Our first in-person podcast was with Jarnae Leslie, who gave us a flavour of academia in sustainability, teaching young people and an insight on what she has learnt as a member of the Transdisciplinary School at UTS! Listen more in a fascinating conversation about: - How Local Government Agencies communicate waste targets and why systems thinking is needed - Breaking down systems thinking and what a 'Creative Intelligence' degree is about - Why ambiguity is good for Transdisciplinary and what it...
Sep 12, 2023•55 min•Season 4Ep. 6
We're around halfway through Season 4 already, and what line up we've had! There's a high chance you've heard of the SDGs and in this episode we spoke to a man at the heart of them Paul Newnham , Executive Director of the SDG2 Advocacy Hub . Paul and Vis had an engaging conversation, from early days in Bangladesh and being a self-confessed "troublemaker" to his impactful role in transforming food systems - collaborating with governments, NGOs and the private sector as we aim to eradicate hunger!...
Aug 29, 2023•49 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Welcome back to Season 4! In this episode, we are joined with the amazing Camille Goldstone-Henry , the CEO and Co-Founder of Xylo Systems , a cloud-based platform that makes it easier to manage and measure biodiversity impacts. The story of Xylo Systems began when Camille and fellow Co-Founder Jada met, and both had the innovative idea to creating effective impact for biodiversity and how environmental workers and researchers track and use data in the natural environment. Since then, the platfo...
Jul 27, 2023•53 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Welcome back to Season 4! Vis and Angela are back for another goodie and we have two founders on the show - Kimihiro Katsumi (aka Kimmy) and Riho Matsumaru ! Back in June 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, Kimmy and Riho founded allesgood - an online service that helps up-and-coming professionals make their way into the sustainability space, and supports ESG-focused organisations hire their target recruit. They focus on their main product ' Ethical Shukatsu ', which translates to 'ethical job-hunting'. Prett...
Jul 11, 2023•49 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Welcome back to Season 4! In this episode, we are joined with the legendary Scott Penton from The Freedom Hub , an innovative organisation aiming to create a world of freedom by ending all forms of modern slavery! Scott is the Ethical Business Lead of The Freedom Hub, and is passionate about human rights and fighting against modern slavery. He speaks about what modern slavery is (including an interesting eye-opening moment he recalled that happened in the lead up to the start of the Modern Slave...
Jun 30, 2023•53 min•Season 4Ep. 2
The episode was so good, and went way longer than we thought- we had to split into TWO parts! So welcome back to the second part of the first episode of the season! Angela and Vis are joined with Nina Gbor , a passionate sustainability advocate, speaker, educator and writer. Nina is the founder and owner of EcoStyles, an online platform that allows her to express her fashion identity and write about her passions in the sustainable and ethical fashion industry. In this part, we speak to Nina abou...
Jun 22, 2023•35 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Hello everyone, and welcome to Season 4! We have come so far in this journey and we are so happy to be back for another season! Join Angela and Vis speak with Nina Gbor , an award-winning sustainability advocate, ethical fashion speaker, climate activist, writer and educator. Nina is the founder and owner of Eco Styles, and is a lecturer in Sustainable & Ethical Fashion, spreading her knowledge and speaking her passionate voice in the field at universities around Australia. Not only do we ta...
Jun 15, 2023•37 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Imagine getting the smartest student minds together and getting them to solve the most pressing sustainability issues? Crazy right! That's exactly what our friends at the University of Queensland Innovation and Entrepreneurship (UQIES) did with the Sustainability Innovation Challenge, one fine weekend in April! We got the chance to interview some of the brightest hackathoners, solving problems with Nature-Based Solutions and also Regenerative Agriculture: - Hein Reitmann (https://www.linkedin.co...
Jun 05, 2023•41 min
In our final fifth episode of the Greenfluence x R(3)-Calibrate mini series, Angela and Pavina speak to the wonderful Shreya Ghodawat; the founder of Sustainable Guides and an ambassador for three global organisations: Top Tier Impact, Global Shapers, and She Changes Climate. An advocate for increased women representation in the climate change space, and an impact entrepreneur at heart, it comes as no surprise that Shreya is passionate about having a positive planet and seeks to help shape commu...
Apr 26, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Ep 4 - Building an AI-Powered Decarbonisation Platform In episode 4, Pavina and Shri sit down with Jorge, VP of Engineering and Data Science at UnravelCarbon. Hop on to this week’s pod and learn all about: Jorge’s journey and experience leading and scaling data and engineering teams at companies whose products impact millions of people. Jorge’s journey as a founder and what he learnt along the way. Unravel Carbon is an AI-powered decarbonization platform that helps companies track, reduce, and r...
