Engaging ESG with Jennifer Owens and Kati Kallins

Jennifer Owens and Kati Kallins
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Engaging ESG with Jennifer Owens and Kati Kallins

Engaging ESG is a bimonthly series exploring the evolving landscape of ESG communications. Join Jennifer Owens, senior director of marketing at CEEZER, and Kati Kallins, global sustainability lead at Adobe, as they talk with fellow ESG pros to address the pitfalls and possibilities hidden in each of our ESG comms plans — and provide practical answers you and your team can use today.

  1. 05/29/2024

    ESG: Past, Present, Future

    We’re ending Season Two by tackling the question we’ve all been asked at one time or another: Why should we care about ESG?   In this episode, Kati and Jennifer look at our history, from the early concepts of a “license to operate,” to today’s increasing regulations around sustainability claims coming from both EMEA and the U.S.   As Mike Wallace, decarbonization officer at Persefoni, states: “You’re going to have to figure out what’s the language you’re going to use to stay in compliance, but also continue to do business with your biggest customers asking you for sustainability, carbon data or ESG data.”  Have a question for us? Email us today at engagingesg@gmail.com!  Our theme music is “Lost in Translation” by Wendy Marcini and Elvin Vangard.  Episode Links  Science Based Targets  Updated - Corporate Social Responsibility: A Brief History  “Nobody Wants to Work Anymore” on Instagram  America’s ESG Hiring Boom Is Starting to Cool  Companies Say Push to Decarbonize Comes From Their Own Boards - WSJ  MPP Global Project Tracker  ESG is everything you do  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    30 min

  2. 05/15/2024

    Scoping Out Supply Chain

    Scope 3 emissions are the big beast many companies must tackle to truly reduce their carbon footprint. In this episode, Jennifer and Kati explore how major companies like Walmart are going beyond their own operations to drive emissions reductions across their vast supply chain. They also look at what lies beyond Scope 3 in the journey towards true net zero.  Have a question for us? Email us today at engagingesg@gmail.com!  Our theme music is “Lost in Translation” by Wendy Marcini and Elvin Vangard.  Episode Links  CEO Doug McMillon: Walmart’s supply chain cut 1 billion tons of emissions 6 years ahead of schedule | GreenBiz  Walmart reaches halfway to Project Gigaton | GreenBiz  Why a Sustainable Supply Chain Should Be a Business Imperative | Progressive Grocer  Scoping out: Tracking nature across the supply chain - CDP  The SBTi releases new reports to help accelerate corporate climate action beyond the value chain  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    33 min

  3. 05/01/2024

    Our Built Environment

    From the roofs over our heads to the floors beneath our feet, the environment built around us surrounds us an estimated 90% of our day — everyday.   In this episode, Kati and Jennifer consider what it takes to make our homes and workplaces healthy, from our carpets, desks and office chairs to massive green roofs designed to support biodiversity.   Have a question for us? Email us today at engagingesg@gmail.com!  Our theme music is “Lost in Translation” by Wendy Marcini and Elvin Vangard.   Episode Links  Google I/O 2021: Being helpful in moments that matter  New progress toward our 24/7 carbon-free energy goal  Building with Mushrooms to Reduce Drywall Waste | landfill, sustainability  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    41 min

  4. 04/17/2024

    Revving Up for Automotive

    When it comes to the road ahead there are no easy fixes, only continuing progress, for the automotive industry. Relatable education on the nuances, trade-offs and limitations in play across vehicles, supply chains and business models are key but so are activist voices.   In this episode, Kati and I flip the script and explore climate activist messaging targeting the auto industry, focusing on great examples of emotional, visceral and innovative creative work — while also assessing their impact on the industry overall.  Have a question for us? Email us today at engagingesg@gmail.com!  Our theme music is “Lost in Translation” by Wendy Marcini and Elvin Vangard.  Episode Links  We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020  ‘Crying Indian’ Ad That Targeted Pollution to Be Retired - The New York Times  Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda talks about why he isn't all-in on EVs — and what made him do a 'happy dance'  How to make automotive companies sustainable | EY - Global  US Could Become Odd Market Out in EV Success Story  Fake ads mocking corporate sponsors of the COP21 climate talks pop up in Paris | CBC News  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    31 min

