Sustainability Solved

We are thrilled to be interviewing Robin Pointon, Go Travel Solutions is a specialist consultancy for sustainable transport, serving employers, public bodies and travel providers founded in 2008. The enterprise currently employs five staff members with offices in Leicester and Bristol. The organisation is focused on bringing together the best in transport, environmental and marketing practice. Go Travel Solutions works in collaboration with leading transport consultants, local authority partners, operators and support agencies to tailor solutions to the requirements of customers.

We are thrilled to be interviewing Marco Karman who is the owner of Be More You. Be More You is a company that helps people be more mindful, compassionate, and illuminated. Their target market are children over 10 years and old people over 60 years but have an opening market for people in the working field. In this episode, Marco explains how people do a lot of things subconsciously and have knee jerk reactions because their minds are already programmed to a certain kind of thinking. His company will help you be more aware of your environment and how to handle different situations.

We are thrilled to be interviewing Peter Elbourne, Managing Director of Supply & Operations at SHORE The Scottish Company. They aim to be the UK’s leading seaweed company. They hand harvest organic seaweed from the remote and rugged shores of northern Scotland. Sustainability is central to what they do. No-one else offers their range of organic seaweed at wholesale scale in the UK. To achieve volume sales, they have developed a range of seaweed-based products to sell into retail under our brand SHORE – the first of which is their Seaweed Puffs. Seaweed is the star ingredient, but their healthy snacking products also deliver on taste. In the coming years we want to expand our harvesting operations and introduce cultivation for key commercial species. They will also diversify beyond food into new markets for seaweed.

We are thrilled to be interviewing Joel Solomon from Renewal Funds. Want to understand what a serial impact investor sounds like, what should you look for? How do you know they want the same as you? Listen to this episode and understand more about investment. Joel Solomon is a Founding Partner of Renewal Funds, Canada's largest mission venture capital firm, at $98m assets under management. Investing in Organics and EnviroTech in Canada and the USA, Renewal Funds is GIIRS-rated, a founding Canadian B Corp (5x “Best for the World”), a “1% for the Planet” member, recognized as ImpactAssets “Top 50 impact fund managers.”

We are thrilled to be interviewing Nick Molden from Emissions Analytics, a business that is trying to educate us on what the actual emissions are for the vehicle you drive. The government is trying to get us to stop driving Diesel vehicles what if you were to understand that the new diesel vehicles are greener and cleaner than the new petrol ones? The government is a few years behind the actual emissions. Nick is busy testing vehicles from all around the world and letting us know the actual emissions of your vehicle! It turns out some of their customers are the car companies themselves! Listen and enjoy - it blew my mind! I hope it blows yours!

We are thrilled to have and be interviewing Adam Garfunkel from Junxion Strategy, a strategy and communications consultancy dedicated to helping leaders build the success stories of the next economy – one that is fair, inclusive and sustainable. They do that by helping organisations articulate their purpose, plan for impact, share their stories and measure and report on the difference they have made. Adam has spent thirty years as a sustainability consultant, writer and activist working with organisations of all sizes including the United Nations, global businesses, NGOs and social enterprises.

We are thrilled to be interviewing Tamma Carel from Imvelo limited, an environmental consultancy and training business that helps companies best understand environmental management and sustainability in the easiest way possible. Being an IEMA approved service provider, she has been able to integrate environmental management with different parts of a company through cohesive courses. She is an incredible human being with lots of energy and passion to educate. Tamma has been running the business for 3 years, and still has the same zeal and enthusiasm as ever.

Today we are delighted to be joined by Peter Gilheany, the Director of Forster Communications, a social change PR agency. It’s a company that is devoted to working with businesses and non-profit organizations with the goal of accelerating social change and has been in business for about 22 years. They help their clients protect and improve their lives.

This is a great episode about a phenomenal and inspiring lady that set up ‘networking’ and ‘communications’ solution that helps us increase awareness and reduce the environmental impact within organisations. Hermione Taylor is founder of Do Nation, an online platform designed to help people form healthy, environmentally friendly habits. Through Do Nation, she’s worked with over 100 organisations, from Nando’s to Network Rail, Ella’s Kitchen to Edinburgh University, helping to engage their employees in sustainability. Do Nation was born out of Hermione's non-profit project whereby individuals can raise support for marathons, cycle rides, or even weddings in the form of action instead of cash. Instead of donating £5, supporters pledge to try out a new carbon-saving action – e.g. cycle to work, use less plastic, or avoid unsustainable palm oil.

Martin Baxter Chief Policy Advisor IEMA – (Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment) Martin works in the UK and internationally to support the transition to a low carbon, resource efficient and sustainable economy. Martin leads IEMA’s policy and external engagement activity with government and business. He has national and international experience in developing and negotiating global and European standards, and developing capacity for effective and widespread implementation. Martin is head of the UK delegation to the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) on environmental management and chairs the EMS committee. He is also a Board member of IEMA and SocEnv.