Greenfluence

Hello everyone, and welcome to Season 4! We have come so far in this journey and we are so happy to be back for another season! Join Angela and Vis speak with Nina Gbor , an award-winning sustainability advocate, ethical fashion speaker, climate activist, writer and educator. Nina is the founder and owner of Eco Styles, and is a lecturer in Sustainable & Ethical Fashion, spreading her knowledg...

Imagine getting the smartest student minds together and getting them to solve the most pressing sustainability issues? Crazy right! That's exactly what our friends at the University of Queensland Innovation and Entrepreneurship (UQIES) did with the Sustainability Innovation Challenge, one fine weekend in April! We got the chance to interview some of the brightest hackathoners, solving problems...

In our final fifth episode of the Greenfluence x R(3)-Calibrate mini series, Angela and Pavina speak to the wonderful Shreya Ghodawat; the founder of Sustainable Guides and an ambassador for three global organisations: Top Tier Impact, Global Shapers, and She Changes Climate. An advocate for increased women representation in the climate change space, and an impact entrepreneur at heart, it comes a...

Ep 4 - Building an AI-Powered Decarbonisation Platform In episode 4, Pavina and Shri sit down with Jorge, VP of Engineering and Data Science at UnravelCarbon.  Hop on to this week’s pod and learn all about:  Jorge’s journey and experience leading and scaling data and engineering teams at companies whose products impact millions of people.  Jorge’s journey as a founder and what he learnt along the...

In episode 3, Pavina and Shri sit down with Dr Martin Zhu to learn about i2Cool. Hop on to this week’s pod and learn all about: In Hong Kong, buildings consume over 90% of total electricity, and about 60% of the building energy consumption comes from AC. More specially, HK buildings have a high window-wall ratio, so more than 50% of the heat loss and gain is through windows. i2Cool is an environme...

In episode 2, Visakhan, Pavina, Angela and Shrishti sit down and chat about last year’s COP27. Hop on to this week’s pod and learn all about: - Providing a space for youth and children to share their voices about sustainability and climate change with the introduction of the Children and Youth Pavilion. - More needs to be done to provide a space of gender diverse folk and women to be active m...

In episode 1, Vis and Pavina sit down with Marie, the Founding Partner at Wavemaker Impact. Wavemaker Impact (WMi) is the first VC backed climate venture builder in SouthEast Asia. WMi co-founds sustainability-focused businesses with proven entrepreneurs. Their goal is to reduce 10% of the global carbon budget by 2035. WMi provides the opportunity areas, domain expertise, corporate partnerships an...

In episode 11, Angela and Shri sit down with Gordon, the Founder and CEO of Good On You. Good on You is the world's leading sustainability rating system for fashion brands. It’s brand directory and blog make sustainable fashion choices easy for millions of people around the world.  Hop on to this week’s pod and learn all about: - How GOY measures a brand’s sustainability efforts through three...

In episode 10, Vis chats with Lars, the Sustainability Manager at Planet Protector Packaging the pod. Planet Protector Packaging is a distributor of sustainable, recyclable, biodegradable and compostable insulated packaging solutions made from wool. Amongst the many awards PPP has been a reciepent of, the Founder and CEO Joanne Howarth has been awarded the 2020 Cartier Women’s Initiative, Australi...

In episode 9, Shri chats with Antonio Pantalone, Founder of Advanced Simplicity on the pod about all this. With almost two decades of business experience, Antonio has consulted and advised businesses and governments globally.   Advanced Simplicity focuses on a range of services that provide consultation and solutions for including; Environmental remediation, Water Management, Energy Mana...

In episode 8, Vis chats with Yesha, Founder of after on the pod about all things fast fashion. after collaborates with global recyclers who share the same vision and passion to practice zero waste. Why? The fashion industry emits 1.2 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent a year, which is more than the shipping and aviation industries combined. They believe that the global problem of textile waste...

This week your co-hosts Angela & Shri are joined by Andrew Vild, Business Development APAC from Kuva Space. Kuva space is building the next generation of extensive, small and resource efficient Hyperspectral CubeSats. They have a goal to build 100 extensive constellation of hyperspectral satellites by 2030. Why? To enable access to Green Data® insights (hyperspectral space-borne data insights)...

