S4E1 – How much does infrastructure cost and how much are we willing to spend? w/ Geoff Cooper
Description: How much does infrastructure cost? We spoke with Geoff Cooper from the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga about their National Infrastructure Plan to find out. We learned some interesting things. New Zealand spends more on infrastructure than most OECD countries. The infrastructure spend averages 5.6%, swinging between 5% to 7%.
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S3E12 – Infrastructure Finance w/ Alex Ayscough
Description: Can investors make a return on sustainability? “We see really good value creation investing in sustainability,” said our guest in this episode of Infrastructure Connections. Alex Ayscough is an Investment Director at the infrastructure investment firm Morrison. “I think sustainability provided investment opportunities for us, and a lot of other infrastructure investors as well.”
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S3E11 – Road Ecology w/ Ben Goldfarb
Description: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝟭𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶a? Ben Goldfarb found that roads are “the leading direct human cause of vertebrate mortality on land.” More than hunting, wildfires, dams, and urban habitat loss combined. The costs are enormous. According to the @Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) animal-vehicle collisions cost Australia $7 billion every
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S3E10 – Sustainable Procurement w/ Bec Timmings
Description: 𝗜𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆? Sustainability feels expensive and hard when it’s bolted on at the end. But when procurement is involved early, everything shifts: • Sustainability is embedded from planning, not post‑design • Procurement and sustainability teams work together • Suppliers help shape smarter, cost‑neutral solutions Public procurement is powerful
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S3E9 – Modes of Mobility w/ Melissa Bruntlett
Description: Do you take cars for granted? What if you learned they were responsible for An increased sense of isolation? A lack of trust in the community? A source of stress throughout your day? Even where you spend time in your home? Studies show all this and more, yet we often fail to see cars
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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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