Transforming Tomorrow

The EU, Sustainability Regulations, and the Green Deal

16 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We’re boarding the EU Omnibus to see how European corporate reporting regulating affect businesses – tens of thousands of them – within the EU a...

Do No Significant Harm: Taxonomies and Sustainability (AKA: The Stuffed Badger Episode)

09 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What is a taxonomy? Why are they important? How do they touch upon sustainability? And why should anyone with an interest in financial markets pay the...

Transforming Tomorrow

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Introducing Transforming Tomorrow, where we make the complex understandable, the theory practical, as we guide you through the ever-changing and often...

Sustainability and Innovation

02 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Are innovation and sustainability natural bedfellows? Can you have one without the other – and would you even want to? We’re talking to Barbara S...

Sustainable Transitions and Leaders

23 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

You need individual accountability if you are going to be a good leader, but not everyone has it. Sanjay Rishi is a leadership coach with experience ...

How We Care for the Elderly

16 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

How much will it cost to look after old people in the future? What can we do to help plan for this expense? And what will happen if we don’t prepare...

Building Greener Buildings

09 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What can be done to make your building greener? How can centuries old castles and churches be sensitively adapted to the modern age – becoming more ...

Keeping Sustainability in the Family

02 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It’s time to rethink how family businesses think about and act on sustainability issues. It’s not always about being willing to act – but being ...

The Sustainable Game?

26 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Step onto the terraces and discover how sustainable – or not – the global phenomenon that is football really is. Paul puts his decades of sports ...

Nature Corridors and Connectivity

19 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Nature is naturally on the move. But how does wildlife move through and across urban environments that are not designed for it? And what can people an...

Education and Sustainability in a Time of War

12 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

How do teachers, students and researchers carry on in a time of war. In February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, and life changed overnight. Dniprotech...

What’s the Economy got to do with Me?

05 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What do you think of the economy? What would you do if you couldn’t afford insurance? What does a thriving community look like? And how can economic...

Power to the People: A Political Perspective on Sustainability

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to a lot of researchers and businesspeople about sustainability, now bring on the politician! On our 100th episode, we welcome Nik Nazmi bin ...

The Murky Waters of West African Fishing

15 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do you know your Omega 3 fatty acids from your Ultra Processed Foods? Your salmon from your sardinella? Dive in, as we look at the importance of...

Tracking Climate Change and the Weather

08 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For a podcast from a nation obsessed with the weather, we’ve been remarkable restrained in discussing it so far. No more! We’re going full-on into...

The Persuadables: Better Sustainability Messaging

01 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Words matter. How you use them when you want to get your sustainability messaging across is key – especially when fossil fuel companies spend billio...

Building Sustainability into Project Management

24 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How can net zero be built into major projects? Does being a trend setter in this area make it harder – but easier for those who follow? Anna Cockma...

Where Eagles Died

17 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Broadsword calling Danny Boy. We’re going where eagles dare to investigate the sad fate of beautiful birds of prey in 19th century Scotland. A conc...

The Ongoing Case of Humanity vs Planet Earth

10 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How can courts enforce the right to a healthy environment? And how are international courts, individuals and companies shaping the laws that will affe...

Connecting the Arctic and Outer Space

03 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s time to go back to outer space – and to explore another frontier region – as we push the boundaries of sustainability in new directions. W...

What We Leave Behind

27 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The future is coming – who will be there to lead us into it? Some companies are operating with the future in mind, but how much and how so? What leg...

AI, Data Centres, and The Great Energy Problem

20 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Did you make an action figure avatar of yourself? Do you ask ChatGPT every time you have a question? Does Co-Pilot write your emails for you? If you ...

Human Trafficking

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

People are trafficked illegally around the world every day. They are coerced and exploited – the victims of criminal gangs, of war, of poverty, and ...

Space Weather

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What’s the weather like in space? This isn’t the British obsession with the weather gone made, it really exists! It may not be covered in the TV ...

