Episode 11: Douglas Rushkoff | How the digital revolution undermines sustainability–and some proposals for a fairer more sustainable world

Episode 1: Ioannis Ioannou | The cast iron business case for sustainability: In the first episode of the Sustainability Agenda, noted sustainability scholar Professor Ioannis Ioannou unveils the latest research on corporate sustainability. The long-assumed trade-off between sustainability and profits, is it turns out, as many sus by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 22: Professor Giorgos Kallis: Degrowth and the dangers of excessive economic growth: In this interview, Professor Giorgos Kallis, a leading degrowth thinker, provides an overview of evolving theories of degrowth. Degrowth theorists argue for a reduction in production and consumption, arguing that overconsumption is at the root of many of by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 4: Susan Burns | What the ecological footprint tells us: By many measures, humans have shown themselves to be a pretty successful species. But we are living unsustainably. We are consuming more resources than the Earth can provide– we are in global ecological overshoot. The Ecological Footprint, developed by th by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 2: Sean Kidney | Why climate bonds matter: Over the comings years, sums of between US$5 and $7 trillion a year will need to be invested in infrastructure, clean energy, water, sanitation, agriculture, to meet Sustainability Development Goals. New Climate Economy estimates that a massive $93tn inv by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 15: John Elkington| Exponential technologies, climate change, and sustainable development.: John is a pioneer in the world of corporate responsibility and sustainable development -as a writer, consultant, and serial entrepreneur he has been at the forefront of sustainability thinking for four decades. John is the author or co-author of 19 books by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 14: Hunter Lovins| New thinking that will drive Regenerative Capitalism, the next wave beyond sustainability: From a vantage point of 40 years experience helping create the field of sustainability, Hunter Lovins is in an excellent position to explain where sustainability is today–and to highlight the latest thinking that will drive regenerative practices, the nex by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 8: Professor John Kay | The real meaning of sustainability: John Kay is one of Britain’s leading economists and has a long-standing interest in the relationships between business and society; he has been writing about responsible business, the role of stakeholders, and business and society for several decades. In by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 5: Mardi McBrien | Why we need to integrate climate change-related information into mainstream financial reporting: It took many decades over the early 20th Century for a standardised way of presenting financial information to investors to evolve. A similar process is now under way in an effort to include non-financial information in mainstream accounts. But we have to by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 16: Interview with Ericsson’s Elaine Weidman-Grunewald: Ericsson’s sustainability journey: Ericsson has been at the forefront of corporate sustainability initiatives for many years- and will publish its 24th annual Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Report on March 1 2017. In this podcast, I speak to Elaine Weidman-Grunewald, Vice Pre by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 12: Tessa Tennant | The future of green finance: After several false starts, many experts now believe that the green finance sector is at a tipping point. Investors are paying attention to ESG factors as never before, there is an explosion of investor interest in green bonds, and195 countries adopted th by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 11: Douglas Rushkoff | How the digital revolution undermines sustainability–and some proposals for a fairer more sustainable world: Author, media theorist, professor, activist: Douglas Rushkoff wears many hats. At the heart of his work is a recurring theme: how to redevelop society to better serve humans. In this episode, Douglas discusses his latest book, Throwing Rocks at the Google by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 6: Hazel Henderson| The future of sustainability: When it comes to getting a perspective on the future of sustainability, who better to speak to than renowned author, futurist and sustainability pioneer Hazel Henderson. A long-time pioneer promoting the integration of environmental and social considerati by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 9: Aron Cramer | Corporate sustainability – past progress and future questions: BSR has been providing socially responsible business solutions to many of the world’s leading companies for almost 25 years, working with 250 member companies around the world to create a more just and sustainable global economy. In this podcast, BSR CEO by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 3: Mike Barry | The path to become the world’s most sustainable retailer: Marks & Spencer launched its Plan A progamme in 2007 with the ambition to make the company the world’s most sustainable major retailer. This far-reaching ecological and ethical programme is now in its 9th year. In this interview, Mike Barry, who oversees by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 26: Innovative ideas on how to survive on a fast changing planet. Interview with David Biello, author “The Unnatural World: The Race to Remake Civilization in Earth’s Newest Age.”: David Biello is the science curator at TED Talks as well as a contributing editor for Scientific American. He recently published “The Unnatural World: The Race to Remake Civilization in Earth’s Newest Age,” in which he explores the emergence of the “Anth by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 31: UN Climate Week Special: Interview with Barry Parkin Chief Sustainability Officer at Mars, Inc.: Barry Parkin