Lead The Change

Lead The Change

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Lead The Change episodes

  • #107: Alice Mann
    Creating New Value Frontiers through Future First Leadership: A Conversation with Alice Mann of Mann Advisors
    Organizational psychologist Alice Mann talked with over 60 sustainable business leaders to find out how they’re innovating in the face of today’s global challenges. Her new book, Future First: How Successful Leaders Turn Innovation Challenges into New Value Frontiers, distills what she learned into these five business practices.
    In Future First, Mann argues that the three biggest challenges we face—climate change, resource scarcity, and social dynamism—offer opportunities for business to get out ahead of tomorrow’s market demands and beat the competition, while making a positive impact on the world.
    The Bard MBA’s Heather Bowden spoke with Mann about her work and Future First for the Impact Report.
     
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    ImpactReportPodcast.com
    39 min
  • #106: Michael Vandenbergh

    Beyond Politics-The Private Sector Steps Up on Climate Change: A Conversation with Michael Vandenbergh

    Michael Vandenbergh points out that 70% of us think that companies should be doing more on climate change. The good news, as he also points in his new book, is that the private sector is rising to that challenge.

    Beyond Politics: The Private Governance Response to Climate Change makes the case that the private sector can fill the environmental gap created by partisan politics. Vandenbergh and co-author Jonathan Gilligan highlight the emissions reduction initiatives of prominent firms like Hewlett Packard and Mars, Inc., and they call for further corporate action on a low-carbon future.

    Vandenbergh, the David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair of Law at Vanderbilt University and director of its Climate Change Research Network, figures that the private sector can eliminate a billion tons of carbon emissions each year over the next decade. As he says, it’s a number that would matter.

    The Bard MBA’s Sarah Hutcherson spoke with Vandenbergh about his his work and Beyond Politics for the Impact Report.

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    ImpactReportPodcast.com

    34 min
  • #106: Michael Vandenbergh
    Beyond Politics-The Private Sector Steps Up on Climate Change: A Conversation with Michael Vandenbergh
    Michael Vandenbergh points out that 70% of us think that companies should be doing more on climate change. The good news, as he also points in his new book, is that the private sector is rising to that challenge.
    Beyond Politics: The Private Governance Response to Climate Change makes the case that the private sector can fill the environmental gap created by partisan politics. Vandenbergh and co-author Jonathan Gilligan highlight the emissions reduction initiatives of prominent firms like Hewlett Packard and Mars, Inc., and they call for further corporate action on a low-carbon future.
    Vandenbergh, the David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair of Law at Vanderbilt University and director of its Climate Change Research Network, figures that the private sector can eliminate a billion tons of carbon emissions each year over the next decade. As he says, it’s a number that would matter.
    The Bard MBA’s Sarah Hutcherson spoke with Vandenbergh about his his work and Beyond Politics for the Impact Report.
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    ImpactReportPodcast.com
    34 min
  • #105: Casey Grey

    “Conscious” Construction Builds Better Homes: A Conversation With Casey Grey of the Conscious Builder


    Casey Grey argues that you may not be able to build or renovate a home 100% sustainably, but
    that you can do it 100% consciously.


    Through his company, The Conscious Builder, Grey advocates making “conscious” construction
    decisions to create a positive, lasting change. He and his team focus on building and renovating
    homes that are cheaper to operate, better for the environment, more comfortable, and healthier
    for the families who live in them.


    And Grey practices what he preaches. His own home is net zero, producing at least as much
    energy as it consumes, and is built to the energy efficiency standards of the Passive House
    Institute—although, as he explained to the Bard MBA’s Sven Thiessen, it also features a big rain
    showerhead in the master bathroom.


    Thiessen spoke with Grey for The Impact Report about the costs of sustainable versus traditional
    construction, how he’s grown the company, and what he sees as the future of the industry.

    Impactreportpodcast.com

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    20 min
  • #105: Casey Grey
    “Conscious” Construction Builds Better Homes: A Conversation With Casey Grey of the Conscious BuilderCasey Grey argues that you may not be able to build or renovate a home 100% sustainably, butthat you can do it 100% consciously.
    Through his company, The Conscious Builder, Grey advocates making “conscious” constructiondecisions to create a positive, lasting change. He and his team focus on building and renovatinghomes that are cheaper to operate, better for the environment, more comfortable, and healthierfor the families who live in them.
    And Grey practices what he preaches. His own home is net zero, producing at least as muchenergy as it consumes, and is built to the energy efficiency standards of the Passive HouseInstitute—although, as he explained to the Bard MBA’s Sven Thiessen, it also features a big rainshowerhead in the master bathroom.
    Thiessen spoke with Grey for The Impact Report about the costs of sustainable versus traditionalconstruction, how he’s grown the company, and what he sees as the future of the industry.
    Impactreportpodcast.com
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    20 min
  • #104 Luke Truman
    How Allagash Brews Sustainable Practices into its Operations: A Conversation With Luke Truman 

    The grain is just one way it's closing the loop. Portland’s Allagash Brewing Company has committed to purchasing 1 million pounds of Maine-grown and -processed grain by 2021. And three days a week, a local farmer stops by the brewery to pick up spent grain, which he uses as feed for his cows.

