Unlocking your business’ sustainable advantage

The Business Revolution Episode 10

This special episode of The Business Revolution offers a sneak peek into our upcoming Melbourne event, “Unlocking your business’ sustainable advantage.” Join us for mini-interviews with three inspiring speakers:

• Evannah Jayne (Terran Industries): Evannah discusses the economic benefits of sustainability and how businesses can turn ESG risks into opportunities.
  
• Ishara Fernando (Blue Rock): Ishara shares her journey in the social impact space and highlights the importance of collaboration and taking action.
  
• Geoff Gourley (ESG&I): Geoff, a leading ESG consultant and AI innovator, emphasises the need for businesses to adapt to the changing regulatory landscape and leverage technology for positive impact.

Tune in to gain valuable insights and get inspired to attend the event on 28 November 2024.

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Evannah Jayne’s bio: 

Evannah Jayne is the founder and CEO of Terran Industries, an ESG services firm focused on creating impact driven results by strategically implementing sustainability solutions within organisations. Terran Industries accelerates the green transition for businesses, by acting as their dedicated sustainability team. Evannah is a self taught academic in the sustainability and business sectors, collecting certificates from leading universities including The University of Cambridge and University of Copenhagen, as well as completing a course by the United Nations. Evannah is the host of The Green Economy on Import Export TV, a show dedicated to promoting and showcasing sustainable solutions to the International Trade & Logistics sectors. 

Links:

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/evannahjayne

Evannah on TBR Episode 3: businessrevolution.earth/thebusinessrevolution3

About Terran Industries

Terran Industries stands as your committed sustainability partner, offering tailored, full-circle ESG solutions to meet the unique needs of your organisation. Our role extends beyond conventional strategy & reporting; we actively assist organisations in navigating the ever changing ESG landscape. Together, we orchestrate and implement strategies that align with your existing organisational goals and also contribute towards internationally recognized sustainability goals. At Terran Industries, we empower our clients to drive innovation in their sector and future proof their business by integrating sustainability & climate resilience into their core offering.

Link: terranindustries.com.au

Ishara Fernando’s bio:

Ishara Fernando is the Philanthropy and Impact Manager at BlueRock, a certified B Corp. Ishara leads their Be BlueRock Foundation and drives the firm’s community impact strategy. She has extensive experience in social enterprise and FinTech, and is passionate about using her skills to create positive change.

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/fernandoishara

Blue Rock: www.bluerock.com.au

Geoff Gourley’s bio 

Geoff is a LinkedIn Top Voice, leading Global Social Innovator, Entrepreneur, Impact Investor, ESG Consultant and NED with a portfolio career, in 2017 acknowledged in the Top 100 Social Entrepreneurs & Innovators around the world. 

Geoff is the Founder & CEO of ESG&I. and creator of ChatESG ™ leveraging technology & AI for good and also the Founder & Chairman of Impact Investment Fund and Founder of Social Impact Consultancy One10 Group, Director ESG & Program Delivery & Investor at CLARA Energy, Member at Swinburne University TIVCC, NED at Urban Polo Association. 

He is passionate about enabling purpose-driven business on a local and global scale.

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/geoffgourley

ESG&I: esgandi.com.au

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Transcript – episode 10

Cherry Ward (00:00)

Welcome, revolutionaries. My name is Cherry

Alan Taylor (00:03)

I’m Alan.

Mik Aidt (00:04)

And I’m Mik, and together we are the three business musketeers who are doing our best to try and guide you through the evolving landscape of business and sustainability.

Cherry Ward (00:15)

This podcast is made on the lands of the Boon Wurrung, Juggera and Turrbal, and Wadawurrung people to whom we pay our respect and acknowledgement. 

Alan Taylor (00:24)

And this is a special episode of The Business Revolution, bringing you mini-interviews with three incredible speakers who will be featured on our upcoming Melbourne event on the 28th of November.

Cherry Ward (00:35)

Join us as we get a sneak peek into the insights and inspirations that we’ll be sharing at the event, which focuses on helping businesses navigate the exciting world of ESG and sustainability and upcoming changes.

Mik Aidt (00:50)

In this Business Revolution podcast, we are on a mission. We admit it. We intend to prove to the world that sustainability isn’t just good for the planet. It’s also good for our health, for our pockets, for businesses and for the economy of the businesses.

Cherry Ward (01:09)

So whether you’re a business owner, a climate advocate, or simply curious about the future of our planet, you won’t want to miss this episode of The Business Revolution.

Alan Taylor (01:20)

And so first up, have Evannah Jayne from Terran Industries. Evannah, welcome back to The Business Revolution. Obviously, for those of you who’ve been following us, Evannah has been in quite a wonderful talk once before.

Evannah is the founder and CEO of Terran Industries, an ESG services firm with 30 employees globally, focusing on creating impact driven results by strategically implementing sustainability solutions within organisations.

Evannah, tell us a little bit about what you’ll be speaking about at the Melbourne event.

Evannah Jayne (01:56)

Thank you. Good to be back. I will be talking about sustainability and climate risk and how it is essential for businesses and hoping to be able to inspire people in the room and explore what climate risk is for business, how it affects businesses throughout supply chains, emissions, and even the social and governance side of sustainability and how it affects the business as a whole.

Mik Aidt (02:24)

And in short, what is the risk?

Evannah Jayne (02:27)

Risks can be very tailored to the individual organisation. Most common one we see today is in supply chains. Plastic is a common example. It’s an everyday material, but it’s also made from fossil fuels, which is a finite resource. 

Everyone looks at fossil fuels and how they’re producing emissions and disrupting the energy sector, but they’re also very common raw material and everyday products. And sooner or later, that raw material is going to run out.

So if you want to have a functioning supply chain in the future, you need to switch to a more resilient supply chain and material source.

Mik Aidt (03:04)

And is that even possible?

Evannah Jayne (03:06)

It is. There’s hundreds and hundreds of bio materials growing into the market today. Most common one, anything that’s made out of plastic can be made out of seaweed. It’s an incredible material. Grows really, really fast. 

Kelp is the most common one. It is incredible to see what products you can make from seaweed. And it’s a great selling point for businesses too. You can sell a little product and go, hey, it’s made of seaweed. And that’s a really interesting point for consumers.

Alan Taylor (03:38)

So what are you looking forward to most about the event?

Evannah Jayne (03:43)

I’m looking forward to meeting all the excited people who are there and sharing the knowledge that I’v