Sustainability Further
by Banish
Sustainability Further has been designed in partnership with Charter Hall to inspire Australians to be more environmentally responsible. In this series, we will share knowledge from industry leaders, spark conservation and inspire people to take climate.
Episodes
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Carbon-Eating Fungi: How Loam Bio is Transforming Agriculture for a Greener Future
In this episode of Sustainability Further, we’re joined by Tegan Nock from Loam Bio, an Australian agricultural come sustainability company that’s breaking new ground with its innovative approach to carbon sequestration. By harnessing the power of "carbon-eating fungi," Loam Bio is helping…
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Climate Council: Corporate responsibility in climate action: a conversation with climate expert Nicki Hutley
In this episode we’re joined by Nicki Hutley, an esteemed economist and climate expert from the Climate Council. Nicki brings with her a wealth of experience in economics, sustainability, and corporate responsibility. In this episode, we'll be discussing the pivotal role corporations play in...
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CBRE: Electrifying the Future Insights on Electrification with Neil Glozier
In this episode of Sustainability Further we sit down with Neil Glozier, Director of Energy and Sustainability at CBRE, to explore the transformative impact of electrification on the real estate industry. Join us as we delve into the role of EV chargers and other electrification initiatives in...
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Charitable Reuse Australia: From Waste to Worth The Impact of Reuse with Omer Soker
In this episode, we sit down with Omer Soker, CEO of Charitable Reuse Australia, to explore the transformative power of charitable reuse. Omer shares insights into how Charitable Reuse Australia diverts waste from landfills while supporting communities, the environmental and social benefits of...
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Andefena: Building a greener future and tackling embodied carbon
Join us as we dive into the crucial topic of embodied carbon with Simon Wild from Andefena. Discover what embodied carbon is, the challenges and opportunities in managing embodied carbon, and gain insights into industry-specific best practices plus Simon’s predictions and emerging trends. Whether...
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Partners In Performance: Beyond Emissions, The Power of Carbon Credits
Delve into the fundamentals of carbon credits, understanding their role in mitigating carbon footprints, and uncovering best practices for effective implementation. Rob Fowler, from Partners In Performance shares valuable insights into the types of carbon credit projects available, the importance...
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Energetics: Powering progress and navigating the clean energy transition
Delve into the complexities of climate risk management and uncover practical strategies for navigating the transition to clean energy. From renewable energy solutions to policy insights, Jessica Antunes and Giles Walgenwitz from Energetics offer invaluable expertise to corporate clients seeking…
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Samsara: The Aussie start-up making plastic infinitely recyclable with enzymes
In this episode, Lottie Dalziel chats with Vanessa Vongsouthi, Head Researcher at Samsara Eco. Vanessa and her team are using cutting-edge enzyme technology to tackle plastic pollution. Discover how their innovative approach breaks down complex plastics into their original building blocks, paving...
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CitySwitch: Switching on sustainability for businesses
To share more about the vital role that CitySwitch plays in guiding businesses toward net Zero, I am chatting with Emily Keegan and Katie Shamas the National Secretariates for CitySwitch from the team at City of Sydney. In this episode, you’ll discover how CitySwitch empowers businesses to map a...
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Charter Hall: From leftovers to luxury a sustainable office furniture story
In this episode, we share an inspiring tale of sustainability within the world of real estate. When a floor at 74 Castlereagh Street in the CBD became vacant, it left behind furniture that could have ended up in the landfill. However, property manager Nick had a different vision. He repurposed…
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Australian Conservation Foundations: Guardians of Australia’s nature with Kelly O’Shanassy
Join us for a compelling episode as we sit down with Kelly O'Shanassy, the CEO of the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), to delve into the crucial work of protecting and preserving Australia's natural environment. The ACF plays a pivotal role in shaping a sustainable future for the nation....
