely recognized, most notably by the United Nations who highlighted OLIO as a "beacon” for the world, and by Vivatech who awarded OLIO "Next European Unicorn".
https://olioex.com/about/our-impact/
Escape's take on OLIO
We throw away millions of tonnes of food across the world every year, more than enough to feed the world, and yet that food never makes it to the hungry mouths. Olio are on a mission to change that, using technology to facilitate the sharing of food that would otherwise go to waste with others in your local communities. So far they've helped more than 9 million portions of food to be shared among neighbours, saving the planet the equivalent of more than 28 million car miles.Their eco credentials are sound, achieving one of the highest planet scores of any organisation that we reviewed as part of the Escape 100 campaign in 2021. But they don't just make the planet healthier, but the people who make up their ambitious team too. They received one of the highest 'people' scores of the campaign too, facilitating great work-life balance, focusing on inclusion and diversity in their team, and building an organisation where anyone's ideas are considered and valued. If you're looking for a remote gig with an incredible organisation, look no further!
Stats we are proud of
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5.8m
Signed up OLIO users
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76k
OLIO volunteer Ambassadors and Food Waste Heroes!
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50m
Portions of food shared
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146m
Car miles saved
Behind the scenes
Benefits & progressive ways of working
Flexible working
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Working hours
Flex hours -
Nomad friendly
Remote - Anywhere