is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Mars, Inc. The family run confectionary giant has over 33 billion dollars in annual sales and is ranked by Forbes as the 6th largest privately held company in the United States, with over 80,000 employee by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 24: Keeping track of corporate sustainability commitments: interview with Toby Heap, the CEO and co-founder of Corporate Knights Inc. a media company: How well are companies doing when it comes to sustainability? This is a key question that Corporate Knights assesses in its annual Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations—based on publicly available information provided by companies around the world. In by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 7: Professor CB Bhattacharya | How to integrate sustainability into the business: In this episode of the Sustainability Agenda, Professor CB Bhattacharya, one of the word’s leading sustainability researchers, gives his perspective on his evolution of corporate sustainability over recent decades. Professor Bhattacharya discusses his lat by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 10: Paul Dickinson | The crucial importance of corporate climate change data: Paul Dickinson founded CDP, formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project, in 2000 with a vision to help the global economic system operate within sustainable environmental boundaries, and to prevent dangerous climate change. CDP manages a data platform that ga by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 17: Professor Kevin Anderson| Climate Change Warning: Professor Kevin Anderson is an important – and outspoken – voice on how our emissions today are locking in dangerous levels of climate change and how we need immediate and strong action now, individually and collectively, if we are to bequeath our childre by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 28: The future of the sustainability agenda: interview with Tony Juniper, CBE.: In this thought provoking and insightful interview, Tony Juniper provides a timely assessment of the state of sustainability agenda and the relative importance of key sustainability drivers, highlighting how corporations are taking the lead driving the su by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 19: Andreea Strachinescu | developments in new energy technologies and innovation in the EU: Andreea Strachinescu is head of the New Energy Technologies and Innovation unit in the Directorate General for Energy at the European Commission. She is responsible for the development of the policy and actions on non-nuclear energy research and innovatio by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 13: Professor Paul Ekins| Smart regulation, new technologies and carbon taxation: Little had been written on the role of environmental taxes when Paul Ekins wrote The Living Economy in1986. Since that time we have learnt a lot more about the potential role of taxation in dealing with climate change, yet there has been relatively little by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 25: Sustainable procurement: how are companies doing? Interview with Pierre-Francois Thaler, co-founder and co-CEO of EcoVadis.: In recent years, sustainable procurement has become an increasingly important issue for customers and stakeholders in large companies around the world. Yet assessing levels of sustainability across supply chains remains a tremendous challenge for many com by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 38: Sam Fankhauser, Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE, discusses carbon pricing: Sam Fankhauser is Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics. He has been at the institute since its inception a decade ago, where he initially joined as a Principal Research Fellow. by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 21: Michael Kobori, Vice-President, Sustainability, at Levi Strauss & Co. Levi’s Sustainability Journey: Michael has led sustainability at Levi Strauss & Co. since 2001. Under his leadership, Levi has been a leader in bringing sustainability to the apparel industry and Michael has helped drive industry collaboration on sustainability, serving as Chair of the by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 27: interview with Lynelle Cameron, President & CEO of the Autodesk Foundation and Senior Director of Sustainability at Autodesk, Inc.: In this interview, Lynelle Cameron talks about the work of the Autodesk Foundation-and the relationship between sustainability, CSR and corporate philanthropy at Autodesk. She highlights the growing importance of sustainability in design and the company’s by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 18: Katherine Collins| How to connect investing with the real world and how finance can learn from nature: Katherine Collins has had a a long successful career in traditional fund management – she was head of US Equity Research at Fidelity Investments and later as Portfolio Manager was responsible for investment decisions for the multi-billion dollar Fidelity by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 20: Martin Wolf: How economic policy can help deal with growing environmental challenges and climate change: How can economics deal with climate change? In this interview, Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator of the Financial Times, talks about the crucial importance of dealing with climate change and discusses the ways in which economic by The Sustainability Agenda

53 min listen

Episode 50: Interview with Paul Hawken, co-founder and Executive Director of Project Drawdown: In this interview, jointly with the Drawdown Agenda, Paul Hawken, the co-founder and Executive Director of Project Drawdown, discusses the inception and mission of Drawdown– and explains the research, modelling and analysis underpinning the project. He em by The Sustainability Agenda

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Episode 11: Douglas Rushkoff | How the digital revolution undermines sustainability–and some proposals for a fairer more sustainable world

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