In the Green Room

SDCL's Jonathan Maxwell: 'The skills we need are mostly not green at all'

Investment

SDCL's Jonathan Maxwell: 'The skills we need are mostly not green at all'

Jonathan Maxwell explains why permission, not capital, is the 'constraint that bites', and why the industries making the fastest progress are the ones with the biggest energy bills

clock 13 October 2026 • 9 min read
Who Gives A Crap's Sapphire Jones: 'If nature falls down the rest of us will fall with it'

Management

Who Gives A Crap's Sapphire Jones: 'If nature falls down the rest of us will fall with it'

Who Gives a Crap's global head of sustainability explains why 'blue carbon' isn't getting the attention it deserves, and reflects on looking for the sweet spot between planet, people, and profit

clock 06 October 2026 • 8 min read
Specsavers' Helen Curran: 'The best sustainability work isn't separate from business strategy'

Management

Specsavers' Helen Curran: 'The best sustainability work isn't separate from business strategy'

Specsavers' head of sustainability shares her love of taking complex sustainability topics and making them practical, relevant, and useful, and the importance of commercial awareness

clock 29 September 2026 • 8 min read
Bank of America's Abyd Karmali: 'Success ultimately depends on making sustainability work at the micro level'

Climate change

Bank of America's Abyd Karmali: 'Success ultimately depends on making sustainability work at the micro level'

Bank's environment and social media advisory MD discusses the 'cocktail' of skills needed to build a career in sustainability

clock 23 September 2026 • 9 min read
Klarna's Alexander Farsan: 'Sustainability will only work at scale if it meets people where they are'

Management

Klarna's Alexander Farsan: 'Sustainability will only work at scale if it meets people where they are'

Payment tech firm's head of climate and environment shares lessons to be learned from the 'resale' industry and foundational insights from COP15 in Copenhagen

clock 17 September 2026 • 9 min read
EdenTree's Carlota Esguevillas: 'The biggest lesson has been to keep the momentum going through all the noise'

Investment

EdenTree's Carlota Esguevillas: 'The biggest lesson has been to keep the momentum going through all the noise'

Carlota Esguevillas discusses why sustainability strengthens investment decisions, and how she's seeing green innovation taking place in almost every industry

clock 08 September 2026 • 5 min read
Nattergal's Archie Struthers: 'I've never really thought of myself as working in sustainability'

Biodiversity

Nattergal's Archie Struthers: 'I've never really thought of myself as working in sustainability'

Nattergal's CEO explains what makes him a 'natural agent of change', and how his background in asset management has helped him build a leading nature restoration business

clock 01 September 2026 • 9 min read
Blooming Haus' Michael Dariane: 'We have stopped looking for one fixed skill set'

Management

Blooming Haus' Michael Dariane: 'We have stopped looking for one fixed skill set'

Blooming Haus' co-founder and operations director, Michael Dariane, talks the environmental footprint of flowers, his firm's five 'circular loops', and the absurdity of throwing banana skin in the bin

clock 25 August 2026 • 5 min read
CCEP's Joe Franses: 'I wish someone had told me how much patience is required in sustainability'

Management

CCEP's Joe Franses: 'I wish someone had told me how much patience is required in sustainability'

The chief sustainability officer at world's largest Coca-Cola bottler explains the importance of hiring both technical expertise and 'generalists', and why communication is an underrated skill

clock 18 August 2026 • 9 min read
Novartis' Korab Zuka: 'Early on, I underestimated how much sustainability is about trade-offs'

Management

Novartis' Korab Zuka: 'Early on, I underestimated how much sustainability is about trade-offs'

Swiss pharmaceutical firm's CSO reflects on how his upbringing in Kosovo, experience of war and displacement, and human rights activism shaped his approach to healthcare and sustainability

clock 11 August 2026 • 10 min read