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Shaken Not Burned
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What makes changing farming possible? With EIT Food
We often talk about changing farming as though the main question is what farmers should do differently. But a farm sits inside a much bigger...
Changing the economics of farming with Future Biogas
Food security is back on the agenda. In recent years, disrupted supply chains, war, extreme weather and volatile energy and fertiliser prices have all shown...
The price of uncertainty: who pays when risk becomes reality?
Insurance is supposed to protect us from risk. But what happens when the risks themselves are changing?Risk doesn't disappear because we fail to recognise or...
How do you make the future insurable? With Convex Insurance
What makes something insurable — and what happens when the risks change?This week on Shaken Not Burned, Felicia talks to Rachel Delhaise, group head of...
When insurance isn’t enough: WWF and the insurance protection gap
When disaster strikes, insurance may pay some of the bill. But who pays the rest?This week on Shaken Not Burned, Felicia Jackson talks to Regula...
Water, risk and the economy: when sensible decisions add up to disaster
We rely on water for pretty much everything: growing food, manufacturing goods, building cities and sustaining everyday life. But what happens when the systems we've...
Managing disruption: climate risk, trust and the future of resilience
As extreme heat and wildfires sweep across Europe, the gap between recognising climate risk and responding to it is becoming harder to ignore. The good...
Infrastructure: built for yesterday, needed for tomorrow
Describing infrastructure as boring was a compliment. A building used to have a relatively straightforward job: keep the weather out and the people inside reasonably...
Sustainability is now operational, with IFS
For years, sustainability has been associated with targets, reporting and disclosure. While those remain essential, they're starting to take a smaller part of the picture....
Rethinking buildings with Johnson Controls
For decades we've largely thought about buildings as fixed assets: we build them, maintain them, and expect them to provide the spaces where everyday life...
What makes a city work, with Bentley Systems
Modern cities appear to function effortlessly. We switch on the lights, turn on the tap, catch a train, connect to the internet or walk into...
Fashion, efficiency and the problem of too much
Welcome to the final episode in our arc on the fashion industry, where we ask an uncomfortable question: are we trying to make fashion more...
The realities of circular fashion with Rifò, Empire Apparel
Fashion is often described as one of the world's most polluting industries. The scale can be difficult to grasp as it feels so personal, but...
Fashion’s fragile supply chains with the Business and Human Rights Centre
The clothes you're wearing have travelled a remarkable distance before reaching your wardrobe.A typical garment may spend months moving through a global network of farms,...
When climate risk hits fashion’s bottom line with Apparel Impact Institute
For years, sustainability in fashion has often been discussed almost as a parallel conversation to the business itself. Some brands publish reports, set targets and...
The AI conversation we should be having
AI is no longer just a technology issue, it’s starting to reshape how whole systems operate. Yet we’re not paying enough attention to that yet:...
The trust layer: AI and the future of identity with alongID
As AI systems become more autonomous, the conversation is shifting from capability toward something much bigger: trust, legitimacy, identity and participation in digital systems.In this...
If AI can build your business, who's in control? With DeepWisdom
Generative AI promised to transform how we work, while Agentic AI is beginning to transform how businesses themselves are built. In this week’s episode of...
AI is powerful, but why is transformation so hard? With University of Exeter
AI is becoming one of those topics where the scale of the claims can make it surprisingly difficult to work out what is actually happening.We...
The mining paradox: a clean future built on a dirty industry
This is the final episode in our mining arc. Rather than revisiting what we’ve already covered, we step back to ask a different question: what...
How modern mining must start with trust, with Mokwateh
Welcome to the latest episode in our mining arc! In the previous two episodes, we covered the geopolitics of critical minerals and whether deep sea...
Do we need deep sea mining? With Seas At Risk
Welcome to the second instalment of our mining arc. After covering the geopolitics of critical minerals (check out the episode here), this week we ask...
The geopolitics of critical minerals with Minefield Consulting
Once a somewhat niche industry, critical minerals are now dominating headlines, influencing geopolitical trends and driving international trade. These materials are core components of technologies crucial...
Why the world feels unpredictable – and what's really going on
The world is starting to feel unpredictable in ways that are difficult to pin down.Not just because of individual events, but because of how many...
Season 6: sustainability and resilience, one sector at a time
Two years on, we have reached season 6!We have explored a wide range of topics, from the just transition to the planetary boundaries, through the...
What happens when agriculture stops guessing? With Agzen
The food system underpins our entire society. Its stability is crucial: when it starts to wobble, prices rise, availability becomes uncertain, and stress travels quickly...
