Sustainable Views

A summer of high temperatures and more extreme storms has laid bare some of the issues within our global food system. But why is it so hard to enact reforms to improve what we eat and how we make our food? Sustainable Views' Elizabeth Meager speaks with Florence Jones about what steps the UK government is taking after high temperatures and unpredictable weather exacerbated food prices, with staple...

As London Climate Action Week begins, Sustainable Views’ Philippa Nuttall speaks with Elizabeth Meager and Florence Jones about whether the UK government is following through with its rhetoric around climate action. Four years ago at COP26 in Glasgow, then-prime minister Boris Johnson and his chancellor, Rishi Sunak, shouted loudly about the UK’s climate leadership and making the country the world...

It's been 100 days since Donald Trump entered the White House for a second time — on an election ticket that promised the end of renewable energy subsidies and embracing "coal, beautiful coal". But how else has Trump and his administration approached sustainability policy? And is the backlash already under way? Sustainable Views editor Philippa Nuttall, acting deputy editor Elizabeth Meager and po...

The Sustainable Views editorial team summarises what happened this year and the trends we see for 2025. Sustainable Views is an intelligence service by the Financial Times Group. To stay up-to-date, subscribe to our newsletter . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patricia Espinosa, former UNFCCC executive secretary and now chief executive of onepoint5 consultants, and Eliot Whittington, chief systems change officer at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, dissect COP29, what it means for businesses and why private sector voices should be in the room. Sustainable Views is an intelligence service by the Financial Times Group. To stay up-to-d...

At COP28 last year, world leaders agreed to “transition away” from fossil fuels. Rui Teixeira, executive board member and CFO of EDP, and Climate Group CEO Helen Clarkson discuss whether any progress has been made since then and what needs to happen at COP29.  Sustainable Views is an intelligence service by the Financial Times Group. To stay up-to-date, subscribe to our newsletter . Hosted on...

While companies have got used to reporting on their emissions, understanding their impacts on nature and the risks of biodiversity loss to their products and processes is rather new. Andrew Steer, president and CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund, and Roberto Marques, former CEO of cosmetics company Natura and board member of Sysco Corporation and the We Mean Business Coalition, discuss nature and busines...

There was barely a woman to be seen in the official photograph of the world's climate leaders at COP28. This is a problem when half of the world's population is female. We spoke to former Canadian environment minister Catherine McKenna and Aron Cramer, CEO and president of sustainability consultancy BSR, about how they believe more women can be brought into the climate space and how this can chang...

The need for the global economy to transition to net zero is now a reasonably settled debate, but there remain many questions about how to finance it. Sustainable Views spoke to two sustainability finance leaders about how to get funds flowing and overcome the so-called “valley of death” for scaling clean tech. Sustainable Views is an intelligence service by the Financial Times Group. To stay up-t...

Indirect emissions account for, on average, around three-quarters of a company’s emissions. Walmart chief sustainability officer Kathleen McLaughlin and Systemiq managing partner Jeremy Oppenheim discuss how companies can ensure real-world reductions in supply chain emissions and whether carbon credits can be part of the solution.  Sustainable Views is an intelligence service by the...

Partner content by ING. The last podcast in this series examines how one company is working to change the face of bottle recycling in Romania.   Sustainable Views is an intelligence service by the Financial Times Group. To stay up-to-date, subscribe to our newsletter . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Partner content by ING. This podcast looks at how to make the textile industry, and specifically jeans, more eco-friendly. We break down the problem of recycling blended material and how one of the world’s biggest jeans manufacturers is starting a new circular economy approach to textile production in Europe. Sustainable Views is an intelligence service by the Financial Times Group. To stay up-to-...

Many companies are taking the lead on climate action, but much more needs to happen to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Sustainable Views spoke to three business leaders about the changes they have seen and what companies need to do next. Sustainable Views is an intelligence service by the Financial Times Group. To stay up-to-date, subscribe to our newsletter . Hosted on Acast. See acast...