Mar 29, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In episode 3, Pavina and Shri sit down with Dr Martin Zhu to learn about i2Cool. Hop on to this week’s pod and learn all about: In Hong Kong, buildings consume over 90% of total electricity, and about 60% of the building energy consumption comes from AC. More specially, HK buildings have a high window-wall ratio, so more than 50% of the heat loss and gain is through windows. i2Cool is an environment-friendly passive radiative cooling paint which is patented in Hong Kong. The paint features the e...
Mar 15, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In episode 2, Visakhan, Pavina, Angela and Shrishti sit down and chat about last year’s COP27. Hop on to this week’s pod and learn all about: - Providing a space for youth and children to share their voices about sustainability and climate change with the introduction of the Children and Youth Pavilion. - More needs to be done to provide a space of gender diverse folk and women to be active members in this discussion. - How finance can provide innovative aid for nations and reducing climate debt...
Feb 24, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In episode 1, Vis and Pavina sit down with Marie, the Founding Partner at Wavemaker Impact. Wavemaker Impact (WMi) is the first VC backed climate venture builder in SouthEast Asia. WMi co-founds sustainability-focused businesses with proven entrepreneurs. Their goal is to reduce 10% of the global carbon budget by 2035. WMi provides the opportunity areas, domain expertise, corporate partnerships and capital to launch and accelerate an experienced founder’s next climate tech venture. Hop on to thi...
Feb 08, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 1
In episode 11, Angela and Shri sit down with Gordon, the Founder and CEO of Good On You. Good on You is the world's leading sustainability rating system for fashion brands. It’s brand directory and blog make sustainable fashion choices easy for millions of people around the world. Hop on to this week’s pod and learn all about: - How GOY measures a brand’s sustainability efforts through three main criteria - People, Planet & Animals - Gordon’s takeaway from attending the Fashion Declares Pane...
Nov 10, 2022•52 min•Season 3Ep. 11
In episode 10, Vis chats with Lars, the Sustainability Manager at Planet Protector Packaging the pod. Planet Protector Packaging is a distributor of sustainable, recyclable, biodegradable and compostable insulated packaging solutions made from wool. Amongst the many awards PPP has been a reciepent of, the Founder and CEO Joanne Howarth has been awarded the 2020 Cartier Women’s Initiative, Australia’s First Laureate. Hop on to this week’s pod and learn all about: - Why has polystyrene been used s...
Nov 03, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 10
In episode 9, Shri chats with Antonio Pantalone, Founder of Advanced Simplicity on the pod about all this. With almost two decades of business experience, Antonio has consulted and advised businesses and governments globally. Advanced Simplicity focuses on a range of services that provide consultation and solutions for including; Environmental remediation, Water Management, Energy Management, Waste Management and Crisis Management. Hop on to this week’s pod and learn all about: - Antonio’s backg...
Oct 27, 2022•51 min•Season 3Ep. 9
In episode 8, Vis chats with Yesha, Founder of after on the pod about all things fast fashion. after collaborates with global recyclers who share the same vision and passion to practice zero waste. Why? The fashion industry emits 1.2 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent a year, which is more than the shipping and aviation industries combined. They believe that the global problem of textile waste can be best solved by international collaboration. They have partnered with Material Library of India tak...
Oct 21, 2022•49 min•Season 3Ep. 8
This week your co-hosts Angela & Shri are joined by Andrew Vild, Business Development APAC from Kuva Space. Kuva space is building the next generation of extensive, small and resource efficient Hyperspectral CubeSats. They have a goal to build 100 extensive constellation of hyperspectral satellites by 2030. Why? To enable access to Green Data® insights (hyperspectral space-borne data insights) multiple times a day to improve life on earth. Typical satellites are hundreds of kilos and cost ar...
Oct 13, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 7
This week your hosts Vis and Shri are joined by the one and only Director of Climate Tech Ecosystems Charlotte Connell and Program Manager Olivia Utharntharm from Climate Salad! We would like to extend a shoutout to our friends at Climate Salad for being so supportive throughout our journey. For those who are not familiar with Climate Salad, they are a network of climate tech entrepreneurs, scientists, investors and mentors. They provide a wide range of tools, events, news and reviews from aroun...
