In the Green Room

Adrian Siegrist: 'We must remove carbon dioxide from our atmosphere'

Technology

Adrian Siegrist: 'We must remove carbon dioxide from our atmosphere'

Climeworks' CCO discusses the firm's path to gigaton-scale carbon removal and searching for talent with a strong grasp of sustainability and a 'zest' for thinking big

clock 15 April 2025 • 6 min read
Sophie Dembinski: 'We ought to do more listening to knowledge that already exists'

Biodiversity

Sophie Dembinski: 'We ought to do more listening to knowledge that already exists'

Ecosia's head of global public policy, and the UK and Americas, explains why action is 'the antidote' to despair, and how she once cycled from London to Berlin for a meeting

clock 08 April 2025 • 7 min read
Josh Mihill: 'Making a few mistakes and helping one another along the way is all part of the process'

Management

Josh Mihill: 'Making a few mistakes and helping one another along the way is all part of the process'

Josh Mihill, co-founder of Honest Mobile, discusses how some of most exciting green ideas come from young entrepreneurs disrupting outdated industries

clock 01 April 2025 • 7 min read
Kristin Hughes: 'What excites me most is seeing innovation in places you might not expect'

Management

Kristin Hughes: 'What excites me most is seeing innovation in places you might not expect'

Diageo's global head of sustainability discusses the 'inspiring shift' in green leadership and lessons from the on-going Plastics Treaty negotiations

clock 25 March 2025 • 7 min read
Josh Pitman: 'We oversimplify everything to greenhouse gas emissions when they're only part of a wider picture'

Management

Josh Pitman: 'We oversimplify everything to greenhouse gas emissions when they're only part of a wider picture'

Josh Pitman, managing director of sustainable packaging firm Priory Direct, discusses the potential of AI and chemical recycling, and how he is a 'big believer' in apprentices

clock 18 March 2025 • 7 min read
Harriet Lamb: 'Focus on building the positive alternative'

Recycling

Harriet Lamb: 'Focus on building the positive alternative'

WRAP CEO Harriet Lamb explains why bringing the circular economy into every home and boardroom deserves more serious attention, and how she's learned to love her freezer

clock 11 March 2025 • 6 min read
David Gasca: 'If everyone looked after the things directly around them, things would get better quite quickly'

Biodiversity

David Gasca: 'If everyone looked after the things directly around them, things would get better quite quickly'

Blenheim Palace’s head of natural capital discusses the impact of digital technologies and data on his daily routine, and the closeness of environmental thinking and economics

clock 04 March 2025 • 6 min read
Ellen Jackowski: 'Transformative change often starts with smaller, achievable victories'

Management

Ellen Jackowski: 'Transformative change often starts with smaller, achievable victories'

Mastercard's chief sustainability officer discusses being inspired by 'agile, purpose-driven start ups' and her optimism about solutions coming from communities on the front lines of climate change

clock 25 February 2025 • 7 min read
Sian Sutherland: 'The plastic crisis is an extraordinary one-off gateway to the climate crisis'

Recycling

Sian Sutherland: 'The plastic crisis is an extraordinary one-off gateway to the climate crisis'

Co-founder of A Plastic Planet and the Plastic Health Council chats about her role in launching a new moulded fibre bottle company at Davos, and why she's encouraged by innovation in new bio-materials

clock 18 February 2025 • 7 min read
Abby Chicken: 'Where the sustainability agenda is moving so quickly, it is possible to learn by doing'

Management

Abby Chicken: 'Where the sustainability agenda is moving so quickly, it is possible to learn by doing'

Openreach's head of sustainability reflects on turning the UK's second biggest commercial van fleet electric, 'greener' treatments for telegraph poles, and why the time has come to listen to young people on climate

clock 11 February 2025 • 8 min read