Two Steps Forward — Sustainability Meets Business Reality
By Joel Makower and Solitaire Townsend
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Episodes: 29
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Being a sustainable business professional is both exhilarating and terrifying. Lots of steps forward…and back. To succeed you need deep insights, real experience, lots of inspiration, maybe a few laughs. Each episode, sustainable business veterans Solitaire Townsend and Joel Makower delve into the complexities of the moment and introduce you to provocative and inspiring people you need to know.
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A new political coalition may be forming — what sustainability professionals need to do
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Sep 06, 2026 |
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The tangible intangibles of sustainability events
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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Is incrementalism enough in a systems-change world?
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Jul 26, 2026 |
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Katharine Hayhoe says our climate theory of change was always broken
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Jul 12, 2026 |
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What climate comedians can teach us about storytelling
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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Why sustainability professionals need to be ready for wild cards
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May 25, 2026 |
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Why the inner work of sustainability is a key to professional success
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May 11, 2026 |
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Resilience isn't a rebrand. It's what sustainability always was.
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Insurance isn’t the back office of sustainability. It’s front and center
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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The next generation of sustainability professionals is ready — and they're watching us
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Why the music industry holds sustainability’s biggest untapped lever
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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What Interface still gets right about sustainability
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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The biggest climate myth right now isn’t denial. It’s silence.
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Story as strategy: What writing climate fiction teaches us about communicating sustainability
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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Sustainability Journalism: Reflecting on the Past, Navigating the Future
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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The unsustainable world of sustainability thought leadership
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Siemens' Eva Riesenhuber on competing in an age of transition
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Is COP30 a game-changer?
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Companies need a new way to measure impact. “Spheres of Influence” may be it
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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IKEA's CEO on why the C-suite still matters in the climate fight
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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The trouble with 'carbon neutral' — and what comes next
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Why creative people may make better sustainability professionals
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Raz Godelnik – What future CSOs need to understand
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Live from London: Unilever’s CSO on moving from vision to execution
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Inside Colgate’s quest for a circular supply chain
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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Mastercard CSO: ‘Making more sustainable choices is a megatrend’
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Paul Hawken: We have basically isolated and objectified carbon
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May 19, 2025 |
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Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.: Let's Turn Cancer Alley into Opportunity Alley
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May 05, 2025 |
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Google CSO Kate Brandt: This is a ‘once-in-a-career’ moment
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May 02, 2025 |