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Anna Murphy is a freelance consultant who supports companies to establish a systems-based approach to sustainability, ensuring their strengths are utilised and equity is achieved. She uses the Future-Fit Business Benchmark methodology to achieve sustainability goals for her clients.

James Close is the Head of Climate Change at NatWest - the principal partner and sponsor of COP 26. James talks about the purpose-led strategy implemented by NatWest to ensure their practices and services are sustainable. He also talks about the leadership role that the financial sector is taking to tackle climate change, the importance of international collaboration, and the success of taking a top-down approach to sustainability.

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We are thrilled to be interviewing Peter Elbourne, Managing Director of Supply & Operations at SHORE The Scottish Company. They aim to be the UK’s leading seaweed company. They hand harvest organic seaweed from the remote and rugged shores of northern Scotland. Sustainability is central to what they do. No-one else offers their range of organic seaweed at wholesale scale in the UK. To achieve volume sales, they have developed a range of seaweed-based products to sell into retail under our brand SHORE – the first of which is their Seaweed Puffs. Seaweed is the star ingredient, but their healthy snacking products also deliver on taste. In the coming years we want to expand our harvesting operations and introduce cultivation for key commercial species. They will also diversify beyond food into new markets for seaweed.

Isabel Aagaard is a co-founder and designer of LastObject. When she and her team discovered the harmful effects of single-use cotton swabs on the environment, they started working on a solution to fix it. They design innovative solutions to wasteful habits that make a lasting positive impact and have already launched four products that replace single-use cotton rounds, tissues, and face masks. 

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Carolina Miranda is the founder and CEO of Cultivating Capital, a certified B Corp since 2012. Their purpose is to help make the world a better place by helping businesses to operate in ways that are more socially and environmentally beneficial.  

As London Fashion Week comes to an end, we are unpacking the fashion industry and its poor reputation when it comes to its carbon impact. In this episode, we are joined by Alicia Thew, Climate Analysis Manager, and in-house expert on all things sustainable fashion. Alicia has worked with multiple organisations in the fashion industry, helping them to decarbonise their supply chains and product practices.  

Highlights:  

• Alicia discusses just how big an impact the fashion industry is having on our planet, with the fashion industry being responsible for 10% of global emissions.  
• Alicia talks about companies that have acted already to reduce their carbon footprint, such as Levi Strauss and H&M, who have estimated that around 20% of their total carbon footprints actually down to the consumer use and the disposal of clothing. 
• She discusses tackling the mindset of consumers when it comes to our relationships with clothing, and normalising the reuse, repurposing, and refurbishing fashion garments.  
• A company’s own operations are usually where they have the most control over what can be measured and changed to reduce environmental impact.  
• Alicia talks about the importance of getting suppliers and distributors involved in the sustainability journey as they are a huge part of a fashion organisation’s scope 3 emissions.  
• Decarbonisation of the supply chain is the only real way to tackle the carbon footprint of the industry, with carbon offsetting acting as a quick fix that is not scientifically proven.  
• Alicia talks about Science-based Targets and the benefits of setting them within the fashion industry.  

Resources: 

Fashion Declares: Fashion Declares | Home (fashion-declares.org) 

Energy Saving Trust: Energy Saving Trust 

McKinsey: fashion-on-climate-full-report.pdf (mckinsey.com)  

Smart Freight Centre: Smart Freight Centre  

Science Based Targets initiative: Ambitious corporate climate action - Science Based Targets  

To start our new podcast we thought it would be helpful for you to understand a bit more about Green Element so Charlie stepped in to do this interview. 

Green Element was founded by Will Richardson in 2004 with a mission - to change the world. 

14 years later Green Element is growing and making an impact. Will talks about why he founded the company, why we decided to start this podcast and how Green Element embeds sustainability into it's operations. 

To read some of our customer success stories please click here.

We've got case studies, videos, testimonials and lots of great statistics to show you the many benefits of embedding environmental and sustainable practices into your own business. 

You can also go to our website to read our own Environmental Policy - click here to read it now.

Two of the most pressing concerns of our generation are housing and the climate crisis. In the UK in particular, the housing stock is in desperate need of modernisation and improved insulation. But this problem isn’t limited to the UK; we need affordable housing that is better for the environment and more affordable to run. But how do we get there?

Today we are joined by two guests who are taking very different approaches to sustainable housing. Carl Gish is from Aro Homes, a US startup looking to replace existing dilapidated housing stock with new energy-efficient homes built off-site to Passivhaus standards. Marion Baeli is an architect, author, and board director of UK Passivhaus Trust. She has written about residential retrofits, and as a partner of Studio PDP, she worked on Princedale Road, the first Victorian residential retrofit in the UK to be certified in the Passivhaus Standard.

Highlights:

Retrofitting existing homes vs. creating new sustainable homes

· Marion explains how retrofitting existing homes addresses inefficiency, reduces energy demand, and supports the transition away from fossil fuels.

· Carl highlights the benefits of building new sustainable homes, including eliminating constraints associated with retrofitting.

· Carl emphasises the importance of constructing environmentally sound homes, given that around 23% of global carbon emissions come from single-family homes.

The net-zero challenge: balancing energy and emissions

· Achieving net-zero status for homes involves reducing embodied carbon, improving energy efficiency, and harnessing renewable energy sources.

· Both guests discuss the need for a unified approach to net-zero construction.

Cost considerations: retrofit vs. new construction

· Carl highlights how new constriction can offer efficiency advantages and cost savings.

· Marion discusses how step-by-step retrofitting is an option to spread costs over time and align with budgets.

· Marion emphasises the need for government policies and financial incentives to drive retrofitting initiatives on a larger scale.

Behavioural barriers and new technology

· Both guests highlight the importance of addressing behaviour as a barrier to retrofitting and the need to motivate homeowners to undergo disruptive home improvements.

· Carl introduces the concept of hydraloop technology, which recycles water in homes to reduce water wastage.

Resources: Passivhaus Standard Aro Homes Studio PDP Princedale Road; first Victorian residential retrofit in the UK Climate Change Committee Hydraloop Technology

In this episode, we discuss what businesses that belong to the financial sector can do to limit their emissions to ensure global heating does not exceed 1.5C. In this episode, we feature Grant Thornton – the first accountancy firm in the world to set Science Based Targets – as a case study to demonstrate what can be achieved. Karen Higgens, their Head of Sustainability, talks us through their journey, highlights their successes and advises how they overcame their challenges as an organisation. Also featured in this episode is our in-house expert and climate strategist, Emma Littlewood, who shares her insider knowledge and includes a number of valuable signposts to help organisations get started on their sustainability journey with confidence and integrity.

Australia is at the forefront of the climate change movement, facing the need to protect its biosecurity, enhance climate resilience, and overcome geographic isolation. Over the past five years Australia has made significant strides towards sustainability, particularly through its commitment to partnering with the private sector. Together, they aim to design out waste and pollution, promote material reuse, and work towards supporting the circular economy by 2023.

Join us in this month’s episode of our podcast as we delve into Australia’s role in tackling climate change and its unique sustainability challenges. Our special guests Dr. Mary Stewart and Arvind Sharma are renowned sustainability experts in Australia, bringing their valuable insights to the conversation. Dr. Mary Stewart is the CEO of Energetics, Australia’s leading specialist consultancy in energy and carbon management, and Arvind Sharma is the Executive Director and ESG and Sustainability Lead for Rennie Advisory. This episode of the Sustainability Solved Podcast is sponsored by Good Citizens.

Good Citizens is an eyewear brand like no other. Born to untrash the planet of single-use plastic. Good Citizens turns a discarded single-use plastic bottle into a pair of 100% recycled frames. It took them 752 days & 2500+ failed attempts to perfect the first pair of sunglasses. Even more unique, the modular system means you can repair each part in seconds. So, if your dog munches on them, it’s all fixable.

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Highlights: - Mary emphasises the vast potential of the circular economy in Australia, with a focus on resource recovery, utilising recycled materials, effective waste management, and transitioning to renewable energy resources.

- Australia’s distinct location and vulnerability to climate change posts unique sustainability challenges, coupled with the fragility of ecosystems that support its natural biodiversity. - Arvind sheds light on Australia’s revised sustainability targets under the Paris Agreement; it is evident that Australia is currently falling short of aligning with the 1.5°C pathway outlined by the IPCC.

- Mary and Arvind delve into how Australia has responded to the significant rise in electricity prices, with many companies opting for Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) to manage

their energy price risks.

