The Net Zero Business Podcast

In this week's episode of the Net Zero Business Podcast, I have an entertaining and wide changing chat with Adam Woodhall of the General Counsel Sustainability Forum, although we spend a lot more time on engagement and influence than legal issues. Here's what we cover:

• Why General Counsels matter to Net Zero
• How greenwash is becoming a legal issue
• Why the Montreal Protocol worked (and why that reason depressed Adam)
• Why engagement should be focussed on people with agency
• The importance of action above all else (action generates action)
• The perils of using comedy for Sustainability engagement

As promised in the pod, Adam's comedy can be seen here.

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This month's episode is another Q&A episode where I discuss greenwash, including:

• The subjectivity intrinsic to greenwash
• Why it is all about context
• Why some people just can't help it
• The moral obligation to stand up to greenwash
• The need for education
• Turning your problem into action

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A very thoughtful, philosophical conversation with Amir Sokolowski, Global Director Climate Change, CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Programme). Amir and I discuss:

• Amir's background in campaigning for human rights around the world
• Carbon leakage and policies such as CBAM
• The need for a just transition when decarbonising global supply chains
• Data quality and the importance of context
• Is 'reporting burden' a myth or reality?
• Grounds for optimism and techno-optimism vs changing values

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On this week's episode, I talk to Heather Buchanan, founder and CEO of Bankers for Net Zero which does... well an awful lot more than I thought. A big part of a bank's carbon footprint lies in the mortgage properties on its books so we talk a lot about retrofitting. We also cover COP26 - COP 28, fiduciary duty, how to engage bankers in Sustainability (risk vs opportunity), agriculture, and why there is enough money to do Net Zero.

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On this week's episode, I speak to Shaun McCarthy of Action Sustainability, the Supply Chain Sustainability School and the Chair of the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 Olympics. Here's what we cover:

• Shaun's entry into social and environmental Sustainability in procurement at the British Airports Authority
• Reflections on Sustainability at the London 2012 Olympics – what worked and what didn't
• How close the BBC's '2012' satire was to reality – you might be surprised!
• The ISO20400 standard
• A range of supply chain Sustainability issues across a number of sectors
• The importance of leadership
• How to promote Sustainability in your organisation

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This is the second Q&A episode of the podcast and the question comes from 'Jane' who is involved in a debate at work over Net Zero targets. Here's what I cover in my response:

• What Net Zero really means
• The problems with going for too near a date
• The problems with going too far
• The influence of assets, leadership and culture on the target date
• When to use SBTs to underpin Net Zero
• The dangers of incrementalising stretch targets

I will be weaving more Q&A episodes in alongside the interview episodes, but I need your questions and dilemmas! They can be about any Net Zero/Climate/Sustainability-related subject, but within an organisational context. Like 'Jane', you can choose anonymity if you prefer. Click here to send them in.

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I throughly enjoyed this interview with Sustainability gamification pioneer and Chief Fun Officer of Eco-Action Games, Dr Paula Owen. We discuss the following:

• How guilt-tripping people doesn't work

• What is 'gamification' and why does it work?

• Selling gamification as a concept

• The first rule of gamification is...

• Tensions between fun and gravity in Sustainability

• Becoming a B Corp as an SME

• The importance of resilience in green business ownership

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This week on the Net Zero Business Podcast, I talk to Dr Olli Jones, Head of Sustainability NE at Cundall and co-host of the Future X podcast. We cover a wide range of Sustainability issues including:

• Do architects get Sustainability?

• The threat of 'stranded' high carbon assets is with us now

• Cundall's "Achieving net zero carbon on all our projects by 2030" pledge

• Alternatives to offsetting including Cundall's 'social decarbonisation

• Designing in resilience

• Holistic thinking – how everything is connected

• The joys of fly-fishing and water pollution

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In 2019, the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust became the first health organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. In this interview James Dixon, Associate Director - Sustainability at the Trust, tells Gareth Kane the very personal story behind this landmark move. James reveals how he was suffering climate-related depression and was contemplating civil disobedience - and a potential jail sentence - but was persuaded by his wife to channel his efforts into more practical change in his sphere of influence.

We discuss a wide range of issues including:

• Establishing an internal Sustainability brand

• How declaring a climate emergency opened the floodgates of action

• The importance of building internal and external networks

• "Healthier planet, healthier people" as a motto

• The challenges of delivering change in a 24/7 high profile environment

• How baby Rosie became the first UK baby to be delivered with the help of a low emissions gas & air system

• The carbon footprint of Gareth's hernia

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This is the first Q&A session of the podcast and the question comes from Alice Doyle who faced overt climate change denial in her last job. Here's what I cover in my response:

• How prevalent is climate change denial?
• Why you should never argue climate science with a climate change denier
• How to use Green Jujitsu to reframe your arguments so the other person understands them
• Getting allies on board to help
• Why intransigent climate change denial should be a red flag for your career prospects in an organisation

I intend to start weaving more Q&A episodes in alongside the interview episodes, but I need your questions and dilemmas! They can be about any Net Zero/Climate/Sustainability-related subject, but within an organisational context. You can choose anonymity if you prefer. Click here to send them in.

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