Podcasts about Andrew Winston

Sustaining Sustainability

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 36:17

Bridgette McAdoo leads the Global Sustainability practice at Genesys. She is responsible for sustainability as a management approach that holistically optimizes our economic, social, and environmental impact. In her role leading sustainability at Genesys, Bridgette drives our stakeholder engagement, education, and the evolution of the sustainable strategy and programs across Genesys. She also leverages sustainability metrics to track our non-financial performance and deliver integrated reports to our stakeholders Bridgette has over 20 years of experience in sustainability leadership roles across multiple sectors, including the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), where she most recently led corporate strategy and engagement for WWF's Freshwater and Food goals, Global Director of Sustainability for KFC, where she headed all sustainability issues for the brand, internally within Yum! Brands and externally with various sustainability stakeholders, and operations roles that were part of NASA's Space Shuttle and Mars Rover programs. She holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and an MBA in Strategy from the Drucker School of Management. Bridgette Joins Sustainable Nation to Discuss: Creating the foundation of sustainability at Genesys Advice for finding and hiring good sustainability talent Quantifying product use emissions Strategies to align sustainability with work from home Advice and recommendations for sustainability professionals Bridgette's Final Five Questions Responses: What is one piece of advice you would give other sustainability professionals that might help them in their careers? Don't underestimate the power of two words: value and differentiation. Value, because one, it's usually not a group that has P&L responsibility, but you need to show that you can drive pipeline, help with attrition and retention. You have to show all the value that sustainability brings to the business so that it's a value proposition, not just a buzzword. Differentiation is how do you use it to set you apart from your competitors? Use it as a way to help put the company in a different lens than it usually would, and show that value. Show all the intangible values of sustainability, not just the tangible ones, all the qualifiable values, not just the quantifiable ones. That will help you to really get it elevated versus it sitting in the middle of the organizations as some people struggle with. What are you most excited about right now in the world of sustainability? I'm excited that I'm starting to see a lot of emphasis on intersectionality. For so long I felt that people felt like they could only talk about one pillar at a time. It's either an environmental conversation or a diversity conversation or a governance conversation. But those should be integrated. There should be an integrated, holistic approach to how we look at sustainability, because when those things are looked at in tandem, when we integrate it, we get the real wins. I'm glad to see that even organizations are starting to restructure to be that way and not silo out the work. When that happens I just feel like the work is really not as impactful as it should be. What is one book you would recommend sustainability professionals read? Because of all the time reading all these white papers and case studies, I like to read things that are way more inspiring and motivating and so far away from sustainability. However, I just started reading Net Positive by Paul Polman and Andrew Winston. I'm enjoying that book. It highlights the way we look at traditional CSR or philanthropy or impact, however your organization refers to it, is just not adequate for where we are today. That we, as leaders in this space, really need to rethink about how we drive the business differently and how we can be the change that we want to see. Another book that has been extremely impactful is Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X Kendi. It talks about and it details how racist ideas were created, spread and deeply rooted in society. It's thought-provoking and intense, but it's a fantastic read. What are some of your favorite resources or tools that really help you in your work? I have a few different distribution lists that I'm on like GreebBiz Weekly. I get a lot of things where I can see a lot of articles. Our marketing team also does a fantastic job of scouring the industry or all the latest sustainability news to make sure that we can have a pulse on what's happening. So that's been extremely useful for me as having that inside outlook and then getting it from different shareholders or key stakeholders across sustainability when I get to see different articles. The climate pledge also being a part of that; you get to see what's happening across different signatories. It's always good to be able to benchmark and look how you're trending against all the different other companies that have the same commitments. Where can our listeners go to learn more about you and the work being done at Genesys? You can always go to our website and you can visit genesys.com/sustainability to learn more about our sustainability initiatives, read our latest report, and stay up to date on our progress.

54: Challenging the Profit Narrative in Business with Andrew Winston

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2023 18:15

In this episode, CSB Director CB Bhattacharya is joined from Old Greenwich, Connecticut by Andrew Winston of Winston Eco-Strategies. It contains conversation highlights recorded in October at an exclusive C-Suite member event. Email us about future opportunities for yourself or a colleague to join us for peer-to-peer learning events like this one. Andrew is a globally-recognized expert on megatrends and how to build companies that thrive by serving the world. Named to Thinkers50 list of the top management thinkers in the world, he is the author of the bestsellers Green to Gold, The Big Pivot, and most recently, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More than They Take (co-authored with renowned CEO Paul Polman). Net Positive was one of the Financial Times' Best Business Books of the Year. Andrew received degrees in economics, business, and environmental management from Princeton, Columbia, and Yale. Andrew Winston and Prof. Bhattacharya discuss: ⚖️ Making the moral case for practical business climate solutions that lead to a thriving world,

Nonostante La Crisi Energetica, Per Andrew Winston La Sostenibilità Resta Una Priorità

WSI: La Notizia Del Giorno

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 2:27

In occasione del World Business Forum di Milano, organizzato da WOBI (World of Business Ideas), tenutosi l'8 e 9 novembre 2022, abbiamo intervistato Andrew Winston, autore del libro “Net Positive”. Sul palco del forum il consulente di policy green ha affrontato l'argomento delle politiche di sostenibilità all'interno delle aziende. Nonostante la crisi energetica che sta attraversando l'Europa, Winston è convinto che le imprese dovrebbero continuare ad investire in tecnologie sostenibili.

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Springtij Special 09 - Niet minder CO2, maar CO2 opnemen: Netto Positief

Impact Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2022 29:50

Het is niet langer de vraag of grote bedrijven moeten verduurzamen, maar hoe ze dat gaan doen. Nu de zeespiegel blijft stijgen, de biodiversiteit afneemt en de sociale ongelijkheid toeneemt, kan ook het bedrijfsleven niet langer wegkijken of de verantwoordelijkheid bij de overheid blijven leggen. Hierover schreven Paul Polman en Andrew Winston een inspirerend boek: Een netto positief bedrijfsleven: maar hoe krijgen we dat voor elkaar? En welke rol spelen samenwerkingen erin? Te gast zijn: Michel Scholte, Cofounder & director Impact Institute & True Price Bas Rüter, Global Head Food System Transition bij de Rabobank Daniëlle Brouwer, Woordvoerder bij de Rabobank Deze podcast maken we samen met de Rabobank vanaf Terschelling tijdens Springtij 2022. Het jaarlijkse forum waar samenwerkingen worden gesmeed en krachten gebundeld om de wereld te verduurzamen.

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Paul Polman: Creating companies that give more than they take

Lancefield on the Line

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2022 34:26

Time is running out for our planet. We are taking more than we are giving. CSR targets don't go far enough. And societal inequality is on the rise. It requires a rethink of how we do business, how we lead organisations, how we measure impact.Who better to set out the manifesto for change than Paul Polman, the former CEO of Unilever and co founder of Imagine One. He's done what he's advocated; turned a global company into a force for good whilst still delivering exceptional shareholder value. He's now become an advocate, catalyst, ambassador, writing a book called ‘Net Positive: with Andrew Winston. It sets our how businesses should and can give back more to the world than they take, and why it matters.We talk about:What Net Positive means and why it's a better concept that Net Zero.What stops CEOs from taking the necessary action.What it takes to learn and unlearn new leadership and business practices.Whether it's possible to develop a new mindset of systemic leadership if you've been a short-term, mercenary leader.The three characteristics of CEOs he would look for.Critical moments in a CEO's tenure that can make or break their contribution to addressing these systemic issues.His own personal habits that help him do extraordinary work.About Paul:Paul works to accelerate action by business to achieve the UN Global Goals, which he helped develop. As CEO of Unilever (2009-2019), he demonstrated that a long-term, multi-stakeholder model goes hand-in-hand with excellent financial performance, and has been described by the Financial Times as "a standout CEO of the past decade." Paul's new book, “Net Positive”, is a call to arms to courageous business leaders, setting out how to build net positive companies which profit by fixing the world's problems rather than creating them. He Chairs IMAGINE and Saïd Business School, and is Vice-Chair of the UN Global Compact as well as B Team Leader. Paul is Honorary Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce, which he led for two years.Visit the website at https://netpositive.world/#join and learn the way to join the movement. Follow co-authors Paul Polman on Twitter and LinkedIn and keep up with the Net Positive movement. Order your copy of Net Positive at your favourite retailer at https://netpositive.world/#order-window. My resources:Sign up to my newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for stimuli, ideas, guidance and tips on how to lead your team, organisation or self more effectively, delivered straight to your inbox: If you're not subscribed already do subscribe to my youtube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation. Take the Extraordinary Essentials test (https://bit.ly/3EhSKY5) to identify your strengths and development areas. For more details about me: ★Services (https://bit.ly/373jctk) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals. ★About me (https://bit.ly/3LFsfiO) - my background, experience and philosophy. ★Examples of my writing (https://bit.ly/3O7jkc7). ★Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP) ★Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https://bit.ly/36XavNI).My equipment:★ Shure SM7B Vocal Dynamic Microphone: https://amzn.to/3AB9Xfz★ Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3rd Gen USB Audio Interface : https://amzn.to/3AFeA8u★ 2M XLR Cable: https://amzn.to/3GGxkbf★ Logitech Brio Stream webcam. https://amzn.to/3EsWt6C★ Elgato Key Light: https://amzn.to/3Xhiqyh★ Elgato Light Strip: https://amzn.to/3gyZF8P★ Riverside.fm for recording podcasts. bit.ly/3AE

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Clare Doyle - SVP & Chief Sustainability Officer - Masonite

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2022 29:31

Clare Doyle has served as Masonite's Senior Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer since August 2021. Previously, Clare held the roles of Senior Vice President and General Manager – UK Business from 2018 to 2021, and Senior Vice President, Business Leader – Components from 2016 to 2018. Prior to joining Masonite, Clare was with Elementis plc from 2010 to 2016 most recently as Vice President of Marketing. Prior to joining Elementis plc, she spent 11 years with Rohm and Haas Company in various roles in Corporate Development, Electronic Materials and in Architectural and Functional Coatings. Clare Joins Sustainable Nation to Discuss: Her tips from her transition into a sustainability role The roots of sustainability at Masonite Masonite's plans for setting targets regarding emissions Collaboration on sustainability both up and down the supply chain Advice and recommendations for sustainability professionals Clare's Final Five Questions Responses: What is one piece of advice you would give other sustainability professionals that might help them in their careers? I would tell them to focus, focus, focus on developing your leadership skills. What the world needs from us right now is absolutely leadership. Focus on developing your leadership skills each and every day because that is what I see as being in really, really short supply in the sustainability world. What are you most excited about right now in the world of sustainability? I'm really excited about the innovation that's coming, the emerging innovation. We are in a climate crisis right now, and times of crisis can be the catalyst that we need for great innovation. There's so many things where the answer is just not there yet, but I have to believe. I'm so optimistic that in this time of crisis we are going to see great innovation that's going to allow us to make the world a better place. What is one book you would recommend sustainability leaders read? I'd almost rather tell you what I'm reading now versus what has made the great impact. Only because every time I read something new, it puts what I did read in a better light, a new light; maybe puts together more understanding. I'm currently working my way through Decolonizing Wealth by Edgar Villanueva, which I highly recommend to everybody. Earlier this year I had read Net Positive by Paul Polman and Andrew Winston. Every time I read another book, it really does add some strength or new insights to what I read before. So I wouldn't say that there was any one thing, it's just one of those current things I'm working on. What are some of your favorite resources or tools that really help you in your work? The network. The community of sustainability professionals who are out there, the community of corporate social responsibility people who are out there. It's just those dialogues and being able to reach out to everybody is just so powerful. Just keep working on your network, keep talking to people. There are so many people who are so willing to share their knowledge, their experiences. It just adds so much. Where can our listeners go to learn more about you and the work being done at Masonite? They can read our sustainability report at masonite.com/esg, and I'm on LinkedIn.