- We explore the sustainability skills gap as a significant barrier hindering the accelerated implementation of sustainability goals in Australia.

- Through their expertise, Mary and Arvind shed light on how Australia’s experiences can serve as valuable lessons for the rest of the world. They emphasise the importance of not blindly following others but instead tailoring sustainability approaches to fit specific countries.

- Australia has made impressive progress in embracing new energy sources and the rapid pace at which investments have been made; something the rest of the world can look to for inspiration.

Resources: Energetics Rennie Advisory Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) The Paris Agreement Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) Australia Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) A Short Guide to the Circular Economy

Mike Barry is a Sustainability Freelance Expert with nearly 20 years of experience as Head of Sustainability in Marks & Spencer. Sustainability insights, interesting and practical business examples, and tons of positivism. All in one podcast that will keep your attention from beginning to end. 

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Steve Malkin is the founder of Planet Mark, a sustainability certification which recognises continuous improvements, encourages action, and builds an empowered community of like-minded individuals.

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Kate Strong is the world champion triathlete, entrepreneur, coach and sustainability business consultant on a mission to inspire and empower people to be the step up and realise their full potential.

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This month on the Sustainability Solved Podcast, our hosts Will Richardson and Charlie Luxton delve into the world of sustainable brewing. Joining them from Berlin is Roland Pahl-Dobrick, the Beer Market Manager from Pall Filtration, to shed light on the intricacies and challenges of sustainability in brewing.

Brewing Process and Impact:

-       Unlike wine filtration, beer filtration faces unique challenges due to its scale, volume, and sensitivity as a product.

-       The conversation highlights the staggering waste generated by filtration processes in the brewing industry, estimated to reach tens of millions of tonnes.

-       Traditional beer filtration using Diatomaceous Earth (DE), a fossilised algae, produces substantial waste, rendering it unfit for recycling or reuse, particularly problematic for large breweries.

Sustainability Challenges and Progress in Brewing:

-       Roland discusses the industry’s movement away from DE filtration toward membrane-based filtration, which significantly curbs waste production by over 90%, leading to substantial water savings and reductions in carbon footprint.

-       Advancements in brewing technology have notably slashed water usage by up to 80% from previous decades.

Future of Sustainable Brewing:

-       Brewing companies are increasingly adopting robust sustainability programmes aimed at minimising waste, enhancing operational efficiency, and prioritising environmentally friendly production processes.

-       Consumer preferences, particular amongst the younger demographic, are driving companies to embrace eco-friendly technologies, aligning with evolving market demands.

-       Roland explains how attention is also being directed toward addressing the environmental impact of packaging, including efforts to lightweight materials, explore reusable packaging options, and consider more sustainable transportation methods.

This episode of Sustainability Solved is sponsored by Business Declares, a not-for-profit business network who inspire, encourage, and accelerate action within businesses to address the climate, ecological, and social emergency.

They are an active network of 100+ businesses who back our commitments to reach net-zero, restore and protect nature, and advocate for regulatory change.

Join Business Declares as a member to get help accelerating your action on net-zero targets and on nature targets for your business from the network. Find out more here: Business Declares

In this episode, we meet a few of the fellow B Corps. 

Certified B Corps are a new kind of businesses purpose and profit.

Highlights

• Why become a B Corp
• What it means to join the B Corp movement
• How to be more sustainable
• Why we need to be more sustainable
• Taking the B Corp impact assessment
• Looking beyond the horizon and longer term

Useful links:

DoNation

WholeGrain Digital

Ossa Organic

Red Inc

Time Stamp:

[00:20] What is the B Corp  

[01:00] Ossa Organic being a B Corp

[05:00] DoNation on helping companies become more sustainable

[09:30] How to be more sustainable?

[10:30] Adam Huttly of Red Inc

[13:20] Tom Greenwood of Wholegrain Digital

[16:30] Conclusion

AdGreen exists to support the advertising industry’s transition to environmentally sustainable production methods; working in collaboration with trade bodies and other industry organisations to accelerate the adoption of best practice.

Highlights

• Making production sets more sustainable
• Reducing production waste
• Challenge of lack of benchmark and measure
• Jo Coombes career in advertising
• Working with brands, agencies and production companies
• Why #greenproduction can't be left with showrunners

Useful links:

AdGreen - https://www.adgreen-apa.net/

AdGreen Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/AdGreenAPA/

AdGreen Twitter - https://twitter.com/AdGreenAPA

Jo Coombes Linkedin - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jocoombes 

Albert - http://wearealbert.org/

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Mark Michaux Brown is an executive coach and author of “The Outward Bound Lessons - To Live A Life Of Leadership”

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Tara Button is the founder of BuyMeOnce, which is on a mission to change the way the world shop forever.

The BuyMeOnce team find the longest lasting and most sustainable products on the planet and do all the research so shoppers don't have to. It started as a small passion project but soon went viral. It’s now had over 3 million visitors.

There are now also over 2000 products on the site. Some of the highlights include: Socks with lifetime guaranteePans with a multi-CENTUARY warrantyA football that never deflatesA pen that never runs out of inkAnd sustainable clothing brands committed to fixing their clothes for life.

Tara has now written a book, A life Less Throwaway, which explains the philosophy behind BuyMeOnce. About how buying once and buying well is the secret to a calm mind, clean planet and a permanently uncluttered home.

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We are thrilled to be interviewing Anne Pleun van Eijsden from Paper on the Rocks. She started Paper on the Rocks in late 2015. After studying International Law, a bachelor in History and minor in Chinese she worked as an e-commerce marketeer. But from a young age she felt that she wanted to make a difference by becoming an entrepreneur who was 'doing good'. Then she encountered stonepaper. A beautiful alternative to traditional pulp paper. Almost overnight she started Paper on the Rocks - without a plan but with a very solid belief in the need for change. Now Paper on the Rocks is an internationally operating stationery business, we are a certified B Corporation and provide notebooks made from scaleable paper alternatives - such as our Rockbooks from stonepaper and our soon to launch Leafbooks from agricultural waste - to the B2B and B2C market.

We are delighted to be joined by Adam Huttly who is the founder of Red-Inc. Company. Red Inc. is a B Corp certified company and is an office supplies re-seller. Adam founded his company in 2008 based on three principles which are cost, environmental impact, and reducing human effort.

Today, we are glad to be joined by Richard Fuller, the managing Director at County Battery Services Ltd. It’s a company that was founded by his father in 1974. They deal with different types of batteries that is for cars, alarms, battery-operated toys, cordless phones and digital cameras. The batteries are both rechargeable and non-rechargeable.

Good Citizen turns single-use bottles into eyewear. They make 100% recycled sunglasses where each sunglasses is made from one recycled plastic bottle. Good Citizen is a father and sons team on a mission. We speak with Nik Robinson who set up the business with his two kids aged 6 and 8.

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We talk to Dominic Winter from Protect Our Winters UK(POW), who inspires and equips UK based outdoor communities to take positive action to address the climate crisis and to accelerate the transition to a carbon-neutral society.

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Javed Khattak is the CEO of Zisk Properties a property crowdfunding platform to make property investments more accessible to everyone.

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In this episode, Andrew Griffiths, co-founder of the Carbon Accounting Alliance, sheds light on the Alliance’s mission to tackle sustainability challenges through collaboration. Backed by over 100 organisations and businesses, including Green Element and Compare Your Footprint, Andrew explains the Alliance's focus on promoting best practices and robust standards.

Interested businesses can easily join the Carbon Accounting Alliance by filling out a quick form. The process is open and accessible, aiming to create a supportive community without any current costs involved.

Highlights:

Carbon Accounting 101:

·     Andrew simplifies carbon accounting, likening it to financial accounting – but with carbon instead of money! He explains the process of measuring carbon, the significance of carbon factors, and provides insights into achieving net-zero.

·     Andrew discusses the Alliance’s primary objectives including policy alignment, standards, technical coherence, and communications to drive positive change.

·     As of last month, the Carbon Accounting Alliance had measured a staggering 587,000,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent and reported 6,000,000 tonnes of reductions.

Challenges and Solutions for Carbon Accounting:

• Andrew delves into data collection as a barrier for organisations looking to manage their carbon footprint. He discusses governmental policy recommendations and initiatives like Project Perseus for seamless and automated data gathering.
• The UK government has shown genuine interest in the Alliance’s proposals, signalling a potential bridge between business-led action and policy change.
• The Carbon Accounting Alliance plans to streamline data collection, analysis, and assurance using technologies like open banking but for carbon data.

