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Transforming Tomorrow

The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business

Sustainability is a key consideration for any contemporary business, from biodiversity to modern slavery, seabeds to factory floors. On Transforming Tomorrow, we’ll guide you through the complex, ever-changing and often exciting (yes, really!!) world of sustainability in business. Alongside members of the Pentland Centre, academic experts, and business leaders, we cover the theory and practice of mainstreaming social and environmental sustainability into purposeful business strategy and

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00:51:44

Space Weather

Transforming Tomorrow ·

2025/10/06

What’s the weather like in space? This isn’t the British obsession with the weather gone made, it really exists!It may not be covered in the TV forecasts, but it affects our lives – and on technology. This is not Michael Fish and telling us about rain on Mars, or storms on Jupiter, but how solar activity influences us on earth. Jim Wild is President-Elect of the Royal Astronomical Society and a Professor of Space Physics at Lancaster University, and is perfectly placed to tell us all about

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00:36:32

Sustainability Inspiration, Optimism – and the...

Transforming Tomorrow ·

2025/07/14

It has been a turbulent nine months for the world of sustainability – and for Transforming Tomorrow. So, what have we learned?Paul and Jan look back over the series and discover themes that run through our guests’ thoughts on sustainability – whether they were with us to talk about plastics or biodiversity, Morecambe Bay or Malaysia. It’s a chance to talk about how things have already changed since we talked to some guests and pick out our favourite moments from a packed series. We

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00:42:27

A Return to Biodiversity

Transforming Tomorrow ·

2025/07/07

You might not see climate change on your doorstep every day, but you can see biodiversity loss. Find out what businesses are doing to address biodiversity concerns, and how they can be helped to improve their actions. Dr Michael Burgass is from Biodiversify, a consultancy company that uses cutting-edge science to develop biodiversity strategies for some of the world’s largest companies. He has long been interested in how people interact with their environment. As businesses have become more

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00:42:07

Sustainability Transformation in Universities

Transforming Tomorrow ·

2025/06/30

Discover how you can embed sustainability across a Higher Education organisation.Dr Alex Ryan, Director and Founder of Learning Energy, returns to her old Lancaster University haunts to tell us about her work inside and outside universities on the ‘great big gobbling monster’ of sustainability. Alex helps people and organisations address sustainability challenges: work is not always easy. We discuss the evolution of understanding and action in universities over the last 20 years; the

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00:46:56

Antimicrobial Resistance

Transforming Tomorrow ·

2025/06/23

Antibiotics have been around for hundreds of thousands of years – no, we didn’t know that either! They are harmful to bacteria, and without them we would have a world where life is much harder.But in recent decades, overuse of antibiotics has led to the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This evolutionary response has been accelerated as humans have developed more and more antibiotics – leading to a biological arms race. Dr Oskar Nyberg, from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and

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00:43:53

Cultural Sustainability

Transforming Tomorrow ·

2025/06/16

Culture is visibly lacking from the Sustainable Development Goals – but why? History, tourism, the arts, and even video games all have a part to play in the sustainability picture, so we need to consider the sector’s importance.Dr Chiara Donelli, from the University of Venezia, is an expert in cultural sustainability and she is here to keep us informed. She explains why culture does not have a specific SDG assigned to it, how it fits into the big picture, and how it has been involved in

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00:40:40

Global Entrepreneurship and Sustainability

Transforming Tomorrow ·

2025/06/09

If you carry out fascinating work on entrepreneurship and sustainability, you still need for people to understand it.Professor Sreevas Sahasranamam, from the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow, pipped Jan and Paul to the Management Publication of the Year Award – but do they hold a grudge? No, they don’t! Sreevas is a keen proponent of communicating research and expertise in novel and accessible ways. His blogs aim to reach and engage policymakers and government, as well

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00:30:38

Designing Sustainability into Your Business

Transforming Tomorrow ·

2025/06/02

What is the reality for a small business when it comes to adopting sustainable practices? How hard is it to turn ideals into practical applications?In the first of our Local Heroes episodes, Steve Parkman, from Cumbrian design studio 42 Creative Thinking talks us through the changes he has made to his company’s operations to make it more sustainable. Steve has been part of the Transforming Tomorrow journey since before it was a podcast, and he discusses his learning journey in both design

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00:47:58

A Beginner's Guide to Servitization

Transforming Tomorrow ·

2025/05/26

What is servitization? Could it be the future for more businesses? How does it link to productivity and sustainability? And why is it spelt with a z? We answer at least three of these questions as we explore an area that is relevant to giant global corporations and small businesses alike.What if, instead of a crane, you charge by the number of lifts it carries out; if instead of selling a physical tyre, you provide a certain amount of miles; if a company offers you so many air miles from an

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00:34:01

The Fall and Rise of the Sleeper Train

Transforming Tomorrow ·

2025/05/19

A location for romance, violence or murder – sleeper trains in film and fiction are always places for drama. But the reality may be somewhat different.As a sustainable travel option that is enjoying a resurgence in Europe – and, perhaps surprisingly, in China – they link big cities and are evolving to meet modern needs. Lancaster University Management School Marketing Lecturer Dr Nicole Bulawa may never have taken the midnight train to Georgia, but her work on sleeper trains tells her that

