{"podcast":{"title":"Straight Talking Sustainability","slug":"straight-talking-sustainability-7096932","podcast_index_feed_id":7096932,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/straight-talking-sustai/","website_url":"https://straight-talking-sustai.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/3e779651-0671-4119-aae1-4badb5d77dc3/New-Straight-Talking-Sustainability-Podcast-cover-June-26.jpg","author":"Emma Burlow","episode_count":92,"summary":"Welcome to Straight Talking Sustainability! I'm your host, Emma Burlow. If you're feeling lost in all the sustainability talk or struggling to see real results in your business, this podcast is for you. We’ll clear up the confusion and focus on practical, straightforward actions that actually work. Join me as I talk with experts, share real-world stories, and tackle the common roadblocks that stop businesses from making progress. This is all about making sustainability easier and sharing what truly makes a difference. Let’s keep it simple, effective, and make sustainability stick!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T02:18:33.297033+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-talking-sustainability-7096932"},"episode":{"title":"Why Sustainability isn’t the Sustainability Director’s Problem with Joss Tantram, Terrafiniti","slug":"why-sustainability-isn-t-the-sustainability-director-s-problem-with-joss-tantram-terrafiniti","published_at":"2026-05-24T23:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-talking-sustainability-7096932/why-sustainability-isn-t-the-sustainability-director-s-problem-with-joss-tantram-terrafiniti","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-talking-sustainability-7096932","url":"https://straight-talking-sustai.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/de144007-5a9e-421e-8425-e7aa1f570396.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Straight Talking Sustainability, Emma welcomes longtime friend and experienced sustainability strategist Joss Tantram, Partner at Terrafiniti. Together, they dive into the evolution of corporate sustainability, the practical realities facing professionals in the field, and the challenges of driving real change within organizations. Joss Tantram, Partner, Terrafiniti Joss is a lifelong environmentalist and sustainability practitioner and is founding partner of Terrafiniti, a pioneering sustainability consultancy. Joss has held senior roles in both WWF-UK and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and worked to develop the theory and practice of corporate sustainability in organisations across the world. At WWF-UK in 2001, he was one of the first to propose the idea of sustainability as a strategic value creation concept and conceived and authored publications considered as source books on the business case for sustainability and sustainability and corporate strategy. From 2019 to 2022, Joss was a Director in WBCSD’s Redefining Value team, where he was lead author of WBCSD's \"Future Proof Business\" guide, co-author of WBCSD's \"An architecture for sustainable value transition within social and planetary boundaries\" and since leaving WBCSD Joss lead and co-wrote their 2025 publication “Managing uncertainty in sustainability disclosure”. He is passionate about sustainable change and retains hope in the capacity of humanity to become true stewards of this precious planet. Joss is the author of the Towards 9 Billion book series – presenting big, playful, hopeful ideas for a sustainable, equitable future. Joss consistently aspires to be a failed musician, and to that end has been writing and recording songs which very few people hear.…","meta_description":"In this episode of Straight Talking Sustainability, Emma welcomes longtime friend and experienced sustainability strategist Joss Tantram, Partner at Terra…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2722,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/straight-talking-sustainability-7096932/episodes/why-sustainability-isn-t-the-sustainability-director-s-problem-with-joss-tantram-terrafiniti/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-talking-sustainability-7096932/why-sustainability-isn-t-the-sustainability-director-s-problem-with-joss-tantram-terrafiniti.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}