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“We don't have to worry about the next quarterly cycle, like public companies do. We can take judgments that transcend that cycle, understanding that seasons and natural systems produce variable results. We've made a judgment to leave a whole bunch of fish uncaught, with a negative impact on profitability, and we've made that call based on what we've felt is in the long term interest of the fishery. It's a privilege that we can play the long game and deliver long term shareholder value.”

In this podcast episode, we speak with David Carter, CEO of Austral Fisheries, one of Australia’s largest integrated commercial fishing companies. Austral shows unparalleled global leadership in sustainable fishing, is a carbon neutral organisation, and sells carbon neutral products. 

Not only do we talk about Austral’s sustainable business practices, their carbon footprint and emissions reduction activities, but we also dive deeper into what motivated David to act on climate change, personally and in his role as CEO of the company.

In this episode, find out:

• How Simon Sinek and a trip to the Antarctic inspired David to take action on climate change
• How people like Mike Cannon Brooks gave David permission for a bigger narrative and talking about climate change in his personal and business life
• How Austral Fisheries see themselves as a steward of the ocean and how they play the long game
• Why David feels that Austral Fisheries can’t be a climate action leader until they have followers 
• Why Austral Fisheries had its new hybrid electric ship built in Norway
• Whether green methanol could be the future for net zero shipping

Other relevant links

1. David Carter’s talk at TEDxPerth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8imszj5gES4
2. Marine Stewardship Council: https://www.msc.org/
3. Austral Fisheries’ Climate Active Public Disclosure Statement: Organisation & Product certification CY2021
4. Austral Fisheries sustainability: https://www.australfisheries.com.au/sustainability
5. Carbon Neutral Pty Ltd’s Yarra Yarra Biodiversity Corridor project - https://carbonneutral.com.au/about-us/our-projects/
6. Book: Infinite Game by Simon Sinek: https://simonsinek.com/books/the-infinite-game/
7. Book: Start with Why by Simon Sinek: https://simonsinek.com/books/start-with-why/
8. Confront the Brutal Facts by Jim Collins: https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/confront-the-brutal-facts.html

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David Carter - https://au.linkedin.com/in/david-carter-174625a
Austral Fisheries - https://au.linkedin.com/company/austral-fisheries-pty-ltd

Barbara Albert - https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbaraalbert100/
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100% Renewables - https://au.linkedin.com/company/100percentrenewables

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“One of the things that we've also done is put in an internal carbon price. We'll be using that in modelling all our CapEx decisions and strategy to understand the impacts of various decisions on our targets and the financial return. The CFOs of our businesses saw immediately how that process could help us achieve our goals and what their responsibility was in terms of making that happen, and the contribution that they could make towards delivering this critical outcome for Sims.

The carbon price was a new way of helping our people connect to our purpose of delivering a world without waste. We make a lot of asset decisions, such as buying material handlers. They're long-lived pieces of capital equipment. If we buy a diesel one today, we're going to be offsetting that in 2030.”

In this podcast episode, we speak with Blaise Porter, Group Director Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility of Sims Limited, a global leader in metal recycling and circular solutions for technology, as well as an emerging leader in renewable energy. Sims focus on building a sustainable, diverse, and innovative supply chain throughout the country and across the globe.

Blaise shares how important reusing and recycling materials are to prevent emissions from entering the atmosphere and how Sims Limited plays an important role in closing the loop and enabling a circular economy and thus minimising greenhouse gas emissions. Specific topics discussed are:
· Decarbonising steel and aluminium
· Repurposing cloud assets
· Reusing materials such as plastic in cars
· How Sims engaged its internal stakeholders to set ambitious targets
· How Sims set an internal carbon price of $100 by 2030
· How Sims helps its customer reduce their carbon footprint
· How we can divert waste from landfill

Other relevant links:
1. 100% Renewables Net zero diagnostic tool - https://netzerodiagnostic.scoreapp.com/
2.  Sims Limited 2021 Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures Report -- https://sltd.s3.amazonaws.com/2021/2021_TCFD+Report.pdf
3. Completing the Picture: How the Circular Economy Tackles Climate Change -  https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/completing-the-picture
4. LMS Energy, methane destruction and bioenergy - https://www.lms.com.au/

About Blaise Porter
Blaise Porter is the Group Director of Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility at Sims Limited. She directs Sims Limited’s long-term sustainability ambitions and goals, integrates sustainability throughout the company’s divisions worldwide, and helps Sims fulfil its purpose - to create a world without waste, to preserve our planet. Blaise also directs Sims' corporate social responsibility framework.

