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Sustainable Matters

Sustainable Matters is a show for anyone interested in sustainability, hosted by former BBC environment correspondent Sarah Mukherjee.Sarah is now CEO of ISEP , the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals.Experts in the fields of: technology, food production, climate change and conservation talk to Sarah about their big ideas, their career challenges and their hopes for a more sustainable future.Each expert will also nominate a hero who has inspired them - and we will chat to

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17 | Claire Poole

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2025/11/13

Claire Pooleis the founder ofSport Positive, which she set up in 2018 to help the globalsport industry place sustainabilityright at the heart of the sector.Claire oversees massive projects like in-person events and data gathering through the Sport Positive Leagues - which highlight positive environmental initiatives at top level sports clubs.She also organises the annual Sports Positive Summit which brings together hundreds of sports organisations focused on sustainability to meet in person, listen

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16 | Alexandra Rickham

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2025/10/16

Alexandra Rickhamis a double paralympic bronze medalist and five-time world champion in sailing.When she was 13, she was paralysed in a diving accident in Jamaica. Later, after years of rehab, she was offered sailing training which she says appealed to her competitive spirit.You can see Alexandra in actionhere, with her sailing partner Niki Birrell at the 2016 Paralympics.She’s now retired from professional sailing competition, but remains very connected to the sport, through her work as the

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15 | Gary Punter

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2025/09/17

Gary Punter is something of a guru when it comes to factories, and has become the go to expert for advising companies on working towards an agile and waste-free factory future.He is also visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Manufacturing, where he leads research into the future of circular business models.Gary was nominated to appear on the show by Tim Minshall, who was the guest on episode 14 of Sustainable Matters. Gary's work at Wissington sugar factory is detailed in

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14 | Professor Tim Minshall

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2025/08/14

Professor Tim Minshall heads up the Institute for Manufacturing and Management at the University of Cambridge. The department’s aim is simple: to “help manufacture a better world”. And so Tim has spent hours fostering links between engineering students and companies to help put their new ideas into practice.He’s recently published the book Your Life is Manufactured which takes a deep dive into the world of manufacturing. He argues that the systems that make things in our modern world are

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13 | Solitaire Townsend

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2025/07/17

Solitaire Townsend is the 'Chief Solutionist' atFuterra, the organisation she founded.Futerra helps companies work towards a sustainable future. Solitairegave herself that job title because she says if she’s “not serving solutions every day, by default that means she’s serving destruction.”Solitaire became involved in sustainability action aged thirteen, when she saw a flyer on her school bus saying a nuclear processing company was planning to build near her hometown. After a successful local

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12 | Maria Zeb Benjamin

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2025/03/26

Maria Zeb Benjamin lives and works in Cumbria, where she strives to bring farming, nature and ethical business together.Her partner is a sixth generation farmer, and together they run Dodgson Wood, the farm’s diversification business that makes the most of what they produce in an ethical and sustainable way.They make Jersey cow’s milk soap under the brand The Soap Dairy, they co-founded The Wool Library to promote British wool breeds and established Lake District Tweed.Maria also oversees the farm’s

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11 | Lord Turner

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2025/02/26

Lord Turner chairs the Energy Transitions Commission, a global coalition of companies, NGOs and experts working to achieve a net zero economy by 2040.In this episode, he talks about: giving up his ambition to get into the cabinet when he realised he wasn’t prepared to play party loyalty games: the influence and encouragement of his intellectually curious mother; his fears about what Trump's presidency will mean for the Paris Accord, and his belief that the technical solutions for climate change

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10 | Andrea Cheong

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2024/12/09

Andrea Cheong is a fashion educator who thinks he work dovetails with sustainability activists.She hosts the podcast Fashion Our Future, has written a book called Why Don't I Have Anything To Wear? and devised something called The Mindful Monday Method. Through all these, she hopes to encourage people to shop more responsibly and minimise their impact on the planet.In this episode she talks to Sarah about how she accidentally became an influencer, how learning to sew can transform your relationship

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9 | Professor Jim Skea

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2024/11/10

Professor Sir Jim Skeahas spent over forty years working in climate science research and was once referred to as “the most important scientist no one’s ever heard of.”Since 2023 has chaired the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (or the IPCC). The panel’s work is described as a “code red for humanity”.Sir Jimis also Emeritus Professor at Imperial College London, hosted by the International Institute of Environment and Development.In this episode, ahead of UN COP29 Climate Summit, he

