About Plan Be Eco
Our dream is a sustainable world where business and ecology go hand in hand, and one does not exclude the other. Plan Be Eco has the goal – to make as many businesses as possible climate-neutral. Although we don’t have the capes of superheroes, every day, with our work, we take one step to a net zero future.
Brief history
I have been involved in the start-up industry for 14 years. The first start-up I created was Evenea.pl. I took care of it for 10 years before my exit. Since 2015, I have been involved in impact activities – accelerators and competitions, including Chivas Venture, where we sought socially engaged start-ups.
While building and scaling Evenea.pl, I was observing all these impact entrepreneurs and thinking about how fantastic it is to do something for the world that is more than a beautifully written line of code. I was enthralled that values can also translate into results in the table.
That was the first impulse. The second came during the vacations in 2019. At that time, for the first time, there was a water shortage in Poland, or more precisely, in Skierniewice town. It moved me a lot. So I’ve decided to do something about it, do socially responsible business, and do my best to reduce the climate threat. I am not a heroine in a superhero cape, but I am a person of action, and when I do something, it is to bring change.
It is how Plan Be Eco was born.
Aga Maciejowska
CEO & Founder of Plan Be Eco
Purpose
To protect the planet and its inhabitants, we must take action to combat climate change. One of the ways is to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.
Mission
Taking care of our planet, we provide a compliant regulatory tool for companies that strive to be net zero.
Core values
Equality
Ambition
Responsibility
Teamwork
The key to the success of Plan Be Eco is a well-fit team. We share experience and knowledge, and one of the more common phrases is, “How can I help you with this”? We support each other. We take care of each other’s work-life balance.
Honesty
Meet the team
Aga Maciejowska
Described as a "serial entrepreneur" - built and scaled technology businesses for 14 years. Co-founder of the largest in Poland event ticketing platform Evenea.pl, exited in 2019. Launched the Founder Institute PL; Winner of the Central European Startup Award - the most influential woman in startups in Poland; TEDx speaker, jury member at the Chivas Venture competition, lecturer and mentor. She doesn't eat meat and drinks tap water. She'd rather be a zebra than a unicorn. Her daughter turns off the water because "the planet is going to capsize".
Joanna Maraszek
Energy engineer graduated from AGH in Krakow, completed master's studies in Sustainable Development at Warsaw University. Co-founder of Planet-A Foundation, Vice curator of the Global Shapers Warsaw Hub at the World Economic Forum. For 3 years actively supports women in technology as part of Perspektywy Women in Tech in Poland, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. 25 under 25 by Forbes 2021.
Anna Malicka
She worked in the banking sector for 17 years, providing customer service, selling banking products, and maintaining customer relationships. After those years, she set her sights on a change of industry and set her sights on impact startups. She learns programming, carefully segregates waste, and avoids plastic bottles. Anna is happy to be energy self-sufficient thanks to photovoltaic energy.
Agata Kukwa
Working in international B2B marketing & PR for digital and high-tech businesses for +12 years. Former co-founder of 150sec.com - an information service on business and new technologies - exited in 2017. Former economic expert at National Centre for Research and Development. Science journalist & public speaker. She is a big fan of circular economy, second hands and clothing from recycled materials.
Katarzyna Knycpel
She received her first text assignments while still in high school. 14+ years experience with copywriting, 9+ years with social media. She has worked as a salesperson, product manager, and researcher, but content creation is what she feels most comfortable with. She saves the planet by buying only second-hand, segregating waste perfectly, and making sure the houseguests turn off the lights.
Cezary Krawczyński
Cezary has over 10 years of experience in IT (at all levels: helpdesk, junior, senior, and management), a fan of "cloudformation" and cloud-native solutions and scrum. Cezary's current technology stack is NodeJS + TypeScript (formerly python, php) + DDD. Privately, a father of 3 kids, he loves science and popular science books in nuclear physics and quantum mechanics. In addition, he usually seeks relaxation during amateur fishing trips (catch&release) and table tennis training.
Paweł Rodziewicz
4+ years of coding experience. He worked for 3 years in tool correction and numerical control programming on CNC machines. He has experience in computer graphics and is currently a front-end developer. He has been a vegetarian for two years, finding the things he needs in second-hand and his dog friends in the animal shelter.
Justyna Wysocka-Golec
ESG advisor to over 100 organizations with more than 17 years of experience in sustainability, energy, and risk management; Cooperation with private and the public sector in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and India on Emission Trading Scheme and global climate change. She calculated GHG emissions for several hundred companies, dozens of cities and municipalities, several countries, and one United Nations. She is experimenting with permaculture agriculture on her vegetable farm. She is a prepper and a diver.
Awards
Poland ClimAccelerator Program Participants (ongoing)
Finalists & Audience Award
Most Interesting Startup BSS Forum & Outsourcing Stars
ESG Rising Stars
by PWC & RASP
2nd place in the Huawei Startup Challenge
Positive Impact Startup
by Kozmiski University
Join us!
We have a passionate, highly experienced team that has built several startups in different countries around the world.
