Best Sustanability Podcasts (2024)

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Energy Transition Is In Full Swing - Lisa Jacobson, BCSE & Tara Narayanan, Bloomberg New Energy Finance 54:13

7h ago54:13

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“The economic information on clean energy is amazing…We're decades deep in it now, where you're seeing the cost competitiveness of renewable technologies on an unsubsidized basis…We can do this. We can grow the economy and we can use more clean energy.” Lisa Jacobson on Electric Ladies Podcast The facts in the new Sustainable Energy 2024 Factbook, …

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Wave Energy & Second Chances – Inna Braverman, Eco Wave Power 46:12

6d ago46:12

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"I went for wave energy just because I saw a field that has huge demand, that has huge potential for positive impact on the world, and that nobody's succeeding in. So, that kind of was for me, I don't know, maybe a feeling of destiny here. I got a second chance in life and maybe I can make something for the first time in the world, so maybe my seco…

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Financial Support For Exporting, Trade – Judith Pryor, Export Import Bank of U.S. 1:08:02

20d ago1:08:02

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Financial Support For Exporting, Trade – Judith Pryor, Export Import Bank of U.S. “We help anyone in the United States who wants to sell their good or service overseas through short, medium, and long-term financing tools for international buyers. It's usually medium term and long term. We provide foreign buyers with the ability to purchase U.S. goo…

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SEC Climate Rules Unlock Business Value – Kristen Sullivan, Deloitte Audit, Sustainability 50:08

1M ago50:08

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“Regulation can really be a catalyst for transformation, for business transformation, because this is so much more than a disclosure and compliance exercise. “When you think about the mechanisms, the infrastructure, the data that will emerge from instituting more discipline and rigor around these disclosure objectives, (it) is absolutely critical t…

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Transforming America’s Transportation System – Polly Trottenberg, Deputy Secretary, US DOT 45:57

2M ago45:57

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“We have on our website what's called the DOT Navigator. Sounds wonky, but go take a look. It is a wealth of information about all our grant programs, and you can answer a series of questions and it can help point you in the right direction. We also have a team of folks here who are dedicated to technical assistance and capacity building. So, if yo…

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Women Voters, Climate & This Critical 2024 Election 33:11

2M ago33:11

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“Women are very worried about these (extreme weather) events, and they're the ones that really worry about the impact on communities.…They want to leave a better country for their children...They will say that climate change is something that really is on my agenda more because my children talk to me about it and they listen to their children and g…

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Reducing IT’s Carbon Footprint – Monica Batchelder, Chief Sustainability Officer, HPE 43:41

2M ago43:41

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“During the pandemic, a lot of companies underwent digital transformations…At the same time that that was happening, sustainability was really catching wind, particularly in places like Europe.… (I)f you are a non-manufacturing company, your largest source of operational emissions is probably your IT. So…CIOs now have these mandates trickling down …

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Music, Public Health & Climate Action – Emma O’Brien, Global Scrub Choir 51:08

2M ago51:08

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“The link for us with (the WHO) is about universal health coverage and the sustainable development goal number three, which obviously the WHO places in the middle of the wheel of all the sustainable development goals. But on top and behind and with each other is climate action. We cannot have one without the other. And our role is to remind a lot o…

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The Future of Sustainability & ESG – Joan on “Doing Sustainability” Podcast With Gary Baker 35:36

3M ago35:36

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“Corporate America has a very important role to play in this transition. They have the resources, they have the talent, and they are being nudged by their customers, their employees, even their suppliers, their investors, and obviously regulators to do this work. They know it's the right thing to do…Just as a quick thing to think about is it used t…

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The Power Of Buildings – Katie McGinty, Johnson Controls Chief Sustainability Officer 43:54

3M ago43:54

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“The march that we have seen in businesses taking on climate commitments has been one of those forcing functions to bring the data related to buildings front and center (because buildings account for 40% of greenhouse gas emissions) ….There is a whole heck of a lot of inefficiency to cut out of those buildings. And so, as we think of the enormity o…

