Imperial Business Podcast

This week is Fashion Revolution Week, an annual campaign bringing together the world's largest fashion activism movement for seven days of action. That's why Claudia invited Ciara Barry, Policy and Campaigns Manager at Fashion Revolution to Green Minds to talk all things fashion. Today's episode also features Delphine-Maire Zacharias, a fellow MSc Climate Change, Management and Finance student of...

Strategic Marketing alumni and WARC Media data journalist Celeste Huang joins Senior Teaching Fellow in Marketing and Strategy James Eteen to discuss her current role and trends in media consumption and marketing.  

In this episode, Desiree speaks with Kike Miralles and Josh Goldman, an alumnus of Imperial College, about mining critical minerals. They focus on exploration and discovery innovation to boost the output needed to fill the mineral demand and supply gap. Kike and Josh both share their experiences and insights working in this field - Josh by founding KoBold Metals, a startup backed by top investors...

Join us for the first ever episode of The Sports Buff, as we tackle how the sports tech start-up Stance is looking to create a new brand of smart watch. Their CEO and Imperial alumni Jayshan will take listeners through how start-ups are launched, funded and progressed. 

In this week's episode, Desiree speaks with Tem on Nomadic Venture Partners’ investment thesis, the importance of the mining industry in the global economy and the world's decarbonization journey, geopolitical complexities with China and the Democratic Republic of Congo, risk and liability, ethics, decarbonization and innovation opportunities along the mining value chain, permitting reform, and ad...

In this week's episode, Moritz speaks with Todd Smith, the co-founder of Safe Landing, an organisation by aviation workers for more sustainability in the industry. The two talk about the radical changes needed to decarbonize the aviation industry, the challenges that lie ahead and also why it is so crucial that most of Safe Landing’s members still work within the sector and drive change from withi...

In this week's episode, Desiree speaks with Mai Bui, Shiladitya Ghosh, and Nicholas Chadwick on a variety of topics related to carbon dioxide removal. We talk about the latest research around direct air capture hubs, technical differences between direct air capture and point source capture, challenges in commercializing DAC technologies, and advice for everyday people to support this industry.   ...

In this week's episode, Desiree speaks with Caroline de Bossart and Robert Höglund on a variety of topics related to carbon dioxide removal, including research gaps, role of government and venture capital investors in supporting market development, and supplier and buyer dynamics.     Backgrounds on the guests:  Caroline de Bossart is currently the Director of Neglected Climate Opportunities at th...

In this week's episode, Claudia talks to Professor of Marketing at Imperial College Business School, Eduardo B. Andrade, about sustainable consumption. They discuss the interplay of marketing and consumer behaviour, define sustainable consumption and uncover different human biases. After discussing the green attitude-behaviour gap, Eduardo introduces his obstacle-opportunity framework for addressi...

In this week's episode, Claudia talks to Cyril Klepek, founder and CEO of Cyrkl, an international technology and consulting green tech company specializing in circular waste management by providing the largest recycling platform in Europe and unique Circular Waste Scans. Cyril talks about what led him to create Cyrkl, the journey to expanding to over 10 countries around Europe and how they attract...

Hearing more about MSc Business Analytics alumni  Miranda Zachopoulou’s journey to a career in data science and her experience working as a Data Scientist at NewNow group - a decision technology company that develops AI-powered decision solutions for businesses.   Connect with Miranda via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miranda-zachopoulou/   Resources recommended by Miranda:   Feedly: https...

This week, Andreas speaks with Farida Lasida Adji (Ida), the IFC East Asia Lead for Green Buildings and Market Transformation program. In this episode, Ida talks about the IFC Green Building program and what it does with the clients across the emerging markets to transform their properties into green buildings. You will learn about IFC’s EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiency) standards...

This week's episode, hosted by Claudia and a fellow MSc CCMF students Anabella Rodriguez, features Louise Ellison, Chief Commercial Officer at Longevity Partners, a London-based multidisciplinary energy and sustainability consultancy. They talk about what it will take to take the built environment to net zero, the role certifications and ESG play in the real estate sector as well as regulatory mat...

