How Burton Snowboards is Shaping the Future of Sustainable Packaging
About this episode
Cory Connors discusses sustainable packaging with Mitch Rovito from Burton Snowboards, exploring the company's culture and legacy.
In this episode, Cory Connors reconnects with his friend Mitch Rovito from Burton Snowboards following a tour of Burton's Vermont facility. Mitch shares his unique origin story — writing a mock cover letter to Burton as an 18-year-old packaging student at RIT — and how that dream became reality. The conversation explores Burton's deep-rooted culture of curiosity and sustainability under founder Jake Burton's legacy and current owner Donna Carpenter, the organic partnership between Burton and ...
People in this episode
Host: Cory Connors
Guest: Mitch Rovito
Topics covered
- sustainable packaging
- business culture
- entrepreneurship
- packaging design
- environmental sustainability
Keywords
- sustainable packaging
- Burton Snowboards
- Mitch Rovito
- Jake Burton
- Donna Carpenter
- packaging student
- RIT
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Burton Snowboards, RIT
Places: Vermont
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