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Advanced Technology Improving Transportation – Michele Mueller, Michigan DOT 1:02:29

3M ago1:02:29

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“We start to look at the advantages of the technology, and we start to really focus in on where can we go forward? What are the things we're doing and how do we get there collectively so that it is the industry, and the infrastructure side actually coming together and making those choices and implementing these safety features or implementing these…

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Mobilize, Measure, Manage ESG - Evelyne Saelens, UL Solutions ESG Advisory Lead 41:53

4M ago41:53

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Mobilize, Measure, Manage ESG – Evelyn Saelens, ESG Advisory at UL Solutions “These climate events, they're impacting our everyday lives. They're making the world unsafe…Sometimes it might feel that it's hard to get to solid, tangible information. It's hard to know that what you're doing is meaningful, that it really has an impact. So the, what mad…

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What Is 'Brave Thinking'? - Mary Morrissey, Renowned Speaker & Advisor, Author of "Brave Thinking: The Art and Science Of Creating A Life You Love" 59:15

4M ago59:15

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What Is 'Brave Thinking'? - Mary Morrissey, Renowned Speaker & Advisor, Author of "Brave Thinking: The Art and Science Of Creating A Life You Love" ”Brave thinkers on the other hand, developed the courage to think and live from a vision…They're not going to let circumstances win. They don't deny the circumstances or situations, but they don't let t…

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Career Advice Collage Time! Powerful Insights From 5 Extraordinary Women Changemakers in 2023 37:14

4M ago37:14

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“Really think about why are you doing what you're doing, what motivates you?…(and) be extremely opportunistic and don't be afraid to take risks….(M)ost of my opportunities that I've had have come from me putting my hand up, taking a chance, doing something that feels scary and terrifying, but that is aligned to my core goal and mission of working o…

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Climate Philanthropy - Heather Grady, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors 46:43

5M ago46:43

46:43

“Philanthropy generally, we consider, contributing private money for public good or community good. And climate philanthropy is simply, when we are making those private contributions in ways that are going to address the climate crisis that our country and that the world is facing today. I would expand that slightly by saying that one of the trends…

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Transforming Our Energy System – Vanessa Chan, U.S. Dept of Energy 58:00

5M ago58:00

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“The theme across all of this, this clean energy transition, it is private sector led, but government enabled. So, we as a government are trying to enable the private sector to move faster so we can meet our very ambitious goal, which includes a 50% reduction from 2005 levels of greenhouse gas pollution by 2030… There's a lot of clean energy techno…

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Career Advice From 5 Extraordinary ‘Electric Ladies’ Of 2023 – By Listener Demand! 29:42

5M ago29:42

29:42

“For me, the key to my career was being clear on what my mission is….I feel so enormously fortunate that I found a president to be able to work for who shares that goal….So I think the lesson in that is either be the leader that you want to believe in, or find that leader and attach yourself to them and see what amazing things you can do together. …

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Good Corporate Citizenship In A Crisis – Susan McPherson, McPherson Strategies 39:33

6M ago39:33

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“Companies are not just being more strategic about corporate social impact, but are taking on the role of activists themselves. Consumers and employees now expect companies to be vocal and to protect the rights of our people and our planet. CEOs are the voices of companies and can no longer remain neutral and silent as our world grapples with serio…

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Changing Your Leadership Style - With Maggie Bienaiszewska, Auto Sector Entrepreneur, Women Automotive Network 44:48

6M ago44:48

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“The first lesson was do not pretend somebody here know that that was the one when I was trying to dress up like a business woman. But the second one was, which was a really hard one for me, was to understand that we communicate, we have different communication styles, which is, it seems very easy and simple, like everybody communicates somehow, an…

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The Tipping Point Business Is At Now – Isabelle Grosmaitre, Goodness & Co (from France) 42:08

7M ago42:08

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“We are at a tipping point when businesses need to reinvent themselves for a better future. In fact, I believe that they need to reinvent the model and even demonstrate the contribution to society. I believe. in fact, that only companies with a positive impact will thrive. Why? Because they will be chosen by people, by employees, as you said, by in…

