Latest Sustainable business Podcast Episodes
Josh Cable | Wood that’s stronger, lighter, and cheaper than steel
Climate Positive - April 18, 2024 13:54 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsSteel is the world’s most used metal, and enables the construction of everything from buildings to wind turbines. Unfortunately, steel manufacturing is incredibly carbon intensive, contributing to approximately 8% of global green house gas emissions. As CEO of InventWood, Josh Cable envisions a ...
S6.E12: Lessons in Systems Thinking
Purpose Inspired: by Wayne Visser - April 10, 2024 23:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser. Episode 12 includes the following sections: - Chaos Points and Decision Windows - The Six Shifts - ...
Steven Rothstein | Navigating new climate disclosure rules
Climate Positive - April 04, 2024 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsDisclosure. Disclosure. Disclosure. In early March, the SEC issued final climate-related disclosure rules for U.S. public companies. Designed to enhance standardization and in response to increasing investor demand, the new rules mandate companies disclose material climate risks they face and gr...
S6.E11: It’s Going to Be a Bumpy Ride
Purpose Inspired: by Wayne Visser - April 03, 2024 23:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser. Episode 11 includes the following sections: - Disconnection: The Ones Technology Left Behind - Disr...
S6.E10: Please Mind the Gap
Purpose Inspired: by Wayne Visser - March 28, 2024 00:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser. Episode 10 includes the following sections: - Disparity: Please Mind the Gap - Disease: An Ill Wind...
S6.E9: Ecocide and the Limits to Growth
Purpose Inspired: by Wayne Visser - March 21, 2024 00:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser. Episode 9 includes the following sections: - Degradation: The Crime of Ecocide - Depletion: The Lim...
Akshat Rathi | Climate Capitalism
Climate Positive - March 20, 2024 08:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsIn this episode, Gil Jenkins sits down with Akshat Rathi, a senior climate reporter at Bloomberg News and the host of Bloomberg Green's Zero podcast, to discuss his new book, "Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions and Solving the Crisis of our Age," which was released on ...
S6.E8: A Moment of Dangerous Opportunity
Purpose Inspired: by Wayne Visser - March 14, 2024 00:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser. Episode 8 includes the following sections: - The Worst and Best of Humanity - A Moment of Dangerous...
Lisa Jacobson and Tom Rowlands-Rees | 2024 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook
Climate Positive - March 07, 2024 10:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsThe Sustainable Energy in America Factbook serves as a key reference for the state of renewables in the United States. To mark the release of the 12th edition, Gil Jenkins and Hilary Langer talked to the people behind the annual report: Lisa Jacobson, President of the Business Council for Sustai...
S6.E7: Making a Dent in the Universe
Purpose Inspired: by Wayne Visser - March 07, 2024 00:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser. Episode 7 includes the following sections: - The Key of Continuity - Making a Dent in the Universe ...
S6.E6: The Keys of Coherence and Convergence
Purpose Inspired: by Wayne Visser - February 29, 2024 00:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser. Episode 6 includes the following sections: - The Key of Coherence - The Key of Convergence Thrivin...
Jacob Mansfield, Emma Konet and Adam Reeve | Not every battery is created equal
Climate Positive - February 22, 2024 12:46 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsAs the energy density of batteries continues to increase even as costs keep declining, the stationary energy storage market is booming, with investment growing by over 7x over the last few years – from $5 billion in 2020 to over $35 billion in 2023 – and with battery installations tripling just ...
S6.E5: The Keys of Circularity and Creativity
Purpose Inspired: by Wayne Visser - February 22, 2024 00:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser. Episode 5 includes the following sections: - The Key of Circularity - The Key of Creativity Thrivi...
S6.E4: A Theory of Living Systems
Purpose Inspired: by Wayne Visser - February 15, 2024 00:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser. Episode 4 includes the following sections: - A Theory of Living Systems - The Key of Complexity Th...
Steve Raeder | Leading the charge in commercial solar
Climate Positive - February 08, 2024 10:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsIn this week's episode, Gil Jenkins sits down with Steve Raeder, the founder and CEO of Summit Ridge Energy. As a leading player in the community solar market, Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) has made significant strides since its inception in 2017, deploying over $1.6 billion into clean energy assets...
S6.E3: The Great Reset
Purpose Inspired: by Wayne Visser - February 08, 2024 00:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser. Episode 3 includes the following sections: - The Great Reset - A Dream Come True - Seeing the Fore...
