Sustainability Champions

There is so much plastic waste from food packaging – whether it’s the plastic bag inside cereal boxes or plastic milk bottles, berry containers or yogurt cups – it begs the question, can we avoid all this plastic? While the big scale supermarket chains are slowly catching on, a brand-new breed of shops has come to life: zero-waste supermarkets. In this Episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I in...

In this episode, I interview Toby McCartney, Co-Founder and CEO of MacRebur: The Plastic Road Company, and a Champion of recycling plastic to improve roads. MacRebur takes plastic waste, destined for either landfill or incineration, and turns it into a strong and environmentally-friendly asphalt glue. This additive binder greatly increases road durability, while at the same time recycling plastic...

Globally we emit over 36 billion tonnes of CO2 per year – a number so high, we can barely imagine its effect on our climate. While climate change awareness is reaching more and more people around the world, and we’re learning step by step how to avoid unsustainable lifestyles, it can be very difficult to imagine our own carbon emissions on a personal level. Do you know how much carbon you emit on...

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Habib Khan, Director and Founding Partner at Meristem Design and a Champion of Urban Greening for Cleaner City Air. Meristem Design specializes in creating green solutions for grey urban spaces and is heavily involved with ‘greening’ London. Providing green screens and plants to the most polluted schools across London, building parklets...

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Steve Horton, founder of Baker’s Field Flour and Bread and #Champion of Local and Sustainable Wheat and Grains. Working with flour every day to create a variety of artisan quality breads, Steve has a refined appreciation for the fundamental role fresh flour plays in great bread. This led him to start Baker’s Field Flour and Bread where h...

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Sara Bogdan, Manager of Sustainability and Environmental Social Governance at JetBlue and a Champion of Carbon-Neutral Airlines.  JetBlue is the sixth-largest Airline in the US in terms of passengers carried, operating over 1000 flights a day.  Being part of the aviation industry, that’s responsible for 2% of the world's carbon...

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Dorry Price, Sustainability Consultant and #Champion of Contributing FutureReady Solutions to Corporate Sustainability. Working to create innovative solutions and a thriving environment for communities across the UK, Dorry is a sustainability consultant and a steering group member of The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessme...

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I speak with Alex Watson, the co-founder of the Climate Cocktail Club, London Branch and a Champion of Shaping the Conversation on Climate Change. In 2017 Alex published an article called, "My case for doing business more sustainably", where he wrote about the possibility for companies to put purpose before profit in order to create social or enviro...

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Paul Shapiro, the author of the national bestseller Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World , the CEO of The Better Meat Co., a four-time TEDx speaker, the host of the Business for Good Podcast , and #Champion on Revolutionizing Food through  Sustainable Plant-based Blended Meat. Providin...

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Amanda Weeks, CEO and co-founder of  Ambrosia and #Champion on Combining Waste Management with Closed-Loop Manufacturing. Providing a solution to our massive food waste problem while simultaneously creating sustainable products and commodities, Ambrosia was founded by Amanda and became the first closed-loop manufacturing company lau...

In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Katherine Maunder, Founder of Threadtales and #Champion of Ethical Fashion through Sustainable Practices. Threadtales is a luxury fashion brand that creates scarves, travel wraps and Kaftans using environmentally-sound fabrics. Katherine is passionate about handcrafted raw materials to create unique designs, so she chose to make many of...

This is a special, end-of-year episode for the Sustainability Champions who have subscribed and supported the Sustainability Matters Today Podcast!  Thank you for listening to the show and learning from the Champions we feature who are taking steps every day to heal our planet. We look forward to speaking with you again in 2020 and greatly appreciate your continued support! I If you haven’t y...

Did you know reforesting about 2.2 billion acres could store 205 gigatonnes of carbon? That’s the equivalent of two-thirds of all the carbon humans have already released into the atmosphere! In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Dr. Stephen Fitch, founder and CEO of Eden Reforestation Projects and #Champion of Reforestation and Ecological Restoration. Launched in Ethiopia in...

