Let's Talk Sustainable Business
Episodes
S7E10 - Sustainable Manufacturing and Competitiveness
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline Viarouge is CEO of EIT Manufacturing, a European public-private partnership focused on accelerating sustainable innovation in Europe. In t...
S7E9 - Sustainability in Manufacturing
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline Viarouge is CEO of EIT Manufacturing, a European public-private partnership focused on accelerating sustainable innovation in Europe. In th...
S7E8 - The Policies Shaping Value Chain Carbon Emissions
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hearne is the CEO and co-founder of CarbonChain, which helps companies and banks decarbonise their supply chains through its software, which prov...
S7E7 - Value Chains and Managing Company Carbon Emissions
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Hearne is the CEO and co-founder of CarbonChain, which helps companies and banks decarbonise their supply chains through its software, which prov...
S7E6 - How to Mainstream Sustainable Tourism
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kozue Nishizaki is the Founder & Sustainability Strategist at Horizon Green, a sustainability consultancy supporting companies and municipalities in i...
S7E5 - What Role Does Sustainability Play in Tourism?
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kozue Nishizaki is the Founder & Sustainability Strategist at Horizon Green, a sustainability consultancy supporting companies and municipalities in...
S7E4 - The Evolution of Climate Diplomacy
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anne-Sophie Garrigou is Director of Editorial and Campaigns at Climate KIC, a European agency tackling climate change through innovation. Anne-Sophi...
S7E3 - Climate Conferences as Platforms for Change
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anne-Sophie Garrigou is Director of Editorial and Campaigns at Climate KIC, a European agency tackling climate change through innovation. Anne-Soph...
S7E2 - How should businesses frame sustainability ambitions?
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Philippa Nuttall is the Editor of Sustainable Views - an ESG-focused service created by the Financial Times - which offers a daily newsletter, analysi...
S7E1 - Sustainability in The News
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Philippa Nuttall is the Editor of Sustainable Views - an ESG-focused service created by the Financial Times - which offers a daily newsletter, analy...
Reduce, Reuse, Recap: Season 6 in Review
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
S6E14 - How ISO Standards Can Help on the Road to Net Zero
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mel Blackmore is Founder & CEO of two companies: Blackmores (UK), an ISO Standards consultancy offering support with Integrated Management Systems imp...
S6E13 - Implementing ISO Standards to Boost Sustainability
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mel Blackmore is Founder & CEO of two companies: Blackmores (UK), an ISO Standards consultancy offering support with Integrated Management Systems imp...
S6E12 - How can we reduce e-waste?
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny McGee is Founder & CEO of Component Sense, a company which focuses on the redistribution of excess and obsolete electronic components and whose ...
S6E11 - E-Waste and Improving Sustainability in Electronics
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny McGee is Founder & CEO of Component Sense, a company which focuses on the redistribution of excess and obsolete electronic components and whose ...
S6E10 - The Evolution of Regulation on Nature Reporting
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sebastian Leape is the CEO of Natcap, a UK-based nature intelligence company. In the second part of our conversation, we discuss the evolution of the...
S6E9 - Integrating Nature Into Business Solutions
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sebastian Leape is the CEO of Natcap, a UK-based nature intelligence company which helps businesses measure, report and act on their nature-related im...
Bonus Episode - Planet Profits: Unpacking the Impact of ESG
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special crossover episode of Let's Talk Sustainable Business and Let's Talk Global Business, hosts Sara Murray and Barbara Mendez-Jorge delves...
S6E8 - How do consumers view agrifood topics?
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marie Brueser is Senior Corporate Venture Manager at EIT Food, an organisation co-founded by the European Commission which is focused on driving innov...
S6E7 - Creating a More Sustainable Food System
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marie Brueser is Senior Corporate Venture Manager at EIT Food, an organisation co-founded by the European Commission which is focused on driving innov...
S6E6 - Bio-Based Plastics for a Low-Carbon Future
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marco has worked in the plastics space for over 20 years and is currently Chief Commercial & Public Affairs Officer at Avantium. This conversation was...
S6E5 - What Role Can Plastics Play in a Sustainable Society?
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marco has worked in the plastics space for over 20 years and is currently Chief Commercial & Public Affairs Officer at Avantium. This conversation was...
S6E4 - Focusing on Biodiversity at Michelin
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kara Fulcher, Director of Sustainability, North America at Michelin talks about the social side of sustainability, why Michelin has committed to the F...
S6E3 - Prioritising Sustainability in a Traditional Industry
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kara Fulcher, Director of Sustainability, North America at Michelin, outlines Michelin's approach to sustainability and how it has evolved over the ye...
