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By Christian Budtz
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The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.
Solitaire Townsend, 'Ethical Entrepreneur of the Year' in the UK and award-winning author of 'The Solutionists', shares her infectious enthusiasm and insight into how we can all be part of the solutions that will help save the planet. Solitaire also talks about the urgent need for more joy, fun and desirable stories to inspire sustainable human behavior change.
Host: Christian Budtz
Short cuts:
5:15 What's a Solutionist?
9:30 The making of Love Bug, an insect-based cat food brand
18:00 How Netflix "Game Changers" changed the story of vegan
20:50 Brand lessons from Who Gives A Crap
24:50 Take-aways from talking with Bill Gates
31:00 The Solutions Economy in an age of uncertainty
35:00 Solitaire's advice for marketing creatives
Suvi Reinikkala, Marketing Director, led the global launch of Koskenkorva Vodka 'Climate Action' - the World's first vodka made entirely with regeneratively farmed barley. Suvi shares the fascinating story of how a small Finnish village is fighting the climate crisis by making vodka.
Host: Christian Budtz
Short cuts:
04:15 The cultural connection between Finland and vodka
06:00 The story of Koskenkorva Vodka
12:00 The 'Drink Sustainably' brand platform
17:30 Unpacking the impact of regenerative farming
21:30 How to make sustainability entertaining
24:30 From brand idea to real business transformation
30:45 Tracking impact
33:00 The path to commercial sustainability
36:00 The future role for marketing, innovation and brands
Lauren Bartley, Sustainability and CSR Director at the Danish B Corp fashion brand GANNI, shares her insights into how being scrappy can make a smaller brand punch above its weight in the quest to change a global industry for the better. Lauren also discusses transparency, circularity and the power of fashion to change culture.
Host: Christian Budtz
Short cuts:
02:25 Lauren's journey in fashion
08:30 The state of the fashion industry
15:00 How GANNI is working with circularity
18:30 The dialogue with the GANNI community
24:00 Lauren's take on sustainable consumption
27:30 GANNI's new strategy
30:00 From carbon off-setting to carbon in-setting
35:00 GANNI's opportunity as a smaller player
40:45 Why Lauren feels optimistic working in fashion
Short cuts:
02:30 Johan's view on creativity, advertising and innovation
06:45 The story of how Doconomy started
12:00 Johan explains the award-winning tool "The 2030 Calculator"
17:25 The big idea behind the DO Black project with MasterCard
22:00 How Doconomy is making sense of data
31:00 Johan's philosophy on radical innovation
39:00 Advice for advertising creatives
Mark Curtis, co-founder of design agency Fjord, now Head of Innovation and Thought Leadership at Accenture Song, explains why brands must design better human experiences to enable the real behaviour change needed to combat the environmental crisis.
Host: Christian Budtz
Short-cuts:
03:00 The story of why Mark co-founded Fjord /
08:40 The three catalysts for innovation /
12:30 Designing sustainable experiences /
18:20 Circularity as a business model /
24:30 Mark's key take-aways from COP26 and The World Economic Forum /
30:40 Rethinking the concept of growth /
Thomas Lingard, Global Sustainability Director at Unilever, provides a unique insight into how global companies can drive positive change. Thomas also talks about the power of brands, repairing capitalism, and the need for big hairy audacious goals in messy transformations.
Host: Christian Budtz
Short cuts:
05:00 Unilever's Sustainable Living Plan /
10:00 How Dove & Hellmann's put purpose at the core /
13:00 Thomas' learnings from working with sustainability /
17:00 Unilever's new sustainability strategy /
23:00 The role of global brands in driving change /
32:00 Repairing capitalism /
36:00 How to think about sustainable growth /
40:00 Thomas sharing his experience from the COP26 /
45:00 How to drive a change agenda within large organizations /
Jasmin Hume, CEO & Founder at food tech startup Shiru, is on a mission to change our global food system. Working at the intersection of tech, science, biology and creativity, Jasmin shares her fascinating vision of how we can fight the environmental crisis by redesigning foods.
Host: Christian Budtz
Short-cuts:
3:00 Jasmin's journey into food tech /
6:00 The idea behind Jasmin's startup, Shiru /
10:00 What's wrong with our food system today /
15:00 Jasmin talks about climate change /
17:30 Why ingredients are so important /
21:00 How Shiru's technology is different /
25:00 Creating a step change for large food companies /
27:00 The importance of brand building /
30:30 The power of purpose /
34:30 How to find the right investors /
41:00 Barriers facing food tech /
43:30 Jasmin's advice for entrepreneurs /
Tamsin Omond, climate activist and founding member of Extinction Rebellion, shares the inside story of how the activist group Extinction Rebellion became a global phenomenon. Tamsin also talks about meeting with Greta Thunberg, the power of mind bombs and the need for non-violent civil disobedience to fight the climate emergency.
Host: Christian Budtz
/ Short cuts :
02:30 Tamsin's journey into grassroots activism /
07:00 How Tamsin became the face of the environmental movement in the UK /
16:30 The activist toolbox /
22:30 The founding of Extinction Rebellion /
29:30 The story of Tamsin & Greta Thunberg joining forces /
37:30 Disrupting London Fashion Week /
43:00 Organizing around a global de-centralised model /
52:00 Changing the narrative to "climate emergency" /
55:30 Bridging the commercial and activist agenda /
Thomas Kolster aka Mr. Goodvertising talks about why brands need to transform and how the advertising industry needs to shift from fast ideas to entrepreneurial ideas.
Host: Christian Budtz
Shortcuts:
03:10 How the Copenhagen Climate Summit triggered Thomas to take action /
06:00 Thomas' mission behind his first book "Goodvertising" /
08.00 The influence from Oliviero Toscani /
12:00 How P&G CMO Mark Pritchard championed the company's sustainability agenda /
16:00 The challenge of sustainability wear-out and trust decline /
19:50 How brands need to move from 'purpose' to 'transformation' /
21:40 Thomas talks about his latest book "The Hero Trap" /
24:20 Companies need to ask: Who can we help people become? /
25:25 How KIND Snacks promote kindness /
27:30 Companies fail to empower people's creativity /
28:40 How the Movember movement allowed people to engage /
30:30 The role of creativity in driving change /
39:20 Thomas talks about optimism and risk-taking
Rachel Konrad, former Executive at Impossible Foods and Tesla, offers a powerful perspective on how to exploit capitalism to save the planet. Rachel shares unique insights from working with Elon Musk and on how to disrupt incumbent industries to drive positive change.
Host: Christian Budtz
Shortcuts
05:30 What Rachel learned from working with Elon Musk
09:20 Elon Musk's strategy to make Tesla culturally cool
16:30 Rachel's first meeting with Pat Brown, Founder of Impossible Foods
19:30 The big idea behind Impossible Foods
22:10 The technology behind Impossible Foods
26:00 Impossible Foods' go-to-market strategy
27:50 The partnership with Burger King and the launch of "The Impossible Whopper"
31:40 How eco-alternatives need to break into the mainstream
34:20 Myths about changing our food habits
37:45 How disruptive companies are fightning incumbent industries
45:30 What agriculture will look like in 30 years
47:45 Three disruptive food tech companies that Rachel joined as a Board Member
52:15 The future of activism
56:00 Rachel's advice for climate entrepreneurs
The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.