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The Green Fix Podcast

Welcome to the Green Fix, the climate & sustainability podcast for Australian corporations and their ESG practitioners. We explore the top challenges and opportunities in the industry, how they are impacting your business and your work, so that you can keep your sanity.  

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    Do Sustainability Leaders Hold the Key to Closing the Climate Tech Gap? with Mick Liubinskas, Founder at Climate Salad

    In this episode, we sit down with Mick Liubinskas, Partner at Melomys and founder of Climate Salad and one of Australia's most connected voices in climate tech, to unpack why world-class Australian research so often fails to commercialise locally. With nine years bridging startups, clean tech, and corporate innovation, Mick shares hard-won lessons from Silicon Valley and Australia's own ecosystem of 800+ climate startups. We explore how AI is transforming climate solutions, from grid optimisation and battery chemistry to biological applications like algae and phytoplankton. We dig into the structural barriers holding back local adoption, including procurement complexity, small-market dynamics, and corporate risk aversion. And we make the case for sustainability leaders to step up as innovation brokers, connecting founders with the right people, budgets, and problems inside their organisations. Whether you're a sustainability professional navigating mandatory reporting, a corporate leader weighing build-versus-buy decisions, or just curious about where AI meets climate action, this episode is packed with practical insight. Connect with us! Support the show Your Hosts: Dan Leverington Loreto Gutierrez Liked this episode? Subscribe to our podcast to get the latest Sustainability insights every two weeks. And follow us on Linkedin and Instagram. Email us your ideas, feedback and interviewee suggestions at info@greenfixpodcast.com

    35 min

  2. 23 MAR

    Behind the Prompt: Data Centres, Water, and Australia's Energy Crunch with Tim Prosser

    In this episode, digital sustainability strategist Tim Prosser returns to The Green Fix to unpack the physical footprint of data centres — the invisible infrastructure behind every AI query, cloud service, and streaming session. Tim breaks down what corporate sustainability professionals need to know right now: why data centres could consume 11% of Australia's electricity by 2035, what the CEFC's reliability gap warning means for energy prices (and your mortgage), and why annual offsets are no longer cutting it. He explains the shift to 24/7 carbon-free energy matching, the emerging water risks that have Sydney, Melbourne, and Hobart mayors sounding the alarm, and how direct-to-chip liquid cooling could halve data centre water use. Plus: six metrics to see through greenwash, procurement moves ASX-listed companies can make today, and why your sustainability team needs to be talking to IT — yesterday. Whether you're reporting under Australia's climate disclosure framework, managing ESG for a company with cloud infrastructure, or just trying to understand where the grid is heading, this one's essential listening. Find Tim Prosser at sustainabilitydigital.com Resources CEFC (Clean Energy Finance Corporation) "Data centre growth and the energy transition"C40 Cities Network"Sustainable IT Playbook for Technology Leaders"  By: Niklas Sundberg, Richard PastoreConnect with us! Support the show Your Hosts: Dan Leverington Loreto Gutierrez Liked this episode? Subscribe to our podcast to get the latest Sustainability insights every two weeks. And follow us on Linkedin and Instagram. Email us your ideas, feedback and interviewee suggestions at info@greenfixpodcast.com

    32 min

  3. 2 MAR

    Your Cloud Has a Dirty Secret: The Hidden Carbon Footprint of Your Company’s Tech with Tim Prosser

    What's the real environmental footprint of your organisation's IT infrastructure — and is your cloud provider telling you the full story? In this episode, we welcome back Tim Prosser for part one of a two-part deep dive into digital sustainability. Tim is a specialist in digital sustainability strategy and green operations, with over 20 years leading enterprise technology teams across the UK and Australia. He serves as a mentor and community advisory board member at Climate Salad and led industry engagement at Climate Action Week Sydney in 2024–2025. Since his first appearance on The Green Fix in June last year — one of our most popular episodes — Tim has been on a global study tour, connecting with digital sustainability practitioners across London, attending Climate Week, London Tech Week, and the Global Tipping Points Conference at Exeter University. He returns with sharp insights on what organisations need to know right now. Tim unpacks why Australian cloud environments are rated E and F against the global standard, what questions organisations should be asking their technology suppliers before hard-baking data into baselines, and where the biggest gaps in IT emissions reporting sit — particularly in financial services, insurance, and media. He introduces the IT Sustainability Maturity Assessment by the global nonprofit Sustainable IT, and explains why the collaboration between sustainability, finance, and IT — what he calls the sustainability value triangle — is the key relationship for credible climate disclosure. Whether you're a sustainability practitioner preparing for mandatory reporting, an IT leader navigating digital emissions, or someone who's never thought about the carbon footprint of their inbox — this episode is essential listening. RESOURCES Organisations & Tools Mentioned Sustainable IT (global nonprofit) — https://www.sustainableit.orgIT Sustainability Maturity Assessment (free, open for 2025) — https://www.sustainableit.org/news/2025-launch-of-the-it-sustainability-maturity-benchmark-programClimate Salad — https://www.climatesalad.comParents for Climate — https://www.parentsforclimate.orgNic Seton, CEO of Parents for Climate — https://www.parentsforclimate.org/nic_setonBooks The Sustainable IT Playbook (2nd edition) by Nicholas Sundberg and Richard Pascoe — https://www.sustainableit.org/sustainable-it-playbookThe Ministry of the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (2020)Connect with us! Support the show Your Hosts: Dan Leverington Loreto Gutierrez Liked this episode? Subscribe to our podcast to get the latest Sustainability insights every two weeks. And follow us on Linkedin and Instagram. Email us your ideas, feedback and interviewee suggestions at info@greenfixpodcast.com