Collaboration is Key:

• Andrew drives home the importance of collaboration in the industry and creating a safe space for professionals to connect, collaborate, and share experiences openly.
• For the Carbon Accounting Alliance, success in the next 12 months relies on collaboration, influencing policy makers, and engaging with standards like ISO and net-zero guidelines to drive change.

This episode of Sustainability Solved is sponsored by Business Declares, a not-for-profit business network who inspire, encourage, and accelerate action within businesses to address the climate, ecological, and social emergency. 

They are an active network of 100+ businesses who back our commitments to reach net-zero, restore and protect nature, and advocate for regulatory change. 

Join Business Declares as a member to get help accelerating your action on net-zero targets and on nature targets for your business from the network. Find out more here: Business Declares 

Camilla is the Founder of Ouroboros, an online global consultant supporting CEOs and Executives to develop their companies in a sustainable direction towards a circular economy. 

Based in Copenhagen and Oslo their goal is to help 1,000,000 companies in the transition towards a more profitable and resilient business model with integrated sustainability.

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Chris DeArmitt is a scientist considered one of the top plastic material experts in the world. He has worked as a problem-solver for many big corporations such as Apple, HP, Exxon, P&G, and Disney, among others. A deep understanding of materials combined with high creativity allows Chris to solve tough challenges.

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Cotswold Fayre is a wholesaler of artists on food and drinks who buys lots of nice food and drink products from producers all over, mainly the UK but also from outside. They sell those products to independent retailers in the UK, such as farm shops, delis, food halls, convenience stores, department stores, as well as some larger grocers. They are the connection point between small producers and small retailers, which are vital parts of the community.

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This episode focuses on what being a B Corp means, what makes the B Corp certification a unique standard, and how becoming a certified B Corp transforms businesses’ operations to do better for people and the planet.

March is B Corp month, and we are celebrating it by bringing back some of our greatest podcasts featuring B Corp certified businesses and their inspiring journeys: James Thornton from Intrepid Travel; Karli Hiscock from Bates Well; and Carolina Miranda CEO of Cultivating Capital.

Highlights

• Intrepid Travel offers sustainable travel experiences for its customers, an exemplary example of how businesses can balance purpose and profit.
• Intrepid went through a three-year journey to become a B Corp, in which they assessed the way they interacted with customers, the impact they had on the environment, and their relationships with shareholders.
• James highlights how B Corp helped Intrepid address their supplier issues and the lack of diversity within their organisation.
• “We’ve certainly found that the B Corp certification helps provide a point of distinction” - James Thornton.
• Bates Well was founded in 1970 with a set of core principles which had a clear purpose: “doing good for people”. They have always been a purpose-driven business but becoming a B Corp in 2015 hugely impacted their day-to-day operations.
• Through the B Corp certification, they have been driving staff and client engagement and improving their culture’s synergy.
• Carolina helps businesses to operate in ways that are more socially and environmentally sustainable, particularly for small businesses that want to make a difference.
• The most common issue that SMEs come across when embedding sustainability is the lack of support from management.
• Consumers are recognising what the B Corp certification means, and actively looking to do businesses with organisations who are more socially and environmentally sustainable. This is a big incentive for companies to become a B Corp and improve their social and environmental impact.

We are thrilled to be interviewing Joel Solomon from Renewal Funds. Want to understand what a serial impact investor sounds like, what should you look for? How do you know they want the same as you? Listen to this episode and understand more about investment. Joel Solomon is a Founding Partner of Renewal Funds, Canada's largest mission venture capital firm, at $98m assets under management. Investing in Organics and EnviroTech in Canada and the USA, Renewal Funds is GIIRS-rated, a founding Canadian B Corp (5x “Best for the World”), a “1% for the Planet” member, recognized as ImpactAssets “Top 50 impact fund managers.”

Christian Arno is the founder of Pawprint, an online tool to help you measure, understand, and reduce your carbon footprint. Their purpose is to mainstream consumers who care about doing their bit to do with climate change, to have a vehicle to make change personally, at work, and beyond.

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Dr Sri Ram and Smruti Sriram are the founder and CEO, respectively, of Bag of Ethics, a manufacturing company based in London with its manufacturing hub based is in South India. They make eco-packaging, predominantly made from sustainable products, which are cotton, canvas hessian. Their main objective is to change the way people use packaging.

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In this episode, we interview Tom Gould, the Research Director and Head of Consumer at Impact Research. Impact Research work with their clients to understand what they're trying to find out and create research studies to improve their services for customers.

E189 Shownotes: The Football Sustainability Index  

In this episode, we delve into the transformative world of football sustainability.  

We explore the Football Sustainability Index, a groundbreaking initiative assessing clubs on their environmental impact, equality standards, financial sustainability, and community engagement.  

Joining us is Niall Couper from Fair Game, a volunteer-driven organisation dedicated to transforming the governance of football to ensure the sport contributes positively to its communities and operates sustainable. This episode uncovers the current challenges and vision for football’s sustainable future. 

What is the Football Sustainability Index? 

• The index assesses football clubs on environmental impact, equality standards, financial sustainability, and community engagement.  
• Football clubs are not just teams. They are community hubs offering services like dementia groups, walking football, food banks, and environmental programs. 

Current Challenges in Football: 

• The football culture often prioritises short-term gains through high player wages over long-term community investments. 
• The Premier League generates £3.19 billion annually, with most funds directed towards player wages, leaving minimal support for lower league clubs. 
• Example: For every £1,000 a Premier League club earns, only 15 pence goes to lower league clubs. Increasing this to £22 would greatly enhance community services. 

Long-Term Vision for Football: 

• Encouraging clubs to adopt long-term thinking can strengthen community ties and create a more sustainable football ecosystem. 
• Clubs like AFC Wimbledon and Lincoln City exemplify how a long-term approach can yield both social and financial benefits. 

Regulatory Framework and Financial Instability: 

• The football governance bill proposes an independent regulator to oversee financial distributions and ensure clubs meet sustainability criteria. 
• Since 2000, 64 clubs have gone into administration, with 58% of clubs in the top four divisions being technically insolvent. 

ESG and Equal Pay in Football: 

• Niall highlights Dale Vince’s Green Code initiative promoting sustainability in football. Will discusses the holistic approach, including veganism, at Forest Green Rovers. 
• Niall suggests rewarding clubs adhering to sustainable practices to drive cultural change. 
• Niall emphasises the need for financial incentives for clubs excelling in sustainability and advocates integrating the Green Code into a broader sustainability index. 
• Niall covers Scopes 1, 2, and 3 emissions tracking and the importance of long-term thinking in football management. 
• The podcast concludes by discussing Fair Game’s efforts to create an index for clubs based on sustainability, social impact, and financial stability. 

Resources: 

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Sian Conway is an ethical marketer working on behalf of Mother earth. Ethical Hour works with impact entrepreneurs on marketing strategies to grow their income and impact.

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Melanie Blackmore is the Managing Director of Blackmores – an award-winning consultancy firm which implements and maintains management systems for clients ranging from SME’s to blue chip organisations.

Melanie has been involved with the creation, development and implementation of British and International standards for over 18 years.

Blackmores rapidly grew to be an award winning, leading provider of consultancy services, specialising in environmental, quality and risk standards and offering expertise on the widest range of standards in Europe. She is now set to launch a game-changing innovation in her field, called the isology hub, which is a membership-based platform that companies or individuals can use to get a comprehensive, step-by-step understanding of how to become ISO certified and create world class systems for success.

Melanie is also the host of her own podcast, the ISO show!

Episode three of Target 1.5C offers advice, support and signposts to organisations within the food and beverage industry. The advice and information contained in this episode is to empower organisations with the knowledge and know-how to play their part in limiting global heating to 1.5C. This podcast features an insightful case study from Louisa Ziane, the founder of Toast Ale; an award-winning and environmentally sustainable brewery. Louisa shares the key lessons from their journey and successes to inspire and support those wishing to make their own business more environmentally sustainable. Our industry expert and strategist, Emma Littlewood, shares her experience as an environmental consultant who has worked with many organisations the food & beverage sector. She offers guidance to those looking to improve their sustainability credentials in this sector.

Holidays in 2023 – should you go eco-friendly?

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According to research by booking.com, 42% of people said that recent news about climate change had influenced them to make more sustainable travel choices. More than half (57%) said they wanted to travel more sustainably in the next 12 months!

