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Sustainability Champions
by Daniel Hartz
We highlight the people, ideas, and innovations protecting and healing the planet. Here you will find our podcast episodes where we interview sustainability champions as well as articles about the many positive changes happening right now all over the world to make us more sustainable.Sustainability Champions are the individuals, companies and organizations currently solving environmental challenges around the world. They are leaders and innovators and their numbers are growing. If you are a Sustainability Champion, please subscribe and listen today.
Episodes
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This company is making endlessly recyclable shoe soles from Mediterranean cork!
Series 3, episode 14 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast! Introducing David Even, the Co-Founder of PRIMAL Soles, a company that specialises in making circular cork insoles which are endlessly reusable. According to Circular Online, 23 billion pairs of shoes are made each year and 22 billion...
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This company makes a more sustainable, resilient future for the tourism and hospitality industry.
Series 3, episode 13 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast! Introducing Julie Cheetham; Founding Member and Managing Director at Weeva - and Aimee Henning; Sustainability Manager at Weeva. Weeva is a company that specialises in making tourism more sustainable. From small actional steps within…
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This ‘Changemaker’ from Tomorrow University has developed an emissions reduction service as part of her studies!
Series 3, episode 12 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast! Introducing Eilecia Bovard - EU Climate Pact Ambassador and CEO & Co-Founder of The Perfect Farm. Perfect Farm is a company that specialises in helping farmers and corporations use their platform to enable EU livestock farmers to find...
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This company is transforming discarded wood set for landfills and turning it into valuable products!
Series 3, episode 11 of the Sustainability Champion's Podcast! Introducing Theo Hooker, Co-Founder of Cambium Carbon; a company that specialises in transforming fallen trees into valuable products with place-based impact! Put simply, the team at Cambium Carbon looks to source locally, save…
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This company has made affordable, low-cost and low-carbon heating systems!
Series 3, episode 10 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast! Introducing Tom McGee, Founder and Managing Director of X-Heat, a company that specialises in making affordable low-cost and low-carbon heating systems. X-Heat is a leading company, located in the U.K., operating within the commercial...
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This tea company’s factory that runs on 100% renewable energy and gives back to the grid!
Series 3, episode 9 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast! Introducing Daniel Graham, Managing Director of Birchall Tea, a company that specialises in making fine teas with a focus on sustainability using plant-based tea bags. For those who watch our podcast weekly, you will know that our Host,...
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This app is helping consumers reduce their emissions and live more sustainability - each purchase at a time!
Series 3, episode 8 of the Sustainability Champion's Podcast! Introducing Sanchali Pal, Founder of The Commons Earth, a company that specialises in helping consumers measure and reduce their carbon footprint. For Sanchali, she saw first hand the impacts the climate crisis is having on people when...
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This company is on a mission to reduce waste, and reliance on fossil fuels in the wool market!
Series 3, episode 7 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast! Introducing Claire McGovern, Founder of Rhyme studio, a company that specialises in advisory, interior design and design manufacturing of high quality, customisable, responsible, and healthy sustainable furnishings that includes…
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This brand is positively impacting society with clothing through transparency and education.
Series 3, episode 6 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast! Introducing Josh Gelder, Founder and CEO of The Fision, a company that specialises in making fashionable T-Shirts with a purpose. When our team was introduced to The Fision all we could think was ‘Looking good never felt so good’. On…
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This company is on a mission to prevent 1 billion tonnes of CO2e emissions by 2030!
Series 3, episode 5 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast! Introducing Louis Potok, Co-Founder & CEO at Recoolit, a company that specialises in, put simply, fighting the most neglected problem in climate change. The planet is burning, and we need as the team at Recoolit put it “all hands on...
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This company is using drones data to offer a better understanding of our changing environment!
Series 3, episode 4 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast! Introducing Markku Koivisto, Chief Business Development Officer at Globhe Drones, a company that specialises in creating drones that collects imagery and information to offer a better understanding of our changing environment - in the...
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This company is on a mission to create sustainable and long-lasting electronic products!
Series 3, episode 3 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast! Introducing Fabian Hühne, Co-Founder of Syllucid, a company that specialises in creating sustainable electronics that are good for the planet and look to reform the mining industry for the better. Fabian and his team use products as...
