Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Big energy ideas, meat-free meals and women leaders

The Sustainable Business Covered podcast returns to bring you more exclusive interviews and insight from the world of sustainability. 

In this latest episode, reporter Sarah delivers four quick-fire interviews from an Energy Leaders Club event which took place in Birmingham last week (1 November). The University of Warwick’s head of energy and sustainability Joel Cardinal; Whitbread’s head of energy and environment Cian Hatton; Inspiring Sustainability’s growth strategy lead Adam Woodhall; and The Solar Trade Association’s director of advocacy and new markets Leonie Green make up the interviewees. 

The podcast also features an excerpt from former National Grid chief executive’s Steve Holliday’s keynote speech at the event. Watch Holliday’s speech in full here.

Next up, content editor Matt heads back to London for an interview with a view, as he talks meat-free meals with Quorn’s head of sustainability Louise Needham on a breezy balcony at London City Hall.

Finally, Sarah meets Rhian Sherrington, founder and director of the Women in Sustainability network, to discuss the importanve of diversity in the world of business to drive sustainable change.

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Sustainable Business Covered: Full list of episodes –

(Episode 50 – The Great Green GB Week relay)

(Episode 49 – Snap packs, green dry-cleaning and SDG cities)

(Episode 48 – In the Green Room with Ball’s Ramon Arratia)

(Episode 47 – How to build a sustainable supply chain)

(Episode 46 – Kingfisher, Surfdome and a 20th birthday party!)

(Episode 45 – Seabins, Airlabs and EV tours with UPS)

(Episode 44 – In the Green Room with Whitbread’s James Pitcher)

(Episode 43 – edie Live review, susty superheroes and a World Cup quiz)

(Episode 42 – Geothermal waterparks and rubbish cafes)

(Episode 41 – In the Green Room with Niall Dunne)

(Episode 40 – The £1bn eco-community and Patagonia’s climate action movie)

(Episode 39 – Solar, storage and sustainability reports)

(Episode 38 – The big plastics debate)

(Episode 37 – A tour of the Thames with Tideway)

(Episode 36 (Part 2) – Behind the scenes at the Sustainability Leaders Forum)

(Episode 36 (Part 1) – Behind the scenes at the Sustainability Leaders Forum)

(Episode 35 – Getting into the Christmas community spirit with LandSec and Costa)

(Episode 34 – In the green room with Unilever’s Tony Dunnage)

(Episode 33 – IKEA house party and SDG games)

(Episode 32 – What makes a ‘responsible’ retailer?)

(Episode 31 – Meeting the circular economy crusaders)

(Episode 30 – In the green room with IHG’s Kate Gibson)

(Episode 29 – In the green room with Landsec’s Sarah Beattie)

(Episode 28 – Designing for the future and adapting to global megatrends) 

(Episode 27 – In the green room with Carillion’s David Picton)

(Episode 26 – Rolling out the green carpet for Project Drawdown)

(Episode 25 – Under the canopy and what’s all the hubbub?)

(Episode 24 – In the green room with BT’s Gabrielle Ginér)

(Episode 23 (Part 2) – We’re back! And we’re LIVE from edie Live)

(Episode 23 (Part 1) – We’re back! And we’re LIVE from edie Live)

(Episode 22 – ‘Be bold for change’ on International Women’s Day)

(Episode 21 – Getting engaged with sustainability)

(Episode 20 – A day in the life of sustainability leaders)

(Episode 19 – Inside The Body Shop’s innovation lab)

(Episode 18 – Raising a glass to our sustainability leaders)

(Episode 17 – A New Year’s Revolution for the green economy)

(Episode 16 – Sharing cars and driving green innovation)

(Episode 15 – Fresh from Marrakesh)

(Episode 14 – The past, present and future of green buildings)

(Episode 13 – Britain’s great green policy progressives)

(Episode 12 – From green apprentice to sustainability leader)

(Episode 11 – (Parts 1&2) – Circular economy dreams and responsible retail)

(Episode 10 – Back to CSR school)

(Episode 09 – Doddle deliveries and zero-waste restaurants)

(Episode 08 – Sustainability without the fluff)

(Episode 07 – How to win the war on waste coffee cups)

(Episode 06 – Supply chain challenges and Shell’s Eco-marathon)

(Episode 05 – IN or OUT of the European Union?)

(Episode 04 – Plan A progress and carbon-neutral beer)

(Episode 03 – Sustainability skills special)

(Episode 02 – Monkey dating and the ‘S’ word)

(Episode 01 – Live from edie Live)

Matt Mace