In this episode of 'Sustainability Solved', we're discussing eco-friendly holidays and how to travel more responsibly. Our guests Maudie Tomlinson from The Conscious Travel Foundation and writer and journalist Holly Tuppen explain what sustainable travel looks like, and how to make informed decisions when booking your next holiday.

Highlights:

·      The Conscious Travel Foundation is a global community, initially set up by a group of industry friends during the covid-19 pandemic, uniting members of the travel industry the impact of tourism on the world.

·      Holly was inspired to write about sustainable travel after travelling around the world using slower and more environmentally friendly modes of transport such as trains, sailing, or cycling. As a result, she experienced and saw a lot more than if she had gone by plane!

·      Holly highlights that tourism can play a huge role in financing conservation efforts and nature restoration; she worked for an organisation called The Long Run who works with over 40 different lodges and travel experiences around the world to protect 23 million acres of ecosystems.

·      Maudie discusses if being more sustainable means higher costs for businesses; she highlights that reducing your organisation’s carbon footprint will save you money in the long run.

·      Holly’s book Sustainable Travel provides an array of advice for travellers looking to be more environmentally-friendly and how to make informed choices when booking a holiday.

·      The more people ask questions about sustainable travel and have this as a priority when booking a holiday, the more travel organisations will be likely to take action.

·      Holly addresses that a lot of businesses are nervous to start their sustainability journey in fear of not doing it 100% correctly and getting caught up in greenwashing claims.

·      Maudie and Holly tell us of their own eco-friendly travel plans for 2023 and give some fantastic suggestions for solo and family holidays!

Resources:

The Conscious Travel Foundation

Booking.com sustainable travel research

Green Traveller

Sustainability Hospitality Alliance

The Long Run

Holly’s book Sustainable Travel

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This is a great episode about a phenomenal and inspiring lady that set up ‘networking’ and ‘communications’ solution that helps us increase awareness and reduce the environmental impact within organisations. Hermione Taylor is founder of Do Nation, an online platform designed to help people form healthy, environmentally friendly habits. Through Do Nation, she’s worked with over 100 organisations, from Nando’s to Network Rail, Ella’s Kitchen to Edinburgh University, helping to engage their employees in sustainability. Do Nation was born out of Hermione's non-profit project whereby individuals can raise support for marathons, cycle rides, or even weddings in the form of action instead of cash. Instead of donating £5, supporters pledge to try out a new carbon-saving action – e.g. cycle to work, use less plastic, or avoid unsustainable palm oil.

Martin Rich is the cofounder of Future-Fit Business, a UK based charity, whose vision is the creation of a future-fit society. What do they mean by that? A society that protects the possibility that humans and other life will flourish on earth forever by being environmentally restorative, socially just, and economically inclusive. How do they achieve that? The objective of future Fit is to produce free to use open source tools that help businesses to become truly sustainable.

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We are thrilled to be interviewing Anne Charlotte Mornington from OLIO. Anne Charlotte Mornington pursued a BA Hons in Fine Art and an MSc in Management where she wrote her thesis on the topic of food waste. While working for Tech City UK in 2015, she was introduced to OLIO and has been part of the team ever since. Her focus is on international expansion and business development. After instigating OLIO sharing communities in Sweden and California, she is currently working on community growth in Mexico City while overseeing other regions.

Title: Investing in Green Innovation

In the midst of a global economic downturn, sustainable businesses need to grow and innovate to survive in uncertain times. But just how easy is it to get investment? The EU recently announced the Green Deal industrial plan, aiming to fast track Net-Zero projects in Europe, making 250 billion euros available for greening industry. Alongside this, the US Inflation Reduction Act also includes a $369 billion package for clean energy projects, and there have been calls for a similar scheme to boost businesses in the UK.

Can UK businesses take advantage of the rush to go green? And if so, how? To help us answer this question, we are joined by Jon Dishotsky, an investment partner at Giant Ventures who builds and backs purpose-driven companies, and Wiktor Warchałowski, CEO and founder of Airly, who supply real-time air quality data for governments and businesses. This episode of the Sustainability Solved Podcast is sponsored by Good Citizens.

Good Citizens is an eyewear brand like no other. Born to untrash the planet of single-use plastic. Good Citizens turns a discarded single-use plastic bottle into a pair of 100% recycled frames. It took them 752 days & 2500+ failed attempts to perfect the first pair of sunglasses. Even more unique, the modular system means you can repair each part in seconds. So, if your dog munches on them, it’s all fixable.

Use this discount code GREEN20 to get $20AUD off and help untrash the planet.

Highlights:

· More capital has been raised in the last 12-24 months than ever before by investors, however the pace of investment into companies has slowed down significantly.

· Wiktor tells us about his experience going through the investment process, and the multitude of benefits it has brought to his company.

· We discuss what types of questions are asked by investors and if this differed across various investment bodies. For Wiktor, his team built an FAQ list to be prepared for their next investment meeting as they noticed a reoccurring theme amongst questions.

· Jon gives us a detailed insight into the question: how much money should a business ask to have invested in them?

· We look at how investment can put pressure on companies to scale too quickly, consequently having negative impacts on the organisation’s progression.

· “Capital does not help you innovate”; Jon shares his findings from a study that shows that companies that raised less than $100 million outperformed their peers who raised 5x more, meaning they continued to innovate significantly over a long period of time.

· Wiktor discusses the importance of working with investors that align with your organisation’s values and goals.

· Jon and Wiktor share some eye-opening and raw advice about building a business, gaining investment, and prioritizing innovation.

Resources: The Inflation Reduction Act Green Deal Industrial Plan Giant Ventures Airly Sustainability Solved

Russ Avery is the sustainability marketing guy. Russ is a serial eco entrepreneur, having founded several startups including Happy Orangutan, Renewabilitee, and upcoming sustainability and communications consultancy Elodie.

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Garçon Wines are the London-based inventors of eco, flat wine bottles; sustainable packaging for a 21st century world. 

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Kiran Gill is the cofounder of Bloom and Grace. Their missions is to eradicate poverty through working with artisan communities and educating local communities.Working with Buy1Give1 (B1G1) they are making an impact with every piece of jewellery they sell.

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This podcast has been set up to inspire businesses to become more environmental and sustainable. We've been planning this podcast for a while now and we're really excited to launch.

This is the introduction episode to our weekly podcast which will feature interviews with other sustainable businesses to inspire, empower and support businesses that want to be more environmental and sustainable.

Vijay Eswaran is a highly successful and recognised businessman from Malaysia. Forbes magazine named him as one of Asia’s top 50 philanthropists and has received a lifetime achievement award for regional philanthropy. He is the executive chairman of the QI Group, a multinational conglomerate that ensures sustainable practices throughout its portfolio. He also established the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the QI group, called the RYTHM Foundation, to invest in the communities in which they operate.

We are thrilled to be interviewing Jon Leland from Kickstarter. Jon Leland is the Senior Director of Strategy and Insights at Kickstarter, the world's largest platform for funding creative projects. He leads their Environmental Impact Group which is tasked with meeting their public benefit commitments to reducing the impact of their operations and ecosystem on the environment.

HSG UK (Hygienex) offers water conservation and washroom services. Lead by Simon Rice and Tom Rice, they are a father and son duo that created Ureco a water saving device for urinals and their clients and partners include Tescos, Pizzahut, Rolls Royce, NEC Birmingham, Boots and BT.

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Jae Cotterell is an author and architect, with experience in designing certified Passivhaus buildings. Passivhaus Homes helps build net zero carbon houses. They provide technical support to those building economically sustainable houses to a Passivhaus standard in an effort to combat climate change.

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E186: Show Notes

Title: Exploring Careers in Sustainability In this episode, hosts Will Richardson and Charlie Luxton explore the booming landscape of sustainability careers, a sector that has witnessed huge growth in the UK job market. With sustainability-focused roles accounting for 1/3 of UK job postings, the industry has become a focal point for professionals looking to make positive environmental impact. To delve into this topic, we are joined by Serrol Osman, Director of Verdant Search, a renowned firm specialising in Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) and sustainability recruitment. Together, they unpack the evolving dynamics of the industry and provide invaluable insights, advice, and strategies for individuals looking to transition into sustainability careers.

1. Market Dynamics and Industry Disruption:

· Serrol reflects on the rapid growth of sustainability careers up to 2022, noting a slowdown due to global economic factors.

· The discussion covers shifts in salary structures, challenges in accommodating rising costs, and talent shortages at mid-level positions.

