Electric Ladies Podcast

Electric Ladies Podcast

Engaging and enlightening interviews with women leaders on energy, climate, sustainability and corporate responsibility -- ESG, environment,social and governance issues. Business, policy and technology, money, the arts and careers. Topics include driving innovation, leadership, communications and career advice. Inspiration, trends and insights. Hosted and produced by Joan Michelson, acclaimed journalist, business leader, coach and speaker, based in Washington, DC.

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October 20, 2025 63 mins

“An estimated $124tn is expected to change hands (globally) under the so-called ‘great wealth transfer’, with women set to inherit nearly 70% of that amount. Combined with rising educational attainmen...

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“We were the first to lightweight our bottles. So, if you think about a typical bottle of soda, it's about 27 grams of plastic. Our bottles, this year, I think they're coming in at 6.6 grams. So it's incredibly lightweight. I always say, you know, it's a Niagara bottle if it crinkles…We've created label-less bottles so they're easier to recycle. …And, we're now running l...

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What we're seeing is, as the new carbon economy moves forward – and this is critical to businesses to op...

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Essentially what carbon accounting is doing is it's using a...

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We did do a study where we shared the story of ...

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I like to think about ESG not only as a risk management tool, but also as an opportunity. I think the, t...

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The theme of the expo is ‘designing society for future lives.’ An...

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(A.I.) is so energy intensive as a technology, and that's the thing that we have to get, the infrastructure of AI… Right now we do no...

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“Energy efficiency…is doing more, using less. The megawatt not used is the cheapest megawatt and there's so many things, either by using technology, old technology like insulation or digitaliza...

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“For anyone, women especially who are interested in the energy and climate space, I would say that you shouldn't feel that you need to choose between the public sector, the private sector, and the nonprofit sector. I've be...

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Carbon Recycling International…is converting CO2 into sustainable methanol…(W)e have technolog...

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There are those individual actions that we can take. But if I can work with my community or work inside of m...

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“Our job is to recycle so that we can recover all of that scrap and goods that you and I are recycling in our garbage bins every week or recycling as we get new cars. And our job is to recover that because we make steel in a very clean and efficient process through what's called an ele...

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If you cannot change the system, change the frigging system… Women, when we have our money, are more likely to start an impact fund business or something. So, we have reall...

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"The climate crisis has roots in fossil fuels, but at the same time, fossil fuels fund this Russian invasion to Ukraine. So it means this is a fossil fuel war. If we will actually fight against our over...

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Food systems have to do with everything from production to processing, distribution, and the utilization. Then of course, end of life for food systems which includes food waste. In the United States, 4...

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Most things when it comes to corporate sustainability do not happen in a vacuum. I am part of an environmental sustainability team, but we would not be able to accomplish anything without our energy teams, our network teams, and mor...

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Our core business is harvesting and collecting the by-product from coal combustion plants historically, called fly ash. We introduce it into supplementary cementitious materials to create a...

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“Change is a constant. This is the world that we live in. And so how do you decide what needs to change and transform? Read more

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While the word ‘climate’ may be politically charged for some, the need for affordable, reliable, and secure energy is something we can all agree on....

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