Sitting in the eaves of her office at the Centre for Global Equality (CGE) in an historic building in Cambridge, Director Dr Lara Allen talks about how she is motivated to find ways of connecting the intellectual powerhouse

Robin Willoughby is Head of Food and Climate Policy and Campaigns. He has previously led Oxfam International’s Agriculture investment policy and advocacy portfolio and was a consultant researcher on food and environmental security at Chatham House.

Liz Williams is responsible for BT Group’s tech literacy programme and its education strategies. She is chair of Good Things Foundation, the UK’s largest digital participation charity, which has just celebrated helping its two millionth learner.

Richard Burrett is a Partner at Earth Capital Partners LLP, a sustainability focused investment group. He has spent over 30 years working in international finance and at ABN AMRO played a key role in developing the Equator Principles. He is a Fellow at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

How is a company that is in the business of selling bras and knickers looking to its customers to help meet renewable energy commitments? Zoë Arden speaks to Lydia Hopton, Property Plan A Project Manager at M&S, to find out.

Dr Steve Waygood leads the global investment team at Aviva Investors. He co-founded the Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative and the Corporate Responsibility Reporting Coalition.

Kennedy School of Government Professor Joseph Nye describes a ‘tri-sector athlete’ as someone who can, “engage and collaborate across the private, public, and social sectors.

Part of being human is the ability to put ourselves in other people’s shoes or, better still, wear them. Inge Wallage, currently communications director at the International Water Association (IWA),

Having held senior corporate responsibility positions at Burberry and Gap Inc., Sean Ansett now provides strategic advice on ethical trade, human rights and environmental sustainability. Zoë Arden spoke with him about his work with LaborVoices,

MTR is one of the world’s leading rail operators transporting over 5.4 million passengers every weekday. Its primary business is the construction and operation of mass transit railway systems in Hong Kong.

Anna Hagemann Rise, Group Communications and CSR manager, interviewed for a different role at Froosh but within minutes she and the CEO were talking politics

Tony Juniper is one of a handful of environmentalists that barely need an introduction. He is a campaigner, writer, and sustainability adviser and has long been involved with Friends of the Earth.

Marks & Spencer’s director of Plan A, Mike Barry, spoke to Zoë Arden recently about the big challenges of getting both consumer traction and employee engagement to take Plan A, the company’s sustainability strategy, to the next level.

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