S6.E2: What Happened to Our Common Future
Purpose Inspired: by Wayne Visser - February 01, 2024 00:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser. Episode 2 includes the following sections: - What Happened to Our Common Future - The Choice to Ho...
S6.E1: Be Aware But Not Afraid
Purpose Inspired: by Wayne Visser - January 25, 2024 00:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser. Episode 1 includes the following sections: - Thriving (the poem) - Be Aware But Not Afraid - Thriv...
Tim Male and Ryan Sarsfield | Markets for valuing biodiversity
Climate Positive - January 17, 2024 10:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsAt the end of 2022, 200 countries signed the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework – what some have called the “Paris Agreement for Nature”. It calls on signatories to work together to enhance the resilience of natural ecosystems and to turn the tide on species extinction rates through ...
Julia Selker | Speeding GETs for a clean and reliable grid
Climate Positive - January 03, 2024 10:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsAmerica’s dramatic shift towards renewable energy generation in remote areas will require a substantial transmission build-out in the years ahead, potentially doubling or tripling the current grid. In other words, there is no transition without transmission. While it's crucial that we expedite t...
Dan Shugar | Tracking our solar-powered future
Climate Positive - December 19, 2023 18:48 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsIn our final episode of 2023, we sit down with Dan Shugar, founder and CEO of Nextracker, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXT), a leading provider of intelligent, integrated solar tracker and software solutions used in utility-scale and distributed generation solar projects globally. With over 30 years of experie...
Mark Dyson | Applied hope and the ZEROgrid Initiative
Climate Positive - November 30, 2023 10:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsThe private sector has been a critical driver of increasing clean energy on the grid. Since 2008, corporate renewable purchases have helped bring online nearly 150 GW of new renewable energy capacity globally — more than the total power-generating capacity of France. Despite these purchase commi...
Mark Dyson | Applied Hope and the ZEROgrid Initiative
Climate Positive - November 30, 2023 10:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsThe private sector has been a critical driver of increasing clean energy on the grid. Since 2008, corporate renewable purchases have helped bring online nearly 150 GW of new renewable energy capacity globally — more than the total power-generating capacity of France. Despite these purchase commi...
Matt Rogers | Outsmarting waste with the Mill kitchen bin (Ep. 50 replay)
Climate Positive - November 16, 2023 10:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsIn this week's episode, Gil speaks with Matt Rogers, the founder and CEO of Mill, a startup revolutionizing how we tackle food waste. They delve into the inspiration behind Mill, discussing how the idea came about and the parallels to Matt's previous work as the co-founder of Nest, the company b...
Jason Kaminsky | Rising risks facing solar projects
Climate Positive - November 03, 2023 09:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsAccording to the International Energy Agency, the world is expected to build more renewable projects in the next five years as we have in the past 20. But this rapid and massive growth in the renewable energy space has proven increasingly challenging for insurers of these assets, who are struggl...
Mandi McReynolds | Generating and reporting sustainable impact
Climate Positive - October 19, 2023 14:06 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsWith the recent proliferation of sometimes conflicting standards around sustainability and impact reporting, companies across the globe are seeking trusted partners to help them determine and measure sustainability metrics that are truly material to the business and its stakeholders and also gen...
Manik Suri | Deploying a safer cold chain for vaccines, food, and planet
Climate Positive - October 05, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsWe all depend on the cold chain to keep our foods, vaccines, and medical equipment safely chilled from production to use. This energy intensive process requires constant monitoring. As CEO of Therma, Manik Suri deploys small mobile sensors that monitor conditions to optimize energy efficiency an...
Andreas Aepli | Credibly removing carbon at scale
Climate Positive - September 20, 2023 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsAt this point, the science is very clear. If we want to limit global warming to 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels, we must not only reduce existing emissions, we must also at some point become net negative – meaning that we are removing more carbon from the atmosphere than we are putting int...
Jennifer Pryce & Beth Bafford | Investing to create a more equitable and sustainable world
Climate Positive - September 06, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsIn this episode, Chad Reed speaks with Calvert Impact's President and CEO, Jennifer "Jenn" Pryce, and Beth Bafford, Calvert Impact's Vice President of Syndications and Strategy. Calvert Impact is a global nonprofit investment firm that helps investors and financial professionals invest in soluti...
Ryan Gilliam | Building the world of low carbon cement
Climate Positive - August 25, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsIn this week’s episode, we explore the world of cement. Concrete is the second most consumed material on earth behind water and is essential to the infrastructure that will enable the transition to renewable energy. But producing cement, which is the material that glues concrete together, is in...
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