Sustainability Inspiration, Optimism – and the Edmonton Oilers!

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It has been a turbulent nine months for the world of sustainability – and for Transforming Tomorrow. So, what have we learned? Paul and Jan look ba...

What Can Businesses do for Biodiversity?

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You might not see climate change on your doorstep every day, but you can see biodiversity loss. Find out what businesses are doing to address biodive...

Sustainability Transformation in Universities

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Discover how you can embed sustainability across a Higher Education organisation. Dr Alex Ryan, Director and Founder of Learning Energy, returns to h...

Antimicrobial Resistance

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Antibiotics have been around for hundreds of thousands of years – no, we didn’t know that either! They are harmful to bacteria, and without them w...

Cultural Sustainability

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Culture is visibly lacking from the Sustainable Development Goals – but why? History, tourism, the arts, and even video games all have a part to pla...

Global Entrepreneurship and Sustainability

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you carry out fascinating work on entrepreneurship and sustainability, you still need for people to understand it. Professor Sreevas Sahasranamam,...

Designing Sustainability into Your Business

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What is the reality for a small business when it comes to adopting sustainable practices? How hard is it to turn ideals into practical applications? ...

A Beginner's Guide to Servitization

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What is servitization? Could it be the future for more businesses? How does it link to productivity and sustainability? And why is it spelt with a z? ...

The Fall and Rise of the Sleeper Train

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A location for romance, violence or murder – sleeper trains in film and fiction are always places for drama. But the reality may be somewhat differe...

PRME and Sustainability Education in Malaysia

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How can we educate university students around the world on important sustainability topics? You cannot talk to them all in the same way as those in ot...

Inclusivity and Inequalities

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity have become dirty words in some quarters recently. But not on Transforming Tomorrow. We want to talk about the ne...

Sunway, ASEAN and Tackling Inequality

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Economic inequality from childhood impacts on all aspects of life, affecting work prospects, educational attainment, and health outcomes. Reducing ine...

Malaysia’s Sustainability Ambitions

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’re by the pool in the Malaysian sunshine. But we’re not here to sunbathe – we’re talking all things sustainability in a country with challe...

Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s time to look to the future and consider what comes next for society and industry. Dr Rebecca Liu, from Lancaster University Management School’...

Learning to Sleep Hungry

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Not everyone takes breakfast, lunch and dinner for granted. For millions, there is no guarantee of where their next meal will come from, or its qualit...

The Public and The Private

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are you a public or a private person? Or maybe a bit of both? It’s not always easy to say. The same goes for how we characterise the public and pri...

The Next Generation

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Young people are bombarded with a huge number of issues – from cost-of-living to the challenge of finding employment, an ever-changing global politi...

How to Teach Sustainability

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do we educate the next generation on sustainability? How do we help them think of themselves as citizens of ‘one world’? What are their – an...

Hosting Green Events

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Can a big in-person event be sustainable? Or do all events need to move online? Do you spend your time at parties wondering how sustainable it is – ...

Who are the Ocean 100?

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What do businesses get up to in the two-thirds of the world’s oceans outside national jurisdictions? Professor John Virdin has always loved the oce...

Leading Sustainable Transformation

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What can you do to transform your business? What actions can you take to help it be more sustainable? How can your operations be part of the overall s...

A Global Plastics Treaty

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The law is back in town! How can you legislate for plastic pollution all around the world? Is it possible to get close to 200 countries to agree on th...

5,000 Giraffes of Plastic

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There are around 144,000 people in the district of Lancaster – from the city itself to Morecambe, the villages and rural areas beyond. They produced...

Urgh! Bin Juice!

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do you know what happens to your plastic recycling after your bins are emptied? As we continue our journey through the plastics pipeline, we encounte...

Shopping for Plastics

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Listening to this episode can change your shopping habits! Do supermarkets care about the planet? What actions are they taking to reduce waste? How a...

Better Plastics Behaviour

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do you treat plastic waste in your home? Are you a good consumer? A good recycler or a wishcycler? And is recycling the first thing you see when y...

