Talking to Sebastian Neumann the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Sharkbite I learned that transformation comes down to individuals that take a problem and solve it. Of course, we have systemic problems with huge "butterfly effects" with whatever we touch and change BUT Sharkbite is proving that we can use the SDGs to come up with concrete impact and business opportunities.

Sebastian introduced us to the idea of Zebra's and how our Start-Up unicorns haven't brought the transformation we hoped for. On the other hand companies like Shell that try to find out how they can funnel their money in the "sustainable disruption".

New business models, new companies, old companies transforming, all of it is happening and now change is unstoppable. The conversations in this podcast have changed from "can we manage to slow down climate change" to "how fast can we manage to slow down climate change". Slow but steady improvements. Let's keep going changemakers.

Ronja Wolf working at www.Systemiq.earth Ronja gained deep expertise in our economy and how we can transform into a more sustainable one.

What KPI's do we following that transformation? Is GDP a KPI which can co-exist next to a world without climate change?

Ulrike Glatz me interviewing Ronja and helps us with here background in strategy consulting at Accenture and as the founder of the impact Allianz to find answers about new measurements for our economy & global society.

On the hunt for silver bullets, I came to the understanding that "one solve its all" is not how we can approach our complex system. 

What we need instead is to constantly evolve and find new ways of approaching global problems like climate change.

In this episode we talked about:

- What moves companies and individuals to push change within their industry 

- The power of individuals bringing change into their companies

- How to help the government to drive change with good set boundary conditions

- Why will we act on climate change now since we haven't acted on it since decades

- Why companies are scared as shit from not evolving now into sustainable business models

- How to set up your own Fridays for future at your workplace

David Wortmann the CEO of DWR-Eco is working in the interface of politics and business.

A key problem, that takes time and effort to use fewer fossil raw materials within our value chain is the given infrastructure & regulatory landscape. With his team, David is helping startups, companies and VC’s to crack the code and scale sustainable solutions.

As the CEO of DWR ECO David gained deep expertise in political legislation and the right communication within the market to help clean technologies to become profitable.

We talked about:

- what leverages we have to make clean tech investable? 

- When do we start with what, to hit the goal of carbon neutrality till 2050? 

- how politics can support clean technologies by trying out.

Die Kombination aus Notwendigkeit der Digitalisierung & Ökologie als Chance. Doch was macht die Politik?

Lucas Gerrits Speaker und Consultant bei TLGG Consulting hilft uns tiefe Einblicke in die Transformation im deutschen Mittelstand zu gewinnen.

Fragen die auf die wir Antworten suchen sind:

- IOT & Nachhaltigkeit?

- Wie schaffen wir es das die nachhaltigsten Autos in Deutschland hergestellt werden?

- wie Otto Versandhandel den "war of talents" gewinnt

- die Bedeutung von Daten in einer nachhaltigen Welt

- Investitionssicherheit in Nachhaltigkeit durch politischen Wille

- gleichwertige Alternativen statt Verzicht

Wenn du die mischung aus Digitaler & Nachhaltiger Transformation besser verstehen möchtest, dann ist diese Episode die genau richtige.

Das Thema der Energiegewinnung ist ein sehr zentrales in der Klimafrage.

Gerade beim diesjährigen Energiewende-Kongress in Berlin von der dena (Deutsche Energie Agentur) ist uns klar geworden, dass wir 2 Bewegungen Herr werden müssen.

Auf der einen Seite zwingt uns der Klimawandel zum Handeln schneller auf erneuerbare Energien umzusteigen.

Doch auf der anderen Seite steigt unser Energieaufwand als Gesellschaft ungemein.

Die aktuelle Lösung? Mehr von dem gleichen machen.

Mehr Solar!

Mehr Windkraft!

Mehr Wasserkraft!

Doch ist das alles?

Ein vehementes „Nein“ kann unser heutiger Gast dieser Frage entgegenbringen.

Holger Thorsten Schubart ist der CEO der Neutrino Germany GmbH.

Die Neutrino Energy GmbH arbeitet an einer neuen Art der Energiegewinnung, über Neutrinos..

Eine gänzlich neue Kategorie.

Warum diese Art und Weise der Energieerzeugung bereits von DAX 30 Unternehmen in Deutschland evaluiert wird und warum wir zukünftig unsere Elektroautos nicht mehr an der Steckdose aufladen müssen, erfährst du in diesem Podcast.

