Planet Pod

In this episode of Planet Pod, we are talking about city streets and green spaces: how do they co-exist in our increasingly urban life?  Host Amanda Carpenter (Achill Management) talks with Meredith Whitten, researcher at the LSE who also sits on the GLA’s Green Infrastructure Task Force and acts as an advisor to Covent Garden Community Association.  Meredith also writes and tweets regular as @urb...

In this OB episode, our host Amanda Carpenter (Achill Management) talks to Emily Penn, Ocean advocate artist and skipper of all women crew on board eXXpedition talks about her life, her inspiration and the massive challenge facing us all as we try to tackle the plastic tsunami that is flooding our oceans. Recorded live at the LSA Summer Event hosted by Taylor Wessing, this podcast gives an insight...

In this episode of Planet Pod hosts Amanda Carpenter (Achill Management) and Steve Malkin (The Planet Mark) are talking to our guests about the UN Sustainable Development Goals, (aka the Global Goals) and how organisations can help achieve these.  Joining Amanda and Steve are Louise Scott, the COO for PwC’s Global Sustainability Network, who is leading the firm’s work in relation to the UN Sustain...

This episode of Planet Pod is all about Green Finance in all its guises - green investment, social investment, sustainable income and the green economy.  Our host Amanda Carpenter (Achill Management) is joined by Jessica Fries, Executive Chairman of the Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S), long finance expert Michael Mainelli, Executive Chairman of the Z/Yen Group and Paul Druckma...

In this episode, Planet Pod host Amanda Carpenter (Achill Management) chats about changing habits and behaviours with guests Leilani Weier, a senior manager at global law firm Linklaters where she runs the firm's environmental sustainability programme; management and organisational development consultant, facilitator and coach Julie Flower, MD of Specialists Generalist; and Graham Simmonds, MD of...

In this episode of Planet Pod our host Amanda talks Green Consumerism with guests Michelle Johnson, Digital Editor at Tempus Magazine and a journalist with a passion for storytelling and the environment, and Daianna Karaian, founder of Thoughtful Works, a social enterprise harnessing creative talent to make things that make a real difference.  As well as our usual "good, bad and ugly" slot, we tal...

During a recent visit of LSA Task Force members and other LSA member guests to the Granary Square development at Kings Cross, hosted by Argent, the LSA's Amanda Carpenter talked with Paul Crilly, MD of cleaning and business support service company NJC about being a sustainable business.  In this first outside broadcast for the LSA (with more to come, we hope), Paul talks passionately about what it...

In this episode of Planet Pod our hosts Amanda Carpenter (Achill Management) and Steve Malkin (the Planet Mark) talk to Martin Turner, Partnerships Manager of the Woodland Trust and Paul Gisby, diving instructor at Oyster Diving and expert in Aqua Theatre about some of the challenges facing our two most precious resources - our ancient woodlands and the planet's seas and oceans. Hosted on Acast. S...

In this episode, host Amanda Carpenter (Achill Management) is joined by Caroline May - senior Partner at law firm Norton Rose Fulbright and colleague Jackie O'Keefe - HSE consultant at the firm, Anne Johnson - Chair of UKELA and Frances Scott - founder of 50:50 Parliament to talk about sustainability, the environment and gender politics in the workplace and beyond.  Are women greener than men and...

In this week's Planet Pod podcast, hosts Amanda and Steve are talking with guests Steve Kearns (MD of Cawston Press), Mickey Reedy (Co-Director of This is Rubbish) and David Rumble (Bywaters) about all things rubbish from food, food waste, packaging, recycling and MRFs! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Planet Pod - the weekly podcast for everyone who cares about the planet! In this week's podcast we are talking about plastic and how we can reduce our dependence on it, particularly single use plastics. Our guests include Alex Robinson, MD of Hubbub Enterprise and Sian Sutherland, co-founder of A Plastic Planet.   Planet Pod is brought to you by Achill Management and the Planet Mark. Ho...