As Imperial College’s Sustainability week is coming to an end, we took the time to provide you with more information on the university’s previous sustainability efforts and commitments being made, but also what is going to happen in the future to create a campus live that is aligned with our planetary boundaries  In that regard, Imperial’s food & drink offering will play a vital role in the shift...

In this episode, Claudia talks to Professor Marcin Kacperczyk, Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School. Patrick shares what motivated him to have a career as a professor, as well as how his research has evolved over the years. Subsequently, they discuss Marcin's research on the intersection of climate change, specifically the carbon transition risk. They discuss theory versus prac...

This week, Andreas speaks with Honorio Poblador (Nori), the co-founder and Managing Partner of Navegar, a Philippines-focused private equity (PE) firm. In this episode, Nori shares the demographic profile of the Philippines and the role of OFW (Overseas Filipino Workers) and BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) in the country’s economy. Nori talks about the process and added values that Navegar has...

In this episode, Claudia chats to Paula Singliarova, Director of Sustainability at ESGbook, a digital platform for ESG data management, disclosure and analytics. They talk about Paula's career path towards sustainable finance as well as the main learnings from her career to date. Then they deep dive into stewardship, including engagement and proxy voting, where Paula shares details about an engage...

This week, Andreas speaks with Panaikorn Chartikavanij, the co-founder and Managing Partner of Lakeshore Capital, a Thailand-focused private equity (PE) firm. Panaikorn shares why he and his co-founders started this PE firm around 10 years ago. He shares the portfolio companies and what Lakeshore has provided in terms of added values to their investees. The added value includes the ESG implementat...

Team introduction and a conversation with Dr. Esma Koca about her research in Digital Economy.    Share with us your feedback, any topic you would like us to discuss or an interesting statistic via our email address ibbapodcast@gmail.com .   Want to be our guest? Let us know your interest here.   

In this episode, Claudia talks tom to Tom Delay CBE, the CEO of the Carbon Trust. They start the conversation with Tom's career which started in a very interesting way, the world's first carbon tax and a just transition. Tom then walks us through the Carbon Trust, the way its mission drives what they do, Net Zero and how to recognize good Net Zero claims. They also discuss climate policy, the role...

This week, Claudia and Desi talk to Jacqueline van den Ende, the CEO and co-founder of Amsterdam-based climate fintech company Carbon Equity. They talk about the intersection of climate and finance, the importance of private markets in moving the needle on climate change, impact vs. ESG investing, climate technologies shaping the future and much more. Jacqueline, an investor turned founder, twice...

This week, Andreas speaks with Eka Himawan, the co-founder and Managing Director of Xurya, an Indonesian solar power rental and installation company. Eka shares the genesis and business model of Xurya. They also discuss about the challenges that company faced early on and the dynamics of power generation in Indonesia. He also talks about the company’s fund raising progress and the changes of many...

Dan & Satya studied together at Imperial College Business School and teamed up to found Sow Foods in 2021. Both of them are plant-based and faced similar issues in finding healthy plant-based protein sources. Their aim is to provide a protein-rich product that is genuinely good for consumers. Previously, they raised £120,000 from TechStars. They are also the Creative & Consumer Track Winner of Ven...

This week, Claudia chats to Anna Broughel, the Director of Energy Leadership at a U.S.-based NGO, the Clean Energy Leadership Institute. They talk about net-zero and renewable strategy scenarios, intermittency, grid balance as well as the role of behavioural science in the energy economics discussion and renewables deployment. Additionally, they discuss the Inflation Reducation Act. Towards the en...

This week, Claudia chats to Alyssa Gilbert, the Director of Policy and Translation at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment, about the COP27 which took place this November in Egypt. In the first part, recorded before COP27, they discuss what COP is, how it works, its meaning for the global climate agenda and Alyssa's expectations. The second part, recorded in the days after...