Episodes

My guest today is Tim Jackson. Tim is Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey where he’s Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP). He’s spent over thirty years involved in multi-disciplinary research and policy development on sustainability, in particular his work as Economics Commissioner on the UK Sustainable Development Commission. Tim is probably best known around the world as the author of ‘Prosperity Without Growth’, a polemic ...

My guest today is David Croft. David is Global Sustainability Director for Diageo, a leading global drinks company with brands like Smirnoff, Guinness and Johnnie Walker, where he’s responsible for their work on environmental and social sustainability around the world, working with farmers, communities and manufacturers within an international supply network. David has spent his entire career in food and grocery, having previously held senior roles at Waitrose, Kraft, Cadbury and the Co-Operati...

My guest today is Valentina Velandia. Valentina is co-founder of Capacity, a Swiss-based organisation founded in 2015 with the objective of achieving radical inclusion in Zurich and beyond. Born in Colombia, Valentina is a specialist in gender policy and has studied and worked in the US, Singapore and Europe. Capacity serves as a tool for pursuing her deepest interests in migration and social inclusion. I spoke to Valentina face-to-face at the United Nations in Geneva, where we were both speak...

My guest today is Oscar Rodriguez. Oscar is founder and director of Architecture & Food, a design consultancy specialising in Building Integrated Agriculture which he founded in 2012 and which has been at the forefront of the urban agriculture movement...

My guest today is Dr Shaun Davis. Shaun is Global Director of Safety, Health, Wellbeing and Sustainability at the Royal Mail Group, one of the world’s oldest postal services dating back over 500 years and employing over 160,000 people to deliver 58 million items per day across the UK. Shaun joined Royal Mail Group in 2012 and has since led improvements across a wide range of areas including accident prevention, employee attendance, wellbeing, physical and mental health. I spoke to Shaun by phon...

My guest today is Rachel McLelland. Rachel is founder of The Beautiful Life, a creative company producing content across a variety of channels including film, radio, podcasts, blogs and print to promote a sustainable future for all. She also provides creative consultancy to ethical businesses. Rachel spent fifteen years in the entertainment industry working across TV, film and music, delivering projects for a number of high profile clients including Jay-Z, Calvin Harris and the BBC. I spoke to...

My guest today is Daniel Buchbinder. Daniel is CEO and founder of Alterna Impact, a social ‘business cultivator’ based in Guatemala that launches and supports grass-roots ventures to address social issues. With a background as a serial entrepreneur, Daniel along with his team of 30 staff, work with over 1,000 social ventures across Central America. As such, he brings both the worm’s eye view and the helicopter view of where entrepreneurial change agents for sustainability need the most support. ...

My guest today is Kresse Wesling. Kresse is a Canadian-born serial environmental entrepreneur who builds businesses that make money whilst having a positive impact on the environment. Kresse founded her first business, an environmental packaging alternatives company, in Hong Kong in 2002. By 2004 she launched this business in the UK and has since helped to build two other green business projects; Babaloo, a mother and baby business and Yew Clothing, a line of eco-sports and casual wear. Then i...

My guest today is Venkatesh Valluri. Venky is founder and chairman of both Valluri Technology Accelerators and Valluri Change Foundation, both of which he established following over 30 years of senior leadership experience in technology-based multinationals such as HP, GE and latterly Ingersoll Rand, where he was Chairman until 2015. I spoke to Venky face-to-face in Delhi, India. We talk about the myth of trade-offs between impact and profit, about being entrepreneurial within large corporates...

My guest today is Kate Wolfenden. Kate is Co-Founder of Project X Global, a WWF-backed corporate accelerator that enables entire industries to make difficult transitions in their sustainability agenda, together. Kate is a 1st class graduate turned serial creative entrepreneur, having set up and run run four creative businesses before she was 27. She’s now spent the last 8 years creating partnerships and innovating for the sustainability sector for Oxfam, ClimateCare, Childreach International; CD...