S6E2 - Cities And The Circular Economy
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kruti Munot, Cities Project Manager at GIZ, talks about some of the circular economy projects she has worked on throughout her career - as well as in...
S6E1 - Making Cities More Sustainable
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brussels-based Kruti Munot is Project Manager on Cities at GIZ, the German government's agency for international cooperation and development. In this ...
Special Episode - Supporting Companies on Sustainability
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of Season Six, Bárbara Mendes-Jorge interviews Paula Byrne (Program Director at the ESG Center) and Manali Paranjpe (Program Di...
S5E15 - Season Five Wrap-up with Anuj Saush
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Season Five draws to a close, the Conference Board's ESG Center Leader Anuj Saush joins host Barbara Mendes-Jorge to discuss the lessons learned an...
S5E14 - Prioritising Governance When Considering ESG
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Guy Jubb, Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh Business School, talks about how sustainability reporting standards have develop...
S5E13 - Interview with a Corporate Governance Pioneer
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Guy Jubb is an Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh Business School and Co-Director of the Conference Board's European Corporat...
S5E12 - A Socially-Focused European Tech Company
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Genica Schaefgen from Ecosia talks about how customers' privacy is at the core of the business, how Ecosia is the official "planting partner" of debi...
S5E11 - Planting Trees By Using a Search Engine
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Genica Schaefgen is Head of Ecosia Germany, a Berlin-based tech company best known as the "search engine that plants trees". In this episode, Genica ...
S5E10 - Reimagining an Industry Value Chain
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mari Granström from Origin by Ocean talks about scaling up and reimagining an algae processing value chain, how she feels about EU and global climat...
S5E9 - Transforming Harmful Algae Into Everyday Goods
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mari Granström is the CEO and Founder of Origin by Ocean, a Finnish start-up building a business ecosystem based on farmed and harvested algae, which...
S5E8 - EU Greenwashing Legislation's Impact on Companies
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The European Commission's Małgorzata Gołębiewska talks about how the EU Green Claims Directive aims to "level the playing field" for companies, th...
S5E7 - The EU Green Claims Directive: Tackling Greenwashing
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Małgorzata Gołębiewska is Team Leader for Environmental Footprint & Green Claims, DG Environment, at the European Commission. She leads the prepara...
S5E6 - How to meaningfully communicate about sustainability
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Radley Yeldar's Louise Ayling talks about how reporting standards such as the ESRS can help bridge the 'communications gap' prevalent in sustainabili...
S5E5 - Making Sustainability Communications More Credible
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Louise Ayling is Director of Sustainability and a board member at Radley Yeldar, a creative consultancy specialising in brand, corporate and sustaina...
S5E4 - Raising awareness of greenwashing, advocating for change
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eco-Age's George Harding-Rolls talks about the greenwash.com website he helped set up and its aim to help consumers better identify greenwashing. We a...
S5E3 - How greenwashing can impact your company's reputation
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Experienced corporate campaigner and sustainability professional George Harding-Rolls is Fossil Fuel Fashion Campaign Lead and Director of Policy & Ad...
S5E2 - Developments in EU ESG Reporting
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Climate Fund's Managing Director Marilyn Waite talks about the European Commission's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the rel...
S5E1 - What is ESG and why should companies prioritise it?
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sustainable finance and investment expert Marilyn Waite leads The Climate Finance Fund, a philanthropic platform which helps mobilize capital for clim...
S5EO - Teaser
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
ESG Center Leader Anuj Saush introduces the new host of ESG-focused Season 5: Brussels-based sustainability communications expert Bárbara Mendes-Jor...
Building Effective Corporate Sustainability Strategies
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For the last episode of Season 4, guest host Claudia Lee reflects on the key insights she learnt from her guests about how to implement and execute c...
Danone's Sustainability Strategy
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Danone's Vice President of Public Affairs and Regenerative Agriculture Policy, Chris Adamo, shares examples of the firm's sustainabi...
Danone: The Three Key Pillars of its Impact Journey
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
During this episode, Claudia speaks to Chris Adamo, Danone's Vice President of Public Affairs and Regenerative Agriculture Policy. Danone is a multi-n...
Maersk - How Sustainability Can Drive Strategic Value
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Head of Corporate Sustainability & ESG at A.P Moller-Maersk Lene Serpa discusses how sustainability is ingrained into the shipping firm's business mo...
Maersk - How to Decarbonize the Shipping Industry
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Claudia speaks to Lene Serpa, Head of Corporate Sustainability & ESG at A.P Moller-Maersk. Lene breaks down Maersk's plan to reach n...