    37 min

  4. 16 FEB

    How Multinationals Can Leapfrog to Sustainability Leadership, with Dani Matthews, Co-Founder at Abundium

    How can the Australian subsidiaries of global multinationals become sustainability innovators, rather than waiting for head office to lead the way? In this episode, we sit down with Dani Matthews, Co-Founder and Chief Impact Officer at Abundium, a leadership community for C-suite executives in foreign-owned companies operating across the ANZ and APAC region. Abundium works with over 100 of the world's leading multinationals to drive what Dani calls "good growth", leadership that balances profit with people and planet. We talk about leapfrogging (not the pilates kind): how Australian subsidiaries can use their distance from global headquarters as freedom to pilot, test, and innovate, then share those breakthroughs back to the global business. She shares how Unilever ANZ achieved B Corp certification before its parent company and piloted a four-day work week in New Zealand, and how DHL Supply Chain is using a global carbon insetting model to reduce supply chain emissions ahead of local infrastructure. We also explore what Dani calls the Trusted Triangle , the critical alignment between the CEO, CFO, and Chief People Officer, and why sustainability must sit at the heart of business strategy, not on the sidelines. With mandatory sustainability reporting now underway in Australia, Dani shares what she's hearing from CFOs navigating the transition and why frustration might actually be the gateway to flow. Whether you're in a multinational, an ASX-listed company, or a sustainability role looking for practical ways to keep this work on the leadership agenda, this conversation is full of actionable insights. RESOURCES Guest & Organisation Abundium — https://abundium.comDani Matthews on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewsdani/Books & Authors The Case for Good Jobs by Zeynep Ton (MIT Sloan) — https://goodjobsinstitute.orgNet Positive by Paul Polman (former Unilever CEO)Podcasts Change Signal by Michael Bungay Stanier  https://thechangesignal.comResearch & Reports WEF & BCG Report: Already a Multi-Trillion-Dollar Market: CEO Guide to Growth in the Green Economy (December 2025) — https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/12/the-5t-green-economy-is-growing-here-s-how-ceos-can-turn-opportunity-into-long-term-growth/Connect with us! Support the show Your Hosts: Dan Leverington Loreto Gutierrez Liked this episode? Subscribe to our podcast to get the latest Sustainability insights every two weeks. And follow us on Linkedin and Instagram. Email us your ideas, feedback and interviewee suggestions at info@greenfixpodcast.com

    29 min

  5. 2 FEB

    Paul Hawken on Regeneration and What Actually Changes CEOs

    Forget fighting the climate. Paul Hawken argues we are part of it—and that single shift can change how leaders, teams, and communities act. We bring Paul into a candid conversation about language, agency, and the practical levers businesses can pull right now to lower risk, save money, and grow life. Paul Hawken has shaped how business leaders approach climate action for over 60 years. "The Ecology of Commerce" inspired, amongst many, Ray Anderson's transformation of Interface. Drawdown became the definitive roadmap for climate solutions. Now Carbon calls for a shift from fighting carbon to fostering life. In this episode, we go deep on: Why "fighting carbon" and "net zero" might be the wrong frame entirelyThe incredible story of meeting Walmart executives in a closed basement for 5 hours - and writing the speech that transformed the companyWhat actually changes leaders and CEOs mind's on climate and social justiceEnjoy the episode, share it with your team, and leave a review to tell us which term you’re retiring first!  PAUL HAWKEN'S BOOKS Carbon: The Book of Life (2025) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670480/carbon-by-paul-hawken/ Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation (2021) Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming (2017) Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World (2007) Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution (1999) Co-authored with Amory Lovins and Hunter Lovins The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability (1993)  PAUL HAWKEN'S PROJECTS Project Drawdown https://drawdown.org/ Project Regeneration https://regeneration.org/ Paul Hawken's Website https://paulhawken.com/ MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Beyond Zero (Documentary) https://beyondzerofilm.com/ Interface - Our Sustainability Story https://www.interface.com/US/en-US/sustainability/our-history Ray C. Anderson Foundation https://www.raycandersonfoundation.org/Lee Scott's Walmart Speech (October 2005) - "Twenty-First Century Leadership"  PEOPLE REFERENCED Ray Anderson - Late founder and CEO of Interface Damon Gameau - Australian filmmaker (2040, Regeneration) Lee Scott - Former CEO of Walmart Doug McMillon - Current CEO of Walmart Jib Ellison - Founder of Blu Skye Sustainability Consulting Toby Kiers - Researcher on mycorrhizal networks and fungal communication Andrew Adamatzky - Royal Society researcher on fungal communication patterns Tiokasi Connect with us! Support the show Your Hosts: Dan Leverington Loreto Gutierrez Liked this episode? Subscribe to our podcast to get the latest Sustainability insights every two weeks. And follow us on Linkedin and Instagram. Email us your ideas, feedback and interviewee suggestions at info@greenfixpodcast.com

