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Hudson Worsley, Chair of MECLA (the Materials and Embodied Carbon Leaders' Alliance) joins us to unpack embodied carbon in construction. The emissions baked into every building, bridge, and data centre before they're even switched on. And how in Australia, construction sits at the centre of the net zero transition that almost no one is talking about.

Hudson helped set up MECLA five years ago with WWF-Australia. It now brings together more than 160 partners across construction, infrastructure, government, and finance to drive down embodied carbon in concrete, steel, aluminium, and the buildings they go into.

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In a year defined by geopolitical volatility, fragmented climate policy and the rapid rise of AI, what should corporate leaders actually be paying attention to?

Dr. Matthew Bell, Group CEO of Anthesis, one of the world's largest sustainability consultancies, joins us to unpack the megatrends reshaping business, climate risk and sustainability in 2026.

From why TCFD quietly changed corporate decision-making to how Asia is out-competing the West on decarbonisation, Matt lays out what's actually moving the needle.. and what's not.

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In this episode, we sit down with Mick Liubinskas, Partner at Melomys and founder of Climate Salad and one of Australia's most connected voices in climate tech, to unpack why world-class Australian research so often fails to commercialise locally. With nine years bridging startups, clean tech, and corporate innovation, Mick shares hard-won lessons from Silicon Valley and Australia's own ecosystem of 800+ climate startups.

We explore how AI is transforming climate solutions, from grid optimisation and battery chemistry to biological applications like algae and phytoplankton. We dig into the structural barriers holding back local adoption, including procurement complexity...

In this episode, digital sustainability strategist Tim Prosser returns to The Green Fix to unpack the physical footprint of data centres — the invisible infrastructure behind every AI query, cloud service, and streaming session.

Tim breaks down what corporate sustainability professionals need to know right now: why data centres could consume 11% of Australia's electricity by 2035, what the CEFC's reliability gap warning means for energy prices (and your mortgage), and why annual offsets are no longer cutting it. He explains the shift to 24/7 carbon-free energy matching, the emerging water risks that have Sydney, Melbourne, and Hobart mayors sounding the al...

What's the real environmental footprint of your organisation's IT infrastructure — and is your cloud provider telling you the full story?

In this episode, we welcome back Tim Prosser for part one of a two-part deep dive into digital sustainability. Tim is a specialist in digital sustainability strategy and green operations, with over 20 years leading enterprise technology teams across the UK and Australia. He serves as a mentor and community advisory board member at Climate Salad and led industry engagement at Climate Action Week Sydney in 2024–2025.

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How can the Australian subsidiaries of global multinationals become sustainability innovators, rather than waiting for head office to lead the way?

In this episode, we sit down with Dani Matthews, Co-Founder and Chief Impact Officer at Abundium, a leadership community for C-suite executives in foreign-owned companies operating across the ANZ and APAC region. Abundium works with over 100 of the world's leading multinationals to drive what Dani calls "good growth", leadership that balances profit with people and planet.

We talk about leapfrogging (not the pilates kind): how Australian subsidiaries can use their distance from global headquarters...

Forget fighting the climate. Paul Hawken argues we are part of it—and that single shift can change how leaders, teams, and communities act. We bring Paul into a candid conversation about language, agency, and the practical levers businesses can pull right now to lower risk, save money, and grow life.

Paul Hawken has shaped how business leaders approach climate action for over 60 years. "The Ecology of Commerce" inspired, amongst many, Ray Anderson's transformation of Interface. Drawdown became the definitive roadmap for climate solutions. Now Carbon calls for a shift from fighting carbon to fostering life.

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Heat, forests, and hard choices: COP30 in Belém turned climate ambition into a street‑level experience. We have our first return guest, as Beth Dowe, Executive Director of the Climate Leaders Coalition, comes back to the Green Fix to unpack what truly moved the needle at COP: a global push to triple adaptation finance by 2035, Brazil’s big bet on the Tropical Forest Facility, and the fierce debate that stripped fossil fuel roadmap language from the final text while igniting new conversations at home in Australia.