This week your hosts Vis and Shri are joined by the one and only Director of Climate Tech Ecosystems Charlotte Connell and Program Manager Olivia Utharntharm from Climate Salad!  We would like to extend a shoutout to our friends at Climate Salad for being so supportive throughout our journey.     For those who are not familiar with Climate Salad, they are a network of climate t...

This week we have a special podcast for you!  Listen in to our live showcase panel we had three weeks ago that included some of our incredible podcast guests. 🚀  Tune in to this episode to learn all about: Olivia Utharntharm, Program Manager at Climate Salad Ashley Baxter, Founder of Monty Compost Co Deen Rad, Impact Investment Associate at For Purpose Investment Partners Learn about th...

We’ve all heard of the UN SDGs but what are they and how can they be applied into an organisation? Tune in to this week’s podcast with your host Shri as she sits down with Giles Gunesekera to find out more! Giles is the founder of Global Impact Initiative(Gii), which has been an UN Global Compact Lead for the third year in a row. Tune in to the podcast to learn all about: Giles and his journey int...

Oh do we have an episode packed for you! Your host Shri chats with Florian Graichen, the GM of forest to biobased products at Scion from New Zealand and one of LinkedIn’s Top Green Voices.    Scion is a Crown research institute that specialises in research, science and technology development for the forestry, wood product, wood-derived materials, and other biomaterial sectors.   In...

In Episode 2 we continue the conversation around circular economy, as your host Shri chats with the founder of Monty Compost Co, Ashley Baxter! Monty Compost Co is a Brisbane-based agri hardtech startup dedicated to building hardware and software technology for monitoring and managing compost. In this episode we uncover the dirty truth about the way society composts now, effective methods of compo...

Welcome to Season 3! In our first episode, Shri and Vis had the pleasure of talking with Arron Wood, the founder of the award winning national environmental program Kids Teaching Kids, and National Director of External Affairs at Clean Energy Council.  Arron holds an Order of Australia Medal (AM) for significant contribution to local government, environment and the community, he also is at th...

Attention Greenfluencers!! We have reached the end of Season 2! To cap off an awesome season, Shri and Vis talked to Arj and Ally - the amazing co-founders of Inaam - an impact investing app, giving you say in social causes you're passionate about. This was a very passionate and insightful conversation, where we talked about the Inaam story, diversity in VC and how to measure impact! 

In Episode 8 we are continuing with our conversation with Anne-Marie Elias, the CEO of Bekcon Capital. Your hosts are Vis and Adrienna. Get keen for more insights into how we can make a real and powerful impact to help our communities!

Our guest for this episode is Anne-Marie Elias, the CEO at Beckon Capital. Anne-Marie is an incredibly passionate, driven and compassionate person who is all about getting capital and capability to where it matters most. She deeply cares about people and helping those who are in need and you’ll definitely be able to hear this when she speaks. Anne-Marie disrupts the system to create and enable inn...

In this episode Maya and Shri sit down with Tom McQuillen the principal of ReGen Ventures. Tom is very passionate about helping startups and the planet and ReGen is all about partnering with founders who are "daring to build companies that will restore our planet." It’s a really insightful episode and Tom has some fantastic stories to share that I hope will encourage you.

In this episode we have a new host joining us, Shri, our Greenfluence publications and partnerships lead! Shri is an amazing person who is passionate about sustainability and it’s awesome to have her hosting the podcast for the first time! ‘ Our guest for this episode is Kiya Taylor who is very involved and experienced in clean tech, renewable energy and fostering communities. It’s such a privileg...

Hey Greenfluencers! In this episode, our host, Vis, sits down with Sanaya Khisty, the Chief Strategy Officer at Beyond Zero Emissions ('BZE'). BZE is an independent Australian think tank. Their solutions are helping to accelerate Australia towards a prosperous zero-emissions economy. Sanaya shares her journey into the sustainability space which will be especially insightful for people who want to...

5 years ago, not many people knew what ESG was, now it’s become a household phrase. In this episode, Vis sits down with Eric Lee, Vice-President at Aligned Climate Capital, and discusses the emergence of the sustainability industry. Eric shares his thoughts on green bonds, Aligned’s decision to invest in ChargeNet, and how his original aspirations to become a doctor, led to a career in sustainabil...