Let's Talk Sustainable Business

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Let's Talk Sustainable Business is a solutions-focused podcast which explores sustainability through a business lens. Expect to learn from leaders of global corporates and start up founders about sustainable business models and solutions. The podcast aims to help businesses of all sizes move closer to their sustainability goals by sharing actionable insights from industry leaders.

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December 18, 2025Episode 821 min

S7E8 - The Policies Shaping Value Chain Carbon Emissions

Adam Hearne is the CEO and co-founder of CarbonChain, which helps companies and banks decarbonise their supply chains through its software, which provides precise accounting of the global carbon emissions caused by industrial sectors. In this episode, we discuss specific, global ESG-related policies - including the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the EU Omnibus Simplification Package - how CarbonChain tracks regulatory developments and whether Adam thinks companies still be motivated to manage their value chain emissions if carbon regulation becomes less stringent worldwide.

December 4, 2025Episode 719 min

S7E7 - Value Chains and Managing Company Carbon Emissions

Adam Hearne is the CEO and co-founder of CarbonChain, which helps companies and banks decarbonise their supply chains through its software, which provides precise accounting of the global carbon emissions caused by industrial sectors. In this episode, we discuss why CarbonChain decided to focus its business offering on supply chain emissions, how CarbonChain carefully gathers data for its carbon accounting platform and how Adam sees the trend of recent ESG regulatory developments.

November 20, 2025Episode 618 min

S7E6 - How to Mainstream Sustainable Tourism

Kozue Nishizaki is the Founder & Sustainability Strategist at Horizon Green, a sustainability consultancy supporting companies and municipalities in implementing sustainable business strategies. In this episode, we discuss how the tourism sector is especially vulnerable to climate change impacts, how increasing investor interest in sustainability could benefit the sector and the role legislators can play in helping mainstream sustainability in tourism.

November 6, 202524 min

S7E5 - What Role Does Sustainability Play in Tourism?

Kozue Nishizaki is the Founder & Sustainability Strategist at Horizon Green, a sustainability consultancy supporting companies and municipalities in implementing sustainable business strategies. In this episode, we discuss some of the sustainability-focused tourism projects she's worked on - including the Circular Hotel Leaders Group in Amsterdam - how she brings sustainability to the table with board members and why she feels the corporate sector is more advanced on sustainability legislation compared to the tourism sector.

October 23, 2025Episode 419 min

S7E4 - The Evolution of Climate Diplomacy

Anne-Sophie Garrigou is Director of Editorial and Campaigns at Climate KIC, a European agency tackling climate change through innovation. Anne-Sophie is a climate conference veteran and in this episode, we discuss the unique intensity of meetings like the UNFCCC COPs, why face-to-face meetings are so important for climate diplomacy and what she is anticipating from the upcoming UNFCCC COP30 in Belém, Brazil.

October 9, 2025Episode 325 min

S7E3 - Climate Conferences as Platforms for Change

Anne-Sophie Garrigou is Director of Editorial and Campaigns at Climate KIC, a European agency tackling climate change through innovation. Anne-Sophie is a climate conference veteran and in this episode, we discuss her passion for climate negotiations and how she sees the complex power dynamics at play in these international forums, the role that UNFCCC COPs play in global climate diplomacy and what how businesses should participate in events like the UNFCCC COPs.

September 25, 2025Episode 218 min

S7E2 - How should businesses frame sustainability ambitions?

Philippa Nuttall is the Editor of Sustainable Views - an ESG-focused service created by the Financial Times - which offers a daily newsletter, analysis and a policy tracker. In this episode, we discuss how sustainability-related topics have been deprioritised by certain policymakers and whether this should affect businesses' sustainability positioning, how policies on climate change & energy have evolved over the years, as well as the role of social media in consuming and disseminating news.

September 11, 2025Episode 124 min

S7E1 - Sustainability in The News

Philippa Nuttall is the Editor of Sustainable Views - an ESG-focused service created by the Financial Times - which offers a daily newsletter, analysis and a policy tracker. In this episode, we talk about how the media landscape has evolved in the last 20 years - especially its digitalisation and focus on social media, how businesses have changed the way they talk about sustainability and the best way for companies to reach journalists when they are seeking media coverage.

April 11, 2025Episode 1528 min

Reduce, Reuse, Recap: Season 6 in Review

As Season Six draws to a close, the Conference Board's ESG Center Leader Anuj Saush joins host Barbara Mendes-Jorge to discuss the lessons learned and insights gained from our guests in this series. This season focused on a range of topics - including cities, circular economy, plastics, food, nature and e-waste - and our guests provided a lot of helpful advice for listeners. We'd like to thank our guests who contributed their time and expertise: Kruti Munot, Kara Fulcher, Marco Jansen, Marie Brueser, Sebastian Leape, Kenny McGee and Mel Blackmore.

March 25, 2025Episode 1424 min

S6E14 - How ISO Standards Can Help on the Road to Net Zero

Mel Blackmore is Founder & CEO of two companies: Blackmores (UK), an ISO Standards consultancy offering support with Integrated Management Systems implementation in Europe and Carbonology Ltd, which provides training and verification services in the carbon standards sector. Shealso hosts 'The ISO Show podcast', which aims to dispel myths and share tips for businesses to succeed with ISO Standards by asking business leaders to share their journeys. In the second part of our conversation, we discuss how attitudes to ISO Standards' adoption have changed over the years, the variety of clients Mel works with - "all kinds of businesses, from small start-ups to multinational corporations"- and how UK and EU policy has facilitated ISO Standards' adoption.