Partner content by ING. In this podcast, experts discuss how rather than razing old buildings to rubble, New York worked to link existing structures, make them sustainable and create a new community, and how such a project can be financed. Sustainable Views is an intelligence service by the Financial Times Group. To stay up-to-date, subscribe to our newsletter . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

Partner content by ING. New York aims to power 70 per cent of the city with renewables by 2030. Achieving this target will mean building a transition line for renewable hydrogen. In this podcast from ING, we look at the financing of the project. Sustainable Views is an intelligence service by the Financial Times Group. To stay up-to-date, subscribe to our newsletter . Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

Partner content by ING. Coffee is one of the world's most traded commodities and a drink many of us enjoy on a daily basis. Yet, its environmental footprint is significant. This podcast takes a look at coffee and how innovative businesses are helping to make one of the world's favourite drinks more sustainable. Sustainable Views is an intelligence service by the Financial Times Group. To stay up-t...

In this episode, Silvia speaks to the founder of AWorld, the official app of the UN Act Now campaign that encourages individual action towards meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Alessandro Armillotta, who is also AWorld’s chief executive, believes in the power of the individual. He created the app after working in the fashion industry and seeing the environmental damage it caused in the...

In this episode, the Sustainable Views team reviews some of the hottest topics of the year, and points you towards the trends to watch in 2024. From new obligations and reporting rules, to sustainable investment definitions, climate lawsuits, greenwashing and clean technologies - we have you covered. Listen to your host, Silvia Pavoni, as she talks to Philippa Nuttall, Alex Janiaud, Claudia De Meu...

Evidence suggests that different ages and genders engage in varying degrees with climate change. Our latest episode's guests tackle how these factors can benefit or hinder progress - from young people’s tech nous to the influence of figures like psychologist Jordan Peterson, who has disputed climate science and has broadcast this message to a significant following. Mira Manini Tiwari, a resea...

Working in sustainability is almost by definition a “career change”, given the recent nature of this area. As far as career moves go, however, few may feel as far apart as those of elite football and niche science. French international footballer Mathieu Flamini has done just that, co-founding GF Biochemicals at the end of his playing days. Football aficionados will remember Flamini’s time with th...

If you work in sustainability, you'll already be familiar with Desiree Fixler. If you're new to this area, Desiree is the whistleblower who instigated multiple investigations into the ESG credentials of DWS, the asset manager part of Deutsche Bank. At one point, the German police got involved too. The company’s shares dived; its CEO stepped down. This is arguably the biggest sustainable finance sc...

In the last episode of our first season, Silvia takes you through our more popular shows – from our very first recording, where Alison Taylor of NYU Stern School of Business examined the “language” of ESG; to a close look at carbon markets, credits and offsetting; to a conversation with Mathias Wikström, the founder of Swedish climate tech start-up Doconomy, about education, inclusivity, and activ...

In this episode of Sustainable Views, Silvia talks to Lubomila Jordanova, the founder and CEO of Plan A, a carbon reporting start-up with offices in Berlin, Paris, and London. Lubomila says that Europe, rather than the US, is the best place to raise “quality” capital for climate companies.  Much of this is due to investors’ closer familiarity with the challenges at hand, she says, as well as...

In this episode, Silvia talks to Paul van Zyl, the co-founder and chief creative officer of The Conduit, a private members’ club that organises events and social gatherings centered around sustainability themes: climate change, human rights, the circular economy. The Conduit has a big pulling power. It has hosted talks with Nobel laureates Malala Yousafzai and Maria Ressa, Russia expert and former...

In the next few episodes, Silvia Pavoni, your host, will introduce you to some of the most inspiring entrepreneurs creating solutions and galvanising efforts to address climate change. There are more than 800 of them in Europe alone! In this episode, you will hear from Mathias Wikström, the founder of Doconomy, a Swedish start-up that, among other things, helps consumers measure the carbon footpri...