Decarbonising the Net with Abby Chicken, Openreach

Late last year, UK digital network provider Openreach placed the largest order for EVs in history, making a huge leap forward not only in meeting its Net Zero ambitions, but normalising clean transport for others too. This week on the pod, Openreach's Head of Sustainability Abby Chicken joins me to talk through EVs and a whole range of other issues, including:• How Sustainability is largely a matter of change management• The energy footprint of data vs dematerialising the economy• Switching to EVs across a large and distributed workforce• Overcoming myths and misinformation• Removing and recycling redundant systems• Building infrastructure in a nature positive way• Meaningful employee engagement, by focussing on task-level asks• "Make friends first, make change later"This episode is brought to you by Terra Infirma Ltd, Bringing Sustainability to Life Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.