Sustainability Explored

This is a podcast on sustainability and innovations in business and economy, a great place to learn more about sustainability across industries. We invite professionals working on the implementation of innovative sustainable solutions for the future - to explore circularity and resilience, corporate social responsibility, leadership and culture, impact investment and so on, and give some guidance on how to actually implement sustainability in business.

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 38m. Bisher sind 100 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint wöchentlich.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 2 days 17 hours 15 minutes

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episode 49: How to Become a Strong Sustainability Professional or SustainAble: From vision to results. Interview with Virginia Cinquemani


In this episode, we're joined by Virginia Cinquemani, author, entrepreneur, and consultant in the sustainability field, to discuss what is needed to achieve success as a sustainability professional, a topic that has been the center of her recent book. Virginia will shed more light on the key characteristics needed by strong professionals in the sustainability arena, including communication and selling...


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 August 20, 2020  1h3m
 
 

episode 50: Design with Sustainability in Mind. Interview with Aya Ulan


Today, we're excited to be joined by Aya Ulan in a conversation about sustainable design. Step by step, we dive into the principles of the circular design, including product durability and reparability, as well as how these fit our current needs to reduce waste and pollution. Circular design constitutes a key driver of the system transformation we seek through the sustainability approach. It teaches us to treat waste as a valuable material...


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 August 27, 2020  50m
 
 

episode 51: Eco-feminism: How Human and Environmental Rights Are Interconnected. Interview with Mirishahe Syla from Kosovo Center for Counseling, Social Services, and Research


In today's episode, together with Mirishahe Syla, we take the concepts of feminism, gender equality, and environmental justice and discuss their numerous facets and inevitable interconnection. Born out the same faulty system, social and environmental injustice are causing toxic hierarchization, inequality, and unjustified superiority, whether in our relationship with each other or with nature...


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 September 3, 2020  58m
 
 

episode 52: How to Communicate Sustainability Effectively with Erica Larson from Pixel Power


Join us today, as we discuss with Erica Larson about the art & science of branding and marketing sustainability. It's new, yet it's a hot topic that will only get more traction as brands expand their role in society and need to communicate their global footprint. Erica shares insights from her unique journey into communicating sustainability in engineering and the built environment...


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 September 10, 2020  25m
 
 

episode 53: The Cradle to Cradle Certification Explained, with Aglaia Gomez from EcoIntelligentGrowth


Today we debunk the most interesting aspects of the Cradle to Cradle Certification™ for more sustainable products together with Aglaia Gomez from EcointelligentGrowth. To prepare for the radical uncertainty ahead, as well as comply with regulation, companies can truly benefit from getting their products’ Cradle to Cradle Certified. Our society and planet will also thrive, as we move towards a healthier and safer consumption of goods...


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 September 17, 2020  47m
 
 

episode 54: Indigenous rights, identity, and spirituality vs. mining activities in Guinea. Interview with Bintou Camara


Our discussion today with Bintou Camara is filled with precious insights about the urgent sustainability issues faced by indigenous communities in Guinea, West Africa. Every day, these vulnerable groups confront the dangers posed to their social, economical, and spiritual lives by the mining activities in the territories they occupy...


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 September 24, 2020  1h12m
 
 

episode 55: Resource Efficiency for Business - How to Reduce Costs & Environmental Footprints with Patricio Gonzalez Morel


In today's episode, we turn the belief that sustainability is costly on its head as we discuss with Patricio Gonzalez Morel about the enormous potential for profitability of resource efficiency.

Transforming energy use and reducing input materials can help businesses recover their investments up to 10,000 times...


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 October 1, 2020  1h14m
 
 

episode 56: How to Lead Sustainably? With Trista Bridges


Join us today for an exclusive episode with Trista Bridges, author of  “Leading Sustainably” on the importance and challenges of driving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across sectors.

Sustainability takes a team effort: governments need to guide policy systems; businesses must take responsibility for their operations, and society can encourage actors that lead the transition...


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 October 8, 2020  54m
 
 

episode 57: Humans & nature: what do we gain from connecting with nature? With Elliot Connor from Human Nature Project


Join us today for an eye-opening conversation on the human-nature connection together with young ecologist Elliot Connor. As we begin to break the barriers that we built between ourselves and nature, we learn to appreciate the accumulated wisdom of the creatures around us and the many similarities that unite us...


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 October 15, 2020  34m
 
 

episode 58: Fueling sustainable change one fuel at a time, with Twyla Dell


Today, Twyla Dell delights us with a conversation about the history and future of sustainability based on the clean energy transition. Fuel is a core driver of not only human progress, but also of our planet's resilience. As it turns out, the way we used fuel in the past threatens to burn our world, when there are much brighter options on the horizon...


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 October 22, 2020  42m
 
 
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