Did you know, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, a common cleansing agent found in shampoos and soaps, damages the natural protective barriers on your skin and lets in hormone-disrupting chemicals, which can be carcinogenic? In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Dennes James-Kraan, the co-founder of Tabitha James Kraan (TJK) Organic Hairdressing and #Champion of Sustainable and Organic...

Did you know smallholder farms provide up to 80 percent of the food supply in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa? In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Jeff Abella, co-founder of Moka Origins, a bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturer and specialty coffee roaster and #Champion of Economic Development through Sustainable Agriculture. Founded in 2015, Moka Origins has been empowering rura...

Did you know palm oil is in around 50% of all products found on supermarket shelves? In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Inke Van Der Sluijs, head of European operations at the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (aka the RSPO) and #Champion of Sustainable Palm Oil. Established in 2004, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil is the leading certifying body that demonstrates...

Did you know, investing the money in your savings into sustainable funds can have a 27 times bigger positive impact on your carbon footprint than eating less meat, taking public transportation, reducing your water use, and flying less, combined? In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview JP Dallmann, Sustainable & Impact Investment Advisor and host of the “Impact Leaders” pod...

Did you know, used coffee grounds can reduce deforestation because they contain many of the same properties as palm oil? In this episode of the Sustainability Matters Today podcast, I interview Fergus Moore, Co-Founder of Revive Eco and #Champion of Diverting Coffee Grounds from Landfill. Revive Eco collects and recycles used coffee grounds to produce a range of eco-friendly products. Recently, th...

Did you know one-third of all food produced around the world doesn't make it to our plates? That’s about 1.4 billion tons or enough to feed 2 billion people each year . In this episode of the Sustainability Matters Today podcast, I interview Rosalind Rathouse, founder of The Cookery School at Little Portland Street and #Champion of Sustainable Cooking.  The Cookery School offers classes on si...

Did you know, in 2018, almost 480 billion of plastic bottles were sold? That's almost 1 million every minute. In this episode of the Sustainability Matters Today podcast, I interviewed Scott Edwards, founder and CEO of Drop Water and #Champion of Compostable Water Bottles. Drop Water is making bottled water more sustainable with their unique packaging and manufacturing methods.  For their inn...

Did you know due to modern agricultural practices you have to eat eight oranges today to get the same amount of Vitamin A as your grandparents would have gotten from just one?   In this episode of the Sustainability Matters Today podcast, I interview Gabe Brown, owner of Brown’s ranch and a champion of regenerative farming.  Gabe is a producer and winner of many state and national s...

Did you know businesses can save more money by giving away unwanted items like desks, chairs and medical equipment for free instead of throwing them away? In this episode of the Sustainability Matters Today podcast, I interview May Al-Karooni, CEO of Globechain, an award-winning reuse marketplace that connects businesses that want to throw items away with charities, people, and SMEs that want to u...

Did you know, in the right conditions certain grapevines don’t need to be watered at all? In this episode of the Sustainability Matters Today podcast, my guest is Brad Alper, owner of Square Peg Winery in Sonoma County, California. Square Peg is a unique winery Brad does not use irrigation or any herbicides in his vineyards and is able to grow delicious and award-winning Pinot Noir. We discuss the...

Did you know fertiliser was first introduced in the 1940s because the US had lots of leftover nitrogen that wasn’t made into weapons during WWII? Hey, this is Daniel Hartz with Sustainability Matters Today, a podcast where I showcase sustainability experts and discover their journeys. The aim of these conversations is to share ideas from leaders in the field on the financial benefits of adopting e...

In this episode, I speak with Luke Peterson, a regenerative farmer based near Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.  By mimicking nature, Luke believes that his farm improves the health of the soil and healthier soil grows healthier food. And healthier food means healthier communities, which in turn lead to healthier economies.  On a grander scale, regenerative agriculture goes far beyond the imp...