· Despite uncertainties, Serrol predicts continued growth driven by regulatory changes and corporate sustainability initiatives.

2. Confusion and Evolution in Job Descriptions:

· The podcast addresses confusion in job descriptions amidst the fast-paced evolution of sustainability roles.

· Serrol discusses challenges in finding the right talent, inconsistent salaries, and the need for clear job definitions to streamline recruitment processes.

3. Demand for Purpose-Led Companies:

· Both hosts emphasise candidates' desire to work for purpose-driven companies.

· Serrol underscores the importance of aligning company values with employee aspirations for enhanced retention and growth.

4. Evolution of Recruitment Profiles:

· Serrol predicts that, like digital transformation, specialised sustainability roles will be integrated into traditional business operations.

· The discussion highlights the role of sustainability leadership and reporting structures in driving meaningful organisational change.

5. AI and Future Job Trends:

· Serrol offers insights into AI's potential impact on green jobs, predicting shifts in productivity and new roles in design, research, and policy.

· Serrol stresses the significance of soft skills and emerging opportunities within the sustainability domain.

6. Advice for Aspiring Professionals:

· Serrol advises aspiring professionals to assess their skill sets and explore opportunities in education, voluntary sectors, and current companies.

· The discussion emphasises starting with broad sustainability concepts before specialisation and the value of diverse skill sets, including communication and adaptability.

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Gut healing is reemerging as the key benefit to having better health, and a longer and happier life. When Catherine Farrant fell pregnant, she started researching on ancient ways in which people nourished their bodies. She found out that food was used as medicine as opposed to today where we’re taking medicine as food and that's how Ossa Organic was born. Ossa Organic is a BCorp Certified company that has products made using high-quality organic ingredients based on ancient recipes. Catherine shares with us how she runs the company, what inspired her to start it, and ways in which you too, can join the organic foods movement.

In this episode, hosts Will Richardson and Charlie Luxton delve into the surprising intersection of tradition and sustainability within the funeral industry. Joined by Sarah Jones, Founder of award-winning Full Circle Funerals, the discussion uncovers how the age-old sector is undergoing a transformative shift towards embracing sustainable practices.  

Fellow B Corp Full Circle Funerals stands at the forefront of this evolution by reframing funerals within the realm of health and social care. By prioritising holistic support and sustainability, Sarah challenges the conventional transactional approach of traditional funeral services.  

The episode underscores the evolving landscape of funeral services, where sustainability is becoming integral to end-of-life planning and commemoration. 

Highlights:  

• With approximately 600,000 funerals arranged annually in the UK, Sarah sheds light on the environmental impact of traditional flame cremations and explores alternative options like electric cremators and natural burials.  
• The conversation extends to personal choices in funeral arrangements and the importance of discussing end-of-life wishes with loved ones.  
• Sarah’s book, Funerals Your Way, provides a resource for individuals to navigate their options and make informed decisions aligned with sustainability principles. Use code FYW25OFF for 25% off your copy here.  
• Through crowdfunding, Sarah initiated a groundbreaking study evaluating the environmental impact of different committal methods, including burial and cremation. Beyond carbon emissions, the study also considers factors like land usage, water consumption, space utilisation, and biodiversity.  
• Sarah highlights the benefits of natural burial, which involves shallow depth and biodegradable materials as potentially the most environmentally friendly option.  
• The conversation touches on the response of the funeral industry to sustainability efforts, with Sarah acknowledging the challenges of mobilising a diverse sector without regulatory guidance.   
• Will and Charlie share their personal experiences and perspectives, with Will discussing his decision to opt for a wicker basket burial for his father and reflects on the environmental impact of funeral practices.  

Resources: 

Full Circle Funerals 

Funerals Your Way by Sarah Jones – use code FYW25OFF for 25% off! 

Greener Funerals...

Today we are delighted to be joined by Peter Gilheany, the Director of Forster Communications, a social change PR agency. It’s a company that is devoted to working with businesses and non-profit organizations with the goal of accelerating social change and has been in business for about 22 years. They help their clients protect and improve their lives.

Guillaume Le Grand is the CEO and Co-founder of TOWT, TransOceanic Wind Transport. TOWT is a French sailing freight transport company that uses wind power to ensure a future of low-carbon maritime emissions, offering an alternative to climate warming and the energy challenge.

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Over the last few years, Shelley Lawson and Rob Webbon have been on a journey to build sustainable businesses in their respective parts of the cycling industry. Rob’s journey hit a stumbling block earlier this year when the founding team of Presca Sportswear made the difficult decision to close the business. Whilst Shelley’s company Frog Bikes, that she founded with her husband Jerry, continues to grow.

Many of us dream of shaking up the existing capitalistic consumer model, and positively contributing to the people involved, but is the business model sustainable? In this podcast, we discuss the challenges and lessons learned on the journey to become a sustainable business.

Highlights

• Shelley and Rob share their learnings from running a sustainable business and provide fantastic advice for current and future sustainable business owners. 
• Rob shares with us the detrimental effects that the cost-of-living crisis had on Presca Sportswear, and the stark difference to their position this time last year. 
• Frog Bikes is celebrating its 10th birthday; Shelley tells us the challenges the business has faced over the years and changes they have made to their business model to navigate the hurdles.
• We consider whether it is easier or more difficult for sustainable organisations to achieve funding and support.
• Shelley and Rob share their views on whether ethical supply chains are more expensive and slower in nature.
• A Product Life Cycle Analysis is a process that measures the environmental impact of a commercial product, accounting for all stages of the product's life cycle. We discuss the accessibility of conducting a product life cycle analysis for smaller organisations and how Rob and Shelley navigated reducing the environmental impacts of their products.  
• Shelley explains how positive consumer experience encouraged Frog Bikes to work directly with cycling shops instead of selling online. 
• Frog Bikes and Presca Sportswear embedded circular processes into their business models; Presca offered clothing repairs, and Frog Bikes offered warranties and MOTs for second-hand bikes. 

Resources

• A Short Guide to Product Life Cycle Analyses 
• Frog Bikes 
• Ever Given Cargo Ship
• Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry (CONEBI)

Dr. Bruno Roque Cignacco (PhD) is an international business consultant,  international speaker and business coach. For over 20 years, he has advised and trained hundreds of companies on international trade  activities and international marketing. He is also a Principal Lecturer in Marketing at GSM London. In this episode we talk about his new book “The Art of Compassionate Business: Main Principles for the Human-Oriented Enterprise”

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Phil Clarks is the owner of Embedded IT, a group of experienced consultants who have lived through IT Services complexity and understand the impacts that these changes will have on everyone's business. They advise clients on how to buy IT stuff, or how IT companies can work with each other. 

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Title: Taking Trees Out of the Paper Supply Chain

Story

Let’s talk about paper – a product we all use in our businesses, no matter the size or speciality. Paper use in office spaces is declining but, in the UK, we still use 9.9 million tonnes of paper every year, with every tonne of fresh pulp requiring the felling of 24 trees.

In this podcast, we explore the idea of trees being removed from the production of paper entirely and the positive environmental impact this would have. We are joined by the fantastic Adam Huttly, founder of Red Inc, a sustainable office supplies company that has teamed up with Envopap, the world’s first eco-friendly and commercially viable pulp-free paper.

Highlights

· Adam founded Red Inc in 2008 with a vision: to be a disruptor in the paper industry and rewrite the rules. He wanted to create a low-impact business that was designed to innovate, create value, and make a positive difference.

· Red Inc has seen exponential growth from corporate companies targeting organisations in their supply chain to understand net-zero strategies and be aligned to science-based targets.

· Adam tells us how Covid-19 impacted the office products industry, and how being a transactional and traditional ‘pile it high, sell it cheap’ industry led to its downfall during the pandemic.

· Red Inc partnered with EnvoPAP to acquire EnvoCOPY, a paper created using a reclaimed waste product called bagasse which is a by-product of sugarcane farming. EnvoPAP have taken the by-product that would normally be burned or put in landfill and turned this into pulp to make paper.

· In 2016/2017, Red Inc started a campaign called ‘Fight Bright White’ to raise awareness to clients that insisted on using bright white paper to portray their business in a certain way, in turn rejecting eco-friendly alternatives.

· Adam explains that many organisations in the office products industry don’t know where to start on their environmental journey, let alone help their clients do their sustainability reporting. Red Inc is way ahead of the curve and passionate about continuing to rewrite the script on sustainability for office products.