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Pollinate Group: Empowering underserved communities through sustainable solutions
Sita Adhikari, is the Co-founder and Director of Impact at Pollinate Group, a social enterprise that provides access to sustainable energy and water solutions to underserved communities in developing countries. Sita shares with us the story behind Pollinate Group's inception, the challenges they...
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Professor Mark Howden: Charting a path towards a more sustainable future
In this episode, Lottie Dalziel speaks with Professor Mark Howden, Director of the ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions and Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He has been a major contributor to the IPCC since 1991, with roles in the Second…
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CSIRO: From research to action, tackling marine pollution with Dr Britta Denise Hardesty
Dr Britta Denise Hardesty is a Senior Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO, she has been researching plastic pollution for the last decade. In this episode, we explore the role key stakeholders play in tackling this mammoth issue.
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Clean Up Australia: How to stop litter from entering our environments + cleaning up what’s already there
Clean Up Australia Day has been inspiring more than 20 million Aussies to get out there and clean up their community for over 30 years. Pip Kiernan took over the reins as Chair five years ago from her father. Their focus is not only removing litter from our environment but preventing it from…
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Australia Post: Our posties are on their way to net zero
Susan Mizrahi is the Chief Sustainability Officer for Australia Post. In this episode, host Lottie Dalziel and Suzan chat about Australia Post’s Sustainability Roadmap and how they’re getting there. The transition to electrifying their fleet of 4600 vehicles but also how they are reducing scop 1…
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Re-Love: Rethinking and reusing old furniture for the greater good
Re-Love rescues furniture and white goods from corporates and communities and delivers them to people in need. On this episode of the podcast is Ren Fernando one of the co-founders of Re-Love who talks about how they got started and where they’re going. You can find out more about Re-Love and…
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Lottie Dalziel: How young people are teaching Australians to live sustainably
In this episode, we turn the spotlight on our host Lottie Dalziel! Lottie founded Banish an education platform and e-commerce store as a way to help educate, empower and inspire Australians to do better for the planet. Four years on Banish is one of Australia’s largest marketplaces, Dalziel has...
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Two Good Co part 2: The power of partnerships in social and environmental sustainability
Two Good Co’s mission is simple: to support the most vulnerable in communities across Australia. This is our second time chatting with the founder, Rob Caslick. He was a guest back in 2020, since then Two Good Co has expanded its offerings by opening their first cafe, the “Goodscierge” and their...
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APCO: Is Australia on track to combating packaging waste?
ANZPAC Plastics Pact officially launched as the 11th Plastics Pact in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's global Plastics Pact Network with over 60 founding members. Angela Mayer is overseeing the delivery of the ANZPAC program. Her day to day involves working with some of the biggest creators of...
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Green Collect: Reuse is the solution to office waste
Sally Quinn is the CEO and founder of Green Collect, an organisation that works to repurpose and reuse office waste. Their approach is to design out waste providing a next life for items rather than an end of life. They go one step further providing employment opportunities to those in need. In...
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Coreo: Busting the myths of the circular economy
Coreo was founded by two sisters who were frustrated with the current system, constantly putting bandaids on problems rather than fixing them at the source. Most importantly they wanted to do something about it. In this episode, Lottie Dalziel speaks with Ashleigh Morris about the circular…
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Nestle: Changing how FMCG are packaged and recycled
Nestle is working behind the scenes of your favourite chocolate bars to transform the FMCG industry. For example, as one of the first members of APCO and a key player in kerbside soft plastic collection trials, they are challenging the status quo. In this episode, we speak to Margaret Stuart, the...
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Charter Hall: How ESG works from strategy to implementation
Lina Rico Gomez has a plethora of experience working in Sustainability and ESG across Australia. As Charter Hall’s ESG Manager for Charter Hall’s commercial portfolio, her role involves not just strategising but implementing Charter Hall’s sustainability strategy. In this episode, we discuss how...