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A Biography of Carbon! - Daniella Ortega, Direector of "Carbon: An Unauthorized Biography" 57:18

7M ago57:18

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“What surprised me was actually how profound, how deep I managed to have this relationship with carbon. Like, because in the end, I found, through the writing and embodying carbon for so long, I found the connections, the entanglement of carbon across so many aspects of all our lives so illuminating, so surprising. Sometimes I just felt so moved by…

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War & The Hidden Power of ESG - Natalie Jaresko, fmr Finance Minister of Ukraine 1:09:36

7M ago1:09:36

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War & The Hidden Power of ESG - Natalie Jaresko, fmr Finance Minister of Ukraine “The global business community must understand that nurturing, upholding and protecting freedom and democracy is part of their ESG responsibility. It's not only in their best interest, but also in, in those of their increasingly noisy and numerous stakeholders…Since th…

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How Do We Talk About The Climate? – Jill Tidman, The Redford Center 48:06

8M ago48:06

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“When we're searching for projects to invest in and support, we're really trying to make sure that it's a story that has kind of a balanced narrative. It's not about just talking about what we can do and how we're, how we're winning. It's really making sure that we understand what's at stake and what the impacts are and who the impacts are hitting,…

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The Economy, Climate Change & Federal Funding Opportunities – Heather Boushey, White House Council of Economic Advisors & Chief Economist of Invest in America Cabinet 44:31

8M ago44:31

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“Much of our infrastructure isn't built to withstand certain kinds of flooding or certain levels of heat. And yet, as the climate changes, so many of the things… that we did know in a world with a stable climate, those are now being upended. And all of that affects costs fundamentally… So, we need to transition to net zero…The three pieces of (fede…

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Career Advice From 3 Women Innovators - By Listener Demand! 27:23

9M ago27:23

27:23

This is our next in the series – requested by our loyal Electric Ladies Podcast listeners – for a collection of career advice from a handful of our various guests. The last question I ask in every interview is for career advice for midcareer women who want to make a difference. Is that you? If you want to make a difference with your career, and esp…

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Zero Emissions Space Travel? – Jane Poynter, Space Perspective 30:11

9M ago30:11

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“People who have been to space really do speak about it with great reverence. And it is for that reason that we want to take people to space in our car. Neutral zero emission spaceship, spaceship vacuum, which as you saw is not a rocket. Enormous balloons. It's a very gentle flight. We want to take leaders to space. We want to take artists to space…

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Philanthro-Activism At Work – Justin Winters, One Earth 31:42

9M ago31:42

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“We're in this moment right now where we have a very short window to drive the type of transformative change that's necessary to solve a climate crisis. And we believe at One Earth that philanthropy can play a really, really critical role in actually making this transformation possible….But less than 2% of all philanthropic capital goes to climate …

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Climate & Culture - Sandra Bargman & Chantal Bilodeau, Artists & Climate Initiative 4:18

10M ago4:18

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“For anything to happen on a grand scale, we need to have culture supported… Artists are good at planting these seeds, putting the stories out there and for anybody. The key is repetition. So, if you encounter a certain story, certain type of story in the music you listen to, in the articles that you read, in the billboard that you see or the mural…

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Hire The Outliers – Joan on Lesley Michaels Show, “Women We Should Know” 25:02

10M ago25:02

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“72% of CEOs say that innovation is one of their top three priorities. And close to 70% of them say they have a hard time driving innovation in their organization. I would posit, having been in there and been an intrapreneur myself, that the problem is they hire the wrong people. They hire for what I call mediocrity, they hire based on fit. And the…

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Creating A Climate Positive Economy – Aimee Christensen, CEO, Christensen Global & Founder/CEO, Sun Valley Forum 54:53

11M ago54:53

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“What I'm hearing is, how do we go faster? How do we transform the key industries that are driving emissions now? And, that can be the solutions to our climate crisis, to our biodiversity crisis. They're really seeking what are the strategies, where should they be going strategically to shift capital, to shift their operations?...I'm seeing is a gr…

