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The Net Zero Business Podcast — 133 episodes

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The Unstoppable Energy Revolution with Chris Smith

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Accelerating Low Carbon Growth with Lauren Juliff, Clean Growth Fund

3

Wooden it be good: climate-friendly timber construction with Paul Brannen

4

Gonna Be Elected (or Not) | The Sustainability Show Ep2

5

Cutting Through the Noise: Ketan Joshi on Climate Comms in the Disinformation Age

6

The Race to Zero: Sustainability in Sport with Claire Poole, Sport Positive

7

The Battery Age: BESS, EV Power Pack Reuse and V2G with Matthew Lumsden, Connected Energy

8

The Dire Straits of Hormuz | The Sustainability Show Ep1

9

Does Sustainability Sell? with Prof Frédéric Dalsace, IMD

10

Green Business Pioneer Nick Brown of Nikwax, Paramo and Green Levers

11

Micromobility, the Sharing Economy and Giant Sequoias with Laura Elms, Forest Bikes

12

Build a climate resilient value chain

13

Heat Pump It Up! with Martin Fahey, Mitsubishi UK

14

Top Sustainability Trends for 2026 with Andrew Griffiths, PlanetMark

15

Transformers: the hidden workhorses of Net Zero with Ayah Alfawaris, Wilson Power Systems

16

Learn to Love Offsetting

17

Turning Trauma into Purpose with Stuart Green

18

The State of the Sustainability Profession with Sarah Mukherjee, CEO of ISEP

19

He's an EV Lover: Jordan Marsden, the EV Guy

20

The Circular Economy is about Raw Materials, not Waste Management

21

Power to the People – Delivering Community Renewable Energy with Damian Tow, Brighton Energy Co-op

22

Net Zero and the Waste Sector with Dr Adam Read MBE, SUEZ

23

Driving decarbonisation with Data, Freddie House, Sweep

24

My Five Net Zero Predictions for 2026

25

The Uxbridge Fallacy: How the UK's political consensus on Net Zero was shattered

26

Design the Future YOU Want to See

27

2025: The Year in Sustainability with Lucy Siegle and James Murray

28

Designing a better world with Vicky Lofthouse, EN:ABLE Sustainability

29

Managing England's Green and Pleasant Land with Duncan Peake, Raby Estates

30

What I've Learnt in Year 2 of the Pod

31

Why Net Zero must be people-led, with Prof Marcelle McManus

32

Truckin' on (bio)Gas with Philip Fjeld, CEO of ReFuels

33

Who says you can't put a heat pump in a 16th Century farmhouse? asks Alex Hilton

34

Leadership must own Sustainability Strategy

35

How we planted 100 million trees, launched a clothing brand and built a nature-based solutions platform with Derrick Emsley

36

Sustainable Business in Zimbabwe with Maureen Vere

37

Can Sustainability Make Us Happy? with Richard Lupo

38

Don't try to convert people to Sustainability; use Green Jujitsu

39

Can offsetting drive your Net Zero programme? with Matteo Deidda

40

How green is your website? with James Chudley

41

Jeremy Leggett: Solar and Rewilding Pioneer

42

Words of Wisdom: Sustainability Changemakers

43

Words of Wisdom: The Clean Energy Revolution

44

Words of Wisdom: Sustainability and Small Business

45

Words of Wisdom: ESG Investing

46

In Sustainability, culture and strategy are two sides of the same coin

47

Some Like It (Very) Hot: Prof Jan Rosenow on Decarbonising 'Hard to Abate' Industries

48

Decarbonising the Net with Abby Chicken, Openreach

49

Engaging the the public on e-waste using the mighty Hypnocat with Scott Butler

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There's no point in doing the wrong thing well

51

Carbon literacy, circular business models and the power of listening with Emma Burlow

52

A nuclear energy renaissance for the UK? with Adam Bell, Stonehaven

53

Decarbonising Eastenders, Manchester University and Stonehenge with Richard Smith, PS Planet

54

On Sustainability, stretch yourself, but not too far

55

Sustainability Accreditation for Small Business with Jo Holmes and David Knight

56

The Challenges of a Just Transition with Dr Simona Capisani

57

The Future of Energy (it's electrifying!) with Richard Black, Ember

58

Rule 1 of Corporate Sustainability: Understand YOUR Business Case

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Neuroscience, Sustainability and all that jazz with Gerald J. Leonard

60

Three Deadly Net Zero Fallacies

61

Can renewables reduce home energy bills to zero? Octopus Energy's Emma Fletcher explains how

62

Is ESG really dead? Sorting the signal from the noise with Georgia Hall

63

The Pod does God: Faith, Sustainability and Small Business with Don Golden

64

It ain't easy being green...

65

Marga Hoek on Capital, Technology & Inspiration: the 3 keys to unlock Sustainability

66

Vet Zero: Sustainability at the Royal Veterinary College with Rachel Ward

67

Sustainability in the C-suite with Jennifer Geary

68

The biggest barrier to Sustainability is just 6 inches wide...

