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Simon Griffiths

About

Simon Griffiths is an engineer and economist turned social entrepreneur. His latest venture is an ethical home products company. Its flagship product is Who Gives A Crap, an environmentally friendly toilet paper that uses 50% of its profits to build toilets in the developing world. He is also well known for his work as co-founder of Shebeen, Australia’s first non-profit bar.

Simon’s work has been written up by The Standford Social Innovation Review and the New York Times. In 2010 he became Australia’s first Fellow of The Unreasonable Institute, in 2011 he was recognised by the Age’s Melbourne Magazine as one of Melbourne’s Top 100 Most Influential People, and in 2013 he was shortlisted for Young Australian of the Year.

Past Events

On Water: Eight Speakers. Eight Stories.

Helen Doyle, Michael Mackenzie, Helen Szoke, Simon Griffiths, Yasmin Newman, Chris Ying, Matthew Mitcham, Michael Cathcart, Genevieve Grieves

Past event

11 Mar

Lunchbox / Soapbox

Simon Griffiths: On Giving a Crap

Simon Griffiths

Past event

24 Jul
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