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What if every job could be a climate job? In this episode, we speak with Lucy Piper, Director of Work for Climate, a non-profit helping employees drive climate action from inside their workplaces. Lucy shares how professionals in any role — not just sustainability — can influence corporate climate policy, push for science-aligned net zero commitments, and hold companies accountable on lobbying and financed emissions. We explore employee activism, avoiding the "climate purity test," and why focusing on the movable middle matters. Whether you're in marketing, engineering, or finance, this conversation will change how you think about your role in the clim...

Welcome to Episode 6 of the Positive Tipping Points Special! A 7-episode special series on the road to COP30 in Belem, with guest host Liz Courtney.

Sea level isn’t creeping up by accident; it’s obeying physics we’ve understood for a long time. We sit down with Professor Benjamin Horton—one of the world’s leading sea level scientists—to translate complex mechanisms into plain English, connect polar ice to equatorial risk, and show how today’s choices shape tomorrow’s coastlines. From ocean heat swelling the seas to the accelerating melt of Greenland and Antarctica, we walk through...

Welcome to Episode 5 of the Positive Tipping Points Special! A 7-episode special series on the road to COP30 in Belem, with guest host Liz Courtney.

Systems don’t change neatly; they lurch, resist, and then tip. That turbulence can be terrifying or energising, and in this conversation we choose energy. With Dr Sally Uren of Forum for the Future, we trace a through-line from cleaning a polluted canal to steering global coalitions, showing how climate solutions and public health gains are two sides of the same coin. The energy transition is surging, regenerative agriculture is rewriting the go...

Welcome to Episode 4 of the Positive Tipping Points Special! A 7-episode special series on the road to COP30 in Belem, with guest host Liz Courtney.

Markets don’t just reflect change—they can create it. We sit down with two leaders in responsible investment to unpack how stewardship, smarter regulation, and clear definitions are accelerating corporate decarbonisation and funding solutions at scale. From boardrooms to supply chains, they reveal where investor pressure truly lands, when escalation matters, and why Scope 3 conversations are reshaping strategy across sectors.

We dig into Australia’s new sustainability reporting regime and wh...

Welcome to Episode 3 of the Positive Tipping Points Special! A 7-episode special series on the road to COP30 in Belem, with guest host Liz Courtney.

Heat shouldn’t make home feel unsafe. In this episode, we meet architect and regenerative design leader Caroline Pidcock and advocate Emma Bacon, CEO of Sweltering Cities, to map a practical pathway to cooler, fairer, low‑carbon urban life—one retrofit, street tree, and planning rule at a time. The core idea is refreshingly direct: build less and design better. That means using the buildings and streets we already have and upgrading them w...

Welcome to Episode 2 of the Positive Tipping Points Special! A 7-episode special series on the road to COP30 in Belem, with guest host Liz Courtney. 

In this episode we meet Professor Carlos Nobre of the University of São Paulo,  Co-Chair of the Science Panel for the Amazon, and Professor Peter Cox, CBE Director of the Global Systems Institute University of Exeter. 

In this episode we discuss how Amazon’s stability depends on a dance between climate, deforestation, drought, and fire, and why some feedbacks can lock in change far faster than politics tend to move...

Welcome to Episode 1 of the Positive Tipping Points Special! A 7-episode special series on the road to COP30 in Belem, with guest host Liz Courtney. 

What if the smartest way to cut climate risk is to make progress contagious? We sit down with Professor Tim Lenton to decode climate and positive tipping points—how small, smart pushes can trigger self-propelling change in technology, policy, and social norms. 

Tim unpacks why systems slow down before they snap, and how that same nonlinear logic powers breakthroughs: Norway’s EV market tipping to ~95% battery electric sales through activist-driven policy...

What if the most honest business strategy was as simple as “keep things alive”?