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Making Lost Communities Resilient – Jacqui Patterson, The Chisholm Legacy Project 29:18

11M ago29:18

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“We are a resource hub in that we engage with individuals, organizations, and communities who are on the front lines of climate injustice and ensure that they have, they know what informational, technical, financial, strategic resources are out there to strengthen their work…So that's everything from developing research reports to help folks to hav…

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Investing In Companies For Social Impact - Meredith Shields, Citi Impact Fund Head 52:32

11M ago52:32

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Investing In Companies For Social Impact - Meredith Shields, Citi Impact Fund “We have an allocated pool of capital that we are investing in early stage startups that are solving some of the world's most critical challenges. And…we care just as much about the financial success of the company as we do the impact that that company is going to make on…

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Carbon Neutral Space Travel? - Jane Poynter, Space Perspective 28:15

12M ago28:15

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“People who have been to space really do speak about it with great reverence. And it is for that reason that we want to take people to space in our car. Neutral zero emission spaceship, spaceship vacuum, which as you saw is not a rocket. Enormous balloons. It's a very gentle flight. We want to take leaders to space. We want to take artists to space…

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How Iceland Extracts CO2 From The Air, Geothermal - "Begga" Olafsdottir, CEO of ON Power, Iceland 39:42

12M ago39:42

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“At ON Power, we operate three power plants… and combined we produce just under 20% of the energy produced in Iceland…. We are removing carbon from our operations. So… there are low emissions associated with the production ther, from our operations. There's around seven grams of CO2 per produced kilowatt hour, compared to 800, if you produce the el…

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ESG, Impact Investing & the SEC’s Climate Rules – Jean Case, Case Foundation 47:22

12M ago47:22

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“The impact investing we focused on, and tried to bring tools and resources together for, really represents areas of investing where you're looking for both a financial return and a social return through the investments that you make. So, it's really that simple. It's asking the question of, ‘is there some kind of social return that's exceptional o…

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“Chasing Carbon Zero” – Melissa Lott, Director of Research, Global Energy Policy, Columbia University 43:16

12M ago43:16

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“The goal is net zero, which is a balance between the emissions we put into the air and the emissions we take out….We have solutions and…it’s not that the technologies don't work, it's not that we don't know how to use them. It's because we haven't made the choice to actually use them at the size and scale that we need to, as quickly as we want to,…

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How To Advance Your Career From 5 Women in Different Fields - By Listener Demand! 24:08

1y ago24:08

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Electric Ladies Podcast listeners requested that we air a collection of career advice from our various guests, and we heard you. Here’s our second collage of advice from five amazing women from different fields. The last question in each of our Electric Ladies Podcast episodes is asking for career advice, especially for midcareer women who want to …

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Massive Study On Risk, Climate, Gender Differences - Sarah Cumbers, Lloyd's Register Foundation 43:33

1y ago43:33

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“We want data is going to drive impact….It's not as simple as saying that men or women are more worried (about climate change). We need to look at those granular differences at the country level. And, particularly actually when it comes to climate change, it's country income that has an impact. So, women tend to be more worried about it than men in…

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Geothermal Energy 101 – Sarah Golden, Greenbiz, VP of Energy 45:28

1y ago45:28

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Geothermal Energy 101 – Sarah Golden, Greenbiz VP of Energy “Geothermal very broadly put, is just the collection of energy from the heat that comes from the earth's core. And so it's, it's tapped into by just going to underground reservoirs and capturing some of that heat. There's a couple of broad categories I'd like to split geothermal into from …

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Women Making History in Climate – Rose-May Lucotte, ChangeNow 36:51

1y ago36:51

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“Now we are leading a new revolution, which is a environmental and ecology and social revolution…. We launched ChangeNow in 2017 as a social enterprise to accelerate the environmental and social transition…. and the ChangeNow Summit has become in a few years, the world's largest event for the planet. We gather 1000 solutions from all over the world…