Why 'Net Positive' Must Be The Mandate For Agriculture

Farm Food Facts

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2022 20:22 Transcription Available

In today's episode we meet the authors of “Net Positive: how courageous companies thrive by giving more than they take” – the best selling book that Financial Times named as one of the best business books of the year. Andrew Winston and Paul Polman teamed up to to write the book that has at its core the argument that the companies of the future will profit by fixing the world's problems, not creating them. Paul Polman is the ex-Unilever CEO who increased his shareholders' returns by 300% while ensuring the company ranked #1 in the world for sustainability for eleven years running. Teaming up with Andrew Winston, one of the world's most authoritative voices on corporate sustainability, they show business leaders how to take on humanity's greatest and most urgent challenges—climate change and inequality—and build a thriving business as a result. Paul Polman works to accelerate action by business to achieve the UN Global Goals, which he helped develop and has been described by the Financial Times as “a stand out CEO of the past decade”. Andrew Winston is a globally-recognized expert on megatrends and how to build companies that thrive by serving the world. Named to Thinkers50 list of the top management thinkers in the world, he is a best selling author and received degrees in economics, business, and environmental management from Princeton, Columbia, and Yale. Andrew recently wrote in the Sloan Review how ESG — which stands for environmental, social, and governance — has become the dominant term. Within the narrow world of the sustainability expert community, the battle royale is raging about sustainability versus ESG and the implications of shifting semantics.

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Net Positive Companies Build Trust

TrustTalk - It's all about Trust

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 25:18

Andrew Winston, the co-author of the book “Net Positive”, talks about the challenges that lay ahead and the limited time we have to contribute to the world's problems. A net positive company improves the well-being of everyone they impact and the lives of everyone it touches, from customers and suppliers to employees and communities, greatly increasing long-term shareholder returns in the process, taking ownership of all the social and environmental impacts its business model creates. This in turn provides opportunities for innovation, savings, and builds a more humane, connected, and purpose-driven culture. He talks about the important connection of building trust with the external world so you can get to the kinds of partnerships and collaborations that we need to solve really big problems, without that trust built up, it's going to be nearly impossible, as one cannot have a very functional partnership unless there's some level of trust. This is no utopian fantasy. Courageous leaders are already making it real and the stakes couldn't be higher. With bold vision and compelling stories, he sets out the principles and practices that will deliver the scale of change and transformation the world so desperately needs.

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Advancements in the World of Shared Mobility

What Happens Next with Bernard Salt

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022 29:20

This week on City Talks, presented by Ford Motor Company, CEO of the Shared-Use Mobility Center Benjie De La Peña joins our host Andrew Winston to discuss the ways in which new, shared-mobility options differ from more traditional means of transportation. The SUMC connects public and private sectors, conducts research, and provides expertise to municipalities to extend the benefits of shared mobility to everyone. In their conversation, Andrew and Benjie speak about the expansion of EV technologies and how cities can better prioritize their public transportation spending. The pair touch on infrastructure, as well as how the smartphone has been the biggest driver of the shared-mobility movement. Also, hear about the ways traditional transportation, like buses and trains, are integrating with newer options, and how new tech adapts to work alongside existing infrastructure. Hit play and enjoy this episode of City Talks, brought to you by Ford.Follow UsTwitter @FordFacebook @FordInstagram @FordPresented by Ford Motor Companywww.ford.com

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The 'S' in ESG

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022 31:16

In this episode we discuss everything about the ‘S' in ESG. From uncovering human rights abuses in supply chains to ensuring AI driven algorithms aren't driving inequality, major companies need to be more aware of the 'S' in ESG than ever. Host Whitney Fitzsimmons speaks to Dr Meg Brodie, Partner KPMG Banarra, Hanno Blankenstein, Co-Founder & CEO of Unleash Live and Andrew Winston, Author 'Net Positive: How courageous companies thrive by giving more than they take'.

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Self-Driving Robots and the Future of Delivery

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 26:25

On this week's episode of City Talks, presented by Ford Motor Company, our host Andrew Winston sits down with the Senior Vice President of Business Development, Sales and Government Relations for Starship Technologies, Ryan Tuohy. Starship is a company working on something truly out of this world. They specialize in building self-driving delivery robots! In this exciting episode, Andrew and Ryan discuss the intricacies and predictions for autonomous delivery and what the future looks like in an AI driven landscape. Not to mention, they provide some insight into how delivery technologies are changing. Learn about how our cities should go about preparing for paradigm shifts in mobility jobs in the future and how they are improving assisted delivery for the elderly. Self-driving robots are quickly becoming the future of delivery and transportation, and this discussion will help provide a better understanding of this space. We hope you enjoy this exciting episode of City Talks, brought to you by the Ford Motor Company! Follow UsTwitter @FordFacebook @fordInstagram @fordPresented by Ford Motor Companywww.ford.com

TSG EP.26 Driving a Net Positive Future

Techsauce Global Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2022 34:59

In such turbulent times, how should businesses strategize to grow and at the same time have a positive impact on the world? . Techsauce looks at how companies can drive a positive future with Andrew Winston, Manager at Winston Eco-Strategies, LLC, an expert on megatrends, and co-author of “Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take” . Winston talks about how companies can leverage the Net Positive Approach to serve the greater good for the world.

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What Cities Are Doing to Take the Reins on Decarbonization and Electrification

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2022 29:17

On this week's episode of City Talks, presented by Ford Motor Company, our host Andrew Winston is joined by Independent Climate, Technology and Transportation Advisor, Andrew Salzberg. Andrew is a lecturer at MIT, and advises for Populus, Climateview, Open North, and Transit, some of the best data technologists in the industry. Today the duo are diving into a fascinating conversation about sustainability and decarbonization initiatives. Learn first hand about the current state of sustainability for mobility in our cities and why the electrification of transportation is so important to meet sustainability goals in our communities. Hear about the importance behind dramatically improving the environmental sustainability of our urban transportation systems and what the future holds with these exciting advancements. We hope you enjoy this exciting peek into the world of decarbonization on this episode of City Talks, presented by the Ford Motor Company! Follow UsTwitter @FordFacebook @FordInstagram @FordPresented by Ford Motor Companywww.ford.com

Andrew Winston: The Case For Doing Business Differently

Sea Change Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2022 29:00

In 1970, the economist Milton Friedman wrote a controversial piece for the New York Times Magazine entitled “The Social Responsibility of Business Is To Increase Its Profits.” During the ensuing “greed is good” era of runaway American capitalism, many a titan of industry has quoted these words to rationalize dubious business practices. With a planet … Continue reading Andrew Winston: The Case For Doing Business Differently → This article and podcast Andrew Winston: The Case For Doing Business Differently appeared first on Sea Change Radio.

The Investor's View - Wealth & Poverty Class 2

The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022 2:02

Hello again, friends. Thank you for joining me for the second week of my Wealth and Poverty class. In today's class, we begin to explore why such inequalities have soared since the late 1970s and early 1980s. The questions we'll focus on today are: How did the market for financial capital contribute to inequalities of income and wealth? Did the accepted purpose of the American corporation change over the last fifty years, and, if so, when and how? More generally, for whom should the corporation exist? Is there such a thing as “corporate social responsibility?” You'll find recommended readings below the video. Just click on the links. Ready? Here we go. Please double-click the video box below. Thanks again for joining me! (And as always, let me know what you think in the comments below.) Click here for the Class 2 slides.Looking for another session? Click the link for: Class 1, Class 3, Class 4, Class 5, Class 6, Class 7, Class 8, Class 9, Class 10, Class 11, Class 12, Class 13, Class 14.P.S. If you're enjoying this course and think your friends, family, colleagues, or social media networks would find it interesting and helpful as well, please share!Select Readings:* Bethany McLean, “Too Big to Fail, COVID-19 Edition: How Private Equity Is Winning the Coronavirus Crisis,” Vanity Fair, April 9, 2020* Andrew Winston, “Is the Business Roundtable Statement Just Empty Rhetoric?” Harvard Business Review, August 30, 2019* Neil Irwin, “To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider the Janitors at Two Top Companies, Then and Now,” The New York Times, Sept. 3, 2017If you'd like to help support our efforts, please consider a paid or gift subscription. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertreich.substack.com/subscribe

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Mobility Access and Equity for the Cities of Tomorrow

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 27:39

This week on City Talks, brought to you by Ford Motor Company, Andrew Winston is joined by architect, strategic planner, Principal and Director of the Mobility Lab at Gensler, Dylan Jones. Gensler's Mobility Lab focuses on how mobility transformations are shaping the city of the future. Today's episode is all about access and equity in mobility. They talk about what is meant by Dylan's idea of the “20-Minute City,” how cities can better think about civil design in order to better serve communities, what the “third lane” can be, and the interconnected relationship between equality and access. Listen as they explore “mobility deserts” and the impact that they can have on those who need transportation the most. Plus, hear what cities are planning and implementing today that are making mobility and transportation options more accessible and more equitable for people living in cities who need them. At the end of the conversation, Dylan also gives us his vision for what a “city of the future” might look like 20 years from now. We hope you enjoy this inspiring and fascinating look at equity, access, and mobility on this episode of City Talks, presented by the Ford Motor Company! Follow UsTwitter @FordFacebook @fordInstagram @fordPresented by Ford Motor Companywww.ford.com

January 23, 2022 the Business Ethics edition

Sunday Book Review

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2022 6:16

In today's edition of Sunday Book Review: · Grow the Pie by Alex Edmans · Conscious Leadership by John Mackey, Steve McIntosh and Carter Phipps · Net Positive by Andrew Winston · The Business Ethics Field Guide by Bill O'Rourke, Brad Agle and Aaron Miller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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How Data Informs Transportation Policies

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 28:00

This week on City Talks, brought to you by Ford Motor Company, Author of Net Positive, Adviser to Multinationals and our host Andrew Winston talks with Dr. Regina Clewlow, CEO and Founder of Populus, a data platform helping cities to manage the future of mobility. Dr. Clewlow received her PhD in transportation systems from MIT, holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, as well as a Masters in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell. She's also served as a Transportation Researcher at Stanford, UC Berkeley and UC Davis. This episode is all about transportation policy. It is about the data and the collection methods that help aid and inform policy creation in our country. Together Andrew and Dr. Clewlow discuss the story behind starting Populus and a few of the ways unstudied and unregulated scooters, cars, and bikes can present problems for city planners. Learn firsthand about Mobility Data Specification and its value for validating policy and how cities are building digital infrastructure to aid with mobility and mobility side effects like congestion or curbside pickup. Data collection in cities is changing how communities build, grow, and expand. Populus has been working with the United States Department of Transportation and using micromobility data to improve safety in transportation for everyone. In this episode, you will gain some insight into the newest and most effective methods for data collection and how this data is then being used to derive and enforce policies to make mobility more accessible and effective for everyone within a community. It is through data collection that policymakers are able to glean a real understanding of what is affecting a population's mobility within the community. So get ready and come join us for a fun and informative episode of City Talks, presented by the Ford Motor Company!Follow UsTwitter @FordFacebook @fordInstagram @fordPresented by Ford Motor Companywww.ford.com

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro-1-7-22: Why Sustainability Makes Dollars & Sense

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2022

This week, a conversation with business expert and best-selling author, Andrew Winston, about his new book, “Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take.