Erfahre mehr über diese faszinierende Technologie:

Neutrinos in Aktion (Video-Demo): https://youtu.be/vTCNtI3DsQk?t=166

Die offizielle Webseite von Neutrino Germany: https://neutrino-energy.com/

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung - Physik-Nobelpreis für die Entdeckung der Neutrinomasse: https://www.bmbf.de/de/physik-nobelpreis-fuer-entdeckung-der-neutrinomasse-1703.html

Holger Thorsten Schubarts sehr lesenswerter Blog: http://holgerthorstenschubart-neutrino-energie.de/

It is the main role of businesses today to serve the global community or to serve their employees, shareholders and customers?

Kasha Huk is the Country Manager of Canada at B-Lab. We talked about the mind-shift happening in the business world. The biggest and most capital intensive institutions like Black Rock commit their efforts towards a more sustainable and fair world for humanity and the planet. 

Kasha is facilitating that emerging within big cooperations, medium-sized businesses and startups in Canada and around the world and gives us deep insights into the standards B-Lab is establishing in the economy.

In the podcast we are talking about:

- the match of profitable businesses and social/environmental impact

- what are the signs that we are witnessing a tipping point of companies that adapt to our global problems

- the interplay of politics, NGO´s and business

- how the externalization of costs (e.g pollution) is regulated and how "green" business will give their investors profitable investment possibilities

- impossible till someone does it - will we that in solving climate change?

- how to leverage the power of organizations like B-Lab

My key take away of the podcast is Kashas amazing "we will solve that mess" attitude and the positive energy that is creating.

Who are your role models that use their business as a force for good?

Anders Wijkman talked with us about the trends and transformations we are currently going through in regards to climate change.

We dive deep into the following topics:

Are the coming generations equipped enough to really face the problems we see occurring in our world?

Service-oriented businesses - what can happen?

How are opportunities like the circular economy are connected to different ministries and how that is slowing down implementation?

History tells us transformation only takes place in big crisis.

How Anders experiences the mindset of our political leaders and what impact it has that most of them are not listening to.

The issue of competitiveness in regards to climate change.

The system that needs to be transformed is huge and set up so that implementing "the right things" often is not jet supported by the rules, politics gives those cooperations. Anders spent his lifetime at this interface and helped us to get a better understanding of what is really happening there.

The takeaway I gained in this podcast is that:

1.st when there is no business model for your solution, we won't be able to implement it on scale

2.nd politics can create the environment so that it is easier to find business models for the "right" products.

What are your role models for future prooven businesses that hit the sweet spot between serving our world & having a great business model?

Joel El-Qalqili Senior Associate at Schnittker Möllmann Partners (SMP) gives us a glimpse into the sustainable development of the VC and private equity sphere.

We talk about the importance and the weaknesses of

#esg policies (Environmental, Social and Governance) and the forces driving change towards more sustainable investments like new regulations but aswell a change of mindset.

We discussed the possibility of working around regulations and that exactly that mindset shift mixed with the new rules will be the driver of change in the VC and private equity game.

Listening to the podcast you can get a deeper understanding of how ESG is applied in the real world, how the law is evolving in regards to climate change and how we leverage the power of bringing together conventional and environmental fund managers to see how they could unite their power, knowledge and impact.

Who could Joel talk to, to form such a team?

Joel El-Qalqili Senior Associate at Schnittker Möllmann Partners gives us a glimpse into the sustainable development of the VC and private equity sphere.

We talk about the importance and the weaknesses of ESG policies (Environmental, Social and Governance) and the forces driving change towards more sustainable investments like new regulations but aswell a change of mindset.

We discussed the possibility of working around regulations and that exactly that mindset shift mixed with the new rules will be the driver of change in the VC and private equity game.

Listening to the podcast you can get a deeper understanding of how ESG is applied in the real world, how the law is evolving in regards to climate change and how bringing together conventional and environmental fund managers to see how they could unite their power, knowledge and impact.

Who could Joel talk to, to form such a team?

Did you ever sit down with your financial advisor and ask yourself where your money is flowing to?

Well, to clarify this and find an alternative I talked to the CEO of Newday Impact Investing.

This way they make sure that your money is put to work properly while you can lean back and have a good conscience.

Newday helps you invest in companies and financial instruments that support:

* Climate Action

I recommend to check them out when you are living in the US:

https://apple.co/390FYxe

Google Play Store:

https://bit.ly/3bc2ANp