Engaging and enlightening interviews with women leaders on energy, climate, sustainability and corporate responsibility -- ESG, environment,social and governance issues. Business, policy and technology, money, the arts and careers. Topics include driving innovation, leadership, communications and career advice. Inspiration, trends and insights. Hosted and produced by Joan Michelson, acclaimed journalist, business leader, coach and speaker, based in Washington, DC.
Electric Ladies Podcast
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Engaging and enlightening interviews with women leaders on energy, climate, sustainability and corporate responsibility -- ESG, environment,social and governance issues. Business, policy and technology, money, the arts and careers. Topics include driving innovation, leadership, communications and career advice. Inspiration, trends and insights. Hosted and produced by Joan Michelson, acclaimed journalist, business leader, coach and speaker, based in Washington, DC.
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July 21, 2026
Plastic Bottles & Summer Vacations – Ann Marie (Canela) Chock, Head of Niagara Cares, the Philanthropic Arm of Niagara Water, America's Largest Water Bottler
<h2><span lang="EN-GB" style= "font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">Plastic Bottles & Summer Vacations – Ann Marie (Canela) Chock, Head of Niagara Cares, the Philanthropic Arm of Niagara Water, America's Largest Water Bottler</span></h2> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;" xml:lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 4.0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang="EN-GB">"</span><span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">We were the first to lightweight our bottles. So, if you think about a typical bottle of soda, it's about 27 grams of plastic. Our bottles, this year, I think they're coming in at 6.6 grams …We've created label-less bottles so they're easier to recycle. …We're now running lines that are entirely recycled content. So we are very committed to creating bottles that that do not harm the planet, and also that allow for the most circular of products while we also think about what the bottle of the future might look like." Ann Marie (Canela)</span> <span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">Chock</span> <span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">on Electric Ladies Podcast</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 4.0pt;"><span style= "font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">Summer vacations tend to include a lot of plastic bottles - at the beach, in the car, at the airport. In 2025, people consumed an astonishing 500+ billion plastic bottles. That's about</span><span style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;">1 million plastic bottles per minute!</span> <span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">Drinking water is good for you, but how do we deal with all that plastic? What's the responsibility of the bottling company for all that plastic?</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB"> </span></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">Listen</span></strong> <span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB"><strong>to Ann Marie (Canela) Chock, Head of Niagara Cares and Director of Corporate Giving at Niagara Water</strong> in this fascinating and candid conversation with Electric Ladies Podcast host Joan Michelson. (Note: This was recorded before she got married and changed her name to Chock.)</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;" xml:lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">You'll hear about:</span></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style= "font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-feature-settings: normal;"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">How bottled water gets to your local market,</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style= "font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-feature-settings: normal;"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">How Niagara Water dramatically reduced the plastic content of its bottles and is taking steps to improve recycling.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style= "font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-feature-settings: normal;"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">Where corporate philanthropy is focused at this tumultuous moment when so many government grants were abruptly cancelled.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style= "font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-feature-settings: normal;"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">Plus, career advice, such as:</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;" xml:lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 4.0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang="EN-GB">"</span><span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">I think the best thing you can do is define you first….what your values are at this time, and have been for probably since you were a child. And some definition to what your purpose is in the world….The second one I think is.…I would just encourage, especially midcareer women to think, 'what if the things that were right for you, you knew they were right for you because they were easy, not hard?' Because they came to you in a way that felt aligned versus you're scrapping and fighting for them.…Hard work is a core of success, but it's not the only way to get</span></span> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">there.…So what if we considered things that came to us and were at our feet as the right path for us to go down?"</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 4.0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">Ann Canela on Electric Ladies Podcast</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-right: -394.0pt; line-height: 139%; background: white;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 139%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB"> </span></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span lang= "EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">Subscribe to our </span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><a href= "https://electricladiespodcast.com/contact-us/"><span style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif; color: windowtext;">newsletter</span></a></span></strong> <span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">to receive our podcasts, blog, events and special coaching offers.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">You'll also like:</span></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style= "text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><span style= "font-size: 12pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol;" xml:lang= "EN-GB"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style= "font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-feature-settings: normal;"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><a href= "https://electricladiespodcast.com/2021/11/09/helping-communities-recycle-more-keefe-harrison-the-recycling-partnership/"><strong><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;">Helping Communities Recycle More</span></strong></a></span><span lang= "EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">: Keefe Harrison, President of The Recycling Partnership</span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style= "text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><span style= "font-size: 12pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol;" xml:lang= "EN-GB"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style= "font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-feature-settings: normal;"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><a href= "https://electricladiespodcast.com/2021/11/18/america-recycles-day-emily-tipaldo-u-s-plastics-pact/"><strong><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;">America Recycles Day</span></strong></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">: Emily Tipaldo, U.S. Plastics Pact</span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style= "text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><span style= "font-size: 12pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol;" xml:lang= "EN-GB"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style= "font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-feature-settings: normal;"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><a href= "https://electricladiespodcast.com/2023/01/24/solutions-to-our-waste-problem-melissa-modica-waste-harmonica/"><strong><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;">Solutions to Our Waste Problem</span></strong></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang="EN-GB">: Melissa Modica, Waste Harmonics</span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style= "text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><span style= "font-size: 12pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol;" xml:lang= "EN-GB"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style= "font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-feature-settings: normal;"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Movies & Television Productions: Emellie O'Brien, President of Earth Angel – who is taking a lot more than plastic bottles out of movie productions.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style= "text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><span style= "font-size: 12pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol;" xml:lang= "EN-GB"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style= "font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-feature-settings: normal;"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><a href= "https://electricladiespodcast.com/2025/06/19/business-leaders-bridging-the-climate-gap-voices-from-the-earth-day-womens-summit/"><strong><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;">Business Leaders Bridging The Gap</span></strong></a></span> <span lang= "EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">– Women business leaders from The Earth Day Women's Summit on the unique role of business in addressing the climate crisis.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span lang= "EN-GB" style= "line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos', sans-serif;" xml:lang= "EN-GB">Subscribe to our </span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang= "EN-GB"><a href= "https://electricladiespodcast.com/contact-us/"><span style= "line-height: 115%; 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Get Out of Your Comfort Zone - Career Advice From 5 Women At The Top Of Their Game
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