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This company creates their cleaning products from 100% natural biological and plant based liquids!
Series 3, episode 1 of the Sustainability Champion's Podcast! Introducing Nick Winstone, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Biovate Hygienics, a company that is pioneering the migration to sustainable cleaning products for the past decade, using the power of nature’s biological cleaning…
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This company is helping homeowners live in safer, more sustainable spaces!
Series 3, episode 1 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast! Introducing Jen & Rusty Stout, Co-Founders of Healthier Homes, a company that was ‘born out of necessity’’. To understand the story of Healthier Homes, is to know the background for the inspiration behind Jen & Rusty’s work. In 2009,...
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This woman is an ambassador to conservation organizations to help preserve our natural environment!
The final episode—episode 8—of our Women In Sustainability series features wildlife photographer, cinematographer, environmentalist and business owner, Shannon Wild. When planning this podcast series, ‘Women In Sustainability’, Shannon was one of the guests we wanted to feature because her work...
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This former Miss Universe Netherlands is using her platform to tackle plastic pollution!
Sharon Pieksma Copy for Anchor. Headline: This former Miss Universe Netherlands is using her platform to tackle plastic pollution! Women In Sustainability Series, episode 7. Introducing Sharon Pieksma, former Miss Universe Netherlands 2019, environmentalist and artist, who is on a mission through...
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These authors have created a complete guide to small-scale homesteading!
Women In Sustainability Series, episode 6. Introducing Stephanie & Michelle, the Authors of the book ‘Small-Scale Homesteading’. With over thirty-five years of combined experience, homesteaders Stephanie Thurow and Michelle Bruhn have taught thousands of people across the globe how to garden,...
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This blogger serves up easy and budget-friendly plant-based recipes to inspire readers to go vegan!
Women In Sustainability Series, episode 5. Introducing Toni Okamoto, Food Blogger and Author of the vegan recipe book, ‘Planet-based and on a Budget: Quick & Easy’. What if we could help the environment while eating delicious and healthy meals that save both money and time? Toni’s new cookbook...
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This woman is making sustainability mainstream as a sustainable model, consultant and investor!
Women In Sustainability Series, episode 4. Introducing Teresa Moore, Sustainability Consultant, Investor and Sustainable Fashion Model. Teresa’s modelling career took off when she was a teenager after appearing on the covers of W, Elle, and Shape magazines. She established herself as a model…
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This woman repurposes old garments and materials to make hand-made luxury pillows!
Women In Sustainability Series, episode 3.🎙 Introducing Cate Brown, Founder of Cate Brown Design, a design studio located in New York that creates sustainably sourced, hand-selected objects of finery to make luxury pillows for clients around the world. The team at Cate Brown Design are offering…
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This women’s cosmetics brand is cruelty free and vegan!
Women In Sustainability Series, episode 2.🎙 Introducing Christina Flach, the Founder and CEO of Pretty Girl MakeUp and Beauty Expert on NBC. Christina’s brand, Pretty Girl MakeUp, was founded in 1996 as she looked to create a better product for both herself, her clients, and customers. She could...
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This brand is on a mission to do something about the damn plastic in our environment!
Women In Sustainability Series, episode 1.🎙 Introducing Victoria, Co-Founder at Damn Plastic, a franchise and online store that sells plastic free products like edible straws, bowls, spoons, biodegradable ear swabs and bamboo toothbrushes! Based in Austria, the founders of Damn Plastic are on a...
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This PR firm helps designers and textile organisations be seen by their target audience!
Industry professionals Interview series on the Sustainability Champions podcast 🎙 Introducing Andrew Joseph, the Founder & CEO at Andrew Joseph PR or ‘AJPR’ for short. AJPR is an all-in-one marketing and public relations firm that offers marketing support for clients in the textile and home...
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This sales trainer has mentored over 25,000 sales professionals, guaranteeing sales growth!
Industry professionals Interview series on the Sustainability Champions podcast 🎙 Introducing Steve Bussey, Founder, Sales Coach, Mentor and Consultant at Salestrong, one of the UK’s leading sales training providers and sales consultancy. Salestrong is a sales performance consultancy that works...