Prior to joining Sims in 2021, Blaise was the Director of Responsible Business at Fujitsu Australia & New Zealand, where Blaise and I first met. She recently completed a Masters in Sustainability & Climate Policy from Curtin University.

If you want to get in touch with Blaise, you can connect with her on LinkedIn - https://au.linkedin.com/in/blaiseporter

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Barbara Albert is the Co-CEO of 100% Renewables. She is passionate about business and works to make organisations’ transition to net-zero emissions simpler and profitable. Barbara is the award-winning author of ‘Energy Unlimited – Four Steps to 100% Renewable Energy‘, one of the world’s most important books on renewable energy, as ranked by peers and experts in the industry.

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In this special podcast episode, we speak with three people with significant experience in the transport sector, coming from the car manufacturing perspective, the policy perspective, and the motorist's perspective - Scott Nargar, David Malicki and Nikesh Murali. In this episode, we talk about how transport emissions can be reduced, as transport accounts for nearly 20% of Australia's emissions, making it the third largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. We discuss how we can shift from fossil fuels to cleaner ways of transporting people and goods, such as electric vehicles and renewable hydrogen.

About Scott Nargar
Scott Nargar is the Senior Manager of Future Mobility & Government Relations of Hyundai Motor Company Australia. Scott has over two decades of experience in the motor industry in technical, media, product planning and technology advocacy roles. For the last 10 years, Scott has been working for Hyundai Motor Company Australia in senior technical management, product planning, environment and Government engagement policy roles. Scott leads the company’s Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle project and future mobility programs. Scott was the co-founder of the Australian Hydrogen Council and is currently a Member of its Board of Directors. If you want to get in touch with Scott, you can connect with him on LinkedIn

About David Malicki
David Malicki is the Team Lead, Net Zero Transport at NSW Department of Planning and Environment. His team is responsible for delivering $330 million in initiatives under the NSW Electric Vehicle Strategy and the NSW Net Zero Plan Stage 1. He is an experienced Business Team Lead with a demonstrated history of working in the environmental services industry. He is skilled in Government Procurement, Environmental Issues, Sustainable Business, Management, and Building Effective Relationships. If you want to get in touch with David, you can connect with him on LinkedIn

About Nikesh Murali
Nikesh Murali is a Senior Policy Advisor at the NRMA specialising in EVs, Future Transport and Low Carbon Technology. Prior to the role at the NRMA, he worked as a policy advisor in the Australian Federal Public Service on policy initiatives in transport, future mobility, maritime, and airports and aviation. He has an interest and expertise in shaping and promoting the feasibility and opportunities created by transitioning to net zero emissions in the transportation and energy sectors. If you want to get in touch with Nikesh, you can connect with him on LinkedIn

Meet the host
Barbara Albert is the Co-CEO of 100% Renewables. She is passionate about business and works to make organisations’ transition to net-zero emissions simpler and profitable. Barbara is the award-winning author of Energy Unlimited-Four Steps to 100% Renewable Energy, one of the world’s most important books on renewable energy, as ranked by peers and experts in the industry.

Other relevant links:
-EV Council on increasing the supply of EVs to Australia- https://electricvehiclecouncil.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/EVC-Briefing_Increasing-the-supply-of-EVs-to-Australia.pdf 
-ACT EV Ready Developments (Urbis)- https://www.planning.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/1977088/EV-Ready-Developments-Executive-Summary.pdf
-ANU on electric vehicle fleets- https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/electric-vehicle-fleets-set-to-be-on-call-to-backup-the-grid
-NSW EV Strategy Dashboard as at March 2022- https://www.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-07/20220331-EV-Strategy-Dashboard.pdf
-NMRA go-to portal hub- https://thehub.nrma.com.au/tag/electric-cars
-NSW Electric Vehicle Strategy-  https://www.nsw.gov.au/initiative/nsw-governments-electric-vehicle-strategy

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This is part 2 of a special podcast recording based on a webinar that Barbara Albert, our Co-CEO, ran under the Entrepreneur’s Program to explain the fundamentals of Net Zero to Australian small and medium-sized businesses.

In the first part of the recording, Barbara introduced carbon accounting, carbon scopes, calculating your carbon footprint and developing decarbonisation and net zero pathways. In part 2 of this special recording, Barbara introduces important concepts, such as carbon offsetting, carbon farming, and insetting, which are ingredients for a Net Zero or carbon neutral strategy.