Climate decisions hidden in plain sight with Verdical Group
Buildings shape much of our daily lives, but their environmental impact often goes unnoticed. Yet the built environment accounts for nearly 40% of global energy-related...
Why we don't need billionaires with Patriotic Millionaires UK
There are talks of endless economic crises, yet the rich are getting richer. Even though many countries promise a welfare system, healthy job markets, and...
Rethinking climate leadership with Sweep
Climate action is facing political backlash, from watered-down EU regulation to the overturning of the EPA’s endangerment finding in the United States. Yet beneath the...
Why trust is the real currency of nature finance with Native Squared
In this episode of Shaken Not Burned, Felicia Jackson speaks with Rob Cobbold, founder of Native Squared, about what credible nature finance looks like when...
Climate finance isn’t broken, our assumptions are with Climate Bonds Initiative
What happens when the world is on fire – and someone tells you the solution is a financial instrument?In this episode of Shaken Not Burned,...
Developing corporate strategy in an unstable world with CDP
At last week's 2026 World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, the language of cooperation and resilience may have been everywhere, but the world seems to...
Food, climate, and the risks we don’t see coming with Helios AI
In this episode of Shaken Not Burned, Felicia talks with Francisco Martin-Rayo, chief executive of Helios AI about the uncomfortable truth behind today’s food prices:...
Unlocking the power of Quiet Capital with Sallyann Della Casa of GLEAC
In a world obsessed with financial capital, what if the assets that matter most for resilience don’t show up on a balance sheet at all?In...
Sustainability: are we f***ed?
2025 hasn’t been the easiest year. Amid ongoing genocides, Trump becoming US president again, and the EU backtracking on some of its most innovative policies,...
Rethinking water use starts in the shower with Showerkap
Water scarcity is already one of the world’s biggest risks — so why do we treat long showers as inconsequential?In this episode of Shaken Not...
The power of visuals in sustainability with Getty Images
We are a podcast, but we have to admit: images can speak more than words. A powerful visual can tell a story, evoke sensations, and...
Preventing PFAS pollution with Ship & Shore Environmental
PFAS, or forever chemicals, are one of the most urgent but misunderstood issues in environmental health. This group of nearly 15,000 man-made substances are used to...
Can blockchain solve the carbon markets' transparency woes? With KlimaDAO
Carbon markets are intended to be the backbone of climate finance – but they’re often criticised for being opaque, inefficient, and riddled with credibility issues. This...
What lies beneath: the ocean’s hidden climate risk with Professor Callum Roberts
Europe talks a big game on marine protection but, beneath the surface, the picture is far more fragile. This week on Shaken Not Burned, Felicia speaks...
Making the invisible visible: how impact measurement drives decarbonisation with ClimatePoint
Let’s dive into a part of climate action that too often sits behind the scenes: the hard work of making impact measurable and decision-ready. Sustainability...
The shape of trust: inside the new ISO net zero standard
What does it really mean to be net zero? In a world overflowing with climate claims, standards are becoming the new currency of trust, as...
COP30, connection and the courage to keep showing up with Impatience Earth
The Conference of the Parties, or COP30 this year in Brazil, can seem remote – bureaucratic, elite, hard to connect with. But it’s also one...
Storytelling and cultural nuance in climate action with Narratives
Working in sustainability means getting the story right. We may have crunched the numbers and estimated the risks of biodiversity loss in a certain area, or...
Facts, feelings, and the fight for climate reality with the Conscious Advertising Network
Every day we read new headlines about climate extremes, yet behind the noise lies a quieter, more corrosive threat: misinformation.In this week's episode of Shaken...
The sustainability correction: hard truths for finance with Vlerick Business School
This week, we are talking about the turbulence surrounding ESG and sustainable finance. The question we’re exploring: is the backlash against ESG a crisis, or...
Challenging the consumer products status quo with Asan
Think about the products you use every day at home. The hand soap. The cleaning spray. The sponge for the dishes. The face cream. The...
Responsible business with UN Global Compact Network UK
Is ESG really “dead,” or are we asking the wrong question?Perhaps, we should examine what it takes to run a truly responsible business in today’s...
Season 5 trailer: building sustainability literacy
At the heart of Shaken Not Burned is sustainability literacy. But not in the sense of teaching acronyms or repeating headlines. What we mean is...
From Formula One to food aisles: Nick Wirth’s ROI-driven sustainability revolution
What does it take to scale real-world climate solutions fast?In this episode, we explore what happens when you treat climate action like an engineering challenge,...
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