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The UK’s leading trade mark house is helping brands discover and protect their intellectual property
Industry professionals Interview series on the Sustainability Champions podcast 🎙 Introducing Oliver Oguz, the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Trade Mark Wizards, a UK based trade mark law firm that specialises in protecting all aspects of their clients brands including trade marks, designs,...
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This woman's affordable clothing brand reduces fashion waste through inventive upcycling!
Series 2, episode 13 of the Sustainability Champions podcast 🎙 Introducing Sumedhaa Kothari, Founder of By.Sume, a clothing brand that is challenging fast fashion by making clothing from upcycled materials at affordable prices. Based in the US, Sumedhaa attended the University of California,...
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This company is changing everything we know about the insurance industry!
Series 2, episode 12 of the Sustainability Champions podcast 🎙 Introducing Nina Rauch, Senior Social Impact Lead at Lemonade, an insurance company that is changing everything we know about the insurance industry and making a real impact in our society, having partnered with over 100…
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This VC fund invests in founders addressing the most pressing challenges to our environment!
Series 2, episode 11 of the Sustainability Champions podcast 🎙 Introducing Jon Dishotsky, Investment Partner at Giant Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in purpose-driven founders and organisations on a mission to offer real-world value while addressing the most pressing challenges…
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This company’s technology converts organic waste into nutrient-rich compost within 24 - 72 hours!
Series 2, episode 10 of the Sustainability Champions podcast 🎙 Introducing Tanner Farrow; the CEO of BioCoTech Americas, a company that specialises in diverting food and other organic materials from landfills. BioCoTech’s technology is the Biospeed solution that creates a full-circle waste...
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This company is addressing global drought by reducing the amount of water farmers need for crops!
Series 2, episode 9 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙 Introducing Jeff Ciudaj, the Founder and CEO of Deep Root Irrigation, a company that specialises in making a water irrigation system for farmers that reduces the amount of water needed for harvests. The team at Deep Root Irrigation...
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This organisation uses the power of sports to restore the relationship between people and the planet
Series 2, episode 8 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙 Introducing Amy Munro, Sustainability Officer at 11th Hour Racing, an organisation that was established to create strategic partnerships to promote collaborative, systemic change addressing environmental issues. The organisation…
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This man is on a mission to make his products from 100% ocean-bound plastics by the end of 2023!
Series 2, episode 7 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙 Introducing Ben Ridding, the Founder of Ulu, a company formed because of Ben’s love for the sea. Ulu makes waterproof backpacks and tow floats with the mission to make all of its products from 100% ocean-bound plastics. So, why does…
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This company offers valuable insights so people and industry can ‘climate-proof’ our future!
Series 2, episode 6 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 Introducing Himanshu Gupta, the Co-Founder and CEO of Climate AI. Climate AI is developing a solution for those in the agriculture & food, finance, commodities, water risk management and climate risk management industries. He and the...
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This prize celebrates and acknowledges the work of sustainability champions from around the world!
Series 2, episode 5 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 Introducing the Zayed Sustainability Prize, the United Arab Emirates’ pioneering global award for recognising excellence in sustainability around the world. Established in 2008, this prize recognises nonprofit organisations (NPOs),...
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This student-founded platform is on a mission to make your daily habits online more sustainable!
Series 2, episode 4 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 Introducing Joe Lipman: Co-Founder & CEO of NAME APP, an app founded by university students who are on a mission to make scrolling meaningful and shopping sustainable & stylish. Having only recently launched their app, NAME APP was...
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This Climate Change Coach helps people overcome eco-anxiety by taking action in their daily lives!
Series 2, episode 3 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 Introducing Katharina Hellmann, certified Life Coach & Climate Change Coach, who specialises in turning climate anxiety into empowered action, from helping individuals reduce their carbon footprint, live more sustainability and…
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This organisation is empowering sustainability professionals across the workforce and around the world
Series 2, episode 2 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 Introducing Michelle Benavides, Executive Director at the International Society of Sustainability Professionals, or ISSP for short, an organisation that is set up to empower sustainability professionals across the workforce and…
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This startup-founded university is on a mission to educate and empower the change makers of tomorrow
Series 2, episode 1 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 Introducing Dr. Thomas Funke, CEO and Co-Founder of Tomorrow University, the first fully state-accredited European university to be founded by a Tech-Startup. Tomorrow University has been educating learners through its revolutionary...
