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Rob Davenport is the founder and CEO of the TaKe Group, an eco-minded enterprise creating Japanese-inspired household products and kitchenware using renewable and sustainable bamboo from its own farms and factories. He spoke to Andrew Sun. As a child, I grew up in a green area in Cheshire, outside Manchester [in northwest England]. We had an allotment, growing all sorts of vegetables. It was a working-class upbringing and it put me close to the land. We preserved things, made jam and pickled beetroot. It also made me understand where things come from and their carbon impact. For me a splurge...
