Sustainability Champions

Series 2, episode 13 of the Sustainability Champions podcast 🎙 Introducing Sumedhaa Kothari, Founder of By. Sume, a clothing brand that is challenging fast fashion by making clothing from upcycled materials at affordable prices.  Based in the US, Sumedhaa attended the University of California, Berkeley where she graduated with a degree in Cognitive Science. Starting her career at Google, and conti...

Series 2, episode 12 of the Sustainability Champions podcast 🎙 Introducing Nina Rauch, Senior Social Impact Lead at Lemonade, an insurance company that is changing everything we know about the insurance industry and making a real impact in our society, having partnered with over 100 organisations and causes that support the environment, LGBTQ+ and much more. Lemonade is an insurance company that o...

Series 2, episode 11 of the Sustainability Champions podcast 🎙 Introducing Jon Dishotsky, Investment Partner at Giant Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in purpose-driven founders and organisations on a mission to offer real-world value while addressing the most pressing challenges for our environment. Giant Ventures champions tech founders who are creating a more sustainable, equitable...

Series 2, episode 10 of the Sustainability Champions podcast 🎙 Introducing Tanner Farrow; the CEO of BioCoTech Americas, a company that specialises in diverting food and other organic materials from landfills. BioCoTech’s technology is the Biospeed solution that creates a full-circle waste management system, which eliminates the need to transport waste and transforms organic waste into nutrient-ri...

Series 2, episode 9 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙 Introducing Jeff Ciudaj, the Founder and CEO of Deep Root Irrigation, a company that specialises in making a water irrigation system for farmers that reduces the amount of water needed for harvests. The team at Deep Root Irrigation created this solution to address the need to conserve water and reduce the amount of water used in the agr...

Series 2, episode 8 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙 Introducing Amy Munro, Sustainability Officer at 11th Hour Racing, an organisation that was established to create strategic partnerships to promote collaborative, systemic change addressing environmental issues. The organisation founded 11th Hour Racing to use the power of sport to restore a balanced relationship between people and the...

Series 2, episode 7 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙 Introducing Ben Ridding, the Founder of Ulu, a company formed because of Ben’s love for the sea. Ulu makes waterproof backpacks and tow floats with the mission to make all of its products from 100% ocean-bound plastics. So, why does the ocean matter? When we think about the issues we face as a result of climate change, it’s important to...

Series 2, episode 6 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 Introducing Himanshu Gupta, the Co-Founder and CEO of Climate AI. Climate AI is developing a solution for those in the agriculture & food, finance, commodities, water risk management and climate risk management industries. He and the team are providing the world’s first Enterprise Climate Planning platform that offers risk intellig...

Series 2, episode 5 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 Introducing the Zayed Sustainability Prize, the United Arab Emirates’ pioneering global award for recognising excellence in sustainability around the world. Established in 2008, this prize recognises nonprofit organisations (NPOs), small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and high schools for their impactful, innovative and inspiring...

Series 2, episode 4 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 Introducing Joe Lipman: Co-Founder & CEO of NAME APP, an app founded by university students who are on a mission to make scrolling meaningful and shopping sustainable & stylish. Having only recently launched their app, NAME APP was started because the founders felt that our favourite online habits were becoming increasingly mea...

Series 2, episode 3 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 Introducing Katharina Hellmann, certified Life Coach & Climate Change Coach, who specialises in turning climate anxiety into empowered action, from helping individuals reduce their carbon footprint, live more sustainability and become happier than ever before! After reading in the 2018 IPCC report that humanity had a mere 12 years...

Series 2, episode 2 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 Introducing Michelle Benavides, Executive Director at the International Society of Sustainability Professionals, or ISSP for short, an organisation that is set up to empower sustainability professionals across the workforce and around the world. ISSP is the world's leading professional association of sustainability practitioners. A mem...

Series 2, episode 1 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙   Introducing Dr. Thomas Funke, CEO and Co-Founder of Tomorrow University, the first fully state-accredited European university to be founded by a Tech-Startup.   Tomorrow University has been educating learners through its revolutionary approach to education since 2020, with a strong focus on sustainability and technology. &n...