Oct 07, 2022•58 min•Season 3Ep. 6
This week we have a special podcast for you! Listen in to our live showcase panel we had three weeks ago that included some of our incredible podcast guests. 🚀 Tune in to this episode to learn all about: Olivia Utharntharm, Program Manager at Climate Salad Ashley Baxter, Founder of Monty Compost Co Deen Rad, Impact Investment Associate at For Purpose Investment Partners Learn about their journey into the roles they have now and the amazing impact they are creating. Olivia: Olivia Utharntharm | ...
Sep 27, 2022•46 min•Season 3Ep. 5
We’ve all heard of the UN SDGs but what are they and how can they be applied into an organisation? Tune in to this week’s podcast with your host Shri as she sits down with Giles Gunesekera to find out more! Giles is the founder of Global Impact Initiative(Gii), which has been an UN Global Compact Lead for the third year in a row. Tune in to the podcast to learn all about: Giles and his journey into impact investing How Gii makes impact through education, innovative advice & impact investment...
Sep 22, 2022•54 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Oh do we have an episode packed for you! Your host Shri chats with Florian Graichen, the GM of forest to biobased products at Scion from New Zealand and one of LinkedIn’s Top Green Voices. Scion is a Crown research institute that specialises in research, science and technology development for the forestry, wood product, wood-derived materials, and other biomaterial sectors. In this episode we uncover Graichen’s vast experience spanning from his roles as a PHD candidate in chemistry, senior resea...
Sep 07, 2022•45 min•Season 3Ep. 3
In Episode 2 we continue the conversation around circular economy, as your host Shri chats with the founder of Monty Compost Co, Ashley Baxter! Monty Compost Co is a Brisbane-based agri hardtech startup dedicated to building hardware and software technology for monitoring and managing compost. In this episode we uncover the dirty truth about the way society composts now, effective methods of composting and the story of Monty, its founder, and its successes. With its vision to make to make the wo...
Aug 23, 2022•58 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Welcome to Season 3! In our first episode, Shri and Vis had the pleasure of talking with Arron Wood, the founder of the award winning national environmental program Kids Teaching Kids, and National Director of External Affairs at Clean Energy Council. Arron holds an Order of Australia Medal (AM) for significant contribution to local government, environment and the community, he also is at the forefront renewable energy policy in Australia. Arron has had a multi-decade long journey in sustainabil...
Aug 09, 2022•49 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Attention Greenfluencers!! We have reached the end of Season 2! To cap off an awesome season, Shri and Vis talked to Arj and Ally - the amazing co-founders of Inaam - an impact investing app, giving you say in social causes you're passionate about. This was a very passionate and insightful conversation, where we talked about the Inaam story, diversity in VC and how to measure impact!
Jul 13, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 9
In Episode 8 we are continuing with our conversation with Anne-Marie Elias, the CEO of Bekcon Capital. Your hosts are Vis and Adrienna. Get keen for more insights into how we can make a real and powerful impact to help our communities!
Jun 17, 2022•35 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Our guest for this episode is Anne-Marie Elias, the CEO at Beckon Capital. Anne-Marie is an incredibly passionate, driven and compassionate person who is all about getting capital and capability to where it matters most. She deeply cares about people and helping those who are in need and you’ll definitely be able to hear this when she speaks. Anne-Marie disrupts the system to create and enable innovation to help make the world a better place! This is an amazing episode and part 1 of 2 parts! Fee...
Jun 09, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 7
In this episode Maya and Shri sit down with Tom McQuillen the principal of ReGen Ventures. Tom is very passionate about helping startups and the planet and ReGen is all about partnering with founders who are "daring to build companies that will restore our planet." It’s a really insightful episode and Tom has some fantastic stories to share that I hope will encourage you.
May 26, 2022•48 min•Season 2Ep. 6
In this episode we have a new host joining us, Shri, our Greenfluence publications and partnerships lead! Shri is an amazing person who is passionate about sustainability and it’s awesome to have her hosting the podcast for the first time! ‘ Our guest for this episode is Kiya Taylor who is very involved and experienced in clean tech, renewable energy and fostering communities. It’s such a privilege to have her share insights into her career path, the future of energy and advice on how we can all...
May 10, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Hey Greenfluencers! In this episode, our host, Vis, sits down with Sanaya Khisty, the Chief Strategy Officer at Beyond Zero Emissions ('BZE'). BZE is an independent Australian think tank. Their solutions are helping to accelerate Australia towards a prosperous zero-emissions economy. Sanaya shares her journey into the sustainability space which will be especially insightful for people who want to get into sustainability and are currently studying or working in politics or law as she completed a ...
Apr 29, 2022•37 min•Season 2Ep. 4
