Carbon Offsets: A Critical Tool to Achieve Net Zero

In this latest podcast hosted by Louise Chester, James Ramsay, Director of Sustainability Solutions at ENGIE Impact, Nawa Luywa Lindunda, Grants and Stakeholder Manager at ENGIE Energy Access (Africa) and Clément Chenost, Managing Partner of The Shared Wood Company, share their thoughts on the potential of various offsetting and nature-based solutions to mitigate the climate crisis.

In the latest episode of the CGF Podcast, host Louise Chester speaks to George Ames, Director of Client Services at Forster Communications. He shares his perspective on the challenges that companies deal with as they face the sometimes daunting task of speaking out on sustainability, the importance of prioritising sustained action to achieve a position of leadership in the space, and more.  

In this episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast, host Louise Chester speaks to Geoff Painter, Chief Insights Officer at Pladis, a company which is best known for its diverse portfolio of brands that have been loved for generations. Geoff shares more about the top trends shaping the industry today, how the company has used these insights to their advantage to stay so successful after all these years.

In the latest episode of the CGF Podcast, host Louise Chester speakers to Nicolas Lefevre-Marton, Managing Director, Sustainability Solutions at ENGIE Impact. Nicolas has just come back from the CGF’s Global Summit in Dublin, where ENGIE Impact was a sponsor. He shares his key takeaways from the event, his thoughts on the top challenges facing the industry in reaching Net Zero, as well as more information on what to expect during the two upcoming interactive masterclasses on renewables and heat debcarbonisation, which will be co-hosted by the CGF and ENGIE Impact. For more information on the series, and to reserve your spot: https://view.engieimpact.com/cgf-decarbonization-masterclasses/p/1

In the latest episode of the CGF Podcast, host Louise Chester speaks to Global Food Safety Initiative Director Erika Sheward to hear her reflections on the recent 2022 GFSI conference which took place in Barcelona. She shares some of the conference highlights, GFSI’s top priorities, including trust and capability building, and explains why the conference theme – "Delivering Impact for Safe, Sustainable Food" – is so crucial to the bigger conversation.

In this latest episode, host Louise Chester is joined by Simon Hay, Chief Executive Officer of tcc global about why shopper loyalty is vital and how his company helps retailers to build and strengthen relationships with their customers.

In this first two-part episode of 2022, host Louise Chester speaks to Lars Holmquist, Executive Vice President for Sustainability and Communications at Tetra Pak. In Part II of their insightful conversation, Lars shared Tetra Pak’s stance on chemical recycling technology, as co-leads of the CGF’s workstream on the topic. He also shares insights and trends from the Tetra Pak Index, including ways that covid-19 has shaped the consumer landscape.

In this first episode of 2022, host Louise Chester speaks to Lars Holmquist, Executive Vice President for Sustainability and Communications at Tetra Pak. In Part I of their insightful conversation, Lars shares details of the company’s sustainability strategy, built on the premise of “saving what’s good”, including protecting food, people and the planet. He talks on their work on topics such as food waste, sustainable packaging, chemical recycling and much more.

For this month’s episode, host Louise Chester speaks to Sylvie Nicol, Chief Human Resources Officer at Henkel. Sylvie, who is responsible for sustainability at Board level at the company, is perfectly placed to share Henkel’s key priorities and projects to drive progress on sustainability.

In the October episode of the CGF Podcast, host Louise Chester speaks to Oliver Wright, Senior Managing Director at Accenture. Oliver shares insights on key consumer trends uncovered by Accenture during the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as his thoughts on how our industry can harness the opportunities brought about by these behavioural shifts.