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8 | Tony Juniper

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2024/11/10

Dr Tony JuniperCBE has devoted his entire life to campaigning for nature and has been described by journalists as “the most effective of Britain’s eco-warriors”.Tonybegan his career as an ornithologist and went on to join Friends of the Earth, initially leading the tropical rainforest campaign and later appointed as Executive Director and Vice Chair of Friends of the Earth International. Now he is Chair of Natural England and a prolific writer. His books about the rainforest, parrots, climate change

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7 | Craig Bennett

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2024/03/12

Craig is Chief Executive of The Wildlife Trusts. He has been described as “one of the country’s top environmental campaigners”, by The Guardian as “the very model of a modern eco-general”.In 2021, was included in The Sunday Times Green Power List of the UK’s top 20 environmentalists.He and Sarah talk the episode which inspired Craig to get into all things 'green' , how COP summits really work and what needs to be done now to make real change to our planet.Sustainable Matters …A podcast series full

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6 | Martin Lines

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2024/03/05

Martin Lines is a third generation farmer from Cambridgeshire, who takes his role as custodian of the land very seriously.He is also CEO of The Nature Friendly Farming Network which advocates for sustainable food and farming in the UK.Martin was nominated for the podcast by the food writer and campaigner Henry Dimbleby, who says he loves the way Martin 'shows' rather than 'tells' when he talks about things that work.You can see Martin in action on YouTube, where he gives detailed accounts of the

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5 | Henry Dimbleby

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2023/12/21

Henry is the author of the National Food Strategy, co-author of The School Food Plan, founder of the Chefs in Schools and the restaurant chain Leon and now author of a new book called Ravenous - described as a “jaw dropping guide to the modern food system”. He wrote the book with his wife, Jemima Lewis.In this interview we talk about Henry’s love of food which ranges from cooking it, selling it, studying it and helping us to make better choices about it: As individuals and ( he hopes) as a country

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4 | Polly Billington

Sustainable Matters ·

2023/12/19

Polly Billington, Labour’s parliamentary candidate for East Thanet at the next election.She worked as a reporter for the BBC for many years, before leaving to become a special advisor to Ed Miliband - she was the media director for his successful bid to lead the Labour party in 2010.In 2016, she founded UK100, a network of local government leaders in the UK, who have committed to ambitious action on climate, clean energy and clean air. She was the CEO until 2022.Polly was nominated for the podcast

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3 | Rachel Kyte

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2023/11/14

Rachel Kyte was named by Time magazine as one of the 15 women leading climate action. She is an extremely accomplished and experienced leader, with an appetite to keep on learning.She has worked at the UN and with the World Bank, was the Chief Executive Officer ofSustainable Energy for All,and wasthe 14th dean ofThe Fletcher School at Tufts Universityuntil June 2023. In this episode she talks about the influence her dad and the Girl guides had on her, and she reminisces about growing up in the East

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2 | Abadesi Osunsade

Sustainable Matters ·

2023/09/14

Abadesi Osunsadeis the founder ofHustle Crew which exists to make workplaces fairer. She says her childhood spent overseas as the daughter of a diplomat, plus the tragic loss of her sister helped to make her curious about the world and determined to do what she could to make it better.Sarah talks to Abadesi about why inclusion matters for sustainability and howher upbringing taught her to see and acknowledge the differences we face in life.Abasedi Osunsade was nominated byAnne Marie Imafidonwho said

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1 | Anne-Marie Imafidon

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2023/08/14

Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE is a maths whizz - famously passing her maths A level at 11 years old. Ten years ago, she founded theStemettes, asocial enterpriseworking to inspire and support girls, young women and non-binary people in STEM and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) careers.She passionatelybelieves that technology can help with the sustainability missionifwe invite everyone in to think about how. Anne Marie ispresident of the British Science Association and was voted

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Sustainable Matters | Trailer

Sustainable Matters ·

2023/08/08

Sustainable Matters is a show for anyone interested in sustainability, hosted by former BBC environment correspondent Sarah Mukherjee. Sarah is now CEO of IEMA,the worldwide alliance of environment and sustainability professionals.Experts in the fields of: technology, food production, climate change and conservation talk to Sarah about their big ideas, their career challenges and their hopes for a more sustainable future.Follow the show to hear from guests including: Anne-Marie Imafidon, Henry

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