Resources Red Inc EnvoPAP EnvoCopy B Corp Recycling Facts

Michiel Vos is the founder & CTO of Coco Pallet. He is a serial entrepreneur specialized in the Circular Economy and Bio Based products. 

CocoPallets replace single-use one-way wooden export pallets; fewer trees need to be cut and shipped for these purposes. They buy the coconut husk from the farmers, creating extra income at the bottom of the pyramid. The farmers stop burning the coconut husks; which reduces the air pollution. 

Highlights:

• Why a Linkedin post turned viral
• The problem with the current pellets market
• Carbon footprint of travelling to Asia and transporting from pallets
• Keeping track of pellets
• What it means to be a circular economy business
• Building a pellet factory
• Being data driven

Useful links:

CocoPallet - https://www.cocopallet.com/ 

Michiel Vos - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michiel-vos-29628418/ 

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Roxy Rocks-Engelman is the Sustainability Communications Manager at Cafédirect, a coffee company that supplies high-quality coffee and whose mission is focused on empowering smallholder growers to improve their livelihood.

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Ben Carter is the New Business Development Manager at MiniBems. Minibems is a demand management system for complex heating systems that enables improved efficiency and fuel cost savings thanks to intelligent control and monitoring technology, paired with integrated billing.

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Title: Breaking Down COP28: The Critical Climate Conference

Welcome to a special episode of the Sustainability Solved Podcast!

In this episode, we introduce a brand-new co-host, Charlie Luxton, an architectural designer and TV presenter well-known for his passion for the built environmental and sustainability, as seen on Homes By The Sea and Building The Dream. 

With COP28 just around the corner, we’ve invited guests with strong opinions to discuss one of the most significant events in the sustainability calendar. Our first guest is Georgia Elliot-Smith, environmental activist and the founder and managing director of sustainability consultancy Element Four. Joining us is Emma Littlewood, Strategy Director at Green Element Group, and creator of the comprehensive carbon footprinting platform, Compare Your Footprint. 

Tune in as we dive deep into the inner workings of COP28, explore the impact of industry and capitalism, and discuss the prospects of revitalising this pivotal event for a sustainable future.

This episode of Sustainability Solved is sponsored by Business Declares, a not-for-profit business network who inspire, encourage, and accelerate action within businesses to address the climate, ecological, and social emergency.

They are an active network of 100+ businesses who back our commitments to reach net-zero, restore and protect nature, and advocate for regulatory change.

Join Business Declares as a member to get help on accelerating your action on net-zero targets and on nature targets for your business from the network. Find out more here: Business Declares

Highlights: 

COP28 Explained

• Our guests delve into what COP is, its evolution, how the agenda is developed, and key sustainability milestones like the Rio Summit in 1992, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement in 2015. 
• Georgia shares her experience as an observer at COP, telling all about the ‘green zone’ for businesses and public, and the ‘blue zone’ – the heart of negotiations. 

Oil and Gas at COP28:

• Emma exposes the staggering subsidies offered to the oil and gas industry and their involvement in COP28. 
• Concerns are raised about this year’s COP28 host, the UAE, and their connections to the oil and gas industry. 
• Georgia reveals that the UK have given £20 billion more to fossil fuels than renewables post Paris Agreement. 

Reviving COP:

• We discuss how the merging of industry and governments is problematic in climate discussions, with our guests pushing for strict rules to limit corporate influence at COP. 
• The guest’s desire for COP28 to fail to pave the way for a more effective future is...

We are thrilled to be interviewing Marco Karman who is the owner of Be More You. Be More You is a company that helps people be more mindful, compassionate, and illuminated. Their target market are children over 10 years and old people over 60 years but have an opening market for people in the working field. In this episode, Marco explains how people do a lot of things subconsciously and have knee jerk reactions because their minds are already programmed to a certain kind of thinking. His company will help you be more aware of your environment and how to handle different situations.

Rochelle Turner is the Head of Research and Insight for MaCher, a sustainable design firm specialised in making products for companies.

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From bottles to biodiversity! Welcome to Sustainability Solved! In this episode, hosts Will and Charlie dive into the fascinating world of wine and sustainability with Dom De Ville from the Wine Society. First set up in 1874 by a bunch of people who wanted to pay a fair price for their booze, the Wine Society is leading the charge in tackling supply chain emissions, improving agricultural practices, and supporting winemakers across the globe. If you're curious about Scope 3 emissions, regenerative viticulture, and innovative approaches to sustainability, this episode is for you.

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Case Study Format

Problem

The wine industry faces mounting sustainability challenges:

1. Scope 3 Emissions: 94% of the Wine Society's carbon footprint comes from their supply chain, particularly in wine production, glass bottle manufacturing, and shipping.
2. Climate Change: Extreme weather patterns, droughts, and floods are threatening vineyards worldwide.
3. Human Rights Risks: Reliance on seasonal, often migrant, labour raises ethical concerns.
4. Biodiversity Loss: Conventional farming practices, such as pesticide and herbicide use, degrade soil and ecosystems.

Solutions

Investing in Suppliers (Insetting):

• Instead of traditional carbon offsets, the Wine Society invests directly in their growers through a Climate and Nature Fund. This supports projects like regenerative farming and reforestation.
• Examples include hydro-seeding trials, agroforestry initiatives, and providing seed money for transitioning to regenerative viticulture.

Reducing Glass Bottle Emissions:

• The Wine Society collaborated with 12 retailers through the Bottle Weight Accord to reduce bottle weights by 2027, significantly lowering emissions.

Regenerative Agriculture:

• Encouraging natural solutions, such as planting cover crops, using sheep for natural fertilisation, and avoiding soil tillage to preserve carbon stores.

Collaboration:

• Active involvement in the Sustainable Wine Roundtable and the Regenerative Viticulture Foundation to share knowledge and best practices across the industry.

Producers Making a Difference:

• Highlighting sustainable suppliers on their website to incentivise greener practices and reward innovation.

Results

• Direct investment of £65,000 per year into supply chain projects, supporting growers in transitioning to more sustainable practices.
• A unified industry effort to reduce glass bottle weights, potentially transforming the carbon footprint of millions of bottles annually.
• Positive relationships with suppliers, fostering long-term partnerships and encouraging sustainable innovation.

Takeaways

• Pay a Fair Price: Sustainability in supply chains requires investment and fair compensation for producers.
• Insetting Over Offsetting: Direct investment in suppliers creates measurable, on-the-ground impact while improving relationships.
• Collaboration is Key: Solving sustainability challenges requires industry-wide cooperation and shared solutions.
• Regenerative Practices Work: Nature-based approaches not only improve...

Richard Morris is the CEO of IPG Mediabrands, a global media company founded in 2007, which has over 13,000 employees in over 130 countries. In this podcast, Richard shares the financial and reputational benefits achieved by embedding sustainable practices into a business. He talks about the success he has achieved in IPG Mediabrands by implementing sustainable practices into his operations.

Richard also discusses the exciting changes that are underway within the marketing sector, particularly with regards to honest communications and product claims.  

We are thrilled to have and be interviewing Adam Garfunkel from Junxion Strategy, a strategy and communications consultancy dedicated to helping leaders build the success stories of the next economy – one that is fair, inclusive and sustainable. They do that by helping organisations articulate their purpose, plan for impact, share their stories and measure and report on the difference they have made. Adam has spent thirty years as a sustainability consultant, writer and activist working with organisations of all sizes including the United Nations, global businesses, NGOs and social enterprises.

We are thrilled to be interviewing Nick Molden from Emissions Analytics, a business that is trying to educate us on what the actual emissions are for the vehicle you drive. The government is trying to get us to stop driving Diesel vehicles what if you were to understand that the new diesel vehicles are greener and cleaner than the new petrol ones? The government is a few years behind the actual emissions. Nick is busy testing vehicles from all around the world and letting us know the actual emissions of your vehicle! It turns out some of their customers are the car companies themselves! Listen and enjoy - it blew my mind! I hope it blows yours!

Will helps leaders and their organisations thrive through the power of Purpose. He’s a consultant, coach and speaker.

Will started his career at Mars Inc, where he performed a variety of marketing roles across Europe. In 1999 he joined web-publishing pioneer Moonfruit as Marketing Director. After a period spent consulting, in 2008 Will joined Unilever as VP Marketing Strategy.

He led the design and rollout of the ‘Crafting Brands for Life’ Way of Marketing – equipping Unilever’s 6,000 marketers to bring social purpose to their brands and achieve digital excellence.

