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In this episode, we welcome Simon Dawes, a driving force behind the Environment Agency's push towards sustainability, with over two decades of experience in the environmental sector.

Currently, Simon is the Head of Sustainable Business Strategy, where he led the development and integration of a Net Zero delivery plan for a complex £1.3bn organisation.


He also spearheaded the creation of an expansive Carbon Literacy training program for 11,000 staff, fostering a culture of innovation and sustainability at every level.

Simon is a key player in the UK's journey to Net Zero, representing the Environment Agency on task forces and acting as a Sustainability Ambassador.

Beyond his sustainability role, Simon is driven by a zest for adventure and challenge. A keen snowboarder and supporter of protecting our winters. His passion has led him to conquer the towering summits of Europe's Mt. Blanc and Africa's Kilimanjaro, alongside testing his endurance in triathlons at the Olympic distance.

Simon's story is one of passion, leadership, and a relentless pursuit of a better future for all.

We explore:

🌱 Simon’s vision for the future of the UK

🌱 The role of a regulator and how to be inclusive and progressive

🌱 How to accelerate change through collaboration in the construction sector

🌱 The business reasons to embracing the circular economy


🌱 That the circular economy and net zero are intrinsically interlinked

🌱 Water, rivers, pollution and Climate adaptation

🌱 …and the projects Simon is working on as part of the UK environment agency

Listen to the end to hear about Simon's campaigning passion with Protect Our Winters and the role sports can play in creating a better world for all.

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In this episode, we welcome Andres Roberts, Founding Partner for the Bio-Leadership Project. A place where a new story of leadership is growing, working with the rules of life: cycles, connection, regeneration, reciprocity and love.


The vision for the Bio-Leadership Project is to help a global ecosystem of people to grow this new story all over the world.


Five kinds of Bio-Leadership stories are redefining human progress. The work is about helping these stories connect up and grow.

🌱 New forms of purpose and progress connected to nature.

🌱 New organisational forms that work like nature.

🌱 New ways of working as ecosystems, inspired by nature.

🌱 New, regenerative models of organisation and society.

🌱 New cultures that reconnect to nature and the web of life.

Andres, Ella and Javi believe that to grow new forms of leadership, we need to grow new forms of knowledge.

And to navigate complex and urgent times, we need to cultivate human capacities for resilience, connection, adaptability, systemic awareness, and care for things greater than ourselves.

Bio-Leadership is about working with nature to grow these qualities as individuals, communities, businesses and society.

This is a rich and emotive conversation. Listen to the end to hear an exploration of nature and a desire to rekindle that worldview of nature's our home as well.

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In this episode, we welcome Vibhati Bhatia, the founder of South Asians for Sustainability and managing consultant for social sustainability at Energise.


She is also the co-partner of Race Report UK-- part of Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS)-- and advisory board for Catalyse Change, which focuses on helping 18 to 25 females or non-binary people getting into sustainability.

This is a heart opening adventure through inequality, injustice, and the inspiring story of how a pioneering pro activist is intentionally doing something about it.

Together we explore:

🌱 How a family experience of the Punjab floods deepened her empathy and emboldened her to act with greater intention and intensity

🌱 The community of South Asians for Sustainability which Vibhati founded

🌱 The transformation we need to see in diversity and inclusion, climate adaptation, and the loss and damage fund

And so much more…


Listen to the end to hear ideas on how we can co-create a more empathetic and connected approach to how we transform our organisations, our roles in them and the communities and projects that we support.

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