  5. 04/03/2024

    Playing Fair for a Just Transition

    Just Transition seeks to build economic and political power for communities to move away from extractive systems towards regenerative ones — but what will take to get there?  In this episode, Jennifer + Kati consider the frameworks and elements that fuels the work towards a just transition, including reparations, social equity as well as decentralizing production/consumption.  Have a question for us? Email us today at engagingesg@gmail.com!  Our theme music is “Lost in Translation” by Wendy Marcini and Elvin Vangard.  Episode Links  Just Transition - Climate Justice Alliance  Plenty Opens World’s Most Technologically Advanced Indoor Vertical Farm in Compton  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    36 min

  6. 03/20/2024

    Investing in Banking + Insurance

    The finance sector is key to unlocking the system-wide change needed to reach net-zero emissions and a recent survey finds the vast majority of senior investors and business executives planning to increase their ESG investment over the next five years. In this episode, Kati + Jennifer consider where financial institutions are investing and lending money — and how major players like Blackrock, Citi and Chubb are responding to stakeholder pressures. Have a question for us? Email us today at engagingesg@gmail.com! Our theme music is “Lost in Translation” by Wendy Marcini and Elvin Vangard.   Episode Links Thereal impact of the ESG backlash Investors,Businesses to Increase ESG Investment Despite Greenwashing Scrutiny & Political Pushback: Bloomberg Survey Sustainability in Insurance - MetLife, Liberty Mutual &HSBC ChubbAnnounces New Climate and Conservation-Focused Underwriting Standards for Oiland Gas Extraction - Mar 22, 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    30 min

  7. 03/06/2024

    Driving Into Shipping + Trucking

    This week, Kati and Jennifer drive up a semi-sequel to our retail and packaging episode — as in what comes next when it comes to getting food into your fridge and your clothes in your closet.   Shipping and trucking are complicated industries that touch nearly every aspect of our lives. In this episode we’ll consider how ESG professionals are communicating a puzzle that consists of a zillion interlocking pieces and impacts legions of stakeholders.  Have a question for us? Email us today at engagingesg@gmail.com!  Our theme music is “Lost in Translation” by Wendy Marcini and Elvin Vangard.  Episode Links  California Pushes Electric Trucks as the Future of Freight - The New York Times  Outrage and Optimism Podcast: Greening Shipping  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    30 min

  8. 02/21/2024

    Charging Into Retail + Packaging

    In this episode, Kati + Jennifer cover how big familiar consumer brands like PepsiCo, H&M, Unilever and Amazon are approaching sustainability in packaging and materials — and the lessons we can take from them as ESG comms professionals. Join us as we dive into the upstream efforts of these companies to reduce waste and carbon emissions, learn how they are communicating these efforts to consumers and of course, consider how they are reacting to climate action criticism in real time. Have a question for us? Email us today at engagingesg@gmail.com! Our theme music is “Lost in Translation” by Wendy Marcini and Elvin Vangard. Episode Links The Burning Problem of Japan’s Waste Disposal - Tokyo Review PepsiCo Struggles to Advance its Plastic Sustainability Goals | Packaging Dive H&M Launches Green Loan Program to Finance Suppliers’ Emissions Reductions Initiatives - ESG Today Why We Need a Global Treaty to End Plastic Pollution Breaking the Plastic Wave: Top Findings for Preventing Plastic Pollution | The Pew Charitable Trusts Great Pacific Garbage Patch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    34 min
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Engaging ESG is a bimonthly series exploring the evolving landscape of ESG communications. Join Jennifer Owens, senior director of marketing at CEEZER, and Kati Kallins, global sustainability lead at Adobe, as they talk with fellow ESG pros to address the pitfalls and possibilities hidden in each of our ESG comms plans — and provide practical answers you and your team can use today.

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  • Creator
    Jennifer Owens and Kati Kallins
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    Copyright © 2024 Jennifer Owens

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