The Net Zero fundamentals podcast is sponsored by AusIndustry, a Commonwealth Government program that helps eligible businesses strengthen, grow and innovate, and develop and commercialise new ideas and products  – locally, nationally and globally. The program also helps companies achieve Net Zero via support from consultancies such as 100% Renewables.   

About AusIndustry

AusIndustry delivers a range of programs to support Australian small to medium businesses to boost profits, create more jobs, become stronger and more resilient. Their programs help eligible businesses strengthen, grow and innovate, and develop and commercialise new ideas and products  – locally, nationally and globally. The program connects businesses with support available across all levels of government – from the Australian Government through to the local level.   

The AusIndustry network of Business Development Managers, Regional Managers and Facilitators are spread across Australia, and they provide you with targeted support and guidance to help your business grow, diversify and thrive.

Please also know that the Entrepreneurs’ Programme is collecting expressions of interest to be part of a Net Zero supply chain project launching in Perth and Brisbane in July 2022. Involvement in this project is free and provides eligible businesses with access to industry networks, expert resources and to promote your Net Zero business goal.

Meet the host

Barbara Albert is the Co-CEO of 100% Renewables. She is passionate about business and works to make organisations’ transition to net-zero emissions simpler and profitable. Barbara is the award-winning author of ‘Energy Unlimited – Four Steps to 100% Renewable Energy‘, one of the world’s most important books on renewable energy, as ranked by peers and experts in the industry.

About 100% Renewables

100% Renewables is a national consultancy specialising in the development of Net Zero, carbon neutral and climate positive strategies. We work with large energy-using businesses and government organisations with ambitious climate action goals.

In addition to delivering Net Zero strategies and helping our clients achieve carbon neutrality under Climate Active, our other services are commercial and mid-scale solar feasibility and implementation support, carbon footprinting, science-based target setting, energy auditing, sustainable procurement, fleet transition strategies, financing climate action, and on-call services.

We are a leader in sustainability communication through our “Driving Net Profit with Zero Emissions” podcast and videos, and through our blog posts and monthly newsletters. We showcase examples of climate action leadership and provide answers to our followers’ questions so that others can learn from them and apply them to their own Net Zero journey.

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This podcast episode is sponsored by AusIndustry, a Commonwealth Government program, which helps eligible businesses strengthen, grow and innovate, and develop and commercialise new ideas and products  – locally, nationally and globally. The program also helps businesses achieve net zero via support from consultancies such as 100% Renewables.   

This recording is based on a webinar that Barbara Albert, our Co-CEO, ran under this program to explain the fundamentals of net zero to Australian small and medium-sized businesses. In the first part of this special podcast recording, the discussion centres around an introduction to carbon accounting, carbon scopes, how you can calculate your carbon footprint and how you can develop decarbonisation and net zero pathways.


About AusIndustry

AusIndustry delivers a range of programs to support Australian small to medium businesses to boost profits, create more jobs, become stronger and more resilient. Their programs help eligible businesses strengthen, grow and innovate, and develop and commercialise new ideas and products  – locally, nationally and globally. The program connects businesses with support available from across all levels of government – from the Australian Government through to the local level.   

The AusIndustry network of Business Development Managers, Regional Managers and Facilitators are spread across Australia, and they provide you with targeted support and guidance to help your business grow, diversify and thrive. 

Please also know that the Entrepreneurs’ Programme is collecting expressions of interest to be part of a Net Zero supply chain project launching in Perth and Brisbane in July 2022. Involvement in this project is free and provides eligible businesses with access to industry networks, expert resources and to promote your Net Zero business goal.

If you want to get in touch with AusIndustry, you can connect with them on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/ausindustry/ or visit their website at https://business.gov.au/ . You can also write us an email at [email protected]


Meet the host

Barbara Albert is the Co-CEO of 100% Renewables. She is passionate about business and works to make organisations’ transition to net-zero emissions simpler and profitable. Barbara is the award-winning author of ‘Energy Unlimited – Four Steps to 100% Renewable Energy‘, one of the world’s most important books on renewable energy, as ranked by peers and experts in the industry.


About 100% Renewables

100% Renewables is a national consultancy specialising in the development of net zero, carbon neutral and climate positive strategies. We work with large energy-using businesses and government organisations with ambitious climate action goals.

In addition to delivering net zero strategies and helping our clients achieve carbon neutrality under Climate Active, our other services are commercial and mid-scale solar feasibility and implementation support, carbon footprinting, science-based target setting, energy auditing, sustainable procurement, fleet transition strategies, financing climate action, and on-call services.

