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Chris De Cuyper, managing director of Fremantle Seaweed, joins us to unpack asparagopsis, the red seaweed CSIRO discovered almost by accident, and the six-year journey to actually grow it at scale off the WA coast. We get into the science of how it works, why methane is the "low-hanging fruit" of climate action, and what it takes to turn a lab result into a commercial supply chain cattle...

Nic Seton is the CEO of Parents for Climate, the grassroots group that took on EnergyAustralia over "carbon neutral" greenwashing, and won. In this episode, Nic joins Loreto and Dan to unpack what that landmark case really means for carbon offsets, ESG claims and corporate Australia in the era of mandatory climate disclosures. He also makes the case that parents are one of the most power...

Sustainability work is meaningful, but it can also break you. In this episode, we sit down with Courtney Kovac and Georgia Monaghan, co-founders of EcoMind, to talk about what happens when the people trying to save the planet burn out trying to do it. Georgia and Courtney bring very different journeys to this conversation, one from climate law and consulting, one from youth mental health. Together...

Our guest in this episode is Darren Umbers, MD ANZ and Global Head of Sustainability and ESG at Performance Health.  We loved hearing about how Darren's path into ESG wasn't a straight line. He trained as a biomedical scientist, spent years on the commercial side of healthcare, and decided to come back to sustainability during COVID, when he had the space to realise he could use his infl...

Hudson Worsley, Chair of MECLA (the Materials and Embodied Carbon Leaders' Alliance) joins us to unpack embodied carbon in construction. The emissions baked into every building, bridge, and data centre before they're even switched on. And how in Australia, construction sits at the centre of the net zero transition that almost no one is talking about. Hudson helped set up MECLA five years...

In a year defined by geopolitical volatility, fragmented climate policy and the rapid rise of AI, what should corporate leaders actually be paying attention to? Dr. Matthew Bell, Group CEO of Anthesis, one of the world's largest sustainability consultancies, joins us to unpack the megatrends reshaping business, climate risk and sustainability in 2026. From why TCFD quietly changed corporate d...

In this episode, we sit down with Mick Liubinskas, Partner at Melomys and founder of Climate Salad and one of Australia's most connected voices in climate tech, to unpack why world-class Australian research so often fails to commercialise locally. With nine years bridging startups, clean tech, and corporate innovation, Mick shares hard-won lessons from Silicon Valley and Australia's own...

In this episode, digital sustainability strategist Tim Prosser returns to The Green Fix to unpack the physical footprint of data centres — the invisible infrastructure behind every AI query, cloud service, and streaming session. Tim breaks down what corporate sustainability professionals need to know right now: why data centres could consume 11% of Australia's electricity by 2035, what the CE...

What's the real environmental footprint of your organisation's IT infrastructure — and is your cloud provider telling you the full story? In this episode, we welcome back Tim Prosser for part one of a two-part deep dive into digital sustainability. Tim is a specialist in digital sustainability strategy and green operations, with over 20 years leading enterprise technology teams across th...

How can the Australian subsidiaries of global multinationals become sustainability innovators, rather than waiting for head office to lead the way? In this episode, we sit down with Dani Matthews, Co-Founder and Chief Impact Officer at Abundium, a leadership community for C-suite executives in foreign-owned companies operating across the ANZ and APAC region. Abundium works with over 100 of the wor...

Forget fighting the climate. Paul Hawken argues we are part of it—and that single shift can change how leaders, teams, and communities act. We bring Paul into a candid conversation about language, agency, and the practical levers businesses can pull right now to lower risk, save money, and grow life. Paul Hawken has shaped how business leaders approach climate action for over 60 years. "The E...

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Heat, forests, and hard choices: COP30 in Belém turned climate ambition into a street‑level experience. We have our first return guest, as Beth Dowe, Executive Director of the Climate Leaders Coalition, comes back to the Green Fix to unpack what truly moved the needle at COP: a global push to triple adaptation finance by 2035, Brazil’s big bet on the Tropical Forest Facility, and the fierce debate...

