Podcast - ISCouncil

S3E8 – Global Sustainability w/ Joan Ko

Do you have someone to call when you don’t know the answer? On carbon? On Nature Based Solutions? On sustainable finance? On circularity? With so many sustainability regulations and requirements, it’s impossible for one person to know it all. But it takes hours to read up on these topics and, even then, do you qualify

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S3E7 – The Value of Us w/ Richard Evans

Description: Richard Evans is the Founder and CEO of Talent Nation, Australia’s leading Sustainability, ESG, Environment, Sustainable Finance and Climate & Energy recruitment agency. The company is a B Corp and 100% employee owned. He serves part time on the Membership Advisory Group of the UN Global Compact Network Australia. He has a background in

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S3E6 – Transport Resilience w/ Cathy Bebelman

Description: Host Seth Scott interviews Cathy Bebelman. Cathy is the Chief Scientist: Head of Science and Sustainability with Auckland Transport in New Zealand. Cathy has an extensive background in the environmental impacts of infrastructure and transport networks, working as a researcher and consultant in the public sector for over 25 years. She advocates for a

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S3E5 – The Wellbeing of Future Generations w/ David Clubb

Description: David Clubb is the Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales. He is also the Head of Climate Action at Cardiff Metropolitan University. He also founded Afallen, one of Wales’ leading sustainability consultancies. Prior to that, he was Director of RenewableUK, the award-winning trade body for sustainable energy. Wales is realising several outstanding

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S3E4 – The ISC Impact w/ Toby Kent

Description: Toby Kent is the CEO of the Infrastructure Sustainability Council. Prior to this, he worked for PwC Australia, where he served as a Partner in the Energy Transition. He co-founded and managed ResilientCo Consulting and has been an active board member of the Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia for four years. He was

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S3E3 – Pricing for the Planet w/ Andy Hill

Description: Host Seth Scott interviews Andy Hill, Founder of Planet Price Andy Hill is the Founder of Planet Price, a software company that incorporates the cost of planetary boundaries in infrastructure procurement. A mechanical engineer, Andy is also ANZ Director at Hemisphere Partners, an M&A firm. He serves on the board and is an angel

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S3E2 – Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure w/ Anthony Kane

Description: Host Seth Scott interviews Anthony Kane, President and CEO of Assistant Professor of Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure. Anthony Kane is President & CEO of the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI), a Washington, DC-based nonprofit which facilitates the Envision Sustainable Infrastructure Framework. Anthony also serves as a commissioner on the DC Commission on Climate Change

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S3E1 – State Capacity and Infrastructure Costs w/ Cailin Slattery

 Description: Host Seth Scott interviews Cailin Slattery, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business. Cailin brings us her findings from the paper “State Capacity and Infrastructure Costs” (co-authored with Yale Law School Professor Zachary Liscow and Columbia University’s William Nober). Key findings of the report: 👉 One

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S2E7 – Beca’s Circular Design Framework w/ Tania Hyde

Description: Host Seth Scott interviews Tania Hyde, Technical Director & Circular Design Lead (Transport & Infrastructure) at Beca. One of our most detailed episodes yet, Tania talks about Beca’s Circular Design Framework, how infrastructure projects can achieve circular principles by asking tough questions, accounting for the Planet Price in purchasing, and free Circular Spatial Planning

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S2E6 – Australia’s Circular Economy w/ Lisa McLean

Description: During our interview with Lisa McLean, Managing Director and CEO of Circular Australia, we learned of some of the impressive circular initiatives happening in Australia, such as: The importance of building circular “precincts”, a place to keep resources in circulation locally. The new ISO 59000 Global Framework for implementing circular economy principles Several of

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S2E5 – Eliminating Waste w/ Ingrid Cronin-Knight

  Description: Today we’re touring one of Waste Management’s recovery centres in Auckland and meeting with Ingrid Cronin-Knight, Chief Growth and Sustainability Officer at Waste Management New Zealand. We talked to her about how to turn waste into gold. We learned a lot from our visit. Recycling isn’t easy but when done right we can

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S2E4 – Regenerate Nature w/ Georgine Roodenrys

Description: Guest Speaker Georgine Roodenrys is a respected leader in regenerative industrial development, with deep expertise in decarbonisation, circular economy, and climate strategy. She is a Director at Rennie, where she advises clients on navigating the complex transition to a low-carbon economy, integrating sustainability, innovation, and human progress.

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