Greiner Talks
Episodes
Alexander Berth • Goodbye, Greiner Talks!
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In September 2020, the first episode of our corporate podcast Greiner Talks went online: an interview with Fred Luks, an expert in sustainable transfo...
Fred Luks • Making the good life possible
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ideas ahead of their timeMuch has changed in the world since the first episode of Greiner Talks with Fred Luks was released in 2020. For Fred Luks, th...
Nicky Dries • The future of work
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A glimpse into the futureIn the ”Future of Work Lab”, Nicky Dries studies what the perfect future of work could look like. But what will work real...
Tom Venning • Leading with Curiosity
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The shift from management to leadershipTom Venning is a business trainer, facilitator and coach specializing in B2B Sales, Leadership, and Change. For...
Susanne Hamscha • Shaping social progress
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a country like Austria, with a functioning healthcare system and good public infrastructure, one might think that social justice is already well ad...
Tomaso Torriani • Movopack: Reusable & Returnable
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tomaso Torriani, speaking from his office in Milan, shared his passion for sustainability and the journey that led him to co-found Movopack with two ...
Andreas Onea • Breaking barriers step by step
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To understand Andreas Onea’s story, we have to look back to one day that changed his life: Sunday, the 3rd of May 1998. On this day, he and his fami...
Elka Xharo • Science for All
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elka Xharo, scientist, lecturer, and creator of The Sciency Feminist Instagram channel, is thinking science communication differently by making comple...
Nic Newman • Time to trust
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Who is telling the truth? How the media shape our societyAt the European Forum Alpbach, Alexander Berth, host of Greiner Talks, talked to Nic Newman f...
Harpreet Kaur • How businesses protect human rights
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What do human rights have to do with business? A lot! In the new Greiner Talks episode, Harpreet Kaur, a human rights expert, discusses with Alexander...
Andreas Rasche • Get your values right
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the most recent episode of Greiner Talks, Alexander Berth interviews Andreas Rasche, Professor at Copenhagen Business School, about corporate susta...
Katharina Moser • Inner Development Goals
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Katharina Moser is a speaker, moderator, and part of the Inner Development Goals Foundation – and beyond that a passionate advocate for authentic hu...
Pieter Kruger ◯ Psychology of Change
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In our rapidly evolving world, the ability to adapt to new circumstances and environments is essential. But what does change do to our human brain? Ho...
Dirk Brockmann ◯ Understanding Complexity
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As a professor at the Technical University of Dresden and the founding director of the Center Synergy of Systems, Brockmann shares insights into his j...
Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo ◯ Inclusion is everybody’s business
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The World Bank is a multinational development bank based in the US capital Washington, DC. It is here that McClain-Nhlapo is responsible for various p...
Elena Doms ◯ Home in the Artic
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Elena Doms is concerned for the environment and emphasizes the critical impact of climate change on the Arctic. There are many examples of drastic wea...
Franz Essl ◯ Protecting Biodiversity
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Franz Essl is a professor at the University of Vienna and a member of the Austrian Biodiversity Council. He stresses that biodiversity loss affects no...
Gernot Wagner ◯ Clean-energy race
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gernot Wagner was born in Austria and has lived in the USA for many years. He has been teaching and researching at Columbia Business School since 2022...
Tensie Whelan ◯ Why Sustainability Pays Off
16 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tensie Whelan is the Director of the Stern Center for Sustainable Business at New Your University and was the President of the Rainforest Alliance for...
Marianne Schulze ◯ Know Your Rights
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marianne Schulze is a lawyer with a focus on social sustainability. She has worked internationally on more than 20 resolutions for the UN General Asse...
Christina von Messling ◯ Optimistic, Realistic, Futuristic
21 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Christina von Messling is Head of Europe and a senior strategic foresight consultant at the Future Today Institute in New York City. She specializes i...
Michaela Stephen ◯ Make Sleep MATR
23 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
MATR offers an all-in-one mattress solution for hotels based on the principles of the circular economy. Because “It's time we make the world more ci...
Tony Rinaudo ◯ The Forest Maker
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
„A true environmental hero“ - that's how our host Alexander Berth announces the agronomist and winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize (Right Liveli...