IKEA - Becoming Climate Positive and Circular by 2030
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Claudia continues her conversation with Karen Pflug, the Group Chief Sustainability Officer at Ingka Group. She discusses Ikea's goa...
IKEA - Selling 'Democratic Design'
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Claudia speaks to Karen Pflug, the Group Chief Sustainability Officer at Ingka Group. Karen introduces Ikea's People and Planet Posi...
LUSH - What Do Regenerative Business Models Look Like?
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Claudia speaks to Ruth Andrade, who leads the Giving, Regenerative Impact and Organizational Development team at LUSH. Ruth shares LU...
LUSH - Building a 'Giving Strategy'
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Claudia speaks to Ruth Andrade, who leads the Giving, Regenerative Impact and Organizational Development team at LUSH. Ruth breaks d...
Xampla - Disrupting the plastics industry
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Claudia speaks to Simon Hombersley, CEO of Xampla, a company that has developed natural alternatives to single-use plastics. Simon...
Xampla - Taking inspiration from the natural world
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Claudia Lee sits down with Simon Hombersley, CEO of Xampla, a company that has developed natural alternatives to single-use plastic...
Agrosustain - The Science Behind the Product
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Claudia speaks to Olga Dubey, co-founder of Agrosustain, a company that manufactures natural coatings that can extend the shelf life...
Agrosustain - The Journey and Challenges so far
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Claudia speaks to Olga Dubey, co-founder of Agrosustain, a company that manufactures natural coatings that can extend the shelf life...
Season 4 Trailer
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing a special season of Let's Talk Sustainable Business with host Claudia Lee, Sustainability and Governance Research Fellow at The Conference...
Just Transition: A Challenge for Sasol, Africa and Beyond
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shamini Harrington Vice President: Climate Change at Sasol and Presidential Climate Change Commissioner for South Africa in discussion with Uwe Schult...
Transformation of a Coal Based Company: Sasol
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shamini Harrington Vice President: Climate Change at Sasol in conversation with Uwe Schulte explains how a fossil-fuel based company plans to do their...
Net-Zero – From Ambition to Action
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jacob A. Sterling, senior director and head of ocean decarbonisation and innovation at A.P. Moller-Maersk joins Uwe Schulte to discuss the existing ch...
Decarbonising Container Transport - Maersk's Journey
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jacob A. Sterling, senior director and head of ocean decarbonisation and innovation at A.P. Moller-Maersk, shares his experience of moving from an NGO...
Value Chain Collaboration for Sustainability – Bayer's approach
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Thomas Udesen, Chief Procurement Officer at Bayer, explains how Bayer Procurement is supporting the company's sustainability efforts. ...
Minerals for Sustainable Solutions – what can be achieved?
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing the conversation Cyril Giraud, Senior Vice President Performance Minerals, APAC gives examples of minerals helping customers to improve the...
Sustainable Mining and the Biodiversity Challenge
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cyril Giraud, Senior Vice President Performance Minerals, APAC at Imerys in conversation with Uwe G. Schulte explains how IMERYS is approaching the co...
Supporting a Sustainable Transition - Talking to the CPO of Bayer
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas Udesen, Chief Procurement Officer at Bayer talks about the role of procurement in the large merger / demerger transition Bayer went through in...
Sustainable Packaging – How can it be done?
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Ken Bowles, Chief Financial Officer at Smurfit Kappa Group talks to Uwe Schulte about collaborating for Sustainability. Ken explains s...
Circular Business Model in the Packaging Industry - Talking to the CFO of Smurfit Kappa
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ken Bowles, Chief Financial Officer at Smurfit Kappa Group in conversation with Uwe Schulte explains how Smurfit Kappa can provide all their packaging...
Ocean Plastic – What steps can companies take?
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest speaker, Chever Voltmer, Plastics Initiative Director for Ocean Conservancy continues discussing the ocean pollution challenge, especially that ...
The Threats To Our Oceans
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chever Voltmer, Plastics Initiative Director for Ocean Conservancy joins Uwe Schulte to explore the organization's extensive activities to fight negat...
Shell Scenarios: Energy Transition Implications for Business
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing the discussion with Uwe Schulte, David Hone, Chief Climate Change Adviser at Shell, now describes the implications of the three clim...
Shell's Analysis of Climate Change Scenarios
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast David Hone, Chief Climate Change Adviser at Shell explains the principles of Scenario Analysis Methodology and how this can help busi...
Why does it make Business Sense to drive Social Innovation?
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Following on from her previous conversation with Uwe Schulte, Kim Dabbs, Global Director Social Innovation at Steelcase explores how the company is pr...
What is Social Innovation?
