Let's Talk Sustainable Business

Mel Blackmore is Founder & CEO of two companies: Blackmores (UK), an ISO Standards consultancy offering support with Integrated Management Systems implementation in Europe and Carbonology Ltd, which provides training and verification services in the carbon standards sector. Shealso hosts 'The ISO

Mel Blackmore is Founder & CEO of two companies: Blackmores (UK), an ISO Standards consultancy offering support with Integrated Management Systems implementation in Europe and Carbonology Ltd, which provides training and verification services in the carbon standards sector. She also hosts 'The ISO

Kenny McGee is Founder & CEO of Component Sense, a company which focuses on the redistribution of excess and obsolete electronic components and whose motto is to "empower sustainability in electronic manufacturing." In this episode, we discuss the EU's circular economy plan and its relation to e-waste, as well as other EU policy areas such as WEEE and RoHS, the advice Kenny would give to consumers and companies looking to reduce th...

Kenny McGee is Founder & CEO of Component Sense, a company which focuses on the redistribution of excess and obsolete electronic components and whose motto is to "empower sustainability in electronic manufacturing." In this episode, we discuss the current state of the e-waste market, Component Sense's 'Electronic Waste Manifesto' and what he thinks stak...

Sebastian Leape is the CEO of Natcap, a UK-based nature intelligence company. In the second part of our conversation, we discuss the evolution of the EU sustainability legislation landscape, how companies should r...

Sebastian Leape is the CEO of Natcap, a UK-based nature intelligence company which helps businesses measure, report and act on their nature-related impacts and dependencies. In this episode, we discuss why "nature intelligence should be integrated into business decisions", the role collaboration can play in helping companies develop a nature-based strat...

Marie Brueser is Senior Corporate Venture Manager at EIT Food, an organisation co-founded by the European Commission which is focused on driving innovation in the food and agricultural sectors. In the second part of our conversation, she outlines the EU's 'Farm to Fork Strategy', discusses how companies and policymakers can use EIT Food's Consumer Obse...

Marie Brueser is Senior Corporate Venture Manager at EIT Food, an organisation co-founded by the European Commission which is focused on driving innovation in the food and agricultural sectors. In this episode, we discuss EIT Food's focus areas, 'Healthier Lives Through Food', 'Net Zero Food System' and 'Reducing Risk for a Fair and Resilient Food Syste...

Marco has worked in the plastics space for over 20 years and is currently Chief Commercial & Public Affairs Officer at Avantium. This conversation was recorded during Marco's previous role, as Business Director Biopolymers EMEA Advocacy & Sustainability Director Europe & Asia at Braskem. In this episode, we talk about Braskem's clients and collaborators...

Marco has worked in the plastics space for over 20 years and is currently Chief Commercial & Public Affairs Officer at Avantium. This conversation was recorded during Marco's previous role, as Business Director Biopolymers EMEA Advocacy & Sustainability Director Europe & Asia at Braskem. In this episode, we discuss the origins of Braskem's 'I'm green' b...

Kara Fulcher, Director of Sustainability, North America at Michelin, outlines Michelin's approach to sustainability and how it has evolved over the years, discusses Michelin's internal carbon pricing scheme and how it has changed the way the company does business and talks about the importance of collaboration to accelerat...

Kruti Munot, Cities Project Manager at GIZ, talks about some of the circular economy projects she has worked on throughout her career - as well as in her volunteering work with the Global Shapers Community - and t...

Brussels-based Kruti Munot is Project Manager on Cities at GIZ, the German government’s agency for international cooperation and development. In this episode, she talks about her work "at the intersection of climate, finance and development," some of the sustainable urban development projects she is working on - including on water efficiency and waste m...

In the first episode of Season Six, Bárbara Mendes-Jorge interviews Paula Byrne (Program Director at the ESG Center) and Manali Paranjpe (Program Director at the ESG Center, Europe) on the...

As Season Five draws to a close, the Conference Board's ESG Center Leader Anuj Saush joins host Barbara Mendes-Jorge to discuss the lessons learned and insights gained from our guests in this series. This season focused on greenwashing and how companies should tackle ESG issues, and our guests provided a lot of advice for those seeking to improve their sustainability communications and better incorporate sustai...

Professor Guy Jubb, Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh Business School, talks about how sustainability reporting standards have developed, what he believes legislators should prioritise in corporate governance policy, the role of assurance in reporting, as well as why private equity and management and internal controls are two important g...

Professor Guy Jubb is an Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh Business School and Co-Director of the Conference Board's European Corporate Governance Council. A chartered accountant, Guy is a corporate governance pioneer, having worked on investor stewardship and ESG issues since the early 1990s. 

In this episode, Guy talks about being one of the first people in the UK to have 'governance' in his job title, why he feel...