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This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro-1-7-22: Why Sustainability Makes Dollars & Sense

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2022

This week, a conversation with business expert and best-selling author, Andrew Winston, about his new book, “Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take.

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How Cities are Revolutionizing the Curbside

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2022 33:07

Welcome back to City Talks, brought to you by Ford Motor Company. Our cities' curbs are evolving. Whether picking up or dropping off, these limited spaces, through new technologies, are experiencing greater demand than ever before. On today's episode, Andrew Winston is joined by Haley Peckett, Head of Curbside Management for DC's Department of Transportation. They discuss the logistical problems that arise from poorly optimized curbside pickup, some of the new legislation and regulations being used to organize curbs, the impact of automated and smart-parking technologies, CDS or Curb Data Specification and the ways in which data about city curbs are being wrangled, plus much more! More and more every day, utilities and ride-hailing services, buses, and delivery become more commonplace. Hear how DC DoT is partnering with curbFlow and implementing a new PUDO (pick-up drop-off) program. How are our cities making the most of new technologies and staying prepared for coming regulations to help get the most out of these highly utilized facets of our roads? Listen now to find out! Follow UsTwitter @FordFacebook @fordInstagram @fordPresented by Ford Motor Companywww.ford.com

Andrew Winston | Inspiring companies to become net positive

Climate Positive

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2022 45:57

Profits should come not from creating the world's problems but from solving them. Companies must ask themselves: Is the world better off because your business is in it? These are just a few of the urgent and inspiring lessons offered by the globally renowned sustainable business author and advisor Andrew Winston in his recent book, “Net Positive: Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take,” co-authored with Paul Polman, the visionary former CEO of Unilever.In this episode, host Gil Jenkins speaks with Andrew about the principles and practices of net positive companies that are outlined elegantly and colorfully in his seminal new book. Gil and Andrew talked at length about the growth of clean energy and sustainable businesses, what ultimately convinced Andrew to write his fourth book on the subject, and what makes his co-author's journey so compelling and instructive for others. They also discussed the Golden Rule, why corporate climate advocacy is so important, the failure of shareholder primacy, and a whole lot more. We hope you enjoy this spirited conversation on how businesses can prosper while also helping to confront the massive dual challenges of climate change and rampant inequality. Links:Andrew's Website Book: Net Positive Andrew on TwitterAndrew on LinkedInArticle: Sustainable Business Went Mainstream in 2021 (Andrew Winston, December 27, 2021)Article: Companies Must Find the Courage to Back Up Statements on Climate Action (Andrew Winston and Paul Polman, September 7, 2021)Episode recorded: December 15, 2021

Paul Polman on How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take

Just & Sustainable Economy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2022 24:57

In their seminal book 'Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take' former Unilever CEO Paul Polman and sustainable business guru Andrew Winston explode fifty years of corporate dogma. Theyreveal, for the first time, key lessons from Unilever and other pioneeringcompanies around the world about how you can profit by fixing the world'sproblems instead of creating them. To thrive today and tomorrow, they argue,companies must become “net positive”—giving more to the world than they take.This episode features Paul Polman interviewed by former CEO and co-founder of Seventh Generation, and CEO of the American Sustainable Business Network, Jeffrey Hollender in dialog on what net positive really means, and what businesses are being called to do in these times.

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Net Positive, with Andrew Winston

Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2021 69:04

Andrew Winston is my guest on Episode 150 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Andrew Winston is a globally-recognized expert on megatrends and how to build companies that thrive by serving the world. Named to Thinkers50 Radar Class of 2020 as a “thinker to watch,” his views on strategy have been sought after by the world's leading companies, including 3M, DuPont, J&J, Kimberly-Clark, Marriott, PepsiCo, and Unilever. Andrew is the author of the bestsellers Green to Gold and The Big Pivot. Andrew's latest book, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More than They Take (co-authored with renowned CEO Paul Polman), is a finalist for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business book of the Year Award. Net Positive has been called an “electrifying strategy for business success and unlike any other book you've read” by Merck Chairman Ken Frazier, a “wonderful rallying call” by Sir Richard Branson, and “pure heresy” by Arianna Huffington. Andrew is also a respected and dynamic speaker, reaching audiences of thousands at executive meetings around the planet. He received degrees in economics, business, and environmental management from Princeton, Columbia, and Yale. https://andrewwinston.com/

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Net Positive - How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take with Andrew Winston

The Way Forward Webcasts with Leon Goren

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 56:39

Runaway climate change and rampant inequality are ravaging the world and costing a fortune. Who will help lead us to a better future? Business.These massive dual challenges—and other profound shifts, such as pandemics, resource pressures, and shrinking biodiversity—threaten our very existence. Other mega trends, such as the push for a clean economy and the unprecedented focus on diversity and inclusion, offer exciting new opportunities to heal the world, and prosper by doing so. Government cannot do this alone. Business must step up.Sustainable business guru, Andrew Winston will explore:How addressing these challenges presents the greatest economic opportunity of our time;The repercussions of businesses not taking action on social issues;How leaders must rethink what business is, how it grows and profits, what its purpose is, and how it drives change in the world.This is no utopian fantasy. Courageous leaders are already making it real—and the stakes couldn't be higher. With bold vision and compelling stories, Net Positive sets out the principles and practices that will deliver the scale of change and transformation the world so desperately needs.

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Solving Congestion with Roadway Pricing

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 30:48

In order to fix congestion, we need to rethink how we present the cost of roadway usage. Welcome to City Talks, brought to you by Ford Motor Company. Each week join Andrew Winston, Speaker, Author of Net Positive and Adviser to Multinationals as he facilitates conversations with experts and leaders that are working through the needs and challenges our cities face today. Come along as we explore how to make both cities and transportation more human-centered and create service-oriented approaches to mobility. On today's episode, Andrew speaks with Joe Cortright, Principal Economist of ‘Impresa,' a Portland-based, city-focused consulting firm. Listen as Joe and Andrew address city congestion. Shared mobility and rethinking roadway costs may be the keys to alleviating the hassle of the morning commute. Joe shares with us the latest findings of his ‘Young and Restless' reports on the movements of young people, what Ben and Jerry's can teach us about congestion, and what he thinks our cities might look like 20 years into the future. Follow UsTwitter @fordFacebook @fordInstagram @fordPresented by Ford Motor Companywww.ford.com

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Andrew Winston on his co-authored book: Net Positive

Off The Shelf

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 29:29

Why was there so little progress over last decades in sustainability and what is a pragmatic plan, each of us can engage with to tackle the global climate crisis and all the other challenges facing us, like loss of biodiversity, abuse of human rights or inequality and discrimination. Listen-in as our guest Andrew Winston gives us some key insights from the book he co-authered with Paul Polman, Net Positive. They reveal, for the first time, key lessons from Unilever and other pioneering companies around the world about how you can profit by fixing the world's problems instead of creating them.

Ep. 29 - Andrew Winston | Featured Guest Interview

The Economics Review

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2021 26:18

Andrew Winston is a globally-recognized expert on megatrends and how to build companies that thrive by serving the world. His views on strategy have been sought after by many of the world's leading companies, including 3M, DuPont, J&J, Kimberly-Clark, Marriott, PepsiCo, and Unilever. Andrew is the author of the bestsellers Green to Gold and The Big Pivot. His latest book, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More than They Take is a finalist for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.

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Socialsekreteraren 2/8 - "En koffeintablett och en reductil"

Skuggland

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 35:19

André, socialsekreteraren med de elegant pressade kostymbyxorna, är uppskattad av kollegorna. Det ingen av dem vet är att han bär på en stor hemlighet. När André kliver ut genom kommunhusets dörrar förvandlas han till Andrew Winston.Skuggland är ett program från Third Ear Studio. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/skuggland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Net Positive with Paul Polman and Andrew Winston

BCG Henderson Institute

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2021 27:33

Paul Polman was the CEO of Unilever from 2009 to 2019, the first from outside the company in its century-plus history, and has been described by the Financial Times as “a standout CEO of the past decade.” Today he works to accelerate action by business to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which he helped develop. Andrew Winston is one of the world's most widely read writers and leading thinkers on sustainable business. His books on sustainability strategy, have sold more than 150,000 copies in seven languages. Together they just published a new book, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take, which outlines a framework to help leaders build net positive companies that profit by contributing more to the world than they use or take. In a conversation with Martin Reeves, Chairman of the BCG Henderson Institute, the authors share insights from the book, discuss key takeaways of the recent COP26 meeting, and explore how can CEOs drive collective action addressing massive challenges and profound shifts that threaten humanity and biodiversity, building thriving businesses as a result. *** About the BCG Henderson Institute The BCG Henderson Institute is the Boston Consulting Group's think tank, dedicated to exploring and developing valuable new insights from business, technology, economics, and science by embracing the powerful technology of ideas. The Institute engages leaders in provocative discussion and experimentation to expand the boundaries of business theory and practice and to translate innovative ideas from within and beyond business. For more ideas and inspiration, sign up to receive BHI INSIGHTS, our monthly newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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120. Taking Business Net Positive with Paul Polman & Andrew Winston

Outrage and Optimism

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 50:35

For the first time ever, we are all in-person bringing you this episode from the TED Countdown Summit in Edinburgh! TED Countdown is an event that officially kicked off on 12th October and encompasses four days of inspiring talks, collaboration, connections and commitments to meaningful action for a better world ahead of COP26. Our guest today is Paul Polman, return Outrage + Optimism guest and a celebrated business leader who made sustainability the heart of a global consumer business' growth agenda in his former role as CEO of Unilever. He is joined by one of the most widely read, published and acclaimed writers on sustainability, Andrew Winston, to talk about the new book the two have co-authored, “Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take”. We unpack the ways the book re-frames how business can put a lasting end inequality and climate change. Can every business be Net Positive? Find out! Stick around for a track of epic proportions from musical guest, WACO. — Christiana + Tom's book ‘The Future We Choose' is available now! Subscribe to our Climate Action Newsletter: Signals Amidst The Noise __ Mentioned links from the episode: Go buy Paul + Andrew's new book: Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take TED Countdown! Blog (Day 2) | Twitter | Instagram Clay Recommends - Visualizing Climate Change: An Open Call For Photography __ Thank you to our guests this week, Paul Polman and Andrew Winston! Paul Polman Influencer, business leader, campaigner Twitter | LinkedIn Andrew Winston Writer, Adviser/Speaker on Megatrends & Sustainability, Consultant on Corporate Strategy Twitter | LinkedIn — Amazing music this week was from WACO! WACO Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Spotify You gotta see their punkishly cosmic music video for “A New Future” They have a physical copy of their latest record for sale out on Venn Records, made from leftover waste vinyl: “Hope Rituals” - Buy It! Sales will be donated to Beyond Gender - Please check out the work they are doing to create a fairer and safer society. — Keep up with Christiana Figueres here: Instagram | Twitter Tom Rivett-Carnac: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn Paul Dickinson: LinkedIn | Twitter — Follow @GlobalOptimism on social media and send us a message! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Don't forget to hit SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss another episode of Outrage + Optimism!