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Canva: Designing a more sustainable future
It’s not often that the environmental impact of technology companies goes under the microscope but for tech company Canva this is something that is part of their DNA. A carbon-neutral organisation with plans to have fully decarbonised operations by 2028 they are designing a more sustainable…
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Living Seawalls: Creating microhabitats for cleaner seas and a greener future
The Living Seawalls project is bringing Sydney Harbour back to life with their revolutionary ‘habitat tiles.’ This internationally recognised program by the Sydney Institute of Marine Sciences and Reef Design Lab uses living seawalls to mimic mangroves and reefs, and microhabitats for essential...
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Indigital: combining cultural intelligence with digital intelligence to educate our future
Indigital is Australia’s first Indigenous Edu-tech company, specialising in technology development and digital skills training in augmented and mixed realities, artificial intelligence, machine learning, internet of things and geospatial technologies. Founder, Mikaela Jade is a Cabrogal woman of...
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Zero Co: cleaning up Australian households and oceans
Mike Smith is a man on a mission and the founder of Zero Co. He wants to untrash the planet by cleaning up oceans and cleaning Australian households at the same time. Zero Co broke records in 2021 gaining the title of Australia's fastest crowdfunding campaign, in this episode we hear what they…
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Good Citizens: Creating a vision for a brighter future
Nik Robinson is the founder of Good Citizens, a company which is changing the way we see the world, quite literally. Good Citizens turn a single plastic bottle into a pair of glasses right here in Sydney but these glasses do far more than that. Today we learn about Nik’s failures, vision and the...
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Green Building Council of Australia: What building a carbon positive future looks like
Jorge Chapa is the Head of Transformation at Green Buildings Council of Australia, his role is to “deliver healthy, resilient and positive places for people and nature.” He works across the industry engaging with key stakeholders on numerous projects. In this episode, we talk about everything…
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Charter Hall: building a sustainable future from the ground up
In his role as Group Head of ESG for Charter Hall, Andrew is responsible for the Group’s sustainability strategy and reporting, community partnerships and works to integrate the Group’s environmental, social and governance outcomes across the business. In this episode, we discover what drives...
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Trevor Evans: Innovation in waste, recycling hard to recycle materials (part two)
In his role as Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management, Trevor Evans has the power to create a real impact when it comes to waste in Australia. He is on the presuppose of innovation and change overseeing Product Stewardship and the Recycling Modernisation Fund…
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Trevor Evans: Recycling onshore: pipe dream or reality? (part one)
In his role as Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management, Trevor Evans has the power to create real impact when it comes to waste in Australia. In late 2019 the decision was made by the Council of Australian Governments to ban the export of waste paper, plastic, glass…
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No More Butts: Butt we can all do something, here’s how
The WWF estimates that 8 billion cigarette butts are littered in Australia each year. They are also the most common type of ocean rubbish and take at least 15 years to break down, leaching toxic chemicals into our oceans. No More Butts is a not for profit started by Shannon Mead that has a vision...
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Great Barrier Reef Foundation: Can we save the Great Barrier Reef?
The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system and the world’s largest single structure made from living organisms, stretching over 2,300 km, so big that it can be seen from outer space. In 1981 the reef was named a natural World Heritage Area for its ‘outstanding universal…
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Outland Denim: Protect people, protect our planet
There’s a reason why their jeans have been seen on Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton and it isn’t just because of their great design. What makes Outland Denim different is who makes them, they provide opportunities for those affected by human trafficking. In this episode founder James Bartle...
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Ziggy Alberts: How to use your network to campaign for good
Ziggy Alberts is a singer-songwriter who is making a difference both on and off the record. He is a huge campaigner for the environment touring sustainably, implementing plastic-free gigs and encouraging his community to get involved in helping our planet. His latest album ‘searching for freedom’...