We are a leader in sustainability communication through our “Driving Net Profit with Zero Emissions” podcast and videos, and through our blog posts and monthly newsletters. We showcase examples of climate action leadership and provide answers to our followers’ questions so that others can learn from them and apply them to their own net zero journey.

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In this podcast episode, we speak with Emma Bombonato, Environmental Sustainability Manager of Sydney Opera House. The Opera House is the nation’s premier tourist destination and one of the world’s busiest performing arts centres.

Being a carbon neutral organisation under Climate Active since 2018, the Sydney Opera House builds on a long history of embedding sustainability in its operations. We talk about the Sydney Opera House’s carbon footprint, its strategic planning and the role of Sustainable Development Goals. We also chat about the Opera House’s climate leadership and ambitious targets, which will see it go from carbon neutral, to net zero and eventually to climate positive. 

Emma shares her experience about how the Opera House reduces emissions in their operations and their supply chain and the importance of engagement across all stakeholders, including staff. Given the close location to the harbour, Emma also explains how they assess and deal with physical climate risks that are most relevant, and the Sydney Opera House’s future sustainability plans.

About The Sydney Opera House

Sydney Opera House will celebrate its 50 year anniversary in 2023. As a symbol of modern Australia, the Opera House plays an integral role in Australia’s identity. The State, National and World Heritage-listed site is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a ‘masterpiece of human creative genius’. In 2018 it was estimated to have a social asset value of $6.2 billion and make a $1.2 billion contribution to the Australian economy annually.

If you want to get in touch with Sydney Opera House, please visit the following:
Sydney Opera House’s website
Sydney Opera House‘s LinkedIn

About Emma Bombonato

Emma is an Environmental Science & Management background with over 15 years’ experience as a practitioner in Sustainability, Emma's experience spans across education & training in sustainability, sustainable resource management, carbon management, social behaviour change, organisational engagement and strategy development. 

Emma joined the Sydney Opera House in 2017 as the Manager, Environmental Sustainability after 10 years with Taronga Conservation Society Australia. Representing the Sydney Opera House, Emma is a member of the leadership panel of the City of Sydney Sustainable Destination Partnership and a member of the Heritage Council's Heritage Advisory Panel. Emma's role is to strategically support the Sydney Opera House to continue to take a leadership role in sustainability.

Follow Emma's LinkedIn or email her at [email protected].

Meet the host
Barbara Albert is the Co-CEO of 100% Renewables. She is passionate about business and works to make organisations’ transition to net-zero emissions simpler and profitable. Barbara is the award-winning author of ‘Energy Unlimited – Four Steps to 100% Renewable Energy‘, one of the world’s most important books on renewable energy, as ranked by peers and experts in the industry.

About 100% Renewables
In 2015, we developed one of the first organisational plans to achieve 100% renewable energy.  Since then, we have helped over 100 organisations develop their net zero plan and have grown the business to a national team of net zero specialists. We are known for developing strategies that are pragmatic, based on sound business cases, and have organisational buy-in.
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In this podcast episode, we speak with Rob Waterworth, CEO of FLINTpro and the Mullion Group. The Mullion Group is a global software and consulting company, highly sought after for its expertise in greenhouse gas inventory systems for the land sector. 

We talk about carbon emissions and removals in the land sector such as carbon sequestration in vegetation and soil carbon, and discuss terms such as carbon stock and carbon stock change. We chat about the challenges that both government and private sectors face in accounting for carbon in the land sector and how FLINTpro’s solutions and innovations can help them. 

Rob also shares some insights on how companies with large parcels of land should plan their net zero journey and the role of insetting in achieving net zero targets. 

About The Mullion Group and FLINTpro
The Mullion Group is a global software and consulting company, highly sought after for its expertise in greenhouse gas inventory systems for the land sector. 

The Mullion Group is the developer of FLINTpro, the world's first land-based data integration software system with capability to measure, report and manage climate impact for the Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use sector; and for large corporates and financial institutions with land portfolio assets and land investment strategies.
https://flintpro.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/flintpro

About Rob Waterworth
Rob is the CEO of FLINTpro and the Mullion Group. He has extensive experience in land sector monitoring and management, focusing on greenhouse gas estimation and policy development. He worked from project to national scales, designing and developing several operational land sector inventories, emissions projections systems and technical processes for nesting projects within national systems to support emissions trading.  Rob has authored several papers on monitoring systems and, in 2007, was part of the team awarded the Eureka Prize, Australia’s premier science prize, for work in developing integrated remote sensing and ground data systems.