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This company is on a mission to divert 100 million tonnes of waste from landfill by 2025!
Series 1, episode 15 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙 Introducing May Al-Karooni, Founder & CEO of Globechain, a company that is a leading ESG data reuse marketplace connecting enterprises with non-profits, small businesses and people to redistribute unneeded items. Globechain generates...
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This company made a device that makes a bike ‘e’ instantly!
Series 1, episode 14 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙 Introducing Som Ray, The CEO & Founder of CLIP, a company that specialises in making a portable propulsion device that is designed to transform any standard bike into an e-bike instantly! Transportation is responsible for 24% of…
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This company has created a compostable and landfill biodegradable packaging solution!
Series 1, episode 13 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙 Introducing Devana Ng; The Co-Founder of INVISIBLE COMPANY, a company that specialises in providing alternative packaging to different fashion brands, e-commerce, logistics and retails to replace the conventional packaging. Their...
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This team is helping organisations repurpose and reuse old lab equipment for the circular economy
Series 1, episode 12 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 Introducing brothers Ryan and Justin Andrews, the co-founders of REUZEit, a company that specialises in redistributing used lab equipment from companies in the life science sector that no longer need it. REUZEit repurposes this...
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This team aims to demystify the circular economy and design.
Series 1, episode 11 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 Introducing Michael Hirschhorn, CEO and Founder at Mebl Furniture & Scarlette Tapp, Executive Director at The Sustainable Furnishings Council. Michael & Scarlette work together to create and publish The Circular Design Glossary, a...
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This company created an entire product line of condiments that are made from quality ingredients from organic farmers!
Series 1, episode 10 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 In life only two things matter: Food & love. Well, that's according to the team at Curtice Brothers! Introducing Mario Bauer, Founder of Curtice Brothers and Simon Korn, Production Manager at Curtice Brothers. Curtice Brothers is a...
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This company is changing everything we know about wind turbines!
Series 1, episode 9 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙 Introducing Cheryl and Chris Moore, the Co-Founders and inventors of Harmony Turbines, a company that was founded with the idea to create a simple, efficient and affordable residential wind turbine that could meet the needs of most...
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This company is improving water efficiency to prevent over-consumption in water-scarce areas
Series 1, episode 8 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 Introducing Yasmine Ben Miloud, the Co-Founder and Head of Marketing at Water-Sec. At present; Tunisia is one of the most water-scarce countries in the world. In 2017, 367 cubic metres (m3) of water were available per capita to…
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This woman’s company empowers people to discover brands that align with their values!
Series 1, episode 7 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 Introducing Maryclaire Manard, the Founder and CEO at Cluey Consumer. So what is Cluey Consumers? Cluey exists to solve the modern-day dilemma for impact-conscious consumers who want to align their purchases with their values &…
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This company saves 96,000 hides from landfill by turning waste into leather for upholstery!
Series 1, episode 6 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 What is the environmental cost of producing leather? Is it ethical to wear leather? Is leather considered sustainable? The leather industry is one of many industries that brings about much conversation surrounding its ethics, its...
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This company is removing harmful carbon from the air with the aim to get the world to net zero and keep global warming below 1.5°C
Series 1, episode 5 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙 Climeworks has been on a journey toward a solution that would empower everyone to take climate action. Founded in 2009 by two Co-Founders Jan and Christoph, who met on their first day of university at ETH Zurich. Sharing a passion for...
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This man diverted 850,000 KGs of waste from landfill; aims to prevent 1M kgs in 2022!
Series 1, episode 4 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙 Introducing Anthony Levy, Founder & CEO of Circularity First a company that specialises in helping businesses design, build, manage and quantify IT infrastructures with a circular mindset. Circularity First Group have been working...
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We highlight the people, ideas, and innovations protecting and healing the planet. Here you will find our podcast episodes where we interview sustainability champions as well as articles about the many positive changes happening right now all over the world to make us more sustainable.Sustainability Champions are the individuals, companies and organizations currently solving environmental challenges around the world. They are leaders and innovators and their numbers are growing. If you are a Sustainability Champion, please subscribe and listen today.
HOSTED BY
Daniel Hartz
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