    55 min

  6. 15/12/2025

    Thats's a wrap for 2025!

    Connect with us! Support the show Your Hosts: Dan Leverington Loreto Gutierrez Liked this episode? Subscribe to our podcast to get the latest Sustainability insights every two weeks. And follow us on Linkedin and Instagram. Email us your ideas, feedback and interviewee suggestions at info@greenfixpodcast.com

    1 min

  7. 09/12/2025

    The Modernisation of the Australian Economy, a COP30 debrief with Beth Dowe, Climate Leaders Coalition

    Heat, forests, and hard choices: COP30 in Belém turned climate ambition into a street‑level experience. We have our first return guest, as Beth Dowe, Executive Director of the Climate Leaders Coalition, comes back to the Green Fix to unpack what truly moved the needle at COP: a global push to triple adaptation finance by 2035, Brazil’s big bet on the Tropical Forest Facility, and the fierce debate that stripped fossil fuel roadmap language from the final text while igniting new conversations at home in Australia. Listen in to hear about the real action inside the pavilions where governments, business and civil society intertwined, and why that proximity matters for turning high-level pledges into projects.  Beth shares how Australia’s signature on the Belém Declaration creates pressure to refine the Safeguard Mechanism and rethink diesel rebates, even as our COP31 hosting bid fell short. With Minister Bowen confirmed to preside over negotiations, we dig into how Australia can still raise ambition, shape rules and attract global capital to clean energy, critical minerals and value‑chain innovation across the region. Beth shares that it was Nature that took centre stage in the Amazon. We explore how net zero strategies actually depend on halting deforestation, why more than half of global GDP is tied to nature and how the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is evolving from disclosure to design through pilots that reimagine products, sourcing and end‑of‑life.  We also spotlight Indigenous leadership across COP. From the Great Peoples’ March to calls for early engagement and Indigenous‑informed governance to include pathways to co‑ownership in minerals and nature markets, this legitimacy is a prerequisite to investment.  Finally, we talk about language that lands: swapping 'decarbonisation' for 'modernisation', treating efficiency as the silent moneymaker and scaling what works through trusted business coalitions and pre‑competitive collaboration for at-scale positive impact. Subscribe, share with a colleague who cares about climate and nature strategy and leave a review to help others discover the show.  What’s the one change you want Australia to lead next? Connect with us! Support the show Your Hosts: Dan Leverington Loreto Gutierrez Liked this episode? Subscribe to our podcast to get the latest Sustainability insights every two weeks. And follow us on Linkedin and Instagram. Email us your ideas, feedback and interviewee suggestions at info@greenfixpodcast.com

    26 min

  8. 24/11/2025

    What If Every Job Was a Climate Job? with Lucy Piper, Director at Work for Climate

    What if every job could be a climate job? In this episode, we speak with Lucy Piper, Director of Work for Climate, a non-profit helping employees drive climate action from inside their workplaces. Lucy shares how professionals in any role — not just sustainability — can influence corporate climate policy, push for science-aligned net zero commitments, and hold companies accountable on lobbying and financed emissions. We explore employee activism, avoiding the "climate purity test," and why focusing on the movable middle matters. Whether you're in marketing, engineering, or finance, this conversation will change how you think about your role in the climate crisis. To learn more, please visit:  https://www.workforclimate.org/ Lucy's Recommendation: The Great Simplification Podcast with Nate Hagen: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/ Connect with us! Support the show Your Hosts: Dan Leverington Loreto Gutierrez Liked this episode? Subscribe to our podcast to get the latest Sustainability insights every two weeks. And follow us on Linkedin and Instagram. Email us your ideas, feedback and interviewee suggestions at info@greenfixpodcast.com

    44 min
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Welcome to the Green Fix, the climate & sustainability podcast for Australian corporations and their ESG practitioners. We explore the top challenges and opportunities in the industry, how they are impacting your business and your work, so that you can keep your sanity.  

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    The Green Fix Podcast
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    32
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