Transformers | The sustainability change makers

Neighbourhood Economics is the story of how an organisation united 35,000 people living in a Suburb of Stockholm,Sweden.

Meet Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize Awarded journalist for The New Yorker Magazine and Pär Larshans, Sustainability Director at Ragn-Sells, leader of the transition into a circular economy. 

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How plants and gardens have the power to make our cities greener and how AIPH – the International Association of Horticultural Producers created the World Green City Award for worldwide cities. Meet Ms Valerie Plante, Mayor of Montreal; Audrey Timm technical advisor to AIPH Green City Award; Kobie Brand, Regional Director of ICLEI Africa and … Urban Plant Power Read More »

Meet Karl-Henrik Robert, Professor of Strategic Sustainable Development and founder of the Natural Step Framework.

Leadership in Politics with Margot Wallström, a former EU Commissioner for Environment and Vice President of the EU.

Meet the team of Human Forest Augustin Guilisasti, CEO and Founder Caroline Steton, and Will Jansen. Human Forest is a carbon-negative e-bike and e-moped sharing company based in London in my neighbourhood, Southwork.

Meet Kari Aina Eik. She has dedicated her life to bridging the worlds of the United Nations, global markets and cities and has worked to establish several UN and international programs for sustainable cities.

Featuring: Mats Andersson, Former CEO of the Swedish Pension fund AP4 and awarded as Chief Investment Officer’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his leadership of AP4. Sasja Beslik, Investment strategy officer at SDG Impact Japan and In 2020, Sasja Beslik was ranked as the world’s most influential person within green finance.

Joel Makower is a remarkable storyteller. In the last 30 years, he´s demonstrated his ability to tell compelling stories that both inform and inspire business leaders toward profitable action. Joel is chairman and co-founder of GreenBiz Group, a media and events company focusing at the intersection of business and the Green economy.

Meet Bill Hardy and Dr. Audrey Timm. They represent AIPH, the international association of horticulture producers and lead on this non-profit organisations green city initiative we talk about The Green City Award that recognises initiatives relying on a greater use of plants and nature to create better city environments.

Professor Johan Rockström is the Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and a Professor at the Institute of Earth and Environmental Science at Potsdam University. Meet Professor Johan Rockström in 3 programmes: –  A minute to midnight: Reversing environmental tipping points. – 8 years left to transform the future of humanity or destabilize … Professor Johan...

Professor Johan Rockström is the Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and a Professor at the Institute of Earth and Environmental Science at Potsdam University. Meet Professor Johan Rockström in 3 programmes: –  A minute to midnight: Reversing environmental tipping points. – 8 years left to transform the future of humanity or destabilize … Johan Rockström...

Professor Johan Rockström is the Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and a Professor at the Institute of Earth and Environmental Science at Potsdam University. Meet Professor Johan Rockström in 3 programmes: –  A minute to midnight: Reversing environmental tipping points. – 8 years left to transform the future of humanity or destabilize … Johan Rockström...

This week 11-13 May, when the City of Malmö hosts ICLEI’s World Congress of Local and Regional Governments dedicated to sustainable urban development I decided to shine a light on some of the world’s urban challenges with the people who have been working in the development of a sustainable Malmö and also people who can … Sustainable Cities a vision or a reality? Read More »

Meet Sandrine Dixson-Declève, The Co-President of the Club of Rome. She Chairs the European Commission, Expert Group on Economic and Societal Impact of Research & Innovation and she is a member of the European Commission’s Sustainable Finance Platform. Sandrine is one of the 30 most influential women across the globe.

How to promote financing solutions and accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals – the SDGs.  Meet Lisa Kurbiel, The head of the Secretariat for the Joint SDG Fund in the United Nations.

Transformers podcast looks into European dependency of fossil fuels. Russian’s war on Ukraine has exposed the price and negative side of consuming Russian oil and gas. The podcast is a summary of the seminar that took place on March 18. In the panel,  Kadri Simson, EU Commissioner of Energy, Anna Borg, CEO of Vattenfall Sweden and … Kadri Simson, Anna Borg and Anders Egelrud | EU...

Christina Lampe-Önnerud is known for her pioneering work in developing Lithium-ion batteries for portable electronics, electric vehicles, and utilities. She is currently the CEO of Cadenza Innovation, a startup she founded in 2012.

Anders Wijkman – an opinion maker, writer and chairman of the Governing Board of Climate-KIC – the largest public-private partnership on innovation for low-carbon solutions in the European Union.

Stuart L. Hart is one of the world’s top authorities on the implications of environment and poverty for business strategy. According to Bloomberg Businessweek, he is “one of the founding fathers of the ‘base of the pyramid’ – economic theory.”

COP26 showed an urgent need to accelerate climate actions. Some relate to Forestry, Biomass and Biodiversity. My guests today are Anders Egelrud, CEO of Stockholm Exergi and Charles Secrett, a Climate Campaigner. Both have long experience in Climate Change Policies and Actions.

James O´Toole, Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California’s Business School. O’Toole’s research and writings are in the areas of leadership, ethics, corporate culture, and philosophy. He is an author of eighteen books, most recently THE ENLIGHTENED CAPITALISTS: CAUTIONARY TALES OF BUSINESS PIONEERS WHO TRIED TO DO GOOD WHILE DOING WELL.

Sasja Beslik is an economist and journalist. He is an ESG expert that helps a large audience understand the ins and outs of ESG. In 2020, Beslik was ranked the world’s most influential person within green finance.

James Hanusa, spearheads the advantgard movement of emerging technology and culture. He is a frequently speaker on innovation, creativity and sustainability. James was one of the people leading the process of transforming the Burning Man Project into a non-profit organisation.