This time I'm super excited to be joined by Anna Sturtivant, a sustainability practitioner with experience in consulting, central government and now a Sustainability Manager at the BBC.

I was really interested to dig into the particular challenges facing large and complex organisations when it comes to creating traction for carbon reduction activity - we discuss the importance of relationships, language and stories, and why you should make friends with your internal comms team!

Take a listen wherever you get your podcasts to find out more!

Things mentioned in the show:
Richard Tetlow's EngD research - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Richard-Tetlow

Website: https://www.hut22.co.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-couling/

Music credits:
March of the Bold by Balloon Planet (via Artlist.io)
Check out their stuff here: https://soundcloud.com/balloon-planet

In this episode I'm thrilled to be joined by my old colleague, Cat Hirst.

A sustainability lifer, Cat published her book 'A Regenerative Mindset' last year to cement her place as one of the growing band of expert practitioners who believe sustainability as we know it isn't enough to bring the world back into balance.

In this fascinating episode, we explore what it means for a business to be regenerative, planetary boundaries and why we need to leave the Earth better than we found it. We also get into why a shift of mindset is critical to achieving a regenerative future and the very broad benefits of such a transition.

Things mentioned in the show:
A Regenerative Mindset (Cat's book): https://tinyurl.com/ye7j2ybh
Beyond Sustainability (Cat's company): Home - Beyond Sustainability (beyond-sustainability.co.uk)
Johan Rockström TED Talk: https://tinyurl.com/ycka53vc
Ask Nature website: Innovation Inspired by Nature — AskNature
Start with Why (book by Simon Sinek): Start With Why Book | Simon Sinek - Simon Sinek
On Art and Life (book by John Ruskin): https://tinyurl.com/2ks9mym4
The Regenerative Business (book by Carol Sanford): https://tinyurl.com/5bd7f2mb

Website: https://www.hut22.co.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-couling/

Music credits:
March of the Bold by Balloon Planet (via Artlist.io)
Check out their stuff here: https://soundcloud.com/balloon-planet

In this episode, I chat to Elina Grigoriou owner and Design and Sustainability Director of Grigoriou Interiors, and the chair of the new Ska Rating board.

We explore some great new research, recently published, on the up-front carbon in Cat B fit-outs - an often poorly represented and therefore frequently ignored part of a building's overall carbon impact. We talk about Elina's upbringing in Greece, her career-long involvement with Ska (the only assessment framework dedicated to fit-outs) and why it's the decision that's sustainable or not rather than the product.

Elina's stint as a professional basketball player also gets a mention, but I had to let that slide in the interests of time!

Links mentioned in the show:
Grigoriou Interiors: https://grigoriou.co.uk/
Ska Rating: https://skarating.org/
Cat B carbon research, Part 1: https://tinyurl.com/4wtykre3
Cat B carbon research, Part 2: https://tinyurl.com/bdfzfdyz
Net Zero Carbon Building Standard: https://www.nzcbuildings.co.uk/
Regenerative by Design (book by Dave Cheshire): https://tinyurl.com/222kvw47

Website: https://www.hut22.co.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-couling/

Music credits:
March of the Bold by Balloon Planet (via Artlist.io)
Check out their stuff here: https://soundcloud.com/balloon-planet