69

"Is the electricity grid ready for Net Zero?" with Paul Glendinning, Northern Powergrid

70

The Art of Sustainability Communications with Helen Neal

71

Unpicking the Politics of Net Zero with Michael Liebreich

72

Demand: the one word that will save the planet

73

Business Leadership & Sustainability: Head, Heart & Hands with Profs Julia Binder & Knut Haanaes

74

Why Sustainability Will Survive Trump, welcoming the backlash and the Batman paradox - John Friedman

75

Adapt or die: why decarbonisation is no longer enough with Rupert Read

76

Sustainability in 2025: Predicting the Unpredictable

77

Twixmas musings: blade flicker, learning from Trump, the cost of not zero, Blockbuster vs Netflix, touching grass

78

The Vital Role of Soils in the Climate Battle with Prof Karen Johnson

79

The new Net Zero Carbon Building Standard with Will Arnold, IStructE

80

2024: The Year in Sustainability with Lucy Siegle and James Murray

81

Five Big Sustainability Lessons from the first year of the Net Zero Business Podcast

82

Designing Regenerative Buildings with David Cheshire

83

Solitaire Townsend on the March of the Solutionists

84

"Act Local": Place-based Sustainability with Florian Wupperfeld

85

Are your Sustainability messages falling on deaf ears?

86

Healthy People, Healthy Planet with Dr Matt Sawyer and Dr Mike Tomson

87

Can AI eliminate the Sustainability Reporting burden? with Louis Frank

88

Putting the world to rights with Brendan May

89

The Litmus Test of Sustainability

90

The Guardian's Fiona Harvey on Labour's first three months in (clean) power, international climate politics and COP29

91

Can Regenerative Farming Save the Planet? with Doug Wanstall, Beyond Zero

92

Is the future uninsurable? with Claudine Blamey, CSO, Aviva

93

Sustainability and Small Business with Jasper Steinhausen

94

Words of Wisdom: The Mental Challenge of Delivering Sustainability

95

Words of Wisdom: Offsetting/Voluntary Carbon Markets

96

Words of Wisdom: Sustainable Supply Chains

97

Words of Wisdom: Sustainable Design and Innovation

98

Words of Wisdom: Engagement for Sustainability

99

3 Reasons Why Your Net Zero Strategy is Failing

100

Building trust in green marketing with Russ Avery, Avery and Brown

101

Shining a light on offsetting with Nic Alexander, Thallo

102

How to be a Chief Sustainability Officer with Anna Krotova

103

How to sell Sustainability to just about anybody

104

Aida Greenbury on turning an environmental pariah into a Sustainability pioneer

105

Lucy Siegle on communicating Sustainability in the media, the sewage scandal and ultra fast fashion

106

Mark Shayler of Ape on making change happen, sustainability consulting and meditation for innovation

107

The Three Most Underrated Concepts in Sustainability

108

The TRUTH about EVs with Prof Colin Herron

109

Introducing the new ISO14068 Net Zero and Carbon Neutrality Standard with Mel Blackmore

110

How to be an Eco-entrepreneur with Tobias Webb, Innovation Forum

111

How do I get people to forget quick wins and focus on the stuff that matters?

112

Kit England on Climate Adaptation

113

Lisa Conway, Interface, reflecting on Mission Zero and exploring Climate Take Back

114

Adam Woodhall of the General Counsel Sustainability Forum on the law, engagement and the perils of comedy

115

How do I stop our PR department greenwashing?

116

Amir Sokolowski, Global Director Climate Change, CDP on disclosures, just transition to Net Zero and grounds for optimism

117

Heather Buchanan, Bankers for Net Zero on fiduciary duty, retrofitting buildings and agriculture

118

Shaun McCarthy OBE on Supply Chain Sustainability, ISO20400 and the London Olympics

119

Net Zero by 2030, 2040 or 2050 - which to choose?

120

Dr Paula Owen, Sustainability Gamification Pioneer and Chief Fun Officer

121

Dr Olli Jones of Cundall on Net Zero Architecture/Construction, Alternatives to Offsetting and Climate Resilience

122

James Dixon on becoming the first health organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency

123

Help! My boss is a climate change denier! What should I do?

124

Alex Herridge of Skanska on Sustainability in the Water Industry, the Power of Design and Carbon Insetting

125

Anna-Lisa Mills, Smart Carbon on Carbon Footprinting, Eco-entrepreneurialism and Eco-anxiety

126

Richard Deaville of Balfour Beatty on Sustainability in Construction, Net Zero/SBTs, the right mindset and buzzword bingo

127

Looking back at 2023 and forward to 2024 with James Murray of BusinessGreen.com

128

Karen Creffield, Frome Medical Practice on Sustainability in Primary Care

129

Gareth Kane on his Road to Damascus moment, Green Jujitsu, the 80:20 Rule in Sustainability and some career advice

130

Alex Roberts of Vistry on Net Zero/SBTs, Sustainability in construction, upskilling the supply chain and the Future Homes Standard

131

Elisa Gasperini of Ahlsell on Net Zero, SBTs, Circular Economy and Authenticity

132

Jonathan Oxley of the CBI on Net Zero, Beyond Petroleum, CBAM, recent Government policy changes...

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Introducing the Net Zero Business Podcast