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00:30:57

PRME and Sustainability Education in Malaysia

Transforming Tomorrow ·

2025/05/12

How can we educate university students around the world on important sustainability topics? You cannot talk to them all in the same way as those in other countries – because different countries and cultures have different attitudes and priorities.Dr Stephen Homer has gone from being a commercial fisherman and a fishmonger to a leader on sustainability education at Sunway Business School in Malaysia, inspired by his experiences before moving into academia. He tells us all about the Principles

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00:34:51

Inclusivity and Inequalities

Transforming Tomorrow ·

2025/05/05

Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity have become dirty words in some quarters recently. But not on Transforming Tomorrow.We want to talk about the need for greater gender equality in business, the challenges the movement is encountering in the face of Donald Trump and other vocal critics, and how Malaysia measures up when it comes to EDI. Sunway University’s Professor Yuka Fujimoto has spent years travelling from country to country and has built and interest and expertise on diversity and

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00:53:00

Sunway, ASEAN and Tackling Inequality

Transforming Tomorrow ·

2025/04/28

Economic inequality from childhood impacts on all aspects of life, affecting work prospects, educational attainment, and health outcomes. Reducing inequality, therefore, is central to building a better future for millions of people.From the site of a former mining operation just outside Kuala Lumpur, we are joined by Professor Mahendhiran Sanggaran to discuss how the location is now home to Sunway University, a leading light in Malaysian sustainability research and development for more than

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00:41:43

Malaysia’s Sustainability Ambitions

Transforming Tomorrow ·

2025/04/21

We’re by the pool in the Malaysian sunshine. But we’re not here to sunbathe – we’re talking all things sustainability in a country with challenges both familiar and foreign to Western Europe.Jan’s ‘academic granddaughter’ Dr Ann Marie Sidhu is a chartered accountant who works with business and government in Malaysia on the challenges of meeting the Sustainable Development Goals. We discuss what Government and industry in Malaysia need to do to achieve the SDGs – especially energy transition

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00:49:35

Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0

Transforming Tomorrow ·

2025/04/14

It’s time to look to the future and consider what comes next for society and industry.Dr Rebecca Liu, from Lancaster University Management School’s Department of Marketing, and Steve Kremer, from consultancy Periphas, who specialise in connecting technology innovators, join us to discuss Society 5.0 and Industry 5.0. Both concepts envision the world’s next evolution. This means a vision of a super-smart society, where smart tech is integrated into every aspect, serving the needs of humanity,

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00:31:38

Learning to Sleep Hungry

Transforming Tomorrow ·

2025/04/07

Not everyone takes breakfast, lunch and dinner for granted. For millions, there is no guarantee of where their next meal will come from, or its quality.Biraj Patnaik, Executive Director of the National Foundation for India, introduces us to the concepts and realties food poverty and food inequality, and how his organisation works with communities on the margins of Indian society towards enabling social justice. We discuss how and why the right to food has been part of legislative discourse

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00:46:50

The Public and The Private

Transforming Tomorrow ·

2025/03/31

Are you a public or a private person? Or maybe a bit of both? It’s not always easy to say.The same goes for how we characterise the public and private sectors. The private sector goes beyond a simple characterisation of making a profit – and the public sector beyond providing services for people. The boundaries are blurring – where do the public and private sectors meet, and how does their symbiotic relationship work? Dr Martin Quinn is a Reader in OWT – which in his northern brogue suggests

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00:35:09

The Next Generation

Transforming Tomorrow ·

2025/03/24

Young people are bombarded with a huge number of issues – from cost-of-living to the challenge of finding employment, an ever-changing global political landscape to inclusion. Where does sustainability fit into the mix?Darren Axe, Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS)’s International Membership and Engagement Manager, has an ironic name given he has planted many trees during his career – and surely no-one has ever mentioned it! We discuss the work of SOS in the UK and across their

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00:33:32

How to Teach Sustainability

Transforming Tomorrow ·

2025/03/17

How do we educate the next generation on sustainability? How do we help them think of themselves as citizens of ‘one world’? What are their – and our – responsibilities as future responsible leaders?Dr Jose Alcaraz-Barriga, from Lancaster University Leipzig, tell us how he teaches his students to connect business activities with the planet’s future. Jose takes his own knowledge on planetary boundaries and the Anthropocene and applies it in his teaching to ensure young people are not

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00:28:01

Hosting Green Events

Transforming Tomorrow ·

2025/03/10

Can a big in-person event be sustainable? Or do all events need to move online? Do you spend your time at parties wondering how sustainable it is – and how it could be better? Hilary Barraclough oversees events organisation across Lancaster University, and she and her team try to make them as sustainable as possible. From promoting sustainable travel to and from venues, to ensuring lower levels of food waste from catering – and increasing the amount of vegan and vegetarian food being served,

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