Rethinking Plastic Packaging

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s not just consumers who need to change their attitudes and behaviours around plastics. Packaging manufacturers and retailers need to take actio...

Is Plastic Fantastic?

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“I just want to say one word to you. Just one word… plastics.” We don’t have Dustin Hoffman, but we do have a journey into a fascinating worl...

The Bay (With Fewer Murders)

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Take a moment to consider what your local area. Do you feel connected to it? Does it feel like a real home? Morecambe Bay is a natural marvel. Stretc...

B-School to ESG School

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How can business and management schools help to shape the leaders the world needs? It’s time to examine how we operate, and how we can change to bet...

Turning Ideas Into Norms

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is normal now was not always so. People used to smoke in bars and offices; junk food used to be advertised during children’s TV programmes; dri...

Tackling Global Inactivity

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jan is a joy rider. And that’s just great. Not everyone is an elite athlete, but we should all be active. The World Federation of the Sporting Goo...

Ranking Business Schools

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Paul’s worst nightmare – a whole episode about ranking and accrediting business schools!  Learn how business schools build sustainability...

Who'd Be A Sustainability Manager?

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jan’s considering a new career – should she become a sustainability officer? Chief Sustainability Officers are among the fastest growing jobs in ...

A Taskforce for Nature

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bring back the accountants – and the taskforces! It’s time to look at how companies identify and report on nature-related impacts and opportunitie...

Nature Restoration and Business

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How can businesses have a positive impact on nature? We hear a lot about the negative effects organisations have on the planet, but they can also be a...

B-Corps, Brands, and Business

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What do big companies do to positively contribute to sustainability efforts, and to wider society? What does your employer do? Is it enough, and could...

Good or Evil in Business

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The battle between good and evil comes to Transforming Tomorrow. What is good? What does ‘good’ mean in the context of how you do business? We lo...

Greenpeace and Beyond

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Put on your activism boots and join us on a journey from the Antarctic to Sweden and the Arctic, China, Lancaster and many places in between. We find...

How to Mine an Asteroid

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re blasting off into space! Find out all you need to know to mine an asteroid – though be warned, it’s not that simple.  Discover which law...

Grilling Jan

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What are externalities? How does the EU have environmental effects beyond its borders? What is justice? We bring Season One of Transforming Tomorrow ...

The Future of Normal

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is ‘future normal’? How will the world look years from now? How will businesses operate? How could they make your children proud? And how doe...

What Is Creative Evaluation?

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Like evaluations? Does anyone? It’s time to change your mind and learn about creative evaluation. Jan and Paul welcome Dr Elisavet Christou and Vio...

Shaping Corporate Sustainability

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How can executives change their operations and attitudes – from nature restoration to modern slavery – to be more sustainable and responsible? How...

Hooked on Salmon Farming

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Increase your knowledge of salmon tenfold as we look at the environmental impacts of a major industry. Farmed salmon is the UK’s biggest food expor...

Sustainable Finance

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Do investors really care about sustainability, or is it all about the money? If they do care, what powers do they have to make companies change their ...

Green Consumer Spending

04 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Would you spend more for green products? Really? Really really? Even if you would, is it possible consumers can change how businesses operate through...

The Economics of Pollution

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Communities with lower-income residents can be impacted more by pollution. But why? And can anything be done? With pollution impacting health and emp...

Down on the Farm (Part Two)

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Does planting new hedgerows help farmers, and how? Is having a connection with nature important to a farm’s success? And, where’s Jan? Paul is le...

Down on the Farm (Part One)

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Paul and Jan have finally made it to the farm! But where is the sustainability? Are farmers really invested in biodiversity? We are on Cartmel Fell, ...

Is Net Zero Meat Possible?

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Or is it a pipedream? The Pentland Centre are working with Lake District farmers to move towards net zero meat production. Discover the unique challe...

Farming and Sustainability

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve learned all about farming – and soil! – now we discover how farming and sustainability go together. Do farmers care and how do they show i...