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Neighborhood Climate Impact 30 Years Forward - Jessica Filante Farrington, AT&T, Director of Global Sustainability 39:32

1y ago39:32

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“We have now forward looking data, data that allows us to look 30 years into the future and understand how and where we're vulnerable. The different hazards, by the way that we have, are flood, wind, drought, and wildfire. And what we're doing with that is, we're integrating it into the network design and planning processes, as well as the vulnerab…

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Career Advice From 5 Electric Ladies Guests In 2022 - By Listener Demand! 24:03

1y ago24:03

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Electric Ladies Podcast listeners requested that we air a collection of career advice from our various guests and here it is! In fact, we're making it a new continuing part of our series. The last question in each of our Electric Ladies Podcast episodes is asking for career advice, especially for midcareer women who want to make a difference. Liste…

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Making Our Infrastructure Resilient - Gwenaelle Avice Huet, Schneider Electric Sustainability 41:23

1y ago41:23

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“If we want to accelerate all the efforts in order to decarbonize and to fight against climate change, we have to go three times faster, three times stronger. We have all the technologies, but how to speed it up, how to make sure that it's deployed even faster,” Gwenaelle Avice Huet on Electric Ladies Podcast There’s a quiet transformation happenin…

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Making Computers Sustainably - Page Motes, Head of Sustainabilty, Dell Technologies 33:24

1y ago33:24

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“It has to be cross-functional…It's really leaders in the product group, in global operations, in services and other groups that are coming together as a governance body and saying, ‘What do we need to do holistically and cross-functionally? And what are all of the different parts that add up to a new potential outlook or approach?’ And, ‘How do we…

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Carbon Credits 101 - Lucy Hargreaves, Patch platform 22:15

1y ago22:15

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“On the supply side, we work with project developers who are standing up projects all around the world. Um, anything ranging from nature-based solutions to some of the more, uh, sort of frontier engineered technologies that you might have heard of, like direct air capture…and list their inventory on our platform to sell the carbon credits that they…

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Using Landscapes To Combat Climate Change - Pamela Conrad, Landscape Architect 23:14

1y ago23:14

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Using Landscapes To Combat Climate Change - Pamela Conrad, Landscape Architect “Landscape architecture involves the planning, design, management, and nurturing of the exterior built and natural environments. So, landscape architects is a professional degree and…we design places like parks and campuses, streetscapes trails, plazas, residences, and o…

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Understanding Community Transportation Needs – Julie A.White, NCDOT 55:05

1+ y ago55:05

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“So we went out to the communities and we met with them and said,’ what do you want in your downtown? There's this rail line that goes through the middle of your downtown. What's your vision for that?’ And they all said, we think rail is a really big part of our future right now….We'd love to use that to spur economic development in our downtown. W…

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Solutions To Our Waste Problem - Melissa Modica, Waste Harmonica 34:32

1+ y ago34:32

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Solutions To Our Waste Problem - Melissa Modica, Waste Harmonica “We're all doing our part, but the big manufacturers producing the products, we need to go back there. We need to say, how can we do this better?... Clients don't realize that waste and recycling all contribute to that whole initiative with ESG...” Melissa Modica on Electric Ladies Po…

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EV Charging On City Streets – Tiya Gordon, COO, itselectric 48:13

1+ y ago48:13

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“There's a huge barrier for ev adoption in this country…it’s lack of public charging infrastructure… So, my co-founder and I said, there's got to be a solution…And it came to us that…why can't we just make the (apartment) buildings the source of the energy instead of having to put in all this new infrastructure on the street?....And then to incenti…

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ESG On Corporate Boards - Helle Jorgenson, CEO of Competent Boards 47:53

1+ y ago47:53

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“How do we deal with dilemmas? How do we think unthinkable? You know, the climate, ESG, human rights issues, diversity, equity, inclusion, supply chain issues, cyber security, integrity of data, incentive plans, all of those, the future of good corporate governance, transparency, anti-corruption. All of those different issues that have been there f…

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