Lubomila Jordanova ◯ The Climate of Business
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One thing is clear: companies must take responsibility for those emissions they cause and ensure that their negative impact is reduced. Many companies...
John Warner ◯ Designing a sustainable future
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Greiner Talks, charismatic scientist John Warner argues that chemists in the 21st century must drastically adapt their working methods. For him, i...
Jean Todt ◯ Evolution of mobility
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Greiner Talks host Alexander Berth met Jean Todt on the sidelines of the Green Peak Festival in Vienna to talk about safe mobility, about the relatio...
Inside COP27 ◯ Can we save the planet?
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Greiner Talks, Alexander Berth travelled to Sharm El-Sheikh and met up with activists, climate scientists, politicians, civ...
Greiner Talks ◯ Trailer
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How to change? How to create a sustainable future? Greiner Talks is a podcast about sustainability and transformation.Listen in and get inspired!
Winnie Cheche ◯ People, planet, profit
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Winnie Cheche is a climate activist and an eco-blogger from Kenya. She is using social media to advocate for sustainable living and wildlife conserva...
Anders Wijkman ◯ Stand in solidarity
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From human rights abuses to ecosystem destruction: Greiner Talks host Alexander Berth talks to the former top politician and UN diplomat Anders Wijkm...
Wanjira Mathai ◯ Fighting inequalities
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wanjira Mathai is Vice President and Regional Director for Africa at the World Resources Institute. The Kenyan environmental activist has been fightin...
Robert Marc Lehmann ◯ Mission Earth
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Plastics crisis, loss of biodiversity, climate change. For Robert Marc Lehmann, one thing is clear: our house is on fire. The time to act is now! The ...
Emma Currie ◯ Stay safe, be human
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mental and physical health cannot be taken for granted – the pandemic has taught us that. We are more familiar with rules and regulations than ever ...
John Paul Rollert ◯ The challenge of empathy
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Greiner Talks we welcome John Paul Rollert, who teaches behavioral science at Harvard University and The University of Chicago. Joh...
Dale Vince ◯ Green goals
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Energy, food, mobility – these three areas are responsible for a large part of our global CO2 emissions. They are therefore a perfect starting point...
Pierre-Francois Thaler ◯ Time for transparency
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Setting clear goals and measuring them transparently – that's what sustainability is all about. But how to objectively assess impact on people and t...
Jane Goodall ◯ Reasons for hope
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are honored to welcome a very special person to our latest edition of Greiner Talks. Jane Goodall is an icon of behavioral science and anthropolog...
Oliver Balch ◯ Words vs. action
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many companies talk about their environmental and social responsibilities. But what of this is serious ambition and what is merely greenwashing?How ca...
Tatiana Glad ◯ Change from within
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Climate neutrality, circular economy, equal opportunities. What does all of that have to do with me? Our guest in this episode of Greiner Talks is an ...
Ana-Cristina Grohnert ◯ Diversity for Future
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Every person is unique. Together, we are diverse. That makes us strong and resilient – both as a society and as a company. Qualities that are more ...
Jacob Duer ◯ Stop plastic pollution
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More than 3 billion people on our planet do not have access to waste collection systems. Without the most necessary infrastructure to properly dispos...
Maria Spyraki ◯ European Green Deal
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Climate crisis, plastic crisis, Corona pandemic. Not only Europe, but the entire world is facing enormous challenges. To overcome these challenges, w...
Richard Mattison ◯ Sustainable finance
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When we think of sustainability, we often think of our planet and our responsibility towards the next generations. The topic of finance is usually not...
Felix Finkbeiner ◯ Plant-for-the-Planet
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At the age of nine, Felix Finkbeiner has founded “Plant-for-the-Planet”. This was 13 years ago. Since then, the non-profit organization has plante...
Katja Seidenschnur ◯ Nestlé and the planet
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The responsibility for people and planet could not be greater. Nestlé is the world's largest food and beverage producer. Operating in 187 countries a...
Fred Luks ◯ Living sustainably
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in and listen to our conversation with Fred Luks on living a sustainable life, the populism of simple solutions and an economic system that does ...