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How To Thrive During Climate Change with Andrew Winston - Ep. 032

The Empire's New Clothes

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 54:00

Lyn Alden on the Petro-Dollar:https://youtu.be/sTKObw_-OBYKeith Dicker explains why the US Dollar is King:https://youtu.be/gLmoJYqZuksJim Rogers on the Rise of China:https://youtu.be/SfLaJtXfx3wPaul Kingsnorth critiques Neo-liberalism:https://youtu.be/HJViqeBovvQFirst Interview with Simon Mikhailovich:https://youtu.be/Na9SA84JJ1EJeff Booth on Tech Deflation:https://youtu.be/qlF_AG-0QC8

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Books Driving Change: Paul Polman and Net Positive

Driving Change

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2021 33:26

Paul, thank you for talking with us today. The audience of this podcast is people who are interested in being involved, in building back better, and dealing with some of the big global challenges that we're now facing. In a sentence, why should they read your book?Paul Polman (PP): Well, in a simple sentence will be one question: is the world better off because your company is in it or not? This is probably the most important question to ask. What the book is trying to do is to create a movement that really describes how successful companies can profit -- not from creating the world's problems, but from actually solving the world's problems. So we describe officially in the book Net Positive as: a business that improves the well being for everyone it impacts, and at all scales -- be it product, operations, regions, countries -- and obviously caters to the multiple stakeholders. World Overshoot Day this year was July 29, which is the day that we use up more resources than the world can replenish. In other words, every day after that, we're stealing from future generations. So it's not anymore enough to be linear or to be circular. But more and more companies have to think about what can they do to have a positive impact on society. If they really can't answer that, then why should society keep these companies around? So the book talks about two things, personal transformation, because it starts with leaders, you cannot have systems changes without leader changes. So leadership transformation, and then systems transformation. And it takes you, with very simple steps, through what you need to do to get your own company in shape, to play a key role in your own value chain in your industry associations, and ultimately, in the broader society that you play in. And, the book doesn't shy away from some of the tougher choices, such as how you deal with tax, with corruption, with trade associations, with money in politics, with human rights. It's written for everybody, small and big companies, others who want to play a role in changing society for the better. So we think it broadly resonates. And, if I may, the characteristics perhaps would be good to talk about of a net positive company. That basically boils down to companies that take responsibility and ownership for all impacts and consequences in the world. Intended or not. Many only look at scope one and two under their control. But you have to take responsibility for your total handprint. You cannot outsource your value chain and also expect to outsource your responsibilities. That simply doesn't work anymore. It's companies that operate for the long term benefit of business and society, that try to create a positive return for all stakeholders. They see shareholder value as a result of what they do, not as a goal in itself. And last but not least, they partner to form these broader systemic changes that society needs.MB: So we're in a very interesting moment where in some ways, business appears to be at least talking the talk on being a more positive force in society. You know, you've had the Business Roundtable decision, that you note, to sort of abandon the Milton Friedman view of the world and to sort of focus on more stakeholder capitalism. And you've had lots of companies saying they're committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. And more companies generally stepping into some of the political issues around elections in America, or issues like transgender rights, and yet there's also tremendous skepticism. You take a book like Anand Giridharadas' Winners Take All, which really regards all of this as a giant charade by capitalism. How do you view this data? Because in the book you do acknowledge that, even at Unilever, with some of the things, that you didn't feel you went far enough with, but you were one of the leaders there. Are we getting there? Is this real? Is it just greenwashing? Rainbow washing? What is it?PP: I've read Anand's book Winners Take All and frankly, that's a book heavy on the analysis and light on the solutions. This book is really more practical and offers solutions to move it forward. It's very clear that governments are not functioning the way we have designed them, that multilateralism is not really delivering what we expect from it. The multilateral institutions that were designed in, basically, 1944 with Bretton Woods are not adapted to the current changes. And the bigger issues are more global -- climate change, cybersecurity, pandemics, financial markets -- and we're just not getting to it. And what I think what you see is a few things, [such as firstly] technology always developing faster than people realize. So it's easier to change things. Now take green energy [as an example], the International Energy Agency was expecting solar and wind in 2014, to be five cents per kilowatt hour in 2050. We have achieved that in 2020 already. So technology is advancing. And the other thing that is happening is the issues are creeping up on us faster than we realized, especially on climate, we're getting closer to a negative feedback loop. And business sees that pressure. You see the weather disasters -- we literally have the world on fire -- disruptions in the food supply chain, and the logistics, and many other things. And in fact, COVID has been a rude awakening that you cannot have healthy people on an unhealthy planet. Just in Europe and the U.S. alone, we've spent $16 trillion on stabilizing and saving lives and livelihoods. The economy itself has probably lost $25 or $26 trillion dollars, according to the IMF. So people are starting to realize that the cost of not acting is becoming much higher than the cost of acting. And that's why you see this high level of dissatisfaction with the young people, with employees, with your customers, with people in your value chain. And good companies understand that, they understand that they have to be part of the solution, not the problem. They're internalizing sustainability, they put it at the center of their business, they become more purpose driven businesses. And what you see is that businesses that operate increasingly under these longer-term, multi-stakeholder principles at the core are actually also better performing. That bifurcation has been even stronger during COVID. That's one of the reasons why you see ESG funds taking off, green bonds taking off, the investor community getting actively interested in it, standard setters moving forward. Some of the responsible governments, like Europe, are embedding it in legislation, like the Green Deal or the taxonomy, so it's definitely moving. But as usual, as these things are becoming more topical, thousands of flowers bloom -- for example, we have over 600 standard setting bodies. And it's time to make some bouquets.And yes, if there are no clear standards, then companies will interpret things differently. And some people might call that greenwashing. And there's undoubtedly some of that going on. But broadly, it is clear that we're moving in the right direction, but [just] not fast enough, and not at the scale that we need. We now have about 20% of the companies, for example, that have commitments to be net zero by 2050. But what about 2030? Because we cannot wait that long. What about beyond scope one and two, and including scope three, four or five? And that still is unsettling for many.MB: Because in the book, you talk about how these goals ought to be. You use the acronym SMART, which is measurable and realistic. I think a lot of the netzero pledges have been made without the companies that are making the pledges really having much of a sense of how they're going to get there. And so you feel like it's more of an ambition that may be far enough into the future that the company's current leadership need not own it and there's no pathway. Is that a problem?PP: Well, I think increasingly, for some industries, it is difficult. If you're in the fossil fuel industry where investments are being made by your predecessor or your predecessor's predecessor, and it takes 30 years before you get a return on drilling a well, etc., it's difficult to change very quickly. And some of the heavy industry, which happens to also be heavy emitters, might not have all the answers yet. How do you totally decarbonize airlines, or shipping, or steel, or aluminum and some of the other things? And the fossil industry itself needs careful reflection. But what is clear is that, increasingly, companies understand that it actually can be done, and it is within reach. Companies from Salesforce to Microsoft to Unilever, or to Pepsi and others [like] Walmart are making commitments that not only green their supply chains well before [they are expected to] -- Amazon itself, 2039 -- and they have clear plans and pathways to get there. But they're actually going beyond that, they're looking at restorative commitments, they're looking at integrating biodiversity and planetary health into their thinking. And what we find is that companies that proactively work this are often better run, their leaders are more in tune with societal needs, they come out with better products, have more engaged employees, better relationships in the value chain, and increasingly, that is linked to better returns. You can now measure the negative environmental impacts of companies. And even within the same industries, there are some companies who take mitigating their environmental impacts more seriously than other companies within those industries. And what we clearly find is that accounting for these externalities about a quarter of these companies would not be profitable. But even within the industries, the ones that are less productive, also have lower valuations. So I think the market is starting to factor it in. And, looking very much at the leading companies that position themselves well for the future, and starting to reward those. So it is moving. But again, as I mentioned before, these issues are creeping up on us quicker than we thought. We're getting close to the situation that the Amazon are becoming negative emitters, that the Borealis melting releases methane that is up to 100 times more potent in the short term, and we don't have that luxury to wait. So what you need is to get critical mass behind this transformation, which is a big transformation, we all realize that. And that critical mass can only come from working together with civil society, with governments, obviously, and with the private sector, to drive these broader system changes.MB: You open the book with this example of [when] you were quite far along in your time at Unilever, and the the CEO of Heinz comes along and makes this hostile takeover bid offer to you. And it seems like this is a battle between the old style capitalism and the new style capitalism. In this case, you were able to persuade shareholders to back you in this new model against the old model. Do you feel like that marked a decisive turning point in the attitude of big shareholders towards how big companies should be managed -- that they seemed to be saying: now we will support this net positive type of leadership?PP: Well, it certainly raised awareness. I was happy that it happened during my eighth year of tenure in Unilever. We had produced very good returns for our shareholders. We also had worked very hard on changing our shareholder base, which was more loyal and had benefited from this value creation. So it came at a good moment in that sense. But it points out the dichotomy that there is in two legal systems. One that is focused on a few millionaires and billionaires, and financial manipulation, high leveraging up, cutting costs, frankly, something that anybody can do. And one that is more working for the billions of people invested in longer term value creation. And Unilever has certainly done that. Since the Kraft/Heinz attempted takeover bid, their share price has lost about 60%. They've had lawsuits, they've had change management three times, [while] Unilever share price has continued to grow. And I think this longer-term value creation model is also a better model over time for the shareholders, and you don't have to wait too long for that. So that game, I think that was being played there is increasingly being called out as not being constructive for society. And I broadly think that the longer-term shareholders understand that there's just so much money that we've put in the global economy, that a big part of that is chasing short-term returns at every cost. And there are some people that think their own greed is more important than the future lives of their children. So you always have to deal with these challenges, but in order to avoid that over time, and to move it in the right direction, we indeed need to be sure that the regulatory frameworks and the moral standards that we put behind it, the obligations that we demand from companies as they operate in society, that they also fulfill the needs of society and get a real license to operate. It hurts to see a company like that at the bottom of a human rights index. And it gives me pride to see Unilever at the top. And if we can square that multi-stakeholder focus, in our case there was a 300% shareholder return over 10 years, then I think that is a much better thing for society. I've always said, I'm a proud billionaire, because we've focused on improving the lives of billions of people. And that's a good way not only to live your life, but if you can also show that it is good for your shareholders, I think you square it, and give people more confidence that this should be the direction we should be pushing for.MB: I wanted to focus on the last two or three chapters of the book where I think you really push into some of the very cutting edge developments that need to happen if a business is to really achieve its full potential in improving the state of the world. One is this whole issue of how you in the industry can partner with your competitors to actually, overall raise standards across the industry. And one example you give us is the fashion industry, which, obviously, increasingly, people are scrutinizing for the fast fashion, and in particular for its lack of sustainability. What have you learned about making a cross-industry partnership successful? What are the conditions that can make that a really positive thing?PP: There's a whole chapter in the book which is called “One Plus One is 11” that deals with these broader partnerships. It's very clear that CEOs alone are held to very high standards and often higher standards than they actually can fulfill themselves. No CEO can move the whole market to regenerative agriculture, or solve the issues of plastics in the ocean, or even get to green energy, if a