Episode 324: IDEO teams with H&M, midmarket banks embrace ESG

This week’s run time is 52:06.

WEEK IN REVIEW (8:20)

• It’s high time for the cannabis industry to embrace sustainability
• The Higg Index, some bad press, and the potential of blockchain technology
• As big banks struggle to decarbonize, midmarket leaders prove “there can be margin in the mission”

FEATURES

Leadership Lessons: Grace Kwok, Allied Sustainability and Environmental Consultants Group (25:30)

This spring, the WSLA Alumnae Group recognized 11 women at the forefront of the sustainability profession. These leaders have made a difference by advancing new technologies or strategies, by overcoming personal and professional obstacles and by committing to mentoring other women. Meet one of the 2022 honorees: Grace Kwok, chairman and executive director of Allied Sustainability and Environmental Consultants Group.

IDEO brings sustainability by design to H&M (33:05)

Emilie Colker, partner at IDEO London, on how design can be a solution to solving sustainability issues and its partnership with H&M.

*Music in this episode: Lee Rosevere: “And So Then,” “Places Unseen,” “4th Ave. Walkup,” “Southside”; MusicalMix2020: “Reguitar”; and Coma-Media: “Jazzy Abstract Beat.”

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