In 2014 Will founded Collectively, a digital media and collaboration platform created to accelerate the shift to sustainable ways of consumption. Originating in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Collectively partnered with more than thirty companies including M&S, BT and Google, and a wide network of NGOs and social entrepreneurs.

Will is a B Leader, an Ambassador for the Positive Innovation Club and a Fellow of the RSA. He’s a proud father of three daughters and loves his road bike way more than he should.

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With environmental legislation stalled in Parliament, forward-thinking businesses aren't waiting for government action. In this episode we go behind the scenes in Westminster with former ocean rower turned MP Roz Savage, who reveals why political uncertainty shouldn't slow your sustainability journey - and how proactive businesses are turning environmental leadership into competitive advantage. Learn practical strategies for future-proofing your organisation while building customer and employee loyalty through environmental innovation.

🎯 Key Takeaways

The Business Case for Environmental Leadership

• Political gridlock on environmental issues is creating opportunities for proactive businesses. Companies taking initiative on sustainability are seeing increased customer loyalty, stronger employee engagement, and better positioning for inevitable future regulations. As Roz notes, "Young people going into work want to do something that feels purpose-led."

Community-Driven Solutions Are Gaining Power

• With government action limited, local initiatives and business-community partnerships are becoming crucial drivers of environmental progress. From tool-sharing schemes to community fridges, organisations finding ways to support local sustainability efforts are building valuable goodwill and resilience.

Preparing for Future Regulation

• While the Climate and Nature Bill faced setbacks, similar measures are likely to return. Smart businesses are getting ahead by implementing environmental strategies now, rather than scrambling to comply later. As one law firm noted, clients without sustainability plans are increasingly seen as high-risk investments.

⚡ Quick Wins & Actionable Steps

1️⃣ Map Your Environmental Risk and Opportunity

• Time commitment: 2-3 hours
• Resource needed: Compare Your Footprint software (20% discount with code 'PODCAST')
• Success indicator: Clear understanding of your biggest environmental impacts and opportunities

2️⃣ Build Local Sustainability Partnerships

• Time commitment: 4-6 hours monthly
• Resource needed: Local business networks and community groups
• Success indicator: At least one active community environmental partnership established

3️⃣ Develop a Regulation-Ready Strategy

• Time commitment: 1-2 days
• Resource needed: Current environmental standards and industry benchmarks
• Success indicator: Environmental action plan that exceeds minimum compliance levels

❓ Got a question?

Ask us and we'll try our best to answer it in the show!

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🔄 Share Your Impact

Help build our community of practice:

• Let us know how you implemented these actions
• Submit your case study
• Join our Sustainability Solved Hub

🎙 Guest

• Roz Savage MP - Liberal Democrat MP for South Cotswolds
• Connect: https://members.parliament.uk/member/5352/contact

🛠 Tools & Resources

• "The Ocean in a Drop" - Book by Roz Savage exploring why humans struggle to address environmental challenges
• Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester - Mentioned as a hub for agricultural knowledge sharing
• Better Business Act - Referenced in discussion of business-led environmental initiatives
• B Corp Certification - Highlighted as an example of business sustainability leadership
• Leaders Pledge for Nature -

Adele Frew is the cofounder of The Other Wife. They are a chemical free premium cleaning services. They use natural cleaning products free from chemicals and toxins.

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We are thrilled to be interviewing Robin Pointon, Go Travel Solutions is a specialist consultancy for sustainable transport, serving employers, public bodies and travel providers founded in 2008. The enterprise currently employs five staff members with offices in Leicester and Bristol. The organisation is focused on bringing together the best in transport, environmental and marketing practice. Go Travel Solutions works in collaboration with leading transport consultants, local authority partners, operators and support agencies to tailor solutions to the requirements of customers.

Jos Harrison is the Global Head of Brand Experience and Design at Reckitt. He is a firm advocate of bringing brands closer to people to ensure positive impacts on people’s lives and environments. In this podcast, Jos talks about the brands he works with, sustainable leadership within the sector, and the impact the products can have when sustainability is implemented into the design. Jos believes in building brand’s responsibly and sensitively to meet the demands of the 21^st century.

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April Sotomayor is the senior sustainability manager at iiE

Investors in the Environment (iiE) is a national environmental accreditation scheme. IIE support organisations to achieve environmental certification and provide them with the tools, training, and resources to do so.

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In this podcast, we interviewed the CEO of Aeristech, Duncan Kerr and Luke Read; the Head of Research and Development. Aeristech is a multi-award-winning engineering company who deliver high tech projects relating to hydrogen fuel cells, and engineer hybrid turbocharger technology systems for motor vehicles.

Duncan and Luke discuss the future role that hydrogen will play in the transition away from fossil fuels, as well as their unique and energy efficient products that will help to reduce emissions even further. They discuss the challenges and opportunities within the sector, from finding skilled staff to creating products that are both sustainable and competitively priced.

John Grant is the author of many successful books including the Green Marketing Manifesto and is a marketing consultant. He has a wealth of experience in marketing and has worked with several high-profile organisations and governments on communication and environmental projects.

John unpacks the challenges and solutions when working with clients on sustainability-focused projects and offers great insights and advice to those within the industry. John strongly highlights that education has a key role to play in communication and marketing to achieve sustainable business goals.

Thalia Carr is a coach, trainer and facilitator helping sustainability professionals gain more confidence. Thalia work with individuals and teams from the Sustainability and the Purpose Driven Sector.

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Alison Woods talks about her journey from charity work to the founding of Lilypads. Lilypads is a reusable sanitary pad made from natural material. Lilypads support vital work in rural Kenya tackling period poverty and stigma. They help girls access reusable sanitary pads so they do’t have to miss out on their education or turn to unsafe alternatives.

Highlights:

• How solving a research problem lead to a much bigger problem.
• How to create a sustainable product and make the business model sustainable.
• Choosing to be a BCorp
• How Alison is iterating and getting feedback in developing the sanitary pad.
• How Alison is prioritising social media and face-to-face conversations
• Advise to entrepreneurs and people looking for more purpose

Useful links:

Lilypads - https://lilypads.org.uk/

Lilypads Twitter - https://twitter.com/Lilypads_UK

Lilypads Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lilypads.uk/

Alison Wood’s Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisonwood-lilypads/

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Our second interview is with Ravinol Chambers from Video Production Company, Be Inspired Films. Rav talks about what it's like to run a business on his own, how to communicate through your company values and what it means to be a BCorp. 

Rav offers great advice to companies wanting to stand on their own feet and make a significant impact in the world. This is a great interview and we're honoured to share it with you.

This episode investigates the rising cost of energy, the changing energy price cap, and what that means for organisations trying to reduce their environmental impact, while remaining in business. 

We are joined by Jon Fletcher from Big Clean Switch, a certified B-Corporation developing solutions for homes and businesses to help accelerate the transition to green energy, and Doug Johnson from Mesh Energy, a trusted provider of innovative sustainable energy services to property owners and architects.

Kevin Wilhelm is the CEO of Sustainable Business Consulting, an organisation who has worked with 195 companies across 37 countries to help them realise the business value of better social and environmental practices and to find ways to cost-savings, as well as enhance their brand's communications with stakeholders and employees.

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We are thrilled to be interviewing Tim Dew from Games Without Frontiers. Tim started Games Without Frontiers to rapidly accelerate the way that people learn. It works on two key principles: 1. That the only way you can get someone to believe in an idea is to believe it was theirs in the first place and, 2. That we only learn through experience. Rocket, our first learning platform, teaches teams of people how to run a whole business in a single day. It's being hailed as the future of learning by qualification authorities. 26 weeks of trade happen in 26 minutes - it's fast and furious, fun and you'll learn more in a day than months attending traditional training courses. Their clients are using it for teambuilding, commercial education across wholse organisations and as method of winning new clients.

Russ Avery, Dr Birgit Memminger-Rieve and Ingemar Hunold are the founders of Elodie, a sustainability and creative communications consultancy that puts purpose over profit. 

They bring together their research, education, consulting and marketing expertise to help organisations to follow in their footsteps to create a healthier, more sustainable planet.

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Deanna Cook is the founder of Liya Collective a minimalist fashion brand for the modern women, sustainably made around the world.

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Ravinder and Sukhi are cofounders of Drinks Cubed, an inspiring company that produces reusable carton-bottled water. They’ve made it their aim to help shape consumer behaviour through the growing market for water and become the lowest carbon emissions drink brand by 2022.