broader system around you doesn't pull in that same direction. And that's difficult for CEOs then to move things forward. Also, sometimes they feel that if they do it, and competitors don't, they might be at a disadvantage, because obviously there are other forces at play. So one of the reasons I created Imagine as a social enterprise is to bring a critical mass of CEOs together across the value chain, to look at some of these issues. Sometimes they are value chain issues, sometimes time availability, or knowledge issues. And together, they become more courageous. And if you have 20% to 30% of the market represented, civil society wants to join, NGOs want to be part of it, governments start to listen, and you can drive the broader system changes.An example is fashion indeed, where we have 80 companies now in the fashion industry, together under the fashion practice. It's a very destructive industry. But together, they have decided to move to regenerative cotton. Together, they are now buying green energy to get to the Paris Agreement and stay below 1.5 degrees. Together, they're learning on how to integrate, with the help of Conservation International and others, biodiversity targets into their business models. So things that they could not do alone. And I believe that, increasingly, when it concerns the future of humanity, we shouldn't compete about that. But leave enough space in other areas to obviously compete. Now many of the CEOs get that. We get an enormous demand. We're working also with the food companies, where we have 30 companies. We are starting now as private equity, with tourism and travel. So I think the needs are there. And creating these neutral platforms as we've done at Imagine is one way of addressing that. But increasingly, you see these broader partnerships emerge, with partnerships for the greater good. And what most of these CEOs find is, whilst you cannot solve all these issues in one minute, and you have to space it out over a period of time (that we, to some extent still have), that a lot of things can be done, that are also immediately beneficial to the top and bottom line of your company. And not only from a risk mitigation point of view, but also from an opportunity point of view. And that makes these partnerships so powerful. The challenge is to get that translated into working together with governments to change the frameworks. Because right now, be it the carbon transmission and decarbonizing our global economy, or changing the food chain to make it more in line with the planetary boundaries, currently, many countries have frameworks in place that actually push you in a different direction. And that's difficult, ultimately, to achieve your objectives if you can't change those.MB: But you have another chapter looking really at multi-stakeholder partnerships. It seems like we've been talking about how you get government, business, and the civil society organizations, NGOs, to work together for a long time. What have we figured out about what makes for a successful multi-stakeholder partnership? Because a lot of them haven't succeeded.PP: Successful partnerships -- many partnerships obviously don't work out -- there are numbers floating around that 75% of partnerships might fail. But ultimately, if the aligned objectives are there, you have the same purpose, you're very clear on what each partner brings to the party, you work with transparency that creates that trust, you have clear accountability mechanisms, everybody clearly understands what his or her contributions are, then these partnerships can work very well. Unilever built a tea plantation in Rwanda, where we needed the government from Rwanda, and where we needed organizations like Dfid, the U.K. development aid, and where we actually got high net worth individuals, like Ian Wood from the Wood Foundation, that were willing to help and protect the smallholder farmers. And we could create a value chain that was good for all of its stakeholders, and delivered the quality tea that also was feeding our brands. By the way, interestingly, [speaking of] the brands, people want to know if these products are sourced sustainably and where they come from. So building these whole models with these broader partnerships are very important. When we went into Ethiopia, we first worked with the government with our brands like bar soaps or toothpastes, or [we worked] with the health workers, they have about 30,000 health workers there, to teach people the benefits of hand washing, or tooth brushing, that are far more preventative solutions than waiting for the problem to occur. And only when we created that credibility over the longer term, we [were then able to] make these brands available into society on a broader level. And these are the broader partnerships that work for us.It's interesting in the book, we talked about $3.5 billion being [spent] in lobbying in the U.S. alone -- I wonder how much money goes to self-interest? Well, one company says A and the other company pays money to say B; where politicians are in the pockets of some of these big spenders, we see, increasingly, that that's not the type of democracy that ultimately builds the value. And I think you see the enormous price we pay for that. Ceres, which is a company that is very capably led by Mindy Lubber, is pulling the financial market to a higher level of responsibility. It was looking at all this government spending and lobbying etc., and it actually found out that 40% of the companies in the U.S. were not actively even engaging with governments, or moving things forward in the right level, on let's say on climate change, when they know it's a big issue. So the book is talking about: how do you create these partnerships? Why would you do that? What benefit do you get out of that by being a participant? And frankly, the employees and the companies expect the CEOs now to increasingly participate. About 76% of the employees expect this. And it's interesting, because CEOs broadly think they do. But when you ask their employees, there's a big gap between what the employees think and what the CEO themselves think. MB: And as you say, one of the things we're seeing now is employees becoming more vocal -- in social media and elsewhere, at meetings, and so forth -- and holding their bosses to account. And we're almost out of time, and I've got two more questions. One, is really, I love your last chapter where you go, what the next frontier of… PP: Engaging the ElephantsMB: Yeah, the elephants. And obviously, one of the elephants that you acknowledge right up front is companies trying to avoid paying taxes, and you really argue against that. Another is this lobbying issue, you want to basically end, and political donations, you want to get rid of those. And then you talk about corruption. Are you starting to see company leadership and shareholders really want to get into these, to address these elephants in the room, or do you feel like there is still a long way to go?PP: On some issues more than others, obviously. But you mentioned a few. I don't want to respond to all of them, but take tax for example -- one quarter of the Fortune 500 companies paid zero tax in 2018. 10% of GDP is in offshore accounts. 500 or 600 billion of taxes are lost as a result of that. At Unilever I put my tax principles on my website. We got out of these constructions that were purely organized for tax reasons, and the company did fine. We hire people that get free education, we would use the road systems, we need social safety nets around people. When you get things like COVID, I think it's quite normal that you pay tax as well. So it's hard to square over time that society will give you bonus points on being a purpose driven company, if you don't find a way to contribute your fair share there either.And it's the same thing with some of the other areas that we talked about. If you look at the shareholder propositions right now, the shareholder resolutions, they are actually demanding more and more transparency.Take in the U.S. the issue of money and politics. If you will have taken 2009, well before this January 6 event of storming the Capitol, in 2019, there were over 50 political spending proposals on the ballots of shareholder meetings, non-court accepted; if you look now, to date, already in 2021, there are over 40 on the proposals, and you're already running at a significantly high level of support. MB: For disclosing what the donations are and who to.PP: What the donations are and for what they are. So you see, actually, the shareholders are demanding more. Now more CEOs are getting fired for ESG related reasons, then for performance related reasons. You see shareholders demanding, like in the famous Exxon case, that they are more aggressive on mitigating climate change. We saw it with Shell and some other companies [too]. So if you don't embrace these elephants proactively, and have a strategy around that, which is what we're really talking about in the book, then I think you will be exposed. You mentioned in every company there is an activist; every company I think has a Greta Thunberg inside of them. And if they see, increasingly, these companies, on the one side, saying we want to do this and making these public statements, but then, for example, financing trade associations, like the American Petroleum Association, or some of the others actively advocating the opposite, then you lose credibility, you undermine your culture, and ultimately, the fabric of your company, and that gets reflected in your success, and share price. So it is important that you discuss these issues, it is important that you take positions on them, and it is important that you do that in a holistic way. And not do it in a CSR way, where you pick a few topics that you think suit you well, but then go horribly wrong in the other areas. That's why this book talks about net positive in a more holistic way. And which makes it such a powerful book, actually.MB: I wanted to end with asking for some career advice for our listeners. You mentioned every company having a Greta Thunberg maybe lurking within it, but the book really, I think, raises more clearly than any other book I've read, this notion that you can be a net positive leader. If you're someone who is committed to public service, you can actually go into a company and see that as a way of living a life of public service, which is an idea that 25 years ago would have seen laughable or even 10 years ago, but now seems to be a choice that many people are wrestling with. If I want to give, if I want to be part of the effort to build back better, should I go into business? Or should I go into government? Or should I go into a nonprofit? Or what? How would you advise someone trying to wrestle with that kind of calculation as to where they should focus their energies and their life, if they really want to have the biggest positive net positive impact in their career?PP: Well, I ended up in business, by a little bit of serendipity. I wanted to be a priest first, then a doctor, and none of that really worked out. So I ended up being in business. But I discovered that, business being 60% of the global GDP, 65% or 90% of the job creation and the financial flow that you cannot solve any of these famous Sustainable Development Goals, bar a few if you don't have business actively in there. So you need business, but for the same reason, you also need government, and you need civil society. It's really what the book ultimately talks about is this partnership that needs to be formed between all of them. And my advice to anybody listening and looking for a job is: find out what the world needs, what you're passionate about, and what you're good at. And if you can work on that intersection of what the world needs, your passion, and what you're good at, then you're going to have a very fulfilling and and very gratifying life.Mark Twain said there are two moments in life that are the most important: the first one is when you were born, and the second one is when you figured out why you were born. If you can operate on that intersection, it is giving you a meaningful life that I think most people aspire to. So it's not one or the other, it's really finding yourself and realizing, above all, that we are lucky. Most of the people listening here have been educated, they didn't have to deal with the issues of food security, or stunting, or open defecation. But that, unfortunately, is only 5% of the world population that you belong to, and have that freedom to some extent. And then it is important, I believe, to put yourself to the service of the other 95%, who still have not been so fortunate.MB: If I asked you to build on that, if I asked you to take a 100 mile up view of the world, I suppose you would say that for someone wanting to have a positive impact for good, there's never been greater opportunity to do that through business than now perhaps. But if you looked at each of business, civil society, and governments, and you looked at their human capital, where are people with a service orientation, most needed? Is it business? Is it government? Or is it civil society at the moment?PP: Well, I think frankly, we have a leadership deficit everywhere. It's clear that the MBA programs, which have given us the leaders for business, are a version of Milton Friedman on steroids, and are in desperate need to be reinvented. In politics it has become, for different reasons, increasingly more short-term oriented. Many of the NGOs have also been called out. Whilst they play a very crucial role, many of them are mono issue end result focused, and are not willing to walk the journey, or walk in partnership. So I think the biggest deficit is not in one or the other institutions. The biggest deficit ultimately, is the leadership. And that's why this book starts with a very famous question: do you care? And that's why we believe and what makes it so powerful, is that you need a personal transformation before you get a systems transformation.MB: Well, thank you. I think that's a great note to end on. I would like to thank both you, Paul Polman, and Andrew Winston for writing this book Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take. It is an incredibly positive and practical book that anyone who is thinking about if they should live out their public service through business, will find very useful and very inspiring. So thank you very much for talking about the book with Books Driving Change, Paul, thank you.PP: Thank you, Matthew enjoyed it.We hope you are as inspired by these podcasts as we are. If you are, please subscribehere, or wherever you get your podcasts (Amazon Music, Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher), and please rate us and write a review so others can find their inspiration. This transcript has been lightly edited for context and clarity.

Climate Change: Threat & Opportunity with Andrew Winston

12 Geniuses Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2021 17:11

In Season One of 12 Geniuses, climate change guru Andrew Winston joined Don MacPherson to talk about how businesses are creating opportunities through the green economy. Since that conversation, a lot has transpired. In this episode, Andrew and Don meet again to discuss the many facets of these changes, including the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, new innovations in the fight against climate change and how having a sustainability plan for companies is a key to attracting talent.

