Sustainable Transformation
Sustainable Transformation
In the Sustainable Transformation Podcast, we bring you honest conversations about the challenges and triumphs of sustainability transformations in business. Join us fortnightly as we unpack the ideas that drive change, decode the jargon and meet the visionary leaders reshaping their organisations for the better.Social links:
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The Clean Up that changed Australia | Clean Up Australia’s Pip Kiernan
What started as one person refusing to look away has become one of Australia’s most enduring community movements. Kiarne Treacy sits down with Pip Kiernan, Chair of Clean Up Australia, to reflect on the legacy of a movement that has mobilised 23 million Australians over 35 years… and why the work …
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Decarbonising Australia Post: fleet, facilities and 65,000 people
What does meaningful sustainability look like when you operate in every community across Australia? In this episode of the Sustainable Transformation Podcast, Kiarne Treacy sits down with Richard Pittard, Chief Sustainability Officer at Australia Post, to unpack what real transformation looks like…
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Cutting down trees is a good thing... Wait what? | Responsible Wood’s Matt de Jongh
Most of us grew up being told cutting down trees is bad. But what if the story is far more complex and in Australia’s case, completely misunderstood? In this episode, Kiarne Treacy sits down with Matt De Jongh, Sustainability Manager at Responsible Wood, Director at Forestry Australia, and a regi…
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What a 120-year-old bakery can teach us about sustainability | Ferguson Plarre’s Steve Plarre
What happens when a 120-year-old company bakes in sustainability for the next hundred years? In this episode of the Sustainable Transformation Podcast, Kiarne Treacy sits down with Steve Plarre, CEO and Director of Plarre Foods, home to the Aussie icon Ferguson Plarre’s Bakehouses. With a history…
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Travel that changes places and people | Intrepid
What if travel could restore the places we visit instead of harming them? In this episode of The Sustainable Transformation Podcast, Kiarne Treacy sits down with Sara King, General Manager of Purpose at Intrepid Travel, one of the world’s largest B Corp travel companies and a global leader in resp…
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AI, Climate Risk and the Future of Energy | IBM’s Ravi Kumar Mandalika
What if the smartest technologies could also be the most human? In this episode of the Sustainable Transformation Podcast, Kiarne Treacy sits down with Ravi Kumar Mandalika, Utilities Industry Leader for IBM, to explore how digital innovation is reshaping energy, resilience and the way businesses …
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The Telco That’s Redefining Sustainable Connection | TPG Telecom’s felix mobile
What if your mobile plan could help the planet breathe a little easier? In this episode of The Sustainable Transformation Podcast, Kiarne Treacy sits down with Rebecca Darley, Chief Marketing Officer at TPG Telecom, home to brands like Vodafone, TPG and felix mobile — Australia’s first carbon-neut…
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From science fiction to sustainable reality | Climate Salad’s Mick Liubinskas
What if fixing the planet isn’t about one big breakthrough, but ten thousand small changes? In this episode of The Sustainable Transformation Podcast, Kiarne Treacy sits down with Mick Liubinskas, Co-Founder of Climate Salad, a community accelerating the growth of Australia’s climate tech ecosyste…
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How Waste Paint Became a World-First Idea | Paintback
In this episode, Kiarne Treacy welcomes John Ferraro, the CEO of Paintback, an independent product stewardship scheme (made up of the five biggest paint companies in Australia) dedicated to collecting and repurposing unwanted paint and packaging. And the best part of it all? Paintback isn’t gat…
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Inside the Mind of a Climate Strategist | South Pole Australia
Former petrochemical engineer turned sustainability strategist, Sonya Samson, has seen both sides of the climate challenge and knows how to turn lofty commitments into tangible results. In this episode, she joined Kiarne to unpack the dual priorities of decarbonisation and climate adaptation, w…
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