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Episode 218: What's next for sustainability careers, capitalism in a 'world on fire'

May 1, 2020

By Heather Clancy and Joel Makower
Plus, the role of sustainable finance in the COVID-19 recovery.
Coyuchi products on display in its 2nd Home store in Point Reyes, California.

Coyuchi, full circularity and the challenge of textile recycling

April 29, 2020

By Deonna Anderson
The home textiles company — and other players in the textile recycling space — want to show what's possible.

How the Levi Strauss Foundation takes on social justice issues

April 23, 2020

WithDaniel Lee and Marc Gunther

Daniel Lee, executive director of the Levi Strauss Foundation, joined veteran journalist Marc Gunther for a conversation about how the foundation has worked on social justice issues for well over a century. In those years, the foundation has largely focused its philanthropic efforts on protecting the marginalized.

Student activists with placards at the February 2020 Youth Strike 4 Climate demonstration rally at Parliament Square, in protest of the government's lack of action on climate change in the U.K.

Youth lead the Earth Day digital strike

April 22, 2020

By Deonna Anderson
Social distancing measures are in place but these organizations are still engaging in collective action.
Person putting diaper in trash bin filled with more diapers

Dyper and TerraCycle make composting diapers accessible

April 10, 2020

By Deonna Anderson
Leaders from the two companies hope others will be inspired to do more to reuse or compost their products.
Customers and staff in a busy clothing shop

IKEA, Nordstrom, Walgreens on the many opportunities for circularity in retail

March 27, 2020

By Deonna Anderson
From recipes for recommerce to changing packaging ingredients, the retail sector is integral to adoption of the circular economy. Don't expect a cookie-cutter approach.
One person handing another person food on a white plate

Sodexo doubles down on food recovery as clients shut doors amid pandemic

March 26, 2020

By Deonna Anderson
With school closures and companies mandating employees to work from home, the facilities management company's food waste reduction efforts have even more relevance.
Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac, authors of "The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis."

Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac: 'Every day is a chance that will not come again'

March 7, 2020

By Deonna Anderson
As the U.N. negotiators behind the Paris Agreement, Figueres and Rivett-Carnac have done a lot of work together. We caught up with them about their latest collaboration, a book called "The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis."

Bayer's Gabriela Burian: Empower farmers to address hunger

March 4, 2020

WithDeonna Anderson and Gabriela Burian

Gabriela Burian, senior director of sustainable food systems at Bayer, says that hunger is an issue that the company is trying to combat.

"Our goal is to make sure we empower especially farmers that are very small across the world and farmers that don't have access to technology or to information," Burian says.

'The encyclopedia of GM': ESG reporting provides insights for business transformation

March 4, 2020

WithJim Giles and Sharon Basel

Sharon Basel, senior manager of sustainability at General Motors, works a lot on the company's environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting. "I think it's a really important thing not to be taken lightly," she says. "A lot of people inside of General Motors call it the encyclopedia of GM, and I think how we portray what our mission is and how we're all marching towards a vision that we have for the company becomes really evident in that reporting."