Climate Careers

Today the Voiz Academy Sustainability Analysts meet with the executive director of the Detox Project, Henry Rowlands, in partnership with UCL Climate Action Society. He tells us of his history advocating for organic products, and more transparency in the agricultural industry. Do certifications actually work? Who has more power to change how the industry harms us, the consumers or the governments that oversee the industry? Connect with Henry, the Detox Project, and UCL Climate Action Society here:https://bg.linkedin.com/in/henry-rowlands-94304bbhttps://detoxproject.org/https://www.linkedin.com/company/uclcas/

We sat down with the lead of sustainability at Guayaki Yerba Mate to learn more about the sustainability behind the iconic yellow cans. Gretchen Grani tells us about her journey through her career in corporate sustainability, working with indigenous farmers, and advice she has for Gen Z. Is there a way to balance working in the corporate sector and managing true sustainability and justice? Connect with Gretchen and Guayaki here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/gretchengrani/https://guayaki.com/

University of Michigan Ross Professor Andy Hoffman hosts this keynote event of the Ross business Sustainable Apparel Summit with the founders of sustainable shoe company Thousand Fell, Stuart Ahlum and Chloe Songer. They discuss the origins of their business, difficulties they’ve overcame, and how they envision a circular economy.   Connect with Chloe and Stuart here: https://www.thousandfell.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-ah... https://www.linkedin.com/in/chloe-mar...

In this episode of the speaker series, the Voiz students (Carrie Kim, Iman Ismail) are joined by Denise Hearn, co-author of the book “The Myth of Capitalism” and senior fellow of the American Economic Liberties Project. Together, we discuss the way that monopolies developed in America, the impacts they have, and different perspectives that we can view these monopolies from. Is capitalism something that can be reformed or something that needs to be torn down? How can we categorize our societies battling beliefs in how our world should be run? Learn more about the Algorithmic League: https://www.ajl.org/ Connect with Denise Hearn here:https://www.denisehearn.com/https://twitter.com/denisehearn_

Josh Dorfman joins the Voiz Academy students (Jackie Plein, Riana Clark) to talk about his journey as a green entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Simbly Furniture, a sustainable, american-made furniture line. He talks to us about his views on sustainable design, his advice to entrepreneurial hopefuls, and his take on the difference between his generation and that of Voiz Academy. Can a company truly put sustainability first? What would a world look like where other companies followed his model?

This speaker series episode had Rhodes Scholar Jackie Cook join the Voiz Sustainability Analysts (Ben Hillier, Zee Ayoub) to discuss the state of sustainable investing in the asset management industry. Is it real, or is it greenwashing? And what should we expect of the industry when it comes to backing stakeholders on their sustainability initiatives? Cook is the Director of Investment Stewardship Research at Morningstar Finance and gives us an inside look at balancing the risk and opportunities sustainable investments can give us.

Voiz Academy Sustainability Analysts (Elisa Zhang, Iman Ismail) are joined by Ryan Zinn to discuss his work as Organic & Fair Trade Coordinator for Dr. Bronner’s. We discuss the meaning of regenerative agriculture, his time working for NGOs, and the long history Dr. Bronner’s has written as a sustainable company. What is the value of fair trade products, and can they be accessible to all? Can regenerative agriculture mean more for companies and the earth than just soil health?

In this episode of the Voiz Academy Podcast, join Sustainability Analysts (Diego Espinosa & Eliza Zhang) in a conversation with Ryan Zinn, Dr. Bronner's Regenerative Projects Manager. Ryan shares his experiences of working with Dr. Bronner's and how he manages global regenerative projects that would make the transition from sustaining to improving regenerative agriculture by bringing soil health, fair trade, animal welfare and etc together.