Series 1, episode 15 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙 Introducing May Al-Karooni, Founder & CEO of Globechain, a company that is a leading ESG data reuse marketplace connecting enterprises with non-profits, small businesses and people to redistribute unneeded items. Globechain generates ESG data on your impact, helping you reduce waste costs and achieve your sustainability and SDG tar...

Series 1, episode 14 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙 Introducing Som Ray, The CEO & Founder of CLIP, a company that specialises in making a portable propulsion device that is designed to transform any standard bike into an e-bike instantly! Transportation is responsible for 24% of global direct CO₂ emissions, road vehicles account for nearly three quarters of transport emissions, and...

Series 1, episode 13 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙 Introducing Devana Ng; The Co-Founder of INVISIBLE COMPANY, a company that specialises in providing alternative packaging to different fashion brands, e-commerce, logistics and retails to replace the conventional packaging. Their solution is water-soluble, compostable and landfill biodegradable packaging which is called #INVISIBLEBAG....

Series 1, episode 12 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 Introducing brothers Ryan and Justin Andrews, the co-founders of REUZEit, a company that specialises in redistributing used lab equipment from companies in the life science sector that no longer need it. REUZEit repurposes this equipment for people and organisations who can make good use of it. Not only is REUZEit good for the environ...

Series 1, episode 11 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 Introducing Michael Hirschhorn, CEO and Founder at Mebl Furniture & Scarlette Tapp, Executive Director at The Sustainable Furnishings Council. Michael & Scarlette work together to create and publish The Circular Design Glossary, a glossary of terms that provides definitions on specific language used in the circular economy. Th...

Series 1, episode 10 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 In life only two things matter: Food & love. Well, that's according to the team at Curtice Brothers! Introducing Mario Bauer, Founder of Curtice Brothers and Simon Korn, Production Manager at Curtice Brothers. Curtice Brothers is a company that created an entire product line of condiments made from quality ingredients from organic...

Series 1, episode 9 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙 Introducing Cheryl and Chris Moore, the Co-Founders and inventors of Harmony Turbines, a company that was founded with the idea to create a simple, efficient and affordable residential wind turbine that could meet the needs of most homeowners. Founded in August 2020, Harmony Turbines have the goal of developing a wind turbine solution t...

Series 1, episode 8 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 Introducing Yasmine Ben Miloud, the Co-Founder and Head of Marketing at Water-Sec. At present; Tunisia is one of the most water-scarce countries in the world. In 2017,  367 cubic metres (m3) of water were available per capita to almost 12 million inhabitants, compared to a regional average of 526 m3 and a global average of 5,700 m...

Series 1, episode 7 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 Introducing Maryclaire Manard, the Founder and CEO at Cluey Consumer. So what is Cluey Consumers? Cluey exists to solve the modern-day dilemma for impact-conscious consumers who want to align their purchases with their values & enables those consumers, through the collective power of the free market, to change how corporations impa...

Series 1, episode 6 of the Sustainability Champion’s Podcast 🎙 What is the environmental cost of producing leather? Is it ethical to wear leather? Is leather considered sustainable? The leather industry is one of many industries that brings about much conversation surrounding its ethics, its practices, its environmental impact and whether it is a material that is actually sustainable. As a channel...

Series 1, episode 5 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙 Climeworks has been on a journey toward a solution that would empower everyone to take climate action. Founded in 2009 by two Co-Founders Jan and Christoph, who met on their first day of university at ETH Zurich. Sharing a passion for alpine sports and spending time in the Swiss Alps, they experienced the effects of climate change first...

Series 1, episode 4 of the Sustainability Champions Podcast 🎙 Introducing Anthony Levy, Founder & CEO of Circularity First a company that specialises in helping businesses design, build, manage and quantify IT infrastructures with a circular mindset. Circularity First Group have been working across sustainable IT for over 14 years. At their origin, they knew that systematic change was required...