Rob is currently leading the development of new international monitoring tools for forestry and agriculture, including FLINTpro.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-waterworth-85917a8/

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Barbara Albert is the Co-CEO of 100% Renewables. She is passionate about business and works to make organisations’ transition to net-zero emissions simpler and profitable. Barbara is the award-winning author of ‘Energy Unlimited – Four Steps to 100% Renewable Energy‘, one of the world’s most important books on renewable energy, as ranked by peers and experts in the industry.

About 100% Renewables
In 2015, we developed one of the first organisational plans to achieve 100% renewable energy.  Since then, we have helped over 100 organisations develop their net zero plan and have grown the business to a national team of net zero specialists. We are known for developing strategies that are pragmatic, based on sound business cases, and have organisational buy-in. 
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“Rewiring a community means electrifying the majority of the households, the vehicles, the water heaters, the space heaters, the kitchens, and powering it with a mix of rooftop solar, community renewables, and grid-based renewables, all backed up by batteries everywhere. This is a pathway to zero emissions, better public health, household savings, and perhaps most importantly, community economic renewal”, explains Dr Saul Griffith.

In this podcast episode, we speak with Dr Saul Griffith, co-founder and chief scientist at Rewiring Australia and Rewiring America, nonprofits dedicated to decarbonising those countries (and the world) by electrifying everything.

We talk about what it will take to transform our infrastructure, update our grid and adapt our households to an all-electric future. Saul’s new book, ‘The Big Switch’ lays out a detailed blueprint for fighting climate change while creating millions of new jobs and a healthier environment.

Using the example of Austinmer, a suburb with 1000 households, Saul shows how that community could save close to five million dollars a year if everything was electrified with technology that is available today. He also provides three steps that we can each take to access those savings in our own community, eliminate emissions and create jobs locally.

About Saul Griffith
Saul is the co-founder and chief scientist at Rewiring Australia and Rewiring America, nonprofits dedicated to decarbonising those countries (and the world) by electrifying everything. Saul received his PhD at MIT. Prior to MIT, he studied in Sydney and at UC Berkeley. Since graduating in 2004, Saul started numerous technology companies based in the Bay Area. These include Makani Power, which was acquired by Google, Instructables, which was acquired by Autodesk and Squid Labs.  Saul had been a principal investigator and project lead on research projects for agencies, such as NASA. 

And above all, Saul is a fabulous storyteller.

Saul's new book, ‘The Big Switch’ lays out a detailed blueprint for fighting climate change while creating millions of new jobs and a healthier environment. It sets out a roadmap for how we can dramatically cut emissions with technologies that are available right now, while saving Australian households over $300 billion dollars by 2035, without sacrificing the lifestyle we are used to. If you want to get in touch with Saul, you can email him at [email protected].

Meet the host
Barbara Albert is the Co-CEO of 100% Renewables. She is passionate about business and works to make organisations’ transition to net-zero emissions simpler and profitable. Barbara is the award-winning author of ‘Energy Unlimited – Four Steps to 100% Renewable Energy‘, one of the world’s most important books on renewable energy, as ranked by peers and experts in the industry.

About 100% Renewables:
In 2015, we developed one of the first organisational plans to achieve 100% renewable energy. It was the first time we had an opportunity to look holistically at a whole business to see how 100% renewables could be achieved. Since then, we have helped over 100 organisations develop their net zero plan and have grown the business to a national team of net zero specialists. We are known for developing strategies that are pragmatic, based on sound business cases, and have organisational buy-in.

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In this podcast episode, we speak with Adrian Minshull, co-founder, CEO and Managing Director of the Hydroflux Group, one of Australia’s fastest growing and leading specialist water and wastewater solutions providers and Julia Seddon, CEO and Director of Cress Consulting, a subsidiary of the Hydroflux group. 

We talk about the group’s climate strategy , how they tackle their emissions and climate risks and why they decided to go carbon neutral under Climate Active. We explore innovative solutions for water and wastewater that align with SDG 6, save energy, and produce renewable energy and fertiliser. We also discuss how the group managed to go through the Climate Active process in under 3 months and what their recommendations are for companies looking to go down a similar path.

