EPISODE · Feb 7, 2023 · 1H 19M
🌡️ Climate Emergency: Are We Too Late? ⏰ | Powered by Enactus NL | Popping Bubbles Podcast
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Welcome to the Popping Bubbles podcast, powered by Enactus Netherlands! ⚡For our very first episode, we sat down with Steve Kennedy and Irthe de Jong to discuss climate change and how we can all take action to prevent it. Steve Kennedy is an associate professor researching business sustainability at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Irthe de Jong is a board member at De Jonge Klimaatbeweging (Dutch Youth Climate Movement) and a PhD student in European & International Law at the University of Amsterdam.If you enjoyed it, don’t forget to like, comment, share, and subscribe! This helps us connect industry and academic leaders and bring their knowledge and expertise to you. Let's pop those bubbles together! 🫧CHAPTERS:00:00 Intro01:20 Guest introduction02:43 Steve's work06:05 Study from ExxonMobil07:16 Irthe's work09:26 Polycentric governence 13:17 Profit from sustainability 15:07 (Business) incentive to change 21:19 What drives companies to resist26:23 Deep-sea mining: development vs. sustainability36:33 "Will we be on time?"40:33 Rotterjam45:34 Plugging the symptoms: "failure" of education53:00 "Are we f*cked?": climate anxiety1:00:53 "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good"1:08:20 Scaling in sustainable business1:12:01 Favorite social enterprises 1:16:03 Takeaway message to the viewersSupport the showFind the Popping Bubbles Podcast on:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@poppingbubblespodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/poppingbubblespod/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@poppingbubblespod
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Welcome to the Popping Bubbles podcast, powered by Enactus Netherlands! ⚡ For our very first episode, we sat down with Steve Kennedy and Irthe de Jong to discuss climate change and how we can all take action to prevent it. Steve Kennedy is an associate professor researching business sustainability at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Irthe de Jong is a board member at De Jonge Klimaatbeweging (Dutch Youth Climate Movement) and a PhD student in European & International Law at the University o...
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