The Better Business Show

About 30% of the word’s total land is used not to grow grains, fruits and vegetables that we directly eat as human beings, but to support the chickens, pigs and cattle that we eventually eat. And the environmental impact of all this large-scale meat production is having serious implications for the world’s climate. Animal waste releases methane and nitrous oxide, greenhouse gases that are 25 and 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide, respectively. Step forward Illtud Dunsford, CEO of Cellular Agriculture, our guest on this week’s show. He says: There is a better way. And it involves tissue engineering technology, producing the exact same meat but in a laboratory. Enjoy our chat.

So, this week we get to meet the company refusing to accept when a lithium ion battery is ‘dead’. Lithium-ion batteries continue to be the technology of choice for all the major consumer gadget players; it's no wonder that the market is set to explode in the next few years. But what happens to these lithium-ion batteries when they reach the end of their life? This time, we catch up with Amrit Chandan, co-founder of Aceleron, a business that hopes to revolutionise the way people use and think about low-cost energy storage. A business dreamt up by Amrit and his partner and co-founder Carlton Cummins during their lunch breaks working for a management consultancy, it is on a mission to repackage lithium-ion batteries in a way that is safe, cost effective and useful again.

This week, we report from inside the HQ of the world's biggest food business, Nestlé to explore a wealth of solutions designed to solve the global nutrition crisis – including contact lenses that can monitor your glucose levels and smart watches that use your doctors' notes to prescribe exactly the right diet. Around 795 million people go to bed hungry every night, while 2.1 billion people are overweight or obese; something's got to give. Hearing from businesses, NGOs, academics and consumer-bahaviour experts, this special edition of the show delves into the challenges of the food system – and why it is time to act now if we are to sustain 10 billion healthy people on this planet by 2050.

This week, you get the chance to step inside the most talked about business on the planet right now. Hampton Creek’s CEO Josh Tetrick gives us a flavour of what makes his company tick – from attracting investment to staying true to your mission. Learn how this San Francisco unicorn plans to change the way we eat forever by not appealing to hearts and minds, just making great food.

Human rights: It is the one issue that no company wants to be embroiled in – yet a subject that every business is almost certainly exposed to and at risk of. That’s why we’ve dedicated this episode to the subject and we’re super excited to have grabbed Richard Boele, KPMG's head of specialist human rights and social impact group, to appear on the show.

Friday Five - 14 April 2017 This is the Better Business Show Friday Five, released at the end of every week and digesting the very best stories from across the world of sustainable business in the last 7 days. This week, we’re talking about: - Christina Figueres latest assessment of peak emissions (http://bit.ly/2o9z40T_ - London’s ambitious coffee cup recycling programme (http://bit.ly/2jsrC1I) - Riversimple's fundraising target being smashed (http://bit.ly/2p031W9) - H&M wants to become ‘climate positive’ (http://bit.ly/2pwG1Kw) - How mushrooms might replace sugar in our sweets (http://bit.ly/2oC4S2u) Don't miss our two Better Business Show episodes a week by signing up to our weekly newsletter: www.betterbusiness.show

Meet Gareth Dinnage, the man at the helm of Seacourt, an Oxford-based printer that has spent the last 20 years slowly turning the entire dirty business of commercial printing on its head. We’ve all got print jobs we need doing – whether its for corporate reports, or marketing literature. But imagine if your printing activity had a positive impact on the planet rather than a negative one. Gareth gives the hows, whys and wherefores.

This time, we’re with Matt Simpson, the man behind Green Banana Paper, a company developed purely as a way to give local employment to a demographic of island dwellers in Micronesia who would most likely have left for jobs in the city. Making wallets from banana trees, learn how this unique company’s process has been a labour of love for Matt, and a great example of alternative materials playing their role in building products of the future.

This is the Better Business Show Friday Five, released at the end of every week and digesting the very best stories from across the world of sustainable business in the last 7 days. This week, we’re talking about: - Toyota dabbles in plant based materials for car interiors (http://bit.ly/2ofIdZJ) - The waste firm using nappies to fuel power plants (http://bit.ly/2nSgyOf) - The new energy regulation which is more important than you might think (http://bit.ly/2nlskg8) - Marks & Spencers’ in-store mental health drop-ins (http://bit.ly/2nptSa3) - AB InBev and Bafta go big on clean energy (http://bit.ly/2ojSm4V) Don't miss our two Better Business Show episodes a week by signing up to our weekly newsletter: www.betterbusiness.show

This is the Better Business Show Friday Five, released at the end of every week and digesting the very best stories from across the world of sustainable business in the last 7 days. This week, we’re talking about: - How paint has saved the shipping sector $3bn in fuel savings (http://bit.ly/2oaCj8J) - Why big oil has joined the race to build sea-based wind farms (http://bloom.bg/2mS7DYI) - Which country tops the latest World Happiness ranking (http://bit.ly/2mxuE8b) - How and why the number of rural peoople living in India without access to clean water is the same as the UK’s population (http://bit.ly/2n9vc0T) - And the fact global emissions from the energy sector have hardly risen in the last three years (http://bit.ly/2nv9TKm) Don't miss our two Better Business Show episodes a week by signing up to our weekly newsletter: www.betterbusiness.show

A show title likely to get completely and utterly lost on our North American listeners, we appreciate….this time we’re with Jason Spitkoski, a man that has left his background as a tech developer behind to chase the dream of running a successful underwear business. He is the proud owner of Buddha Boxers, a company that is getting seriously comfortable that its raw material of bamboo is capable of blowing cotton out of the water as a sustainable material of choice in the 21st century.

