The Net Zero Business Podcast

If the internet was a country, it would be one of the top 5 polluters. What's that got to do with you? Well, if you have a website, then part of that is part of your carbon footprint. In this wide ranging conversation with Digital Sustainability expert James Chudley, we cover: * Building your Sustainability career on non-Sustainability skills * Trends in the digital and their impact on global emissions * The power of design for good and ill * Why 'page weight' matters * User experience: 'good for the user' usually means 'good for the planet' James' website, full of resources to help you, can be found here. [https://jameschudley.co.uk] This episode is brought to you by Terra Infirma Ltd - Bringing Sustainability to Life [https://www.terrainfirma.co.uk] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

When Jeremy Leggett decided to abandon the fossil fuel industry in favour of fighting climate change, he didn't take half measures. Cutting his teeth in Greenpeace, he founded the Solar Century business, the associated charity SolarAid, sat on a huge range of advisory panels and most recently founded Highlands Rewilding [https://www.highlandsrewilding.co.uk] to bring nature based solutions into the mix. No wonder he was awarded the prestigious 2025 Blue Planet award. Here's what we discuss: * Setting up a solar company when solar was expensive * Bringing light to the desperately poor via SolarAid * Navigating the post-truth world * Peak oil in an age of fracking * The need for carbon removals and the scope for nature based solutions * Monetising natural solutions amid the offsetting controversy This episode is brought to you by Terra Infirma Ltd - Bringing Sustainability to Life [https://www.terrainfirma.co.uk]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Through August the podcast will feature themed compilation episodes featuring hot takes from our wonderful guests over the last year. This week the theme is leading change for Sustainability featuring the combined wisdom of a stunning cast of characters: * Profs Knut Hanaess and Julia Binder of IMD [https://www.terrainfirma.co.uk/business-leadership-sustainability-head-heart-hands-with-profs-julia-binder-knut-haanaes/] on 'head, heart and hands' and future-back thinking * Solitaire Townsend of Futerra [https://www.terrainfirma.co.uk/solitaire-townsend-on-the-march-of-the-sustainability-solutionists/] on the march of the Solutionists * Abby Chicken of Openreach [https://www.terrainfirma.co.uk/decarbonising-the-net-with-abby-chicken-openreach/] on 'make friends first, change second' * Richard Smith of PS Planet [https://www.terrainfirma.co.uk/decarbonising-eastenders-manchester-university-and-stonehenge-with-richard-smith-ps-planet/] on the impact of Blue Planet II and other TV programmes * Lucy Siegle [https://www.terrainfirma.co.uk/2024-the-year-in-sustainability-with-lucy-siegle-and-james-murray/] on fixing the failures of international leadership Click on the links for the full interviews. This episode is brought to you by Terra Infirma Ltd - Bringing Sustainability to Life [https://www.terrainfirma.co.uk/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Through August the podcast will feature themed compilation episodes featuring hot takes from our wonderful guests over the last year. This week the theme is clean energy – production, distribution and consumption – featuring the combined wisdom of a stunning cast of characters: * Richard Black of Ember [https://www.terrainfirma.co.uk/the-future-of-energy-its-electrifying-with-richard-black-ember/] on the Future of Energy * Michael Liebreich [https://www.terrainfirma.co.uk/unpicking-the-politics-of-net-zero-with-michael-liebreich/] on why the hydrogen economy has never taken off (disagreeing with Richard!) * Adam Bell of Stonehaven [https://www.terrainfirma.co.uk/a-nuclear-energy-renaissance-for-the-uk-with-adam-bell-stonehaven/] on the prospects for a nuclear energy renaissance in the UK * Paul Glendinning of Northern Powergrid [https://www.terrainfirma.co.uk/is-the-electricity-grid-ready-for-net-zero-with-paul-glendinning-northern-powergrid/] on whether the grid is ready for Net Zero * Emma Fletcher of Octopus [https://www.terrainfirma.co.uk/can-renewables-reduce-home-energy-bills-to-zero-octopus-energys-emma-fletcher-explains-how/] on 'zero bills homes' * Prof Jan Rosenow [https://www.terrainfirma.co.uk/some-like-it-very-hot-prof-jan-rosenow-on-decarbonising-hard-to-abate-industries/] on the electrication of industrial processes Click on the links for the full interviews. This episode is brought to you by Terra Infirma Ltd - Bringing Sustainability to Life [https://www.terrainfirma.co.uk/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Through August the podcast will feature themed compilation episodes featuring hot takes from our wonderful guests over the last year. This week the theme is small/medium sized businesses (SMEs), featuring the combined wisdom of: * Jo Holmes and David Knight [https://www.terrainfirma.co.uk/sustainability-accreditation-for-small-business-with-jo-holmes-and-david-knight/] on the challenges faced by small businesses and the upsides and downsides of Sustainability frameworks for smaller companies * Jasper Steinhausen [https://www.terrainfirma.co.uk/sustainability-and-small-business-with-jasper-steinhausen/] on why he aimed his recent Sustainabilitybook at small businesses and the sweetspot of opportunities for those companies * Don Golden [https://www.terrainfirma.co.uk/the-pod-does-god-faith-sustainability-and-small-business-with-don-golden/] on engaging typically Donald Trump supporting US small business owners through their mutual faith * Emma Burlow [https://www.terrainfirma.co.uk/carbon-literacy-circular-business-models-and-the-power-of-listening-with-emma-burlow/] on her experiences as a fractional CSO of a small business disrupting a market with a circular business model Click on the links for the full interviews. This episode is brought to you by Terra Infirma Ltd - Bringing Sustainability to Life [https://www.terrainfirma.co.uk/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.