    Allagash demonstrates that same commitment to sustainability throughout its operations. From the cold Maine air that it uses to cool its largest refrigerated space, to the waste carbon dioxide (CO2) it captures from the brewing process and repurposes to keep head pressure on its tanks, the company sees sustainability potential in every aspect of its processes.

    The Bard MBA's Carolyn Pincus spoke recently with Allagash's sustainability lead, Luke Truman, about the brewery’s many initiatives — and about how the company manages its relationship with industry regulators. Born and raised in Wyoming, Truman's been handling sustainability work at Allagash for over five years, and running the program for 2.5 years. 

    Impactreportpodcast.com

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    31 min
  • #104 Luke Truman
    How Allagash Brews Sustainable Practices into its Operations: A Conversation With Luke Truman 
    The grain is just one way it's closing the loop. Portland’s Allagash Brewing Company has committed to purchasing 1 million pounds of Maine-grown and -processed grain by 2021. And three days a week, a local farmer stops by the brewery to pick up spent grain, which he uses as feed for his cows.
    Allagash demonstrates that same commitment to sustainability throughout its operations. From the cold Maine air that it uses to cool its largest refrigerated space, to the waste carbon dioxide (CO2) it captures from the brewing process and repurposes to keep head pressure on its tanks, the company sees sustainability potential in every aspect of its processes.
    The Bard MBA's Carolyn Pincus spoke recently with Allagash's sustainability lead, Luke Truman, about the brewery’s many initiatives — and about how the company manages its relationship with industry regulators. Born and raised in Wyoming, Truman's been handling sustainability work at Allagash for over five years, and running the program for 2.5 years. 
    Impactreportpodcast.com
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    31 min
  • #103 Anne de Carbuccia

     

    Making Art, Making Change: A Conversation With Anne de Carbuccia

    “I wish to illuminate the damage, the breakage, the fragmentation. Somehow, if I can make it beautiful, I can make it one again.”

    Anne de Carbuccia is a French-American environmental artist working to document the effects of climate change. She first became interested in the era of human beings as a geological force, the Anthropocene, while studying Art History and Anthropology at Columbia University.

    De Carbuccia has spent the past five years traveling to the most extreme places on earth, creating photographs that capture human-caused threats to the environment, including water scarcity, pollution, and species extinction. In 2014, she established the Time Shrine Foundation to raise awareness and protect vulnerable species, environments and cultures. Her permanent One Planet One Future exhibitions in New York and Milan serve as centers for education, collaboration and community and are free and open to the public.

    Sustainability strategist, media expert and Bard MBA alum Amy Kalafa, spoke with Anne de Carbuccia in January about her work for the Impact Report.

     

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    impactreportpodcast.com

    26 min
  • #103 Anne de Carbuccia
    Making Art, Making Change: A Conversation With Anne de Carbuccia
    “I wish to illuminate the damage, the breakage, the fragmentation. Somehow, if I can make it beautiful, I can make it one again.”
    Anne de Carbuccia is a French-American environmental artist working to document the effects of climate change. She first became interested in the era of human beings as a geological force, the Anthropocene, while studying Art History and Anthropology at Columbia University.
    De Carbuccia has spent the past five years traveling to the most extreme places on earth, creating photographs that capture human-caused threats to the environment, including water scarcity, pollution, and species extinction. In 2014, she established the Time Shrine Foundation to raise awareness and protect vulnerable species, environments and cultures. Her permanent One Planet One Future exhibitions in New York and Milan serve as centers for education, collaboration and community and are free and open to the public.
    Sustainability strategist, media expert and Bard MBA alum Amy Kalafa, spoke with Anne de Carbuccia in January about her work for the Impact Report.
     
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    impactreportpodcast.com
    26 min
  • #102 Tom Szaky

    Eliminating the Idea of Waste - A conversation with Tom Szaky, CEO & Founder of TerraCycle

     

    "Why does waste even exist?" That’s the question at the heart of TerraCycle’s own existence. Since 2001, the company has been taking hard-to-recycle waste and turning it into raw material for use in new products. It operates in over 20 countries and engages over 60 million people.

    2017 marked a period of significant growth for the relentlessly innovative company. TerraCycle had its first acquisition, placing it on the path to going public. It’s leveraging the JOBS Act to crowdsource for equity. And it’s partnering with major organizations such as Proctor & Gamble (P&G), Mars, Nestlé and Unilever to generate ultra-durable packaging forms that’ll be owned by the manufacturer and merely loaned to the consumer.

    In December 2017, Bard MBA’s Alistair Hall spoke with Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of TerraCycle, about the company’s plans for growth and all the ways in which it continues to work toward eliminating the idea of waste in our world.

    impactreportpodcast.com

     

     

    29 min

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