Planet Pod

In this episode of Planet Pod, we are talking about city streets and green spaces: how do they co-exist in our increasingly urban life?  Host Amanda Carpenter (Achill Management) talks with Meredith Whitten, researcher at the LSE who also sits on the GLA’s Green Infrastructure Task Force and acts as an advisor to Covent Garden Community Association.  Meredith also writes and tweets regular as @urbanparksgirl.  Our other guests include Harry Knibb, sustainability and wellbeing expert providing strategy advice for the built environment working with global consultancy WSP and whose work spans many scales, from the city to the block, both nationally and internationally, and Steve Kellett, Sustainability Manager for Argent where he drives environmental sustainability across their activities at a corporate and project level, including the Kings Cross Granary Square development.

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In this OB episode, our host Amanda Carpenter (Achill Management) talks to Emily Penn, Ocean advocate artist and skipper of all women crew on board eXXpedition talks about her life, her inspiration and the massive challenge facing us all as we try to tackle the plastic tsunami that is flooding our oceans. Recorded live at the LSA Summer Event hosted by Taylor Wessing, this podcast gives an insight into what inspired Emily to take on a life of advocacy on behalf of the planet ocean as she would call it. Emily is about to lead another eXXpedition to the North Pacific - follow her voyage here.  She has promised to talk to us when she gets back.

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In this episode of Planet Pod hosts Amanda Carpenter (Achill Management) and Steve Malkin (The Planet Mark) are talking to our guests about the UN Sustainable Development Goals, (aka the Global Goals) and how organisations can help achieve these.  Joining Amanda and Steve are Louise Scott, the COO for PwC’s Global Sustainability Network, who is leading the firm’s work in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and Carolina Karlström who brings a broad knowledge of sustainability, the result of over 20 years of experience in the sustainable energy sector and in leading strategic and professional sustainability roles. As a well as being a regular blogger Carolina has a different perspective on realising the SDGs as she leads and the successful SDG Network MeetUp.

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This episode of Planet Pod is all about Green Finance in all its guises - green investment, social investment, sustainable income and the green economy.  Our host Amanda Carpenter (Achill Management) is joined by Jessica Fries, Executive Chairman of the Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S), long finance expert Michael Mainelli, Executive Chairman of the Z/Yen Group and Paul Druckman, a passionate leader in capital market reform and Non Executive Director of the Financial Reporting Council.  As well as our usual "Good, Bad & Ugly" slot we explore a range of issues related to the challenges and opportunities surrounding green finance.

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In this episode, Planet Pod host Amanda Carpenter (Achill Management) chats about changing habits and behaviours with guests Leilani Weier, a senior manager at global law firm Linklaters where she runs the firm's environmental sustainability programme; management and organisational development consultant, facilitator and coach Julie Flower, MD of Specialists Generalist; and Graham Simmonds, MD of Green Rewards and named as one of the 1000 most infuential Londoners and an Eco Hero.   

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In this episode of Planet Pod our host Amanda talks Green Consumerism with guests Michelle Johnson, Digital Editor at Tempus Magazine and a journalist with a passion for storytelling and the environment, and Daianna Karaian, founder of Thoughtful Works, a social enterprise harnessing creative talent to make things that make a real difference.  As well as our usual "good, bad and ugly" slot, we talk about sustainable travel, consumer attitudes, disruptive products and services and teh challenges facing B2C businesses.

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During a recent visit of LSA Task Force members and other LSA member guests to the Granary Square development at Kings Cross, hosted by Argent, the LSA's Amanda Carpenter talked with Paul Crilly, MD of cleaning and business support service company NJC about being a sustainable business.  In this first outside broadcast for the LSA (with more to come, we hope), Paul talks passionately about what it means to be sustainable and how his own company is approaching this and supporting clients.

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In this episode of Planet Pod our hosts Amanda Carpenter (Achill Management) and Steve Malkin (the Planet Mark) talk to Martin Turner, Partnerships Manager of the Woodland Trust and Paul Gisby, diving instructor at Oyster Diving and expert in Aqua Theatre about some of the challenges facing our two most precious resources - our ancient woodlands and the planet's seas and oceans.

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In this episode, host Amanda Carpenter (Achill Management) is joined by Caroline May - senior Partner at law firm Norton Rose Fulbright and colleague Jackie O'Keefe - HSE consultant at the firm, Anne Johnson - Chair of UKELA and Frances Scott - founder of 50:50 Parliament to talk about sustainability, the environment and gender politics in the workplace and beyond.  Are women greener than men and do they care more?

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In this week's Planet Pod podcast, hosts Amanda and Steve are talking with guests Steve Kearns (MD of Cawston Press), Mickey Reedy (Co-Director of This is Rubbish) and David Rumble (Bywaters) about all things rubbish from food, food waste, packaging, recycling and MRFs!

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