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Today I had a chat with Myles Hopper, one of the founders of Mindful Chef. Mindful Chef is a health-focused food box company that was founded in 2015. They started the business with their customers as friends and family only and they now try to treat all their customers like that. They have grown incredibly. He gives us their story of how they practically sold nothing for 9 months and how they were able to grow from that.

Fellow Bcorp and Manchester-based Brew Tea Co. join us for this fascinating interview all about Sustainable Business, the technical side of Tea drinking and the triple bottom line.

Deirdre McNally discusses the challenges involved in being a consumer-focussed company committed to doing business as a force for good as well as how building a loyal community has really helped them provide a better service.

On this month’s episode, we're joined by Victoria Cushing, Product Director at KMI Brands. We take a look into their cosmetic brand Plantopia, a pending B-Corp that uses adaptogens and essential oils in its products to create positive change for people and planet health.

Victoria takes us on a journey through Plantopia’s pursuit of a sustainable production process, and the processes and outcomes of its comprehensive lifecycle assessment conducted by Green Element. Victoria gives some fantastic advice for organisations looking to improve their sustainability and production processes.

Highlights:

·      The team at Plantopia spent four years developing their brand to achieve recognition as one of the most planet-friendly and people-friendly cosmetic brands.

·      Plantopia became a member of the UEBT, Union of Ethical Bio Trade, to ensure from the very beginning that it had traceability of its raw ingredients, and that the team understood their entire supply chain.

·      For Plantopia, transparency is key, and a very important aspect for its consumers. Plantopia conducted a survey with over 1000 of its customers to identify what mattered to them and included that in its published manifesto.

·      With the help of Green Element, Plantopia conducted a comprehensive lifecycle analysis, which allowed their team to identify key areas where reduction was required.

·      Victoria talks about some of the obstacles the team experienced during this process, and that working closely with their suppliers was key in the success of their environmental journey.

·      Due to the success of the first life cycle analysis process, Plantopia now aims to conduct a life cycle analysis on all its products by the end of 2030!

Resources:

KMI Brands

Plantopia

Union of Ethical Bio Trade

Green Element’s Life Cycle Analysis Service

The Juice Round is a specialist eco-friendly drinks service served in reusable glass bottles, which are collected, cleaned, and refilled for use. After 15 years of providing bespoke drinks for high profile events and business clients, Sylvia grew increasingly concerned with the amount of single-use packaging going to waste in the food and beverage sector. Sylvia felt responsible as a drinks producer to find a different way of handling packaging and started to focus on reuse as a solution.

Bio-Bean is the world's largest recycler of coffee grounds. They recycle spent coffee grounds into a broad spectrum of efficient, sustainable products for a range of markets, both consumer and industrial. We speak with Matt Keniston Commercial Head of bio-bean elements and renewals.

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Paul is Co-Founder and CTO of Remote and Code Assembly, working to empower purpose-driven teams to amplify their impact. He’s also a TEDx speaker, writer and music producer. Both organisations excel at automating systems that free you and your team to work within your individual talents to do the work you were born to do. His superpower is his ability to envisage and model systems in a holistic way that liberates innovation and human potential, with purpose at its core. Paul’s been leading technical teams to build online and mobile applications for nearly twenty years for tech startups, established enterprises and global corporations like Sony, Volvo and Volkswagen Group. His book ‘Purpose First’ will be published in the Summer; it shows us how we can put Purpose at the core of our own lives, to organise our business and teams to align with a common goal, and how to utilise exponential technologies to achieve positive global impact.

Julio Maria Muhorro is the founder of Sharing Knowledge International, an e-learning platform that offers coaching packaging in order to enable powerful personal transformations to drive business career and life fulfillment.

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Today we are delighted to be joined by Tom Greenwood who is the managing director of Wholegrain Digital. He and his wife begun the company back in 2007. It is a web and design agency whose mission is to use design, digital technology and business to help create a sustainable world.

Livvy Drake, from Sustainable Sidekicks, works with businesses, events and green champions to achieve their sustainability goals. Whilst demonstrating how campaigners, communicators and businesses can achieve greater behaviour change outside of the green echo chamber. Her practical experience comes from live events and festivals, businesses and environmental campaigning organisations.

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Linklaters is a leading international law firm committed to environmental responsibility. In this interview we speak with Leilani Weier who is their in-house Sustainability Consultant.

There's a lot you can take away from this episode, especially if your staff and supply chain are asking questions around sustainability and environmental responsibility.

Leilani talks about their Best Green Law Firm global chat group which was set up to engage global employees around the companies sustainable agenda and how Linklaters is responding to client requests around the topic of sustainability. 

Duncan Parker is the Managing Director of Ethical Goods, a Management Consultancy who helps businesses achieve their commercial, environmental and social goals through doing good.

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We are thrilled to be interviewing Stephanie Johnson and Kristina Komlosiova from Pollen + Grace. They create innovative, healthy ready meals and snacks. They challenge the traditional marketplace by creating 100% natural, accessibly priced, genuinely delicious meals that just so happen to be vegan, as well as gluten, wheat and dairy free. Born in their home kitchen in 2015, they have grown from a niche lunch delivery service to one of the market leading Food-To-Go brands. Today, their products can be found on the shelves of retailers like Whole Foods and WHSmith; their meals are available nationwide through Ocado and since 2018, our branded products are stocked in offices such as Google, HSBC and Deloitte through Compass Group. they're currently crowdfunding! https://www.seedrs.com/pollenandgrace

Rasha Hasaneen is the Vice President of Innovation and Product Management Excellence for Trane Technologies. In this podcast, she talks about the exciting ambitions and successes of Trane Technologies – an industrial manufacturing company which champions sustainable solutions for their products which include air conditioning and refrigeration systems.

Rasha tells us of her journey with us and how she came to work for Trane Technologies. She celebrates their purpose-led culture, and that sustainability has been at the core of their organisation for over ten years.

In this episode we look at the funny side of Climate Change with award winning comedian, podcaster and business speaker, Stuart Goldsmith. He grabbed the headlines at the Edinburgh Festival in 2023 with his show about Climate Change, called Spoilers. Stuart talks about his journey in stand-up over the last 20 years, and his mission to engage a wider audience on Climate Change through comedy.    

Why did Stuart Goldsmith decide to make jokes about Climate Change? 

• Stuart talks about spending 10 years as a street performer and his increasing feeling of ‘eco-dread’. He acted on this feeling by writing and performing comedy about Climate Change. 
• Stuart talks about the challenges of performing material about the Climate Crisis to audiences. 

How does Climate Change comedy compare to activism? 

• Charlie asks Stuart whether this was a form of activism. Stuart has attended Extinction Rebellion protests and a Just Stop Oil meeting. He respects their commitment but didn’t feel like these were his normal social group. 
• Will highlights when we tackle a new way of sending a message, it is a kind of activism. Will compares it to when he worked in sustainability in the early days of his career.     
• Stuart talks about his journey writing jokes on the Climate Crisis and soliciting climate confessions from the audience. But tries to go further and influence his more famous comedy friends to include the topic in their material. 
• Stuart wants his audiences to feel more comfortable starting a conversion about Climate Change with friends.  
• Stuart also shares a joke about flying business class. 

How does Stuart gather research? 

• Stuart talks about taking part in Climate Fresk, a workshop designed to teach the fundamental science behind Climate Change, and also playing EN-ROADS, an online simulator with the ability to test and explore cross-sector climate solutions. 
• Will and Stuart discuss the impact of flying that’s both negative and positive to society.  
• Stuart talks about interviewing people for his podcast, The Comedian’s Comedian, using one example of a global sustainability person for a huge US investment bank talking about Climate Change, politics, and Trump. This interviewee stressed that capital money has decided that [Climate Change] is real, so we can’t pretend it’s not real.  
• Charlie offers the example of Trump supporting the reopening of coal mines, but none opened because no-one would invest in them. 
• Stuart raises climate justice, and the fact people are already running for their lives. He asks what will humanity look like in the future? 
• Charlie responds by quoting James Lovelock’s Gaia hypothesis, where he recorded that if we hit an increase if 5-5 degrees above pre-industrial levels we could go from 8 billion people down to 1.5 billion living in the far North and far South.  

What’s the worst thing Stuart jokes about? 

• Stuart doesn’t communicate how horrible a topic is to his audience, or they will stop listening. He thinks we need to safeguard our mental health.  
• Stuart talks about being a parent and offers a ‘worst thing’ joke related to his fellow playground dad’s...