The Net Zero Business Podcast

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This week I talk to the wonderful Lucy Siegle (BBC TV, Guardian, Observer and many more) on communicating Sustainability through mainstream media and her particular interests in sewage and Sustainable fashion. Laced with gossip and hard hitting realities, we discuss:

• Why recycling is such a critical engagement point with the public
• Standing up to intimidation from vested interest groups
• The influence of Blue Planet II on the public's perception of plastic
• Why sewage has cut through in the current UK general election
• Effective protesting and picking the right target
• Sustainability in the fashion industry and the threat of "Sheinification"
• Individual versus corporate responsibility (ie supply and demand)

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When I first started the Net Zero Business Podcast,, I knew I wanted to get Mark on as he always inspires me with his unique insights. Fresh from a cold water swimming session, he doesn't disappoint – here's what we cover:

• Getting Sustainability stuff done in a large organisation
• Driving change as an external agent
• The threat of misinformation and conspiracy theories
• Friendly fire in the green movement
• Mark's book: You can't make money from a dead planet: the Sustainable method of driving profits
• The use of meditation in innovation and strategy
• Mark's philosophy for Sustainability Consulting

That list is an inadequate summary of a conversation which also includes the meaning of the band name Gorillaz and the origin of the phrase "the penny drops." - do not miss this one!

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In this episode of the Net Zero Business Podcast, I talk to Prof Colin Herron of Newcastle University about the transition to electric vehicles and many of the myths surrounding them. Its a highly entertaining chat with an expert who doesn't pull their punches:

• Why battery production is the key factor to EV uptake
• The need for charging infrastructure
• The economics of Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology
• Why the hydrogen economy will never happen
• The impact of Rishi Sunak's change to the EV vehicle mandate
• Busting popular EV myths

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In this episode of the Net Zero Business Podcast, I talk to ISO standard expert and podcaster Mel Blackmore of Blackmore's UK and Carbonology. In our discussion, we cover:

• How to choose from the myriad of environmental standards
• The most important question to ask before starting
• Integrating ISO standards seamlessly into the organisation
• The ISO14068 net zero/carbon neutrality standard, its origins and how it works
• Differences between ISO14068 and its predecessor PAS2060
• How the standard addresses offsetting
• The financial risk of relying on offsets

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Tobias describes himself modestly as "a guy who tries to do some useful stuff", but in this interview he shows how much of an understatement that is. We talk about:

• Setting up the Innovation Forum to support business in Sustainability

• The perils of calling your business 'ethical'

• Sustainable textiles and agriculture – are farmers right to be angry?

• Conspiracy Theorists and Sustainability

• Producing insect protein in an industrial ecology-style symbiotic cluster

• Making the wine industry sustainable

• Learning by failing

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Another Q&A episode of the pod this week. I was asked how to get people away from incremental/quick wins thinking and focus on big bold changes to hit Net Zero. Here's what I cover in my answer:

• Why ISO14001 can't deliver on Net Zero
• Why 80:20 thinking is required in both engagement and strategy
• The power of backcasting
• But why and to whom quick wins do matter
• How to pursue both strategic and incremental change simultaneously

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In this episode of the Net Zero Business Podcast, I talk to Kit England of Paul Watkiss Associates about a vital topic – Climate Adaptation. Here's what we cover:

• What is climate adaptation
• Is adaptation 'giving up'?
• The current state of play on climate adaptation
• Costs of runaway climate change vs adaptation vs mitigation
• The optimum granularity for action
• Risks and opportunities to business
• ISO14090 series of climate adaptation standards

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In this week's podcast episode, I speak to Lisa Conway, VP Global Market Sustainability and 'Carbon Lover' about their iconic Mission Zero Sustainability Programme which finished in 2020 and its successor, Climate Take Back. I had the pleasure of working with Interface about 8 years ago, and I've never come across a business so committed to Sustainability or so prepared to change everything to get there – with some glee. I'm not exaggerating, they do things that most organisations would never conceive of, never mind consider. Can you tell I'm a fan?

Here's what we discuss:

• Lisa's own 'spear in the chest' moment

• The legacy of Mission Zero and how a zero target can stimulate radical action

• Climate Take Back, regenerative business and why we should learn to love carbon

• The Factory as a Forest concept and how it works in practice

• The importance of innovation and how features can cascade from premium products to the mainstream

• The importance of having fun

Here's the Factory as a Forest case study that Lisa refers to in the pod.

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