Sustainable Growth Out Loud

In this episode of Sustainable Growth Out Loud, the team discuss the many changes taking place in corporate sustainability and why individual companies shouldn’t be expected to bear the brunt of biodiversity action. The adoption of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) demonstrates the willingness to shift to more sustainable actions. However, with the SBTi being skewed in favour of larger c...

Giulia Bottaro talks to Christina Thurner of Grown. Bio about the startup's journey in producing sustainable alternatives to conventional materials, such as Styrofoam. Its products are made with mycelium and hemp and can be used for packaging, interior design and building construction. For more on Grown.bio, read their startup profile . About Sustainable Growth Voice Sustainable Growth Voice shine...

Heather Dinwoodie meets with Simon Oldham, Technical Head at Scottish Woodlands and David McCulloch, Head of CarbonStore at Tilhill, to discuss the challenges and opportunities of woodland creation and sustainable forest management. In the second episode of our two-part series, we explore the stakeholders involved in sustainable forestry and how their interests can best be aligned. About Sustainab...

In this week’s episode, the SG Voice team discuss the risks of not reflecting the real world in economic models, the first-ever applications for regulatory approval of cultivated meat in Europe, and the power of public procurement in driving industry shifts. There's even talk of memes. Felicia discusses a new report has warned of the dangers arising from the inability to factor climate risks into...

Felicia Jackson talks to Chris Hocknell of Eight Versa about how the definition of net zero under the Science-based Targets Initiative (SBTi) is failing to support SMEs and innovative companies looking to disrupt high carbon intensity sectors. While absolute emissions reduction overall are necessary, aren’t emissions intensity targets more useful on the ground when accelerating to net zero? You ca...

The whole team is back together this week, with host Giulia joining the conversation from Italy. In this week’s episode, the team discuss three key takeaways from Amazon’s sustainability update, which throws up the question – should big corporations be leading the way in terms of sustainability transformation? The latest Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) agreement on in...

On this episode, recorded at the Dcarbonise & All Energy conference in Glasgow, SG Voice reporter, Heather Dinwoodie is joined by Huei-Ling Lai, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Exeter, who is working on the ‘Net Zero Sense of Place’ project. Lai chats through the ‘Sense of Place’ project, in conjunction with The Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre, the...

Host Giulia is off enjoying her holiday, but that won’t stop Felicia and Heather getting together to discuss the latest sustainability news! Rumours are swirling around the UK Government’s commitment to climate finance – more immediate concerns could divert these ear marked funds. Still, we find ourselves questioning the source and rationale of these rumours. Is the UK Government simply testing th...

In this episode, recorded at the Dcarbonise & All Energy conference in Glasgow, SG Voice reporter, Heather Dinwoodie chats to Gill Simpson, Marketing & Communications Director from Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc (MSIP), where they focus on sustainable mobility and decarbonisation. MSIP offers companies space to work and help in identifying funding opportunities and skills development that will...

SG Voice reporter, Heather Dinwoodie meets with David Robertson, director of Investment and Business Development at Scottish Woodlands, and Stuart Goodall, chief executive of the Confederation of Forest Industries to discuss the challenges and opportunities of sustainable forestry. In the first episode of our two-part series, we explore the diverse range of benefits that forests have to offer as w...

The SG Voice team chat about the importance of understanding trade-offs in driving innovation, just why the Church of England is out of fossil fuels and growing clarity in the voluntary carbon markets.   First up, the team discuss the US approval of Good Meat’s cultivated chicken, and the challenges that the cultivated meat industry faces in terms of supportive policy frameworks and finding a clea...

In this episode, recorded at the Dcarbonise & All Energy conference in Glasgow, SG Voice reporter, Heather Dinwoodie chats to Alan Hendry, Sustainability Director at civil engineering firm Mott MacDonald. Hendry discusses the change in the sustainability landscape over the past number of years, upcoming sustainability trends, innovations and the just transition. About Sustainable Growth Voice Sust...

The SG Voice team chat about the interconnectedness and need for systemic change in different areas of sustainability.  First up, the team review a recent study from the Leonardo Centre on Business for Society, which surveyed the sustainability initiatives of over 6,000 companies launched over the past two decades, leading to some surprising results. A lack of standardised reporting on nature was...

Day one at AllEnergy - SG Voice catches up with The Clarus Networks Group In this episode, recorded at the Dcarbonise & AllEnergy conference in Glasgow, SG Voice editor, Felicia Jackson chats to Derek Phillips, Managing Director, and Jamie Duncan, Group Marketing Director, at The Clarus Networks Group.  Phillips and Duncan discuss how The Clarus Networks Group provides business critical communicat...

This week, SG Voice journalists Giulia Bottaro and Heather Dinwoodie are joined by special guest, Energy Voice journalist, Andrew Dykes.  The subject of change (and where change can come from) is top of the agenda for this episode. Protesters and activist investors are influencing oil and gas companies’ AGMs, with major disruptions in TotalEnergies yearly meet up.  The Cambridge Institute for Sust...

In this episode, recorded at the Dcarbonise & All Energy conference in Glasgow, SG Voice editor, Felicia Jackson chats to Katie Davies, PhD Researcher in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at University of Strathclyde.   Davies discusses her PhD work, underpinned by the UK’s net zero goals, on policy framework changes and the transport transition from diesel and petrol to electric vehicles (EVs...

The SG Voice team review the recent announcement from footwear giant Crocs, who will now attempt to achieve net zero by 2040, rather than 2030. This statement raises questions regarding the methodologies used by companies that are experiencing rapid growth while also trying to meet net zero pledges.  Biodiversity has garnered a lot of attention in recent years, gaining the spotlight during COP15,...

The SG Voice team are at the Dcarbonise & All-Energy conference this week, the UK’s largest renewable and low-carbon energy exhibition and conference. On day one SG Voice editor, Felicia Jackson, chats with Benj Sykes, Vice President, Offshore. Head of Environment, Consenting & External Affairs at Ørsted to discuss the energy transition, offshore wind and enabling environments for change.    About...

In the first episode of the new Sustainable Growth Out Loud podcast, the SG Voice team discuss how half of all UK businesses have reported being impacted by the effects of climate change, according to new research from risk management and insurance broker Gallagher. The insurance industry has always used the past to guide the future, but the dynamics are changing now that we enter uncharted territ...

Welcome to Sustainable Growth Out Loud - a new fortnightly podcast coming to your from April 2023 hosted by journalists Giulia Bottaro, Felicia Jackson and Heather Dinwoodie.