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Kim Dabbs, Global Director Social Innovation at Steelcase, discusses the objective and application of social innovation. For Steelcas...
Business Success with a Purpose linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Geraldine Matchett Co-CEO and CFO at Royal DSM discusses how the company is putting the focus on UN SDGs where they can have the most ...
Sustainability - Why a Chief Financial Officer Cares
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Geraldine Matchett Co-CEO and CFO at Royal DSM states why ' you cannot be a successful company in a world that fails. Geraldine describes the transfor...
Sustainability a Cornerstone of Value Chain Resilience
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Gayle Schueller Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer at 3M reveals how her company, despite a dauntingly complex product po...
Science a Key Component of Corporate Sustainability
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For Gayle Schueller Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability officer at 3M, science has always been an important part of her life. In this episo...
The Plastic Waste Challenge – BASF's Business Response
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Lars Kissau, SVP Global Strategic Business Development at BASF's Petrochemical division explains the business thinking behind their co...
Chemical Recycling – the Silver Bullet for our Plastic Waste Challenge?
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lars Kissau, SVP Global Strategic Business Development at BASF's Petrochemical division joins The Conference Board's Uwe Schulte in this latest episod...
How to collaborate with Customers to achieve Sustainability Goals and Company Growth
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Daniel Schmid, Chief Sustainability Officer at SAP discusses with working together with customers to fulfill their purpose and sustain...
From Business Unit Manager to Chief Sustainability Officer an Integration Journey
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast Daniel Schmid discusses his journey from Business Unit Manager to becoming Chief Sustainability Officer at SAP. Having had profit and ...
Sustainable Innovation – Features of a Successful Approach
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Scott Tew and Rasha Hasaneen from Trane Technologies, discuss their strategies for managing sustainable innovation. Starting with the...
Sustainable Innovation – A Necessary Business Transformation?
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Tew and Rasha Hasaneen, the Heads of Sustainability and Innovation at Trane Technologies, join Uwe Schulte to discuss how and why they have emba...
Corporate Sustainability in Asia – where are we headed?
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kwon Ping Ho Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree evaluates the different aspects of sustainable development in Asia, emphasizing the need for a step cha...
Sustainable Tourism – how can it be done?
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Banyan Tree Holdings Limited is an international hospitality brand that manages and develops resorts, hotels and spas in Asia, America, Africa and the...
Natura – Sustainability Vision for 2030?
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joao Ferreira the CEO Latin America of Natura describes how the company is exploring different aspects of Natura's 2030 sustainability vision. In Natu...
Natura – A Global Company with a Purpose
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joao Ferreira the CEO Latin America of Natura talks with Uwe Schulte Leader of The Conference Board's Global Sustainability Centre about the roots of ...
Water the New Oil – a sustainable business opportunity?
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Emilio Tenuta the Chief Sustainability Officer at Ecolab continues the conversation with Uwe Schulte Leader of The Conference Board Global Sustainabil...
Water the New Oil – What is happening?
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Water scarcity is raising increased concerns but is it just a risk in dry parts of the developing world? Emilio Tenuta the Chief Sustainability Office...
The Future of Renewable Energy
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Filip Engel, Vice President Sustainability at Oersted has a conversation with Uwe Schulte Leader of The Conference Board Global Sustainability Centre ...
Sustainable Business Transformation - The Oersted Case
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Filip Engel, Vice President Sustainability at Oersted shares in this podcast how a Danish fossil fuel-based energy provider completely changed their b...
Human Rights in Supply Chains During and After the Covid-19 Crisis
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rosey Hurst, the Founder and Director of Impactt discusses with Uwe Schulte how the COVID-19 crisis is influencing human rights in Supply Chains. Whol...
Human Rights in Supply Chain - To Audit or not to Audit?
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this Podcast Rosey Hurst, Founder and Director of Impactt, gives a new perspective on Human rights in Supply Chain. Instead of trying to check cer...
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals – how relevant are they for businesses? Part II
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing from their conversation in the previous podcast of this series, Márcia Balisciano Global Head of Corporate Responsibility at RELX and Uwe ...
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals – What are they all about? Part I
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Márcia Balisciano Global Head of Corporate Responsibility at RELX joins Uwe Schulte in a conversation exploring the origins of the United Nations Sus...
How to Address the 'Wicked Problems' of the World Today
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
John Elkington has just published his new book 'Green Swans' extending the concept of Black Swans a theory popularized by Nassim Taleb. In his book Jo...
A Brief History of Corporate Sustainability: A conversation with John Elkington
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this Podcast John Elkington founder and CEO of Volans explores the evolution of corporations from Environment Compliance Policies and Corporate Soc...