# Fortescue CEO: Breaking into Mining, Going Green and the Accident That Changed Everything Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-good-company-with-nicolai-tangen-5384475/fortescue-ceo-breaking-into-mining-going-green-and-the-accident-that-changed-everything Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-good-company-with-nicolai-tangen-5384475/fortescue-ceo-breaking-into-mining-going-green-and-the-accident-that-changed-everything.md Podcast: [In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-good-company-with-nicolai-tangen-5384475) Published: 2026-07-01T03:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/in-good-company-with-nicolai-tangen/episodes/fortescue-ceo-breaking-into-mining-going-green-and-the-accid Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/622618c7057f3400120d15db/e/6a43f43775e7a3e961c3f380/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/in-good-company-with-nicolai-tangen-5384475/episodes/fortescue-ceo-breaking-into-mining-going-green-and-the-accident-that-changed-everything Duration seconds: 2609 ## Resource Nicolai Tangen sits down with Andrew Forrest, Chairman and CEO of Fortescue, to explore one of the most remarkable stories in modern business. From building a mining giant from scratch against a 60-year duopoly, to pledging to run the entire company on zero fossil fuels by 2030 with no offsets, Forrest has never been afraid to think big. They discuss his "crazy brave Plan A" philosophy, the role of AI in running smart energy grids, and his disagreements with some of the world's most powerful people over climate policy. Andrew also opens up about the accident that reshaped his priorities, his philanthropic mission tackling modern slavery and ocean conservation, and the simple advice that guides his life: be useful, and enjoy it. Tune in!   In Good Company is hosted by Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management. New full episodes every Wednesday, and don't miss our Highlight episodes every Friday.    The production team for this episode includes Isabelle Karlsson, Halvor Njerve and PLAN-B's Niklas Figenschau Johansen. Background research was conducted by Karoline Woie.   Watch the episode on YouTube: Norges Bank Investment Management - YouTube Want to learn more about the fund? The fund | Norges Bank Investment Management (nbim.no) Follow Nicolai Tangen on LinkedIn: Nicolai Tangen | LinkedIn Follow NBIM on LinkedIn: Norges Bank Investment Management: Administrator for bedriftsside | LinkedIn Follow NBIM on Instagram: Explore Norges Bank Investment Management on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/in-good-company-with-nicolai-tangen-5384475/episodes/fortescue-ceo-breaking-into-mining-going-green-and-the-accident-that-changed-everything/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-good-company-with-nicolai-tangen-5384475/fortescue-ceo-breaking-into-mining-going-green-and-the-accident-that-changed-everything.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.