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We need to achieve net-zero emissions by mid-century to avoid catastrophic climate change, and business plays a big part in meeting this goal. Join 100% Renewables’ Co-CEO Barbara Albert as she interviews senior decision-makers from organizations leading the way on climate action. If you want to hear best practice stories of how other businesses drive net profit with zero emissions, this show is for you.
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Send us a text “We have been monitoring the commitments of local governments in Australia since 2017. We've recently updated the ambitious commitments and found that, in total, 165 Councils out of 537 local governments in Australia have made commitments to net zero emissions. This number covers 31% of all councils. NSW takes the lead in terms of th…
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Send us a text "Let's turn our attention to what we want and need our data to be. We all know data is essential for climate action, but let's be honest, it's so tough to get together data that's accurate, reliable, complete, and assurance-ready. It's particularly tricky if you're creating a carbon footprint for the first time." In this special epis…
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Send us a text “Find out what you really want to do in life and get clear around that. What's the thing for you that your mind can conceive and your heart believe you can achieve?” In this special edition of the 'Driving Net Profit with Zero Emissions' podcast, we feature a live discussion with Creel Price, a pioneering venture capitalist and leade…
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Send us a text “It is about understanding the low-hanging fruit and working on that. You don't have to change everything overnight. Yes, to do something like going carbon neutral, you have to be able to commit to buying offsets and not every business has that ability. So, the aim is to reduce your emissions first so that you have to buy less offset…
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Send us a text “It's called a crisis for a reason, and the sooner we can do things, the better. I think the education that I got through this process was that we are already at a point that is very difficult. So now we all have to get on board. You know, now I look at the world slightly differently when I travel myself, I look at what other people …
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Send us a text “It doesn’t make sense to go carbon neutral and purchase carbon offsets that might be dodgy. The purpose of achieving carbon neutrality is that you want to prove to the marketplace that you care about the environment and that you are taking a stand against climate change. You don’t want to open yourself up to reputational damage. “ I…
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Send us a text “I think authenticity is really important. It's nice to look and learn from what other people are doing, but follow your own normative compass. Follow the path that looks right for you and your organisation, and just work your way through it, step by step. Be ready to have ethically defensible strategies when operating in areas that …
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Send us a text “One of the most impactful things we can do if you're passionate about climate change is to support politics. It's striking at the root of what needs to be done to make sure that the people who are working on the policies are going to drive this transformation. If we don't have the right people working at the root in favour of this, …
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Send us a text “We don't have to worry about the next quarterly cycle, like public companies do. We can take judgments that transcend that cycle, understanding that seasons and natural systems produce variable results. We've made a judgment to leave a whole bunch of fish uncaught, with a negative impact on profitability, and we've made that call ba…
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Send us a text “One of the things that we've also done is put in an internal carbon price. We'll be using that in modelling all our CapEx decisions and strategy to understand the impacts of various decisions on our targets and the financial return. The CFOs of our businesses saw immediately how that process could help us achieve our goals and what …
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Send us a text In this special podcast episode, we speak with three people with significant experience in the transport sector, coming from the car manufacturing perspective, the policy perspective, and the motorist's perspective - Scott Nargar, David Malicki and Nikesh Murali. In this episode, we talk about how transport emissions can be reduced, …
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Send us a text This is part 2 of a special podcast recording based on a webinar that Barbara Albert, our Co-CEO, ran under the Entrepreneur’s Program to explain the fundamentals of Net Zero to Australian small and medium-sized businesses. In the first part of the recording, Barbara introduced carbon accounting, carbon scopes, calculating your carbo…
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Send us a text This podcast episode is sponsored by AusIndustry, a Commonwealth Government program, which helps eligible businesses strengthen, grow and innovate, and develop and commercialise new ideas and products – locally, nationally and globally. The program also helps businesses achieve net zero via support from consultancies such as 100% Ren…
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Send us a text In this podcast episode, we speak with Emma Bombonato, Environmental Sustainability Manager of Sydney Opera House. The Opera House is the nation’s premier tourist destination and one of the world’s busiest performing arts centres. Being a carbon neutral organisation under Climate Active since 2018, the Sydney Opera House builds on a …
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Send us a text In this podcast episode, we speak with Rob Waterworth, CEO of FLINTpro and the Mullion Group. The Mullion Group is a global software and consulting company, highly sought after for its expertise in greenhouse gas inventory systems for the land sector. We talk about carbon emissions and removals in the land sector such as carbon seque…
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Send us a text “Rewiring a community means electrifying the majority of the households, the vehicles, the water heaters, the space heaters, the kitchens, and powering it with a mix of rooftop solar, community renewables, and grid-based renewables, all backed up by batteries everywhere. This is a pathway to zero emissions, better public health, hous…
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Send us a text In this podcast episode, we speak with Adrian Minshull, co-founder, CEO and Managing Director of the Hydroflux Group, one of Australia’s fastest growing and leading specialist water and wastewater solutions providers and Julia Seddon, CEO and Director of Cress Consulting, a subsidiary of the Hydroflux group. We talk about the group’s…
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Send us a text In this podcast episode, we speak with Jaana Quaintance-James, the Chief Sustainability Officer of Global Fashion Group. Global Fashion Group, or GFG for short, serves customers in 17 countries and connects one billion potential consumers with thousands of global, local and own brands via its e-commerce platforms. We talk about GFG’s…
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Send us a text In this podcast episode, we interview two outstanding behavioural scientists - Dr Juliette Tobias-Webb and Dr Philipe Bujold. We are going to investigate how behavioural science can help drive net profit with zero emissions. We look into how organisations can inspire and motivate their employees, suppliers and customers to make and s…
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Send us a text In this episode, we speak with Lion, one of Australia’s largest brewers to hear more about their climate change targets and their journey towards net-zero emissions. We talk about Lion’s carbon footprint in Australia and globally, including their scopes 1, 2 and 3 for their operations and supply chain emissions and what measures they…
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Send us a text “I think it’s justified that the built environment moves much more quickly. Rather than casting out long-term scenarios, for many sectors of the economy, the question should be, why not net-zero today? If not, why not?”, argues Bruce Precious in today’s episode, which discusses the question of how the built environment can achieve ne…
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Send us a text Transitioning to net-zero is now prominent on the agenda in many boardrooms. As more companies embark on their sustainability journey, the challenge many face is whether to talk about it and how and when to meaningfully engage with stakeholders. In this episode, we are talking to Robyn Sefiani, CEO of Sefiani Communications Group. Ro…
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Send us a text As more and more services are being offered digitally and more and more devices become connected, the carbon footprint of data centres, which host digital infrastructure, is growing rapidly. In this episode, we are speaking with Craig Scroggie, the CEO and Managing Director of NEXTDC, a leading data centre provider in Australia. As w…
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Send us a text Revolving Energy Funds are a great mechanism to finance climate action strategies. They are a self-sustaining funding mechanism, which you start with seed capital that you invest in sustainability projects, such as energy efficiency, water conservation, or solar projects, for example. The fund’s unique feature is that you return savi…
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Send us a text Are you working for a business who wants to commit to, or has already committed to net zero emissions? Do you want to hear best practice stories of how other businesses are meeting this challenge? Hi, I’m Patrick Denvir, Co-CEO of 100% Renewables, a consultancy specialising in the development of climate action strategies. Join us on …
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