What if every job could be a climate job? In this episode, we speak with Lucy Piper, Director of Work for Climate, a non-profit helping employees drive climate action from inside their workplaces. Lucy shares how professionals in any role — not just sustainability — can influence corporate climate policy, push for science-aligned net zero commitments, and hold companies accountable on lobbying and...

Welcome to Episode 6 of the Positive Tipping Points Special! A 7-episode special series on the road to COP30 in Belem, with guest host Liz Courtney. Sea level isn’t creeping up by accident; it’s obeying physics we’ve understood for a long time. We sit down with Professor Benjamin Horton—one of the world’s leading sea level scientists—to translate complex mechanisms into plain English, connect pola...

Welcome to Episode 5 of the Positive Tipping Points Special! A 7-episode special series on the road to COP30 in Belem, with guest host Liz Courtney. Systems don’t change neatly; they lurch, resist, and then tip. That turbulence can be terrifying or energising, and in this conversation we choose energy. With Dr Sally Uren of Forum for the Future, we trace a through-line from cleaning a polluted can...

Welcome to Episode 4 of the Positive Tipping Points Special! A 7-episode special series on the road to COP30 in Belem, with guest host Liz Courtney. Markets don’t just reflect change—they can create it. We sit down with two leaders in responsible investment to unpack how stewardship, smarter regulation, and clear definitions are accelerating corporate decarbonisation and funding solutions at scale...

Welcome to Episode 3 of the Positive Tipping Points Special! A 7-episode special series on the road to COP30 in Belem, with guest host Liz Courtney. Heat shouldn’t make home feel unsafe. In this episode, we meet architect and regenerative design leader Caroline Pidcock and advocate Emma Bacon, CEO of Sweltering Cities, to map a practical pathway to cooler, fairer, low‑carbon urban life—one retrofi...

Welcome to Episode 2 of the Positive Tipping Points Special! A 7-episode special series on the road to COP30 in Belem, with guest host Liz Courtney.  In this episode we meet Professor Carlos Nobre of the University of São Paulo,  Co-Chair of the Science Panel for the Amazon, and Professor Peter Cox, CBE Director of the Global Systems Institute University of Exeter.  In this episode we discuss how...

Welcome to Episode 1 of the Positive Tipping Points Special! A 7-episode special series on the road to COP30 in Belem, with guest host Liz Courtney.  What if the smartest way to cut climate risk is to make progress contagious? We sit down with Professor Tim Lenton to decode climate and positive tipping points—how small, smart pushes can trigger self-propelling change in technology, policy, and soc...

What if the most honest business strategy was as simple as “keep things alive”? In this episode of Green Fix we meet award‑winning environmentalist and author Natalie Kyriacou, where we unpack how biodiversity, climate stability, and social equity quietly hold up every supply chain, balance sheet, and brand promise we care about. From a tiny midge that makes chocolate possible to vultures that pro...

In this episode of The Green Fix, Dr. David Ireland discusses the intersection of sustainability, innovation, and governance. He defines wicked problems, particularly climate change, and emphasises the importance of horizon scanning for organisations. David highlights the transformative role of AI in sustainability and the need for businesses to adopt innovative practices. He also addresses the ch...

Vicki Mullen, Senior Consultant at Finity Consulting, takes us deep into the world of mandatory climate disclosure as Australian corporations transform what might seem like a compliance burden into a strategic advantage. Drawing on her 30 years of experience across public policy and financial services, Vicki explains why viewing climate reporting as an exercise in "business imagination"...

Struggling to make sustainability strategically relevant to your business? Double materiality might be the missing piece you need. Sydney Straver, Managing Director at &Bloom, joins us to unpack this powerful framework that's transforming how businesses approach sustainability. Drawing from her extensive European experience, Sydney explains how double materiality bridges the gap between s...

Filmmaker Damon Gameau has made a career of turning complex sustainability challenges into compelling, hopeful narratives. After his groundbreaking documentary 2040 inspired climate action worldwide, he noticed something extraordinary while visiting hundreds of schools – today's children possess remarkable knowledge about environmental issues yet lack meaningful platforms to share their insig...