In this episode, David and Chris speak with Deeksha Vats, the Chief Sustainability Officer at Aditya Birla Group (ABG). Deeksha shares her experiences as the Group CSO for this large and complex company and the state of the sustainability agenda in India.
In this episode, Chris speaks with Gabriel Presler, the Global Head of Enterprise Sustainability for Morningstar, about the evolution of ESG and what this means for the sustainability agenda today and in the future.
In this episode, David interrogates Chris and Mark about what they learnt and experienced participating in Climate Week in New York. They decide that they are optimists who worry a lot.
In this episode, Mark, David and Chris speak with Alison Taylor, the Clinical Associate Professor at NYU Stern School of Business and author of Higher Ground. The discussion gets to the heart of the current state of sustainability and the growing pains of the sustainable business agenda, as well as ways forward to drive more impact.
In this episode, David and Mark talk to authors and long-time sustainability experts Pia Heidenmark Cook and Lisen Wirén about their new book “Embedding Sustainability: How to drive organisational transformation.”
In this episode, Chris and David speak with Tensie Whelan, the Distinguished Professor of Business and Society and Founding Director of the Center for Sustainable Business at the Stern School, New York University. Tensie shares her cutting edge research into sustainability and Boards, the Center’s ROSI (Return on Sustainable Investment) framework and how to unlock more sustainable performance from Private Equity.
In this episode, Chris and David explore a new book by business school professor Christopher Marquis, who argues that too many businesses are profiteering from avoiding paying the true costs of doing business. Marquis challenges the recently dominant neo-liberal consensus and argues that the Zeitgeist is shifting and some pioneer businesses are showing the way to a more sustainable future.
In this episode, Chris, David, and Mark discuss the shifting corporate sustainability agenda with specific reference to Unilever’s new sustainability strategy, ERM and WBCSD’s new report, Catching the Wave: Seizing the Opportunities of Sustainability Transformation, the 2024 Oxford-GlobeScan Corporate Affairs Survey, and SBTi's recent announcement about how it will revise its flagship Corporate Net-Zero Standard to allow the use of “environmental attribute certificates” – including carbon offsets as part addressing emissions reductions.
In this episode, Mark and Chris have an involved discussion with two executives from Target, the large American retailer: Amanda Nusz, senior vice president of corporate responsibility & sustainability; and Gretchen McCarthy, chief supply chain and logistics officer. The expansive conversation explores how these two functional leaders work together to drive stronger sustainability performance and provide insight into how Target Forward, the company’s sustainability strategy, gets done.
As Director of Carbon Accountable, Catherine Atkin played a critical role drafting California's new climate regulation SB 253 and SB 261. Now, as Chief Sustainability Officer at Redwoods.ai, she's helping her company prepare to respond to burgeoning climate disclosure demands coming from California and beyond. Listen in to hear Mark and Chris talk with Catherine about what it has been like to be on both sides of this particular coin.
In this episode, Chris, David, and Mark speak with Malu Paiva, Chief Sustainability Officer for Vale, one of Latin America’s most experienced sustainability professionals. They discuss Malu’s unique professional journey, the cultural transformation underway at Vale after significant tragedies, and the importance of two important major events that will be held in South America in 2024 and 2025, COP 16 and COP30.
In this episode, Chris speaks with Roberto Guidetti, CEO of Vitasoy, about the company’s detailed journey, sustainability and ESG in an Asian context and why plant-based solutions are so critical for the future of sustainability.
Businesses committed to sustainability and those campaigning for more sustainable business need to listen better to people frightened by the pace and extent of change brought by the sustainability transformation. Why do they believe that transformation could harm them, their families, or their communities? Chris, David, and Mark use this episode to explore why this is important and some of the ways it might be done, and they reflect also on learnings from the recent GreenBiz conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
In this episode, Mark, David and Chris speak with Santiago Gowland, CEO of Rainforest Alliance(RA). They discuss Santiago’s remarkable history from his time working inside leading companies such as Unilever and Nike to his present role leading the RA. The conversation then covers the systemic change needed to create a more sustainable world with an emphasis on the connections between producers, brands and consumers. Check out the Rainforest Alliance’s We’re All In campaign: https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/were-all-in/
In this episode, David chats to Rob Doepel, EY UK & Ireland's Managing Partner for Sustainability. David and Rob talk about helping senior leaders in client companies to grapple with new business challenges and become more sustainability-literate. They discuss how sustainability professionals need to be generous, change-agents and able to lead beyond authority. This episode is one of two, recorded in collaboration with Anthropy at the 2023 Anthropy summit.https://www.ey.com/en_uk/people/rob-doepel
In this episode, David Grayson talks to Paul Drechsler, who currently chairs the UK chapter of the International Chambers of Commerce. He is a former CEO and has chaired a number of corporate, charity and business representative organisations. They discuss Paul’s growing sense of awareness of the excitement of business, the power of business as a force for good and the transformative power of business from working in Brazil, India, Pakistan, USA as well as the UK. Paul has a particular passion for tackling inequalities and the potential of education to transform people’s life chances. This episode is one of two, recorded in collaboration with Anthropy at the 2023 Anthropy summit.linkedin.com/in/paul-drechsler56
Gain insight on what mattered most from 2023 and what will shape the sustainability field in 2024 by listening to this "2024 Year in Preview" panel discussion. Mark, David, and Chris are joined by Jane Nelson, Founding Director of the Corporate Responsibility Initiative at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Louise Kjellerup Roper, CEO of Volans, and Sonia Ruiz, CEO of NOIMA Sustainability Strategies. Hear the group tackle topics from climate, nature, advocacy, and equity, through elections and geopolitics, all through the lens of what and why will determine sustainable development progress in the 12 months ahead.
In this episode, Chris, David and Mark speak with João Paulo Ferreira, CEO of Natura, about the company’s unique and remarkable sustainability journey, the current state of sustainable business, and what is yet to be done in the coming years.
In this episode, David and Chris speak with Bart Houlahan, co-founder of B Lab and one of the most important change agents in corporate sustainability over the past decade. Bart shares his journey of B Lab and the progress of the B Corp movement to date and what we can expect in the future.
John Elkington is a world authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable capitalism, an experienced advisor to business, a highly regarded thought leader and keynote speaker, a bestselling author and serial entrepreneur. Currently, he is a Founding Partner of, and Chief Pollinator at, Volans, where he works with business leaders to effect change that will not only benefit people and the planet, but help future-proof organisations for decades to come. John focuses much of his time and energy on the past and the future, but always with the intention of bringing lessons from yesterday and tomorrow into the worlds of today. In this episode, Chris and David dove into John’s extensive sustainability journey, and explore the many contours of the sustainability agenda.