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Plastic Collective: Empowering remote communities to use plastic as a commodity
Louise Hardman is a scientist, educator, innovator and the Founder of Plastic Collective. Hardman is the inventor of the Shruder, a mobile recycling machine that shreds and extrudes plastic in one spot. The Shruder operates in remote and rural communities where it helps transform the plastic…
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City of Sydney (Jess Miller): The importance of liveable, breathable cities in Australia
Councillor Jess Miller is one of the youngest people to hold elected office at the City of Sydney, Jess’ passions lie in the environment and building liveable, breathable cities. The City of Sydney also announced that they will reach net-zero emissions by 2035, 5 years earlier than anticipated.…
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Bupa: How climate change is affecting our health
The World Health Organisation has described climate change as “the defining health challenge of our time.” Estimating that by 2030 the direct damage costs to health from climate change will be between 2.5-5 billion dollars per year. In this episode, Roger Sharp, Bupa’s Chief Sustainability &...
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Dismantle: Empowering WA’s Youth with new opportunities
Pat Ryan is the CEO of Dismantle, a charity that helps at-risk youth, through mentorship and employment to enable them to become valued and valuable members of society. They run social enterprises BikeDR and Renew Property Maintenance to empower young people with employment and opportunities.
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Monty: Using data and technology to help you compost better
It’s estimated that 40% of household bins are made of organic matter and food waste, the solution? Composting. Sadly it isn’t that easy. But now there’s a start-up changing the game. Using the power of data, Ashley Baxter and the team at Monty, have created a device that helps you get your...
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B Corp: What it means to be a truly sustainable business
With over 3,700 B Corp-certified businesses worldwide and almost 350 in Australia and New Zealand, the B Corp certification is the gold certification is seen as one of the highest standards within the sustainability industry. B Corp is a way for businesses to balance profit and purpose, looking…
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Citizen Wolf: Designed to fit, built to last how Citizen Wolf is remaking the fashion industry
Fashion is the second most destructive industry, after oil but rather than feel disheartened, Zoltan Csaki sees this as an opportunity. He is the co-founder of Citizen Wolf, a t-shirt brand that is using the power of technology to reshape the fashion industry. Zoltan has been named as one of...
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Vow: Meet the "meat" that grows in labs not farms
Vow is reinventing food, literally from the ground-up. Using cutting-edge technology where they create in their words “the world’s most tantalising and unique culinary experience” by making meat from the cells of animals meaning that no animals are farmed or harmed in the process. Co-founder and...
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Simply Cups: The impact that COVID-19 has had on single-use coffee cups
Newsflash: coffee cups are not recyclable. Looks are deceiving each cup is lined with a plastic film which makes them difficult to recycle, that’s where Simply Cups comes in. They specialise in recycling single-use cups and turn them into reusable alternatives. To date, Simply Cups have diverted...
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TABOO: Ending period poverty and fighting for women's equality and education
Isobel Marshall believes that periods shouldn’t disadvantage anyone. This is why she and her business partner Eloise Hall founded TABOO, a social enterprise that aims to break the stigma around menstruation. Isobel Marshall has been recognised as 2021 Young Australian of the Year for her work...
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Edge Environment: Circular economy –why going around in circles isn't a bad thing
Blake Lindley is a circular economist, the Director of the Australasian Circular Textile Association. He is also an Associate Consultant at Edge Environment where he helps businesses transform the way they do businesses. In this episode, hosted by Lottie Dalziel, Blake discusses the circular...
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Natalie Isaacs: How to champion sustainability in 2021
Natalie Isaacs’ electricity bill inspired a global movement. Isaacs is the founder of 1 Million Women and author of “Every woman’s guide to saving the planet” who is responsible for inspiring 970,000 people to do better for our planet. In this episode, Lottie Dalziel chats to Natalie about the...
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Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife: Rebuilding Australia’s wildlife and wilderness
1 year on from the 2019/20 Bushfires and Australia’s National Parks are rising from the ashes. In this episode, Lottie Dalziel speaks with Ian Darbyshire, CEO of the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife who not only have announced their plan to plant one million trees over the next five years...
About this show
Sustainability Further has been designed in partnership with Charter Hall to inspire Australians to be more environmentally responsible. In this series, we will share knowledge from industry leaders, spark conservation and inspire people to take climate.
Hosted by
Banish