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Andrew Winston: Getting Your Company to Net Positive

Lead With We

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 35:16

As we witness the acute effects of climate change and economic inequality, business needs radical reshaping. Andrew Winston has advised countless companies on how to create positive impact, and in his new book, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take, he charts a way forward for the future. In this episode Andrew and I talk about what it means to be net positive, how he co-authored his book with former Unilever CEO Paul Polman who shared his experience at the helm at one of the world's largest companies, and why net positive is the only path forward for business and humanity. This episode of Lead With We was produced and edited by Goal 17 Media and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. You can also watch episodes on YouTube at WeFirstTV. Andrew Winston Andrew has been working at the intersection of business and the planet and society for 20 years. In addition to his newest book, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take, he is also the author of bestsellers The Big Pivot and Green to Gold, as well as hundreds of articles for the Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, and other outlets. His perspective on business is rooted in my early career, with experience in consulting (BCG), media (Time Inc., Viacom), and dot-coms, and he has worked on Sustainability Advisory Boards and directly with multinationals such as HP, Ingersoll Rand, J&J, Kimberly-Clark, Marriott, PepsiCo, PwC, and Unilever. He also speaks to audiences around the world, offering an optimistic view, grounded in heard realities, on how to create value by making the world a better place. Simon Mainwaring Simon Mainwaring is a brand futurist, keynote speaker, and bestselling author. He is best known as the author of We First: How Brands and Consumers Use Social Media to Build a Better World and his upcoming book, Lead With We: The Business Revolution That Will Save Our Future; as the Founder and CEO of We First, an award-winning strategic consultancy that works with purpose-led companies to build their brand strategy, company culture, and impact storytelling; and as the author of the influential ‘Purpose At Work' column in Forbes and host of the podcast, Lead With We. This episode of Lead With We was produced and edited by Goal 17 Media and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. You can also watch episodes on YouTube at WeFirstTV. Resources Learn more about Andrew Winston Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn For case studies and other free resources about purposeful business, go to WeFirstBranding.com Simon's new book, Lead With We, is now available for pre-order on Amazon, Google Books and Barnes & Noble. Check it out!

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Profit from solving global grand challenges with Andrew Winston

Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 76:47

Andrew Winston is my guest on Episode 87 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Andrew is the founder of Winston Eco-Strategies a globally recognized expert on how companies can profit from solving the world's biggest challenges. His views on strategy have been sought after by many of the world's leading companies, including 3M, DuPont, HP, Ingersoll Rand, J&J, Kimberly-Clark, Marriott, PepsiCo, PwC, and Unilever. Andrew's book, The Big Pivot was selected as one of the "Best Business Books" by Strategy+Business magazine. Andrew's first book, Green to Gold, was the top-selling green business title of the last decade, selling more than 100,000 copies in seven languages. Inc. Magazine included Green to Gold on its all-time list of 30 books that every manager should own. Andrew is also a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, and other media outlets. He has been quoted in or appeared in major media such as Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, Time, BusinessWeek, New York Times, and CNBC. Andrew's speeches around the globe, including a TED talk, provide a practical and optimistic roadmap to help leaders build thriving, resilient companies in a volatile world. He received degrees in economics, business, and environmental management from Princeton, Columbia, and Yale. https://andrewwinston.com/

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Notícia no Seu Tempo

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 2:02

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Notícia no Seu Tempo

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 2:59

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Tackling Climate Change With Economic Incentives and Circular Economics | Andrew Winston

The Syndicate

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2020 43:55

Andrew Winston is the founder of Winston Eco-Strategies, author of The Big Pivot and Green Recovery, and coauthored Green to Gold, the best-selling guide to what works — and what doesn't — when companies go green. He's a globally recognized expert on green business and has appeared in WSJ, Time, BusinessWeek, NYTimes, and CNBC. His clients... The post Tackling Climate Change With Economic Incentives and Circular Economics | Andrew Winston appeared first on The Syndicate.

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COVID-19, Climate Change, and the Forces Shaping Our Future

Three Big Points

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2020 14:03

The coronavirus pandemic may serve as a wake-up call to help us focus on the crises and trends already impacting us and our environment. In this week’s episode of the Three Big Points podcast, sustainability consultant and author Andrew Winston explains how we can learn from the current health crisis and use it to develop strategies to shape a more sustainable future.

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Coronavirus and Corporate Climate Action - Bruno Sarda

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 35:50

Bruno Sarda is the President of CDP North America. He works to grow the organization and increase environmental disclosure and action among companies and local governments, as well as manages the North American team and operations. Previously he served as Chief Sustainability Officer for NRG, a leading integrated power company, and has also worked at Dell and Charles Schwab. Bruno is a faculty member and Senior Sustainability Scholar at Arizona State University. Bruno Joins Sustainable Nation to Discuss: Corporate climate action and ESG investing momentum Sustainability leadership in a post coronavirus world Coronavirus potential to increase company commitments to climate resiliency Advice and recommendations for sustainability leaders Bruno's Final Five Question Responses: What is one piece of advice you would give other sustainability professionals that might help them in their careers? Make friends with your CFO. Too many sustainability people seem afraid to spend too much time with their CFO, but I think the more you do that, the more successful you'll be. What are you most excited about right now in the world of sustainability? The rapid growth in organizations setting science based targets especially and net zero commitments. That's definitely be quickly becoming the norm and that's very encouraging. What is one book you would recommend sustainability leaders read? I really liked The Big Pivot by Andrew Winston. It's maybe three or four years old now, but I think he really structured and architected the book in a really interesting way. It's very approachable, it's actionable and it's still very relevant. What are some of your favorite resources or tools that really help you in your work? One of the tools I really like is the weekly digest that the Corporate Eco Forum puts out every Monday morning. It's a great curated list of what's happening in the world of sustainability, on the corporate side, policy and key pieces of new research or new reports. It's free to anyone. You can go sign up at the Corporate Eco Forum website. For those who are interested in what's happening in the field of sustainability careers, I think Ed Carly puts out a really interesting kind of weekly curated list of what the key roles are out there. It's always interesting to see who's hiring for what, what they're naming the roles and where they're trying to staff those roles in different organizations. For those out in the job market, it's a great list. But even if you're like me, not in the job market, that's just really interesting to see where some of the energy is around role creation. Where can our listeners go to learn more about you and your work at CDP? You can go to www.cdp.net. We have lots of resources there on our website. If you want to find me, best place probably is LinkedIn. I'm not hard to find on LinkedIn. I'm not nearly as active maybe on Twitter as I used to be. I just find it's kind of become a bit crowded and toxic. I find LinkedIn a more useful place and anybody who wants to reach out, feel free to find me on LinkedIn. About Sustridge Sustridge is a sustainability consulting firm providing consulting in sustainability strategy development, sustainability reporting, GHG emissions calculating and management, zero waste planning and guidance in TRUE Zero Waste, B Corp, LEED and Carbon Neutral certification.

February 29, 2020 Tech Talk Radio Show

Tech Talk Radio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2020 58:47

Changing Facebook user name (limited to every 60 days), USB enclosures for external drives (support either HD or SSD), reducing background data usage (only allow apps to download with WiFi), files backup vs disk image, resetting Windows PIN (requires linkage to MS account), surgical masks vs CoronaVirus (not really effective), Profiles in IT (Katherine Johnson, pioneering NASA mathematian), Memory Lane (Zip Drive remembered, Happy 25th), Jif vs GIF (National Peanut Butter Day), FCC fines carriers for sharing location data (finally), Product of the Week (MS ElectionGuard, innovation voting software), and nine megatrends that will shape the world in 2030 (predictions from futurist Andrew Winston). This show originally aired on Saturday, February 29, 2020, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

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February 29, 2020 Tech Talk Radio Show

Tech Talk Radio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2020 58:47

Changing Facebook user name (limited to every 60 days), USB enclosures for external drives (support either HD or SSD), reducing background data usage (only allow apps to download with WiFi), files backup vs disk image, resetting Windows PIN (requires linkage to MS account), surgical masks vs CoronaVirus (not really effective), Profiles in IT (Katherine Johnson, pioneering NASA mathematian), Memory Lane (Zip Drive remembered, Happy 25th), Jif vs GIF (National Peanut Butter Day), FCC fines carriers for sharing location data (finally), Product of the Week (MS ElectionGuard, innovation voting software), and nine megatrends that will shape the world in 2030 (predictions from futurist Andrew Winston). This show originally aired on Saturday, February 29, 2020, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

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Andrew Winston: Sustainability in 2020

Sea Change Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 29:00

In optometry 2020 means normal visual acuity. But what will 2020 mean for the rest of us in the coming year? What sustainability trends might take flight as we close out the second decade of the new millennium? This week on Sea Change Radio, we take a glimpse into the future with author, speaker and … Continue reading Andrew Winston: Sustainability in 2020 → The post Andrew Winston: Sustainability in 2020 appeared first on Sea Change Radio.

The Big Pivot: How to Transform Our Economy to Respond to Climate Change

Policy Punchline

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2020 70:44

Andrew Winston is a prolific writer, consultant, and globally recognized expert on how companies can navigate and profit from climate change while transforming their businesses to be more environmentally friendly. Andrew's first book, "Green to Gold," was the top-selling green business title of the last decade. His latest book, "The Big Pivot," provides a practical roadmap to help leaders build resilient, thriving companies and communities in a volatile world. In this interview, we tackle some of the most essential debates about climate change and our economy. How can businesses remain profitable while transforming themselves to be more responsive to climate change? What has prevented more businesses from doing so? How can we make sure that debates about climate change are not affected by partisan politics and lobbying efforts? ... Andrew is also a respected and dynamic speaker, reaching audiences of thousands with an entertaining message of practical optimism: the world’s challenges are great, but businesses have the tools, resources, and creativity to create a sustainable world. He has spoken all over the world – in Europe, Russia, Brazil, the Middle East, and China – bringing his ideas to leadership meetings of the top executives of Fortune 500 companies, large industry conferences, and high-profile events like the World Innovation Forum and TED.

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151. Tackling Climate Change With Economic Incentives and Circular Economics | Andrew Winston

The Disruptors

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2019 43:49

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151. Tackling Climate Change With Economic Incentives and Circular Economics | Andrew Winston

The Disruptors

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2019 43:20

Andrew Winston (@andrewwinston) is the founder of Winston Eco-Strategies, author of The Big Pivot and Green Recovery, and coauthored Green to Gold, the best-selling guide to what works — and what doesn’t — when companies go green.He’s a globally recognized expert on green business and has appeared in WSJ, Time, BusinessWeek, NYTimes, and CNBC. His clients have included Bank of America, Bayer, HP, Pepsi, Boeing, and IKEA.He’s a respected speaker, served as the Director of Corporate Environmental Strategy Project at Yale’s renowned School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and has a weekly column for Harvard Business Online. He was recently named a “Planet Defender” by Rock the Earth.In today’s episode we discuss:How to redesign the economy and stock market to incentivize a better futureWhat are the biggest megatrends affecting our futureWhy eating less/clean meat is the biggest thing you can do to fight climate changeFixing the shareholder value incentive ruining our worldWhy short-termism is the route of the most evilWhat you should know about the Green New DealWhy the US doesn’t do enough for infrastructureThe reason the US doesn’t solve the election turnout issuesHow close are we to point of no return on environmentAndrew’s thoughts on the future of renewable energy and why it’s inevitableWhy Andrew’s optimistic about fighting climate changeWhat’s the role of government going forwardWhy we need circular economics and to tackle climate change nowThe danger of the devices and social media

Netflix on Relationships (WK 10)

The Well SLC

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2019 27:01

Message Date: August 25th, 2019 Location: Sandy Campus Mix Tapes and Love Letters - Week Ten "Netflix on Relationships" Pastors Erica Parrish, Andrew Winston, Sarah Nelsen

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50 Shades of GDs: climate resilience

Southeast Green - Speaking of Green

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2019 26:08

Most agree we are facing a climate crisis. So, how do we adapt? How are cities, communities and corporations incorporating the new climate reality into their planning and bottom lines. Hear from experts Andrew Winston, Joshua Proudfoot and Dayna Reggero, and learn how pigeons are helping the city of London learn more about climate change and plan accordingly.

