Business of Sustainability

FuturePlus Co-founders and Business of Sustainability co-hosts Alex Smith and Mike Penrose are joined by Grind's Founder and CEO, David Abrahamovitch, for a very special podcast recorded live at Sustainable Ventures.

David will take us on a journey through his entrepreneurial evolution, from the opening of his iconic Shoreditch café in 2011 to building a brand synonymous with sustainability through Grind’s home-compostable coffee pods.

This podcast was recorded as part of the launch of Sustainable Futures Live, a new event series in partnership with FuturePlus and Sustainable Ventures.

To learn more about FuturePlus and Grind.

FuturePlus co-founders, Alex Smith and Mike Penrose are joined by Malin Berge, SVP, Sustainability Innovation at Mastercard to explore how to tackle the transition to more sustainable consumption and production.

The discussion comes as Mastercard this week announced at Climate Week NYC, a new dedicated set of sustainability-focused start-ups are joining its Start Path’s Emerging Fintech program.

Championing the demand-side transition to a more sustainable economy, the startups are all focused on advancing impact data calculations and supporting consumers who want to make more informed purchases.

Since 2014, Mastercard’s Start Path program has provided a rapid path to scale via strategic partnerships and co-innovation opportunities to over 400 startups across more than 50 countries.

After participating in the program, the participating startups have collectively raised over $25 billion in post-program capital.

Find out more about FuturePlus, here.

For more information on Mastercard's Start Path program.

If you are interesting in joining Alex and Mike as a guest on the Business of Sustainability podcast, email [email protected].

On this episode of the ‘Business of Sustainability’, FuturePlus co-founders Mike Penrose and Alex Smith, are joined by Matt Bullivant, Director of ESG Strategy at OakNorth Bank.

In this episode, we’ll be discussing sustainability and what its value is to SMEs, as well as exploring OakNorth’s work and expertise.

The Business of Sustainability podcast is created in partnership with FuturePlus and City AM.

About FuturePlus

Powered by data and guided by human expertise, FuturePlus is an award-winning sustainability and ESG management and reporting platform that empowers companies, investors, and asset managers of all sizes to understand, measure, evidence, improve, and report on their sustainability impact and goals. Find out more about FuturePlus.

About OakNorth Bank

OakNorth helps the UK’s most ambitious businesses maximise their growth potential and keen savers reach their goals. They support ambitious change-makers across all different sectors, with a dedication to fostering a diverse economy has helped to create more than 31,000 new jobs in dozens of industries.

In this episode of Business of Sustainability, FuturePlus co-founders Alex Smith and Mike Penrose are joined by Managing Director of Zeno, London, Jo Patterson.

We’ll be exploring Zeno’s mission, objectives, what sets them apart from competitors in terms of how they value sustainability as well as advice for businesses on how to communicate its sustainability.

The Business of Sustainability podcast produced in partnership with FuturePlus and City AM.
 
Powered by data and guided by human expertise, FuturePlus is an award-winning sustainability and ESG management and reporting platform that empowers companies, investors, and asset managers of all sizes to understand, measure, evidence, improve, and report on their sustainability impact and goals. If you'd like to find out more about FuturePlus.

More for information on FuturePlus, click here.

Click here for more information on Zeno London.

In the latest episode of the Business of Sustainability podcast, Alex Smith and Mike Penrose are joined by Jim Higginson, Chief Operating Officer at Dr.PAWPAW and Laura Frankland, Dr.PAWPAW’s Head of Marketing.

In this episode, we discuss a range of topics, including supply chain management, changes in consumer demand and how to communicate sustainability credentials.

This podcast is produced in partnership with City AM.

To find out more about FuturePlus, click here.

For more information on Dr.PAWPAW, click here.

In our latest episode, Alex Smith and Mike Penrose are joined by Andrew Wordsworth, Managing Partner at Sustainable Ventures to explore Sustainable Ventures’ mission and objectives and what makes its ecosystem truly unique.

--

This podcast series is for anyone looking for valuable insights on sustainability in business. We’ll be hearing from a range of experts in the ESG and sustainability sectors including investors, innovators, and regulators.

We’ll look to provide you with expert analysis and opinions on the future of sustainability in business, including some of the challenges facing all of us.

--

FuturePlus is an ESG measurement, management and reporting system that can help any size and type of business improve its sustainability.

To find out more about FuturePlus.

Follow us on Linkedin here.

--

Sustainable Ventures helps climate startups and entrepreneurs across the UK to scale through investment, workspaces and venture support. It has a portfolio of more than 100 companies in its workspace and more than 500 in its ecosystem.

To find out more about Sustainable Ventures.

Alex Smith and Mike Penrose are joined by award-winning comic, podcaster, and climate speaker: Stuart Goldsmith to talk 'Climate Comedy'.

Stuart discusses the inspiration for his climate crisis comedy show ‘Spoilers’, one of the best-reviewed shows at the Edinburgh Fringe last year, and how he's taking it to businesses.

Click here to find out more about Stuart.

To discover how FuturePlus can help your business, click here.

On a very special episode FuturePlus Co-Founders, Alex Smith and Mike Penrose, introduce and discuss one of the most inspiring stories to come from the ongoing conflict in the Ukraine.

Sergii Kovalchuk, Founder of the Ridne Consortium kindly joined Alex and Mike remotely from Ukraine to share his and the group's story.

The Ridne Consortium is a group which brings together food and agricultural enterprises in order to develop humanitarian aid programs throughout Ukraine more effectively.

While tackling the countless challenges conflict brings to humanitarian aid, the Ridne Consortium places sustainability as a priority.

We hope you find Sergii’s story and work as inspiring as us.

To find out more about the Ridne Consortium.

Find out how FuturePlus can help your business' sustainability.

In a very special episode of the Business of Sustainability podcast, we celebrate International Women’s Day, by highlighting the excellent work being done by the England and Wales Cricket Board to inspire inclusion.

Alex Smith, Co-Founder of FuturePlus and Polly Milne, Project Director at FuturePlus are joined by Tessa Whieldon, Head of Female Participation and Growth at the England and Wales Cricket Board.

This episode discusses the ECB’s strategies and policies, which aim to make cricket the most inclusive sport in the country.

FuturePlus has been working with The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to pilot a programme to understand the collective impact of the ECB and its key suppliers and stakeholders across these areas. Its long-term ambition is to be able to track and monitor its broader impact using the same metrics as all of its suppliers, no matter their size, sector or geography.

By communicating joint rather than individual sustainability and social impact using standardised metrics, the ECB will be able to demonstrate to its passionate supporter base the power of collaboration as an impact-driven, future-thinking group of companies.

To find out more about FuturePlus.

For more information on the ECB.

FuturePlus co-founders, Alex Smith and Mike Penrose are joined by Jessica Bonner, Director at Capita Scaling Partner and Jonjo Hobbs, Managing Director at Capita Procurement Solutions.

In this episode, they explore how supply chains and businesses best manage sustainability and procurement.

Find out more about FuturePlus: https://www.future-plus.co.uk/

Find out more about Capita: https://www.capita.com/