Net Hero Podcast – With Sumit Bose

‘We will be net zero for our whole supply chain. That’s absolutely massive!’

Nigel Holden heads up Co-op’s Power division and he says the organisation’s goal is bold when it comes to net-zero.
Why? Because sustainability and ethics are at the heart of the Co-op’s values and history.

Global IT energy use ‘will be as big as USA by 2040’

Kevin Brown, is a smooth talking American. We chat on zoom in a relaxed manner but the Senior VP of Schneider Electric’s Secure Power Division drops a bombshell at the start of our conversation.
“By 2040 edge computing alone might be 3200 TWh (Terawatt Hours) of energy consumption, that’s like 275 million households bigger than the US, so it’s massive challenge in managing the carbon footprint that’s coming,” he says.

British Gas Business ‘remains totally committed to a net zero future’

British Gas Business remains totally committed to a net zero future and plans to power through the economic downturn triggered by the coronavirus crisis to emerge stronger than ever before.
That’s the suggestion from Gab Barbaro, the energy giant’s Managing Director, who spoke to future Net Zero Founder Sumit Bose to discuss the company’s commitment to entirely decarbonise by 2050 and to explore its vision of delivering net zero.

Stimulating the global economy ‘must be done in a sustainable and future-focused way’

That’s the suggestion from Hanno Schoklitsch, CEO and Founder of Kaiserwetter, who spoke to future Net Zero about the effects of Covid-19 and how it would be likely to affect global decarbonisation efforts
 

‘Net zero solutions must not only be green but also prove economically sustainable’

Net zero solutions must not only be green but also prove economically sustainable to ensure fast-paced and effective decarbonisation.
That’s the suggestion from Nikki Flanders, Managing Director of Energy Customer Solutions at SSE, who spoke to future Net Zero Founder Sumit Bose about the global mission to reach net zero by 2050 and how it can be achieved.

‘Post-coronavirus, businesses will increasingly seek outside assistance to finance clean heat projects’

 In the post-coronavirus era, big business will increasingly seek the aid of professional firms to help finance heat decarbonisation projects, rather than funding them themselves.
That's the suggestion from Richard Burrell, CEO of AMP Clean Energy, who spoke to future Net Zero about the UK's journey to net zero and what he thinks will happen next.

Social and economic structures ‘must be more in tune with sustainability’

It is vital to build new social and economic structures that are more in tune with sustainability to enable longer and healthier human lives.
That’s the suggestion from Mike Hughes, UK & Ireland Zone President at Schneider Electric, who spoke to future Net Zero Founder Sumit Bose last week.

Louise Kingham - Coping with Corona

One word can be used to sum up the global energy sector in the face of the ongoing coronavirus crisis – resilience.
That’s the verdict from Louise Kingham OBE FEI, Chief Executive of the Energy Institute, who stressed the importance of recognising the vital work being carried out by the sector’s workers every day.

We need to “embrace nuclear” to get to net zero

Small scale local distributed energy networks, community energy schemes and off-grid storage has a cruicial role to play in getting us to net zero but only if the government has a rethink on regulations.
That’s the opinion of leading energy analyst Peter King, Head of Energy and Utilities at Capgemini Invent.

The global carbon market ‘will grow rapidly in the next decade’

The global carbon market will grow rapidly in the next decade.
That’s the suggestion from Vaughan Lindsay, CEO of ClimateCare, who spoke to future Net Zero Founder Sumit Bose about the development of corporate integrated carbon strategies and the ‘inevitable’ steps that every business will have to follow in the near future.