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A Ray of Hope - Midcourse Correction Revisited

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2019 30:00

John A. Lanier joined the Ray C. Anderson Foundation as Executive Director in May 2013. Serving in this role has been an immense honor, and he feels privileged to work with his family to advance the legacy of Ray, his grandfather. Lanier's passion for environmental stewardship was sparked by Ray's example and story, and he never tires of sharing this story with others. Mid-Course Correction Revisited: The Story and Legacy of a Radical Industrialist and his Quest for Authentic Change The original Mid-Course Correction, published 20 years ago, became a classic in the sustainability field. It put forth a new vision for what its author, Ray C. Anderson, called the “prototypical company of the 21st century”?a restorative company that does no harm to society or the environment. Anderson recounts his eureka moment as founder and leader of Interface, Inc., and one that was doing business in all the usual ways. Bit by bit, he began learning how much environmental destruction companies like his had caused, prompting him to make a radical change. Mid-Course Correction not only outlined what eco-centered leadership looks like, it also mapped out a specific set of goals for Anderson’s company to eliminate its environmental footprint. This second edition delves into how Interface worked toward making them a reality, birthing one of the most innovative and successful corporate sustainability efforts in the world. Mid-Course Correction Revisted contains a new foreword by Paul Hawken, several new chapters by Ray C. Anderson Foundation executive director John A. Lanier, and interviews with Janine Benyus, Joel Makower, Andrew Winston, Ellen MacArthur and other leaders in green enterprise, the circular economy, and biomimicry. Drawdown

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Cashing in on Climate Change - An Interview with Andrew Winston

12 Geniuses Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 36:37

The greatest change the international community faces in the 21st century is the warming planet. Whole countries are threatened, coastal cities could disappear, and every community around the world will see the impact of floods, fires, hotter weather, droughts, storms, and other weather-related events. The way we live will change and so will the way we work. This will create incredible disruption. It also presents unprecedented economic opportunity for organizations that dream up innovative solutions to the dangers of climate change.In this interview, climate change guru Andrew Winston shares how his career path intersected with environmental issues, the state of the climate today, and how businesses are adopting sustainable practices and attracting climate-conscious consumers in the process. Andrew also discusses how small and mid-sized businesses can use sustainability to be more competitive while attracting top talent to work for them.Andrew studied Economics at Princeton, later earning an MBA from Columbia and a MA of Environmental Management from Yale. He began his career advising companies in strategy and marketing before turning to his passion for the environment. An author of three books including Green Recovery, Green to Gold, and The Big Pivot, Andrew is an expert on how we all can do our part to save the environment and still prosper.

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#8 — Sustainable Business (with Andrew Winston)

Foresight Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019 42:51

In this episode we're speaking with Andrew Winston on the topic of sustainability. With increased emphasis on the impact that business and industry is having on the planet, Andrew's perspectives on climate change and corporate sustainability have never been more relevant. Join Tom and Andrew as they discuss the role of corporations in building sustainable businesses, misconceptions about China's impact and efforts in sustainability, and the challenges of building a sustainable future. More on Andrew: http://www.andrewwinston.com/ https://foresightradio.com/

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‘The Big Pivot’ → Andrew Winston (Author): Companies Winning when Making Sustainability a Priority

Corporate Sustainability with Philip Beere

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2018 46:03

Andrew Winston is a globally recognized expert on how companies can navigate and profit from humanity’s biggest challenges. His views on strategy have been sought after by many of the world’s leading companies, including Boeing, HP, J&J, Kimberly-Clark, PepsiCo, PwC, and Unilever. Andrew’s first book, Green to Gold, was the top-selling green business title of the last decade and was included in Inc. Magazine’s all-time list of 30 books that every manager should own. His speeches for audiences around the world, and his new book The Big Pivot, lay out a practical and optimistic roadmap for how companies can thrive in a hotter, scarcer, more open world. During the episode, topics discussed include the following: Is marketing expensive? Yes, if it is bad marketing The current landscape of corporate sustainability The role of business in society and the CEO The strategies and framework for corporate sustainability Sustainability mega-trends: climate, resources, and transparency. Renewables affordability has sped up clean energy The trend of major corporations buying renewable energy Food and agriculture trends; protecting soil and reducing footprint Companies leading the sustainability movement Low carbon economy Corporate social responsibility: diversity and inclusion Corporate sustainability benchmarks: GRI, GHG protocol, SASB and TCFD Goals around women in management The push toward corporate transparency and supply chains, or looking upstream Blockchain in sustainability as a tracking tool A resilient enterprise: thriving and flourishing Pre-competitive collaboration and working with competitors The role of the NGO Supply chains and measuring footprint: scope 3 emissions ROI as related to sustainability The sustainabilty - innovation crossover Health as a driver in buying decisions Millennials and preference toward responsible products Gen Z and Millennials; weighing sustainability as an important factor when choosing an employer The importance of the CEO in a company’s sustainability efforts The unpredictable future and preparing for extremes NOTES and LINKS Andrew Winston Pivot Goals The Big Pivot TED Institute YouTube The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World Anti-fragile: Things That Gain from Disorder TCFD Knowledge Hub SASB ABOUT PHILIP BEERE Philip is host of Corporate Sustainability; the podcast that explores companies and people who inspire innovation, improvement, and sustainable business practices through purpose-driven missions and initiatives. Philip is a longtime marketer, who consults companies on how to use stories and narrative to help build their brands. He says sustainability stories are one of the most powerful ways companies can manage their reputations. Connect with him by clicking here.

Bruno Sarda - VP Sustainability at NRG Energy

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Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2018 33:31

Bruno Sarda is head of sustainability at NRG, one of the country’s leading power companies, where he leads the development and execution of company-wide sustainability strategy and initiatives. Named one of the ‘most influential sustainability voices in America’ by The Guardian, Sarda actively participates in a variety of cross-industry efforts bridging public and private entities. Sarda joined NRG from Dell, Inc. where he was director of sustainability and social responsibility. Bruno Joins Sustainable Nation to Discuss: Sustainability initiatives of a large power company Renewable energy and carbon capture technology SASB's role in corporate sustainability Advice and recommendations for sustainability leaders Bruno's Final Five Question Responses: We're going to end with our final five questions. What is one piece of advice you would give other sustainability professionals that might help them in their careers? You have to quickly get comfortable with the fact that sustainability is not the goal .Sustainability is the way. Tie is to the mission. Understand what is the organization trying to do. How does it define success? Show them that sustainability is an unavoidable or better path to go achieve that. Don't make sustainability its own objective. As long as you do that, you start getting a lot more support internally. What are you most excited about right now in the world of sustainability? We touched on that all these ESG movement in the capital markets and the money flows where you look at where all the new money that's going, whether it's from a equity investors or debt lenders, it's all being invested in the right things. Everything else is noise or public money going into the wrong things. I find it very exciting to see that the capital markets are pointed in the right direction. What is one book you would recommend sustainability professionals read? A book that I assigned to my students at Arizona State is The Big Pivot by Andrew Winston. Andrew is a great guy. It's a well structured book that touches on the what's, the why's and the how's. Through the lens from a corporate sustainability view more than anything. It's very useful to anybody who wants to be successful in this space. What are some of your favorite resources or tools that help you in the work that you do? There's a handful. There's such an information overload. I find the Corporate Eco Forum puts out a weekly, very well curated digest. It's a Monday morning religiously at about 8:00 AM Eastern. It's free even to non members. If you subscribed to that, you get a weekly dose of very well curated sustainability news if that's all you get to read, you read that. For years now have also worked with BSR Business for Social Responsibility in terms of access to expertise. I find that they're a great partner and they put out also a lot of new knowledge and content and reports for a non members as well, but anybody can consume peer to peer learning. Mentoring is a important part of sustainability since often there's only a handful of us in any one company doing this job. We're members of the GreenBiz Executive Network. That's a good resource for peer to peer connections and collaboration. The last one I'll mention that's newer for us, but very exciting. We're using a tool called Beta Moran, which is an AI-powered platform to help us streamline our sustainability work. We're about to do a big refresh of our materiality for NRG. For the first time, we're going to use it using this platform instead of using a people power. Where can our listeners go to learn more about you and the work that you're leading at NRG? It's www.NRG.com/sustainability. You'll find everything you need to know about what we're doing here. If you're also interested in what I'm doing on the ASU, you can go to www.sustainability.ASU.edu. I'm on LinkedIn. It's www.linkedin.com/in/brunosarda. I'm Twitter @bruno68.

Susan Hunt Stevens - Employee Engagement and Sustainability

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2018 35:59

Susan Hunt Stevens is the Founder/CEO of WeSpire, the leading employee engagement technology platform that forward-thinking global companies use to design, run and measure positive impact and sustainability initiatives. She is a recognized expert in the use of social and game mechanics to drive positive behavior change and was named an EY Entrepreneur of the Year in 2015. Susan Joins Sustainable Nation to Discuss: Importance of employee engagement in advancing sustainability Increasing employee organization at your organization Using the WeSpire platform to engage employees around sustainability Advice and recommendations for sustainability leaders Susan's Final Five Question Responses: What does one piece of advice you would give other sustainability professionals that might help them in their careers? Network, lead through influence, borrow from others. Networking so you know what others are doing and can learn from this community. It's an amazing community. What are you most excited about right now in the world of sustainability? The materials innovation that is occurring in sustainability is going to open up huge opportunities for monumental shifts in carbon use and ideally carbon reduction. Materials innovation is something I'm really fascinated by in general in sustainability. What is one book you would recommend sustainability professionals read? I love everything that Andrew Winston has written. He writes it in a way that's accessible for people who are new to sustainability. If you haven't seen Green to Gold is probably a great place to start. What are some of your favorite resources or tools that really help you in your work? These aren't necessarily a sustainability specific tools on. I am a huge proponent of Slack which we use as a front end communication platform for chat internally. It reduces email which I appreciate immensely. I love video conferencing. We just switched over to Zoom and being able to video conferences, see people who are clients or prospective clients around the world makes them feel like you're sitting there, but without getting on the plane, which is really good for reducing carbon emissions. I am a big fan of the old fashioned notebook. If I were recommending a non-sustainability book to everyone, productivity wise, there's a book called The ONE Thing that has great approach to creating a sustainable life for yourself and being able to really execute well against goals in personal, spiritual business, things like that. That old fashioned notebook, that's where you set your goals and what you're going to do each day to hit them is underrated. Where can our listeners go to learn more about you and the work that you're leading at WeSpire? It is easy, www.WeSpire.com. Reach Susan Hunt Stevens at: http://www.wespire.com/ Reach Josh Prigge at: https://www.sustridge.com/