In this episode of Green Fix we meet award‑winning environmentalist and author Natalie Kyriacou, where we unpack how biodiversity, climate stability, and social equity quietly hold up every supply chain, balance sheet, and brand promise we care about. From a tiny midge that makes chocolate possible to vultures that prop up public health, Natalie brings research‑rich stories that make the stakes unmistakable - and the solutions tangible.

She confronts the extinction crisis with equal parts humour, curiosity, and urgency, weaving...

In this episode of The Green Fix, Dr. David Ireland discusses the intersection of sustainability, innovation, and governance. He defines wicked problems, particularly climate change, and emphasises the importance of horizon scanning for organisations. David highlights the transformative role of AI in sustainability and the need for businesses to adopt innovative practices. He also addresses the challenges boards face in governance and the impact of mandatory climate reporting. The conversation concludes with insights on how sustainability practitioners can effectively communicate risks and opportunities to leadership teams.

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Vicki Mullen, Senior Consultant at Finity Consulting, takes us deep into the world of mandatory climate disclosure as Australian corporations transform what might seem like a compliance burden into a strategic advantage.

Drawing on her 30 years of experience across public policy and financial services, Vicki explains why viewing climate reporting as an exercise in "business imagination" creates unexpected opportunities. She explains how the Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards require companies to test their resilience against different climate futures through scenario analysis – examining both a rapid transition to net-zero and a "hothouse" scenario well above 2°C warming.

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Struggling to make sustainability strategically relevant to your business? Double materiality might be the missing piece you need.

Sydney Straver, Managing Director at &Bloom, joins us to unpack this powerful framework that's transforming how businesses approach sustainability. Drawing from her extensive European experience, Sydney explains how double materiality bridges the gap between sustainability efforts and financial performance – making it easier to get buy-in from even the most skeptical executives.

"Double materiality is effectively the cornerstone of a good sustainability strategy," Sydney explains. By examining both how your organisation impacts stakeholders (impact materiality) and how sustainability is...

Filmmaker Damon Gameau has made a career of turning complex sustainability challenges into compelling, hopeful narratives. After his groundbreaking documentary 2040 inspired climate action worldwide, he noticed something extraordinary while visiting hundreds of schools – today's children possess remarkable knowledge about environmental issues yet lack meaningful platforms to share their insights beyond protest movements.

Future Council follows eight remarkable young people from different countries as they board a yellow school bus for an epic European road trip to challenge and collaborate with executives from major corporations including Nestle, ING, and Decathlon. What unfolds is a fascinating journey that reveals th...

Comedy might just be our most powerful tool in the fight against climate inaction. When data and spreadsheets fail to move hearts and minds, laughter creates an opening for truth to slip through defenses and take root.

Award-winning podcaster and media strategist Dan Ilic joins The Green Fix to share his remarkable journey from viral video creator to climate activist extraordinaire. Long before digital content could "go viral" with the tap of a share button, Dan was pioneering comedic climate communication, demonstrating how humor can distill complex information into "memetic versions of truth" that stick with audiences...

Hey Green Fix Listeners, we are excited to welcome a new season of the Green Fix Podcast - keep an eye out for the first episode of the season the 29th of July! 

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The technological revolution transforming Australian businesses carries a hidden environmental cost that few sustainability practitioners fully understand. In this revealing conversation with digital sustainability expert Tim Prosser, we uncover the substantial climate impact of our digital lives and explore how organisations can address this overlooked aspect of their sustainability strategy.

Did you know that 40% of an individual's carbon budget aligned with a 1.5-degree target is consumed by digital services? Or that by 2030, data centres could require 8% of Australia's power grid – equivalent to the entire steel industry? These startling figures highlight why sustainability practitioners must engage deeply with th...

What happens when you trade corporate success for climate advocacy? For Liz Courtney, award-winning filmmaker responsible for 55 climate documentaries, it began with a crucial "sliding door moment" – choosing courage over fear to join an Antarctic expedition despite her doubts. That decision launched an extraordinary career documenting climate systems across the globe, from dog sledding across Greenland's melting ice sheets to researching atmospheric microbes in Antarctica.

