In episode 14, our host Chris Peterson is joined by colleagues Ben Lynch, Director & Energy Systems Lead and Huw Blackwell, Principal Engineer to discuss the current trends, key drivers, challenges and opportunities in the built environment. They discuss the missed opportunities for greater impact, the low hanging fruit, and the long term benefits of embedding sustainability into the built environment.

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Useful links to learn more about sustainability and the built environment:

World Green Building Council: https://www.worldgbc.org/

UK Green Building Council: https://www.ukgbc.org/

Anthesis’ built environment consulting services: https://www.anthesisgroup.com/what-we-do/cities-environments/

Survey findings on returning to the workplace: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/05/uk-office-workers-slower-to-return-to-their-desk-after-covid

In episode 14, our host Chris Peterson is joined by colleagues Ben Lynch, Director & Energy Systems Lead and Huw Blackwell, Principal Engineer to discuss the current trends, key drivers, challenges and opportunities in the built environment. They discuss the missed opportunities for greater impact, the low hanging fruit, and the long term benefits of embedding sustainability into the built environment.

Innovation has provided much of technology and expertise we have to deal with much of the emissions, if applied correctly. However, with more of the world’s investors realising the risk and opportunity associated with building a Net Zero economy, in discussion with Anthesis CEO Stuart McLachlan, we look at the role Anthesis Ventures is playing in bringing new ways of thinking and ground-breaking technologies to the market.

Energy efficiency and renewable energy form big parts of any organisation’s Net Zero strategy. But heat and embodied carbon in materials are two aspects of Scopes 1, 2 & 3 greenhouse gases that can be challenging to overcome. In this episode, our host Tobias Parker talks to Ben Lynch, Anthesis UK Director, about the new trends that are emerging for low carbon heat.

The best way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is to avoid them in the first place through better design and smarter decision-making. We talk with Sara Telahoun, Senior Consultant in Anthesis UK to explore how cities and governments are moving towards Net Zero by utilising digital platforms such as Anthesis’ SCATTER tool to explore pathways for decarbonising at the city scale.

It is increasingly recognised that organisations are likely to continue to emit residual emissions from operations and their supply chains. But to achieve a Net Zero position, action must be taken which balances this out through off-site mechanisms through removing or avoiding emissions elsewhere. In this episode, our host Tobias Parker talks with Nadège Trocellier, Anthesis Lavola Climate Change Manager, about insetting and offsetting carbon emissions as investment vehicles for reducing risk, and improving value chain performance.

In Episode 13, our host Chris Peterson is joined by two Anthesis Lavola experts: Joana Soares (Transactions Corporate Services Director, Iberia) and Miquel Rubio (Development Director) to unpack the new European Green Deal and what this early model of ‘Build Back Better’ could look like. Joana and Miquel dissect the key challenges and opportunities of the European Green Deal and highlight how, given the current COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever for everyone globally to get behind it.

The EU Green Deal is an actionable roadmap for making the EU's economy sustainable in order to become climate neutral by 2050. It outlines investments needed and the financing tools available, and explains how to ensure a just and inclusive transition.

Find out more here: https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal_en

Joana Soares leads our Transaction Corporate Services division for Spain and Portugal. Joana has more than fifteen years of experience in environmental and sustainability consulting and is a specialist in EHS due diligence (EHSDD, corporate audits, and Environmental Social Governance (ESG) strategies for numerous sectors. Joana has also managed many international projects, including awareness raising and the development of tools for compliance with environmental directives.

Contact Joana on: [email protected]

Miquel Rubio Miquel is Business Development Director of Anthesis Lavola and is an expert in Climate Change Advisory, Climate Policy and Carbon Markets services. Miki enjoys translating strategic initiatives into scalable and commercially successful client solutions, boosting revenue and profit in both compliance-driven and voluntary markets.

Contact Miquel on: [email protected]

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In Episode 13, our host Chris Peterson is joined by two Anthesis Lavola experts: Joana Soares (Transactions Corporate Services Director, Iberia) and Miquel Rubio (Development Director) to unpack the new European Green Deal and what this early model of ‘Build Back Better’ could look like. Joana and Miquel dissect the key challenges and opportunities of the European Green Deal and highlight how, given the current COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever for everyone globally to get behind it.

Through our Activating Net Zero podcast series, we explore - in bitesize episodes - what a ‘Net Zero’ performance means, and how organisations can break this down into manageable actions, through our Activating Net Zero framework. Innovation has provided much of technology and expertise we have to deal with much of the emissions, if applied correctly. However, with more of the world’s investors realising the risk and opportunity associated with building a Net Zero economy, in discussion with Anthesis CSO Paul Crewe, we look at the role that Anthesis Ventures plays in bringing new ways of thinking and ground-breaking technologies to the market.

Through our Activating Net Zero podcast series, we explore - in bitesize episodes - what a ‘Net Zero’ performance means, and how organisations can break this down into manageable actions, through our Activating Net Zero framework. It is increasingly recognised that organisations are likely to continue to emit residual emissions from operations and their supply chains. But to achieve a Net Zero position, action must be taken which balances this out through off-site mechanisms through removing or avoiding emissions elsewhere. In this episode, our host Tobias Parker takes a look at the roles of Virtual Power Purchase Agreements with George Favaloro, Anthesis Executive Director in North America.