This is the Better Business Show Friday Five, released at the end of every week and digesting the very best stories from across the world of sustainable business in the last 7 days. This week, we’re talking about: - The fact people want their cash ISAs to create more positive change in the world (http://bit.ly/2mCo5Nk) - A round-up of International Women’s Day from last week (http://bit.ly/2mWBYIY) - A woeful lack of effort to make use of recycled plastic by the world’s biggest drinks brands (http://bit.ly/2nEoizK) - The world’s most ethical companies (http://bit.ly/1VTGlgo) - Why more fossil fuel companies are waking up to carbon risk in a serious way (http://bit.ly/2nLMbFS) Don't miss our two Better Business Show episodes a week by signing up to our weekly newsletter: www.betterbusiness.show

As Fairtrade Fortnight kicks off, we speak with Sophi Tranchell, CEO of Divine Chocolate, a unique business majority-owned by the Ghanaian farmers at the end of its cocoa supply chain.

This is the Better Business Show Friday Five, released at the end of every week and digesting the very best stories from across the world of sustainable business in the last 7 days. This week, we’re talking about: - Heineken’s rampant growth while keeping emissions at bay (http://bit.ly/2meI20l) - 6 emerging trends on sustainability communications (http://bit.ly/2kS29gl) - Where in the world’s women’s workplace equality is best (http://bit.ly/2l36Pzj) - A new sustainable menswear range on the block, donating profits to ocean charities - Shell places huge bet on hydrogen fuel cell cars taking off (http://on.ft.com/2mkZjAK) Don't miss our two Better Business Show episodes a week by signing up to our weekly newsletter: www.betterbusiness.show

This week, we catch up with Natalie Grillon, co-founder and co-CEO of Project JUST, an online platform that wants you to seriously sort out your shopping habits out – and has Ivanka Trump's clothing line firmly in her sights.

This is the Better Business Show Friday Five, released at the end of every week and digesting the very best stories from across the world of sustainable business in the last 7 days. This week, we’re talking about: - Finance sector putting pressure on G20 to get out of fossil fuels (http://bit.ly/2m1uFMV) - Ivanka Trump’s untraceable clothing line (http://bit.ly/2lGlnGQ) - Trump’s latest effort to reverse the climate change efforts of EPA (http://bit.ly/2lqjPn7) - Walmart going down the science-based targets route (http://bit.ly/2fGlkH8) - The National Trust’s energy revolution (http://bit.ly/2lSJNAb0) Don't miss our two Better Business Show episodes a week by signing up to our weekly newsletter: www.betterbusiness.show

This week, we’re with the incredibly resourceful Alexie Seller, CEO and co-founder of Pollinate Energy, a genius start-up transforming the lives of those living in the slums of India by helping people to access clean energy solutions.

This is the Better Business Show Friday Five, released at the end of every week and digesting the very best stories from across the world of sustainable business in the last 7 days. This week, we’re talking about: - Unilever’s game-changing transparency on perfumes (http://bit.ly/2lqTiXa) - A new alternative to leather (http://kck.st/2kbj0d3) - New clean power exploding in Europe (http://bit.ly/2lqPBAs) - Business community’s response to Trump’s travel (http://bit.ly/2kzfWL0) - Waitrose’s 500-mile biomethane trucks (http://bit.ly/2ktynOV) Don't miss our two Better Business Show episodes a week by signing up to our weekly newsletter: www.betterbusiness.show

This week, we catch up with the brilliant Paul Lindley, founder of organic baby food business Ella’s Kitchen. “It’s about the why we do business, not necessarily the what we do business for. We must all find our why!”

This is the Better Business Show Friday Five, released at the end of every week and digesting the very best stories from across the world of sustainable business in the last 7 days. This week, we’re talking about: - Trump scrapping the Paris commitment (http://bit.ly/2k3aCNC) - adidas biodegradable shoes (http://bit.ly/2kkcBAA) - Deutchse Bank getting out of coal (http://bit.ly/2keLFQ3) - Tetra Pak the latest to adopt science based target (http://bit.ly/2k3sV4Y) - Why 98% of companies miss their sustainability targets (http://bit.ly/2kpS394) Don't miss our two Better Business Show episodes a week by signing up to our weekly newsletter: www.betterbusiness.show