Liz shares her profound insights on effective climate communication, developed through collaborations with leading scientists worldwide. She's identified that successful science communication requires simplification, relatable analogies, connecting research to local impacts, and sh...

Ever wondered how to get your Sustainability initiatives on the Chief Risk Officer's radar? Ruby Yadav, former Chief Risk Officer turned entrepreneur, reveals powerful strategies for building bridges between the Sustainability and Risk functions in this illuminating Green Fix episode.

Whether you're a sustainability practitioner seeking to influence your organisation's risk framework or a risk professional looking to better integrate climate considerations, this episode provides practical wisdom for breaking down silos and creating powerful partnerships. Listen now to discover how shared language and mutual respect can amplify your impact in addressing our most pressing environmental challenges.

Dr. David Cooke's journey from transcendental meditation teacher to corporate leader offers a masterclass in values-based business leadership that delivers both purpose and profit. He shares how his "save the world gene" found expression in the corporate environment, culminating in his groundbreaking work as the first non-Japanese Managing Director of Konica Minolta Australia and New Zealand.

A simple but powerful declaration: "I want us all to work together to build a company that cares" became the foundation for remarkable business growth during a decade when the printing industry faced digital disruption and market contraction.

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When it comes to advancing sustainability, we often focus on educating people or creating elaborate strategies—but what if the secret lies in simply making sustainable choices the easiest ones to make?

Andreas Ludwig, a behavioural scientist with a fascinating journey from the former East Germany through positions at McKinsey, Accenture Digital, and most recently as Principal Behavioural Scientist with CBA Sydney, reveals how understanding actual human behaviour can transform sustainability initiatives.

Growing up in a country that disappeared almost overnight gave Ludwig a unique perspective on systems change and human adaptation. This experience fuelled hi...

Luke Chalmers, Principal for ESG Performance and Reporting at Orica, shares his journey from a surfer concerned about water pollution to a sustainability leader navigating global reporting requirements for a multinational mining services company.

Navigating the increasingly complex global reporting landscape requires both technical expertise and strategic thinking. Luke shares how Orica approaches compliance with Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards, California's climate regulations, and Europe's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive simultaneously. 

Luke's approach exemplifies how sustainability can move beyond compliance to create genuine business value while delivering meaningful environmental outcomes.

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This week we are in conversation with Mark Rowland, discussing his journey from consulting to climate action, the importance of understanding one's purpose and happiness in relation to sustainability. We explore Buckminster Fuller's vision of Spaceship Earth and the Gaia theory, highlighting the interconnectedness of life on Earth.
 
Mark also addresses the challenges of corporate sustainability, the need for collaboration across industries, and the significance of systems thinking in driving effective climate action.

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In this episode of The Green Fix, we are joined by Alison Bird, former program manager at Climate Salad. We explore Alison's journey from education to climate tech, the importance of storytelling in engaging stakeholders, and the challenges and opportunities within the climate tech industry. 

We cover the role of education in fostering a connection to nature, the significance of community in sustainability efforts, and the evolving landscape of climate tech in Australia. Alison shares insights on the successes of Climate Salad, the importance of collaboration between corporates and startups, and the impact of mandatory climate disclosures o...

In this episode of the Green Fix, we are joined by Rade Musulin, Principal at Finity. We dive into the impact of the new Trump administration in the U.S. global climate policy and investment, the role of actuaries in climate risk management, and the implications of the newly mandated Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS).

We explore the economic consequences of policy changes, and the challenges faced in managing climate disasters, recently demonstrated by the L.A. fires. We also unpack the importance of climate scenario analysis and the need for a skilled workforce in the field...

In this episode of The Green Fix podcast, we are joined by Beth Dowe, Executive Director of the Climate Leaders Coalition. We discuss the impact of the newly implemented Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS) on businesses, the importance of collaboration in sustainability efforts, and the interconnection between climate and nature. Beth shares her journey into sustainability, the evolution of the industry, and key learnings from her experiences. The conversation emphasises the need for resilience, teamwork, and the integration of sustainability into core business strategies.

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