Soil – It’s Alive!

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There is more carbon in soil than in the Earth’s atmosphere! But how has human activity has changed soils over the centuries? Professors Jess Davie...

Lake District Farmers

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we start our journey looking at meat farming in the UK’s Lake District. As we explore how sustainable farming can be, we meet the Lake Di...

Explaining the Anthropocene

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Henrik Österblom, Director of the Anthropocene Laboratory at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, comes to the podcast with possibly the ...

Modern Slavery in the UK

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve discussed modern slavery on a global scale before, but now Dr Divya Jyoti joins Jan and Paul to bring the issue closer to home. Divya’s res...

The Problem of Insecure Work

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 2023, around 6.8 million people in the UK were in severely insecure work – little over a firth of the working population. Work Foundation Directo...

Inspiring Business Sustainability

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Joanne Larty joins Jan and Paul to enlighten them on her work with businesses in Cumbria on sharing best sustainability practice.  Through Projec...

Connecting with Nature

14 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Healey talks Jan and Paul through his journey from an outdoor education professional to becoming a PhD researcher looking at our connections with...

Lancaster Environment Centre

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Alona Armstrong returns to give Jan and Paul a whirlwind tour of the work that takes place across the Lancaster Environment Centre and the E...

The Power of Solar

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Energy Lancaster Director Professor Alona Armstrong takes Jan and Paul on a wonderful journey into the world of solar power, which continues to outper...

Data and Trust

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Pentland Centre Research Associate Lauren Thornton wants to talk to us about trust. Specifically trust frameworks and trust affordances – explainin...

Don't Be A Greenwasher

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Di Wang dials in from Sydney, Australia, to talk to Jan and Paul about his work on sustainability reporting and materiality. Di talks about his ex...

Stewardship and Responsible Leadership

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is leadership? And what makes a good leader? Dr Marian Iszatt-White heads to the studio to talk with Jan and Paul about her perspective on leade...

Wicked, Clumsy and Post-Normal

11 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What are wicked problems? How about clumsy solutions? And where does post-normal science fit in? In tackling issues such as climate change, scientist...

Going Glocal

07 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Paul’s head is going to explode as another new word to the English language is introduced to the podcast. Law PhD researcher Camilo Cornejo Martine...

Environmental Law

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The law won’t let Jan and Paul get away that easily! Another member of Lancaster University Law School, PhD researcher Camilo Cornejo Martinez, com...

Corporate Responsibility

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The law has caught up with Jan and Paul! Dr Rafael Savva, from Lancaster University’s Law School, promises he won’t sue us, but will recording th...

The Blue Economy

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s time to talk politics! And discover the Blue Economy – and how it varies around the world. Dr Celine Germond-Duret steps into the studio to ...

Sustainability in Scotland

15 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Lucy Wishart returns to tell Jan and Paul about the varied governance and structures within Scottish policy-making bodies when it comes to waste. ...

Waste and the Circular Economy

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is waste? It goes far beyond what we all might think. Dr Lucy Wishart joins Jan and Paul from the University of St Andrews Business School to di...

Sustainability Fairy Tales

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How can fairy tales be used help people more easily understand sustainability challenges and pitfalls? Where do mermaids, vampires and witches fit in?...

Entrepreneurs and Sustainability

29 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How do entrepreneurs approach sustainability? Brian Gregory and Salma Atcha, from the Lancaster University Entrepreneurs in Residence network, join P...

Universities and Sustainability

22 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What are universities doing to address sustainability challenges? Dr Georgiana Allison, Head of Sustainability at Lancaster University, joins Jan and...

The Wonders of Sand!

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jan and Paul are joined once more by Dr Jean-Baptiste Jouffray to discuss the fascinating world of sand. Without it, there would be no windows, no bui...

An Ocean of Issues

15 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You may have been taught the names of the world’s oceans as a child, but is there really only one? Dr Jean-Baptiste Jouffray, of the Stanford Cente...