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The Three Most Underrated Concepts in Sustainability

This week on the podcast, I set out three powerful concepts that should be used more in Sustainability if we really want to make change happen. If you want support on any or all of these three, please go to Terra Infirma | Contact Us and drop me a message!

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  • Why Sustainability Will Survive Trump, welcoming the backlash and the Batman paradox - John Friedman

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    This week on the Net Zero Business Podcast, I'm joined by leading US Sustainability thinker, author and fractional CSO John Friedman. We cover a huge range of issues including the impending Trump administration, why we are getting a backlash and John's Batman analogy. We also cover why your employees should be your primary audience, what a fractional CSO is, and talk about John's book, Managing Sustainability: First Steps to First Class.This podcast is brought to you by Terra Infirma Ltd – Bringing Sustainability to Life
  • Adapt or die: why decarbonisation is no longer enough with Rupert Read

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    Climate adaptation is the Cinderella of climate action, but increasing extreme weather events make it all too clear that we not only have to mitigate climate change (through carbon reductions) but prepare for the impacts already baked into the system. Rupert Read, author of Transformative Adaptation and former Extinction Rebellion Spokesperson, joins me to talk about the need to go beyond "shallow, defensive" adaptation and 'green bling' to build true resilience into our global value chains, and how adaptation can be a pathway to decarbonisation rather than an either or. Rupert is a fascinating analyst of the climate debate who will challenge many of your assumptions.Rupert's book, Transformative Adaptation can be bought here.The Net Zero Business Podcast is brought to you by Terra Infirma Ltd – Bringing Sustainability to Life
  • Sustainability in 2025: Predicting the Unpredictable

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    Happy New Year!It is traditional at this time of year to dust off the old crystal ball and look forward to the next 12 months, so here's my take on global emissions, the increasing need for adaptation, UK politics, US politics and COP30.Join us on 15 Jan 2025 for our 12½ Kick Ass Sustainability Ideas for 2025 webinar and get your year off to a flying start. You'll not only get the best of Sustainability thinking, but you will produce an action plan to implement the ideas that resonate best for you.
  • Twixmas musings: blade flicker, learning from Trump, the cost of not zero, Blockbuster vs Netflix, touching grass

    08:59|
    Hope you had a good Christmas. I was going to take a break from the pod, but a number of thoughts kept bouncing around my head, so I thought I would share. What happened to 'blade flicker', what Donald Trump can teach us about engagement, why the cost of not zero is critical, business choice between Blockbuster and Netflix, and young people telling each other 'go touch grass'.This will be the very last pod before the Net Zero Business Academy 2025 early bird offer closes - click here to secure your place.Podcast branding by our friends at Avery & Brown.
  • The Vital Role of Soils in the Climate Battle with Prof Karen Johnson

    28:46|
    There is huge interest in nature-based solutions for climate change, and the success of these mainly comes down to carbon retention in soil. In this episode of the Net Zero Business Podcast, I talk to award-winning Professor of Environmental Engineering Karen Johnson (who also happens to be my partner of 30+ years and, yes, this is the kind of thing we discuss over breakfast) about how soil holds (or loses) carbon, the scope for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into the soil, and why it is much more complicated than people think.since we uploaded the episode, Karen has noticed she misspoke on adding waste to soils - she meant to say she fully approves of doing so. The early bird offer for Net Zero Business Academy can be found here:https://www.terrainfirma.co.uk/net-zero-business-academy-2025-early-bird-offer-open/Podcast branding by our friends at Avery & Brownhttps://www.averyandbrown.com/
  • The new Net Zero Carbon Building Standard with Will Arnold, IStructE

    31:22|
    We won't get to Net Zero without Net Zero buildings. So it's not before time that a Net Zero Carbon Building Standard has been drafted by a cross-section of all the major construction sector groups in the UK. In this episode, I'm talked through the new standard by Will Arnold of the Institution of Structural Engineers who served on the standard's Technical Steering Group. The pilot Net Zero Carbon Building Standard can be downloaded here.Click here for details on Net Zero Business Academy 2025.Podcast branding by our friends at Avery & Brown.
  • 2024: The Year in Sustainability with Lucy Siegle and James Murray

    56:43|
    As we come to the end of a tumultuous 2024, I'm joined by a crack team of pundits – 'OG' Sustainability Superstar Lucy Siegle and the ever-wise Executive Editor of BusinessGreen.com, James Murray – to pick over the key events including elections and COPs, nominate our climate heroes and villains, and we make some predictions for 2025. And, of course, we talk about what we think of Jaguar's big pink car.For the Net Zero Business Academy early bird offer click here.Podcast branding by our friends at Avery & Brown.
  • Five Big Sustainability Lessons from the first year of the Net Zero Business Podcast

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    Blimey. It has been a year since I first launched the Net Zero Business Podcast. In this special birthday episode, I explain exactly why I started the podcast, before drawing out five big things I have learnt over the last year and 50+ episodes. It is a subjective list, regular listeners may have other learning points or respond to some of mine with a 'duh'. If you have feedback or an issue you would like me to cover let me know here.I reference quite a few interviews, so instead of a huge list here, it's easier to browse them all via this link:https://shows.acast.com/the-net-zero-business-podcast/episodesLooking forward to the next year of the pod!The Net Zero Business Podcast is brought to you by Terra Infirma Ltd – Bringing Sustainability to LifePodcast branding by our friends at Avery & Brown
  • Designing Regenerative Buildings with David Cheshire

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    This week's episode features a fascinating exploration of regenerative buildings with David Cheshire, UK Sustainability Director of infrastructure consultants AECOM and author of Regenerative by Design: Creating living buildings and cities published by RIBA. We dig into what a 'net positive' building would look and feel like, how they work in practice and how the market is responding to new possibilities. Make sure you listen to the end!This episode is brought to you by Net Zero Business Academy, our unique programme of online training webinars. The very early bird offer of a 50% discount expires on 30 November 2024 – click here for more details.Podcast branding by our friends at Avery & Brown.