About The Hydroflux Group
Hydroflux is one of Australia’s fastest growing and leading specialist water and wastewater solutions providers. Hydroflux is a privately owned Australian group of businesses providing a wide range of solutions for the industrial and municipal sectors throughout Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Building on its longer-term sustainability strategy the Hydroflux Group recently chose to go carbon neutral and seek Climate Active certification as part of its commitment to a brighter future and to demonstrate that the business takes its climate responsibility seriously.
https ://www.hydroflux.com.au/

About Cress Consulting
Cress Consulting is a subsidiary of the Hydroflux group. Their services include sustainability strategy design and delivery, value transformation, water stewardship, climate and water risk and issues management. Supported by more than 60 specialist engineers and scientists across the world, they provide expert guidance helping their clients uncover opportunities for sustainable growth, resource efficiency and water security.
https://www.cress.com.au/

About Adrian Minshull and Julia Seddon
Adrian Minshull is a co-founder, CEO and Managing Director of the Hydroflux Group.  Adrian has over 36 years’ experience in providing leading edge water, wastewater and water recycling technology to industry and government throughout the Asia Pacific region.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianminshull/

Julia Seddon is CEO and Director of Cress Consulting, a subsidiary of the Hydroflux group. She is a sustainability and corporate affairs professional with more than 20 years’ experience in manufacturing, food, and agriculture industries. She holds chairman and director positions in not-for-profit water stewardship and sustainable agriculture organisations.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-seddon/

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Barbara Albert is the Co-CEO of 100% Renewables. She is passionate about business and works to make organisations’ transition to net-zero emissions simpler and profitable. Barbara is the award-winning author of ‘Energy Unlimited – Four Steps to 100% Renewable Energy‘, one of the world’s most important books on renewable energy, as ranked by peers and experts in the industry.

About 100% Renewables:
In 2015, we developed one of the first organisational plans to achieve 100% renewable energy. Since then, we have helped over 100 organisations develop their net zero plan and have grown the business to a national team of net zero specialists. We are known for developing strategies that are pragmatic, based on sound business cases, and have organisational buy-in.
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In this podcast episode, we speak with Jaana Quaintance-James, the Chief Sustainability Officer of Global Fashion Group. Global Fashion Group, or GFG for short, serves customers in 17 countries and connects one billion potential consumers with thousands of global, local and own brands via its e-commerce platforms. We talk about GFG’s strategy on how carbon emissions can be tackled in the fashion industry and how GFG drives emissions reduction across their worldwide operations.

We uncover fascinating facts about where the bulk of carbon emissions are generated, investigate the embedded carbon footprint of materials used in garments and shoes, and how suppliers and consumers can make more sustainable choices. We talk about GFG’s science-based target setting approach and their current carbon offset strategy.

About Global Fashion Group
Global Fashion Group, or GFG for short, serves customers in 17 countries and connects one billion potential consumers with thousands of global, local and own brands via its e-commerce platforms. Each platform is operated under an individual brand name: Dafiti (in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Colombia), Lamoda (in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine), ZALORA (in Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei) and THE ICONIC (in Australia and New Zealand). 

GFG announced its carbon mitigation strategy in their 2020 Climate Report. In that strategy, GFG prioritises the three biggest levers for carbon reduction: products, logistics and operations. Collectively, these three categories contributed more than 80% of GFG total emissions in 2020 and therefore provide significant opportunity for reduction. 

In addition to the reduction activities focussed on these three areas, GFG has committed to developing Science-based targets. Carbon modelling work is now underway.

https://global-fashion-group.com/ or LinkedIn page -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/global-fashion-group/

About Jaana Quaintance-James
Jaana is the Chief Sustainability Officer at GFG. Jaana holds accountability for the development and implementation of the Group’s sustainability vision to be People & Planet Positive, Worldwide. Leading teams in Australia, southeast Asia, Latin America, Russia & the CIS, she drives development and delivery of the group strategy in relation to ethical trade, environment, community and responsible workplace and works closely with internal and external stakeholders to deliver the change agenda for sustainability globally.

If you want to get in touch with Jaana, you can connect with her on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaanasupplychainsustainability/

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Barbara Albert is the Co-CEO of 100% Renewables. She is passionate about business and works to make organisations’ transition to net-zero emissions simpler and profitable. Barbara is the award-winning author of ‘Energy Unlimited – Four Steps to 100% Renewable Energy‘, one of the world’s most important books on renewable energy, as ranked by peers and experts in the industry.

About 100% Renewables:
In 2015, we developed one of the first organisational plans to achieve 100% renewable energy. Since then, we have helped over 100 organisations develop their net zero plan and have grown the business to a national team of net zero specialists. We are known for developing strategies that are pragmatic, based on sound business cases, and have organisational buy-in.
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