Bob Willard - The Business Case for Sustainability

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2018 32:48

Bob Willard is a leading expert on quantifying the business value of sustainability strategies. He has given over a thousand presentations, has authored six books, and provides extensive resources for sustainability champions. He serves on the boards of Forum for the Future U.S. and the Future-Fit Foundation. Bob joins Sustainable Nation to discuss: Selling the business case for sustainability Communicating sustainability benefits The B Corp movement Learning from decades of experience in corporate sustainability Tips and advice for sustainability professionals What is one piece of advice you would give other sustainability professionals that might help them in their careers? Find an issue that you really care about and find an organization that you can partner with to have a lot of leverage on doing something about that issue but start with something that you really care about. It could be a social issue, it could be an environmental issue. You've got to have some energy around that at a personal level or you'll just get worn down and you need to be able to recharge your batteries by recommitting to something that you really care about for whatever reason. And then don't try to do it yourself. Partner with other people and increase your ability to make things happen. What are you most excited about right now in the world of sustainability and regenerative development? The point that gives me hope is amazingly simple. It's the dramatic plummet in the cost of renewable energy where it's in many jurisdictions on a par with fossil fuels. So that's fantastic. It makes this transition off fossil fuels much more attractive than it was five or 10 years ago. And combined with that is the requirement for companies to be more transparent about their carbon footprint, led by investors and bankers who say that they need to know that in order to make a more informed decision about whether they want to put their money into a company, and it's not only the companies footprint, but it's supply chain or value chain footprint as well. So it's those two things, the drop in renewable energy and the demand for more transparency from investors and bankers, and they have a lot of influence on the mindset of businesses. What is one book you would recommend sustainability professionals read? I need to pick one that's not mine. Andrew Winston is an incredible author on the subject of the business relevance of sustainability. His original book, Green to Gold that he coauthored. I'd put at the top of my list. There are a couple that are a bit older, the Ecology of Commerce, that Paul Hawken wrote many years ago. His prose is as close to poetry as you can imagine. And he's just so good at expressing the obvious in terms of trying to get your attention. So those two books, Natural Capitalism is a bible for me. The one that Amory Lovins and Hunter Lovins and Paul Hawken wrote there. I've got a library surrounding me right now that are just phenomenal books. So, I'll stop there, but there's no lack of really, really good stuff in it there. What are some of your favorite resources or tools that really help you in the work that you do? I subscribed to a bunch of news clip services, Triple Pundit and Green Bizz, whole bunch of those. And that to me is a daily window into what's moving and shaking out there on the sustainability and business front. So, I use them as a lens as to what reports I want to drill down into what a book I want to take another look at what websites I want to track down. So, to me it's that window that's the most important resource. It's the news clips that gives you a nice little soundbite as to what's going on and then you can decide which of those are most relevant to the projects that you're working on at the time, Sustainable Brands, Environmental Leader, all excellent resources that give daily emails and all that great information on what's happening. I think there were about a dozen, I should probably check this out before this call, but there's a better, doesn't that I subscribed to and it doesn't take long. Just take a quick look at them, see which ones are of interest to you and it's a great reminder of how much is going on out there. It's very energizing. Yeah. And finally, where can our listeners go to learn more about you and your work? That's pretty straight forward the website to help people do that. So sustainabilityadvantage.com is my website. That gives a brief overview of the six books that I've written gives you a sense of some of the other resources that are available, some of the spreadsheets, some of the dashboards, some of the videos, most of which are free, uh, cause I really do think we need to be able to make it easier for people to access tools that are going to hopefully be useful to them. and, um, uh, yeah, that's a, that's a pretty good window into who I am, what I do, um, and resources that may be useful to people in, uh, in the work that they're doing.

How You Can Buy A Better World with Guest Andrew Winston

The Urban Monk Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2017 48:49

We make big fusses about political elections every couple of years. Beyond that many people think they aren't able to enact big changes on their own. But what about the choices we make every week regarding what we buy? A big power of the people is regarding the economy. The decisions on where we spend our money send big signals to big companies. To help distill how much power each citizen has, Andrew Winston joins today's program to discuss the thought process of companies as they observe and track spending. How does change from a citizenry affect corporations and how does that change affect actual policies? Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://well.org/subscribe Subscribe to The Urban Monk Podcast on iTunes: http://theurbanmonk.com/ Connect with us: http://well.org/ Facebook - http://well.org/facebook Twitter - http://well.org/twitter Pinterest - http://well.org/pinterest YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/user/wellchannel

Green Dude Andrew Winston on why sustainable business is more profitable

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2017 15:16

Green Dude Andrew Winston talks about why big business can not only be more sustainable, but why it's more profitable. We chat about the reality of the current administration's climate roll-backs and why we can be optimistic that renewable energy isn't going away.

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Ep 12: Corporate Social Responsibility with Andrew Winston (Winston Eco-Strategies)

Sustainability Defined

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2016 39:56

We know what you're thinking - "A socially responsible corporation? Surely you can't be serious." Well, we ARE serious, and stop calling us Shirley. Sustainability celeb Andrew Winston joins us to talk sustainability goal setting - what CSR is, why it matters, and how the world's biggest companies are incorporating it into their business models on a daily basis. ----------------------------- SustainabilityDefined is the podcast that seeks to define sustainability, one concept (and bad joke) at a time. Hosted by Jay Siegel and Scott Breen. Each episode focuses on a single topic that helps push sustainability forward. We explain each topic with the help of an experienced pro, place it within our organizational tree, and help our listeners define what exactly sustainability is, episode by episode. We have divided our organizational tree into the following seven sectors: Energy Cities Natural Environment Transportation Business Policy Social Each episode is categorized under one of our sectors and visually depicted within our organizational tree. The more episodes we complete, the more the tree will visually define what exactly sustainability means. www.sustainabilitydefined.com

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Heart of Prayer-Andrew Winston

Vital Church Columbus

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2016 38:56

Learn how to become a person after God's heart, by cultivating a life of prayer just like David.

Heart of Prayer-Andrew Winston

Vital Church Columbus

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2016 38:56

Learn how to become a person after God's heart, by cultivating a life of prayer just like David.

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002- How Competitors are Joining Forces to Address Mega Challenges

Science-Based Business Success Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2015 21:54

In this episode, Andrew Winston, author of “The Big Pivot,” talks about the impact of the sustainability challenges we face as a society on companies. He also describes the types of radical collaborations that companies are embracing to join forces against threats to a sustainable life on this planet. == Subscribe to the Quadrant II newsletter at www.fulcrumconnection.com to get a free white paper on 5 ways to improve creativity for innovation and bi-monthly social secrets to help you succeed in work and life.

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Podcast 400: Andrew Winston: Saving The Planet One Polar Bear At A Time

Business Coaching with Join Up Dots

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2015 60:22

Todays guest joining us on the Join Up Dots free podcast interview, is a globally recognized expert on how companies can navigate and profit from humanity's biggest challenges. What this means, is instead of going to work, and then coming home and focusing our efforts on being "green" and arranging our household activities on being green and protecting the planet, he says "why don't we do it all the time?" Why can companies do the same as we do personally, and focus their efforts on operating in a green way too. His views on strategy have been sought after by many of the world's leading companies, including Boeing, HP, J&J, Kimberly-Clark, PepsiCo, PwC, and Unilever. His first book, Green to Gold, was the topselling green business title of the last decade and was included in many all-time lists of 30 books that every manager should own. He is an author, Ted talk veteran, businessman and of course recognised expert across the world on this subject. So where did this realisation that companies can actually find a way to profit from being green, and the excesses of the past are not the way to go forward with an increasing profit sheet? And does he find his message, is getting easy to pass on nowadays, or is it still an up hill path that he is walking? Well let's bring onto the show to start joining up dots, as we discuss the words of Steve Jobs in todays free podcast, with the one and only Andrew Winston

Bert Martinez speaks w/ Tom Hopkins, Alan Parisse, Nikki Woods, Andrew Winston

MoneyForLunch

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2015 63:00

Tom Hopkins carries the standard as a master sales trainer and is recognized as the world's leading authority on selling techniques and salesmanship.Over 4 million people on five continents have attended Tom's high-energy live seminars. Tom personally conducts 30+ seminars each year traveling throughout the world. He is is the author of 17 books, including “How to Master the Art of Selling™,” which has sold over 1.6 million copies worldwide. He has also authored three selling-skills books in the popular “…for Dummies®” series Alan Parisse the only person alive on the planet from the investment business who is both a Hall of Fame Speaker and a Top 21 Speaker. His unique approach to coaching presenters has netted him legions of loyal protegees who have made him the go-to expert in his field. Let's learn some presentation tips from a master Nikki Woods Media is a social media & personal branding corporation that specializes in providing the tools, support and platforms for transforming writers into published authors. With more than 20 years of traditional media experience as a best-selling author, on-air personality and senior producer of the Tom Joyner Show, the most successful syndicated urban radio show in history, Woods has mastered Social Media as well reaching more than 10 million people daily Andrew Winston globally recognized expert on how companies can navigate and profit from humanity's biggest challenges. His first book, Green to Gold, was the top-selling green business title of the last decade, selling over 100,000 copies, all-time list of 30 books that every manager should own. His new book, The Big Pivot, provides a practical roadmap to help leaders build resilient, thriving companies and communities in a volatile world

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Millennials: The Core of the Clean Economy? Or Overhyped as the Green Generation?

The Energy Gang

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2014 44:44

Depending on your perspective, Millenials are either the most globally aware, technologically savvy generation or the most distracted, dependent, self-obsessed generation. For many, those feelings about Millenials extend to the environment. Some criticize their surface-level engagement and say young people mistake Facebook “likes” and virtual signatures for actual action. Others believe Millenials are much more sophisticated about the environment, pointing to the surge in green MBAs and cleantech startups working to solve big problems. In this week’s podcast, we’ll be joined by guest co-host Andrew Winston, author of “The Big Pivot,” to debate the role of Millenials in the clean economy. At the top of the show, we’ll discuss the correlation between corporate environmental strategy and rankings for the top-50 most innovative companies in the world. And then we’ll also chat about how the elections may impact utilities around the country. You can check out our live podcast on November 18 in San Francisco at ACEEE’s Intelligent Efficiency conference: bit.ly/1wvgv5x And don’t forget to fill out our short listener survey: svy.mk/1rCT4HH This podcast is brought to you by SMA, the world's leading solar inverter manufacturer. With more than 850 service experts, 90 service hubs, 30-plus gigawatts installed globally and thousands of commercial and utility projects completed worldwide, SMA is the partner of choice for your PV projects. The Energy Gang is produced by Greentechmedia.com. The show features weekly discussion between energy futurist Jigar Shah, energy policy expert Katherine Hamilton and Greentech Media Editor Stephen Lacey.

Green Dudes: Andrew Winston on Climate Summit 2014

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2014 20:45

Our second discussion with Andrew Winston, author and green business strategist talks about the Climate Week and the UN Climate Summit and what it all means.

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Green Divas Radio Show: Andrew Winston