In this episode, I speak with Kate Williams, CEO of 1% for the Planet, about her work to leverage the power of small actions to catalyze a shift in sustainable business. Founded by Yvon Chouinard and Craig Mathews in 2002, the intent of 1% for the Planet is to help fund these diverse environmental organizations so that collectively they can be a more powerful source in solving the world’s probl…
In this episode, we speak with CB Bhattacharya about his work to help businesses, and business leaders, to incubate, launch, entrench sustainability into their business, and the opportunity for academia to be a powerful stakeholder along this journey. Timestamps 00:09 Welcome to Sustainability Ambassador Podcast 00:45 - CB Bhattacharya Introduction 03:15 - Current state of sustainable leade…
In this episode of the Sustainable Ambassador Podcast, we speak with author Adam Minter about his experience telling the story of waste and sustainability. About Adam Minter Adam Minter is a columnist with Bloomberg Opinion, where he writes about emerging markets, technology, waste, and other topics. From 2002 to 2014, he was based in Shanghai, where he covered the trans-Pacific trade in recyc…
About Harco: “Harco J. Leertouwer leads the team responsible for the business in Continental Europe and is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Harco brings in a wealth of executive search and international business growth experience, having been a Director of Michael Page in Germany and Managing Director for Badenoch & Clark Germany and the Netherlands. Before joining Acre, Harco set up his own…
In this episode, I speak with Anne-Ross Wasser about the work she is doing as a Senior Policy Advisor for the Dutch Foreign of Ministry Affairs to monitor, support & protect the rights of LGBTQI+ communities around the world. Through it, we speak about her passion for human rights, career path as a diplomat, and some of the unique opportunities (& challenges) that she sees to delivering social…
About Andrea: For the past 30 years, Ms. Richey has lived in Hong Kong and worked for a wide variety of corporate and NGO entities. Since 2015, she has worked and volunteered for the Hong Kong Shark Foundation in many capacities, most recently as the Executive Director raising awareness about shark conservation and educating people to stop eating shark fin soup and all shark products. Befor…
In this episode of Sustainability Ambassadors, José María Figueres, Former President of Costa Rica, speaks with Rich about putting Costa Rica on the path to sustainability in the 1990s. The conversation starts with WHY he saw sustainability as an opportunity for his country, and from there HOW he developed strategy, aligned stakeholder, and measured success. Timestamps: 00:30 - Welcome to…
In this episode, we speak with Sammie Ho Dumas, Director of Social Impact & Sustainability at Williams-Sonoma, about her 20 year career focused on elevating sustainability and social impact through the supply chains of leading brands. Timestamps: 00:18 - Welcome to Sustainable Ambassador Podcast 01:00 - Sammie Dumas Ho introduction 02:00 - Lessons from factory floors 03:05 - Asssessing co…
On this episode of Sustainability Ambassadors, we speak with Ellen Weinreb about the trends and opportunities she is seeing for (young) professionals to develop their careers in the areas of ESG & Sustainability. Through our episode, she mentioned the following reports: State of the Profession 2022 https://weinrebgroup.com/state-of-the-profession-2022/ The Chief Sustainability Officer…
In this episode, we speak with Andrew Angle, Research & Networks Manager at ERM Sustainability Institute, about their recently released report, “The Next Steps for Sustainable Business”, which speaks to the top sustainability business trends for 2024. Through our discussion, we speak about the trends they identified, the critical developments and catalysts driving each, and how leaders are…
Through this episode of the Sustainable Ambassador Podcast, we speak with Janice Lao about her 20 years of work experience in corporate sustainability, and her recent research to benchmark the traits of sustainable leadership and create a blueprint from which others can follow. ? ABOUT JANICE Janice Lao is an internationally multi-awarded environmental scientist and economist working with b…
In this episode, I speak with Diana Chen and Dmitry Andreev about how they got their start in sustainability, the work they are doing as generalists (who are specialize), and how they approach career development in a space where the size and scale of challenges continues to grow. If you are a young professional, or student, looking to develop your career in sustainability, you'll want to stay t…
In this episode of the Sustainable Ambassador Podcast, we have the honor of speaking with the Mayor of Columbia, Missouri, Barbara Buffaloe. Through our conversation, we speak about how as Mayor sustainability is embedded into her work, the importance of engaging her constituents, the challenges/opportunities that are unique to a small(er) Midwestern town, and the resources/ inspirations she ga…
In this episode of the Sustainability Ambassadors Podcast, we speak with Roger Levermore, Dean of Management at Asia Institute of Technology , and Alison Greig, Director of Education for Sustainability at Anglia Ruskin University, about their work as educators to educate the next generation of leaders in sustainability and ESG. ? LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify: https://open.spotify.…
In this episode, I speak to Imran Ahmed, Founder and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), about his recent research showing how the patterns around climate denialism on social media have changed, and from there, the the work he is doing to catalyze stakeholders to solve the problem. CCDH Report: The New Climate Denial - https://counterhate.com/research/new-climate-denial/ ? L…
