In the Green Room

Insiya Jafferjee: 'What keeps me optimistic is that most people want to make impactful change'

Science

Insiya Jafferjee: 'What keeps me optimistic is that most people want to make impactful change'

Shellworks' founder and CEO discusses environmental start-ups' 'blessed position' and the importance of failure in building new sustainability-focused markets

clock 20 May 2024 • 5 min read
Sue Fairley: 'More focus is needed on how we demystify sustainability for customers'

Marketing

Sue Fairley: 'More focus is needed on how we demystify sustainability for customers'

New Look's head of sustainability explains why it's an 'incredibly exciting' time to work in the sector and discusses lessons from the 'greenwashing' debate

clock 14 May 2024 • 6 min read
Anastasia Volkova: 'New sustainable systems and models have to outlast the conventional ones'

Biodiversity

Anastasia Volkova: 'New sustainable systems and models have to outlast the conventional ones'

CEO and co-founder of Regrow Ag reveals her mission to help the agricultural industry slash its outsized environmental impacts and explains why 'all jobs are sustainability jobs'

clock 07 May 2024 • 4 min read
Alisha Fredriksson: 'We ultimately need hardware solutions to tackle the climate crisis'

Technology

Alisha Fredriksson: 'We ultimately need hardware solutions to tackle the climate crisis'

Alisha Fredriksson co-founder and CEO of carbon capture firm Seabound discusses the potential impact of youth activists and climate venture studios, as well as her love of electric bikes

clock 30 April 2024 • 5 min read
Hamish Critchell-Ward: 'Good policies help, but change will be inevitable if enough people push for it'

Transport

Hamish Critchell-Ward: 'Good policies help, but change will be inevitable if enough people push for it'

Network Rail's environment manager discusses the 'staggering' rate of change in the battery sector and palpable enthusiasm for protecting the environment among younger generations

clock 23 April 2024 • 6 min read
Huib van Bockel: 'The combination of food, drink and technology will be the next sustainability frontier'

Marketing

Huib van Bockel: 'The combination of food, drink and technology will be the next sustainability frontier'

CEO of natural energy drink brand Tenzing talks deposit return schemes, carbon labels, and how too many food and drink brands are losing their connection to nature

clock 16 April 2024 • 6 min read
Linden Coppell: 'It is not enough to just identify the challenges we are facing'

Transport

Linden Coppell: 'It is not enough to just identify the challenges we are facing'

MSC Cruises' vice president for sustainability and ESG talks alternative ways to generate energy on board ships and wishing she'd been the 1980s' Greta Thunberg

clock 09 April 2024 • 6 min read
Charlie Angelakos: 'Working on our own targets is only part of the puzzle'

Biodiversity

Charlie Angelakos: 'Working on our own targets is only part of the puzzle'

McCain's vice president of global external affairs and sustainability reflects on the launch of the Hot Potato Podcast, regeneratively farming the Metaverse, and post-COP optimism

clock 04 April 2024 • 6 min read
Dimple Patel: 'Historic tone of climate and sustainability messaging has often led to a disconnect'

Biodiversity

Dimple Patel: 'Historic tone of climate and sustainability messaging has often led to a disconnect'

CEO of green data firm NatureMetrics on bridging the gap between complex environmental issues and public understanding, and how small changes across a population can have an outsized impact

clock 26 March 2024 • 6 min read
Andreas Saari: 'Most skills we need are transferable across industries'

Venture Capital

Andreas Saari: 'Most skills we need are transferable across industries'

Co-founder and co-CEO of re-stored carbon innovator Paebbl discusses hiring from the oil and gas industry and being on the cusp of an 'incredible transformation' in the way the world makes materials

clock 19 March 2024 • 6 min read