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Navigating Net Zero with Alexia KellyNavigating Net Zero: Elizabeth Willmott on Corporate Strategy & Climate MindfulnessIn this episode of Navigating Net Zero, host Alexia Kelly welcomes Liz Willmott, a climate and sustainability expert with over 20 years of experience across the public, nonprofit, and private sectors, including a pivotal role at Microsoft. Liz shares her journey from a childhood tree hugger to leading Microsoft's carbon negative strategy and founding Earth Rise Consulting. The discussion covers the importance of market-based solutions like Microsoft’s internal carbon fee, the challenges and strategies for mainstreaming sustainability in corporations, and the need for intellectual flexibility and practical progress over perfection. Liz emphasizes the role of collaboration, the adaptation of cl...
2025-11-1738 min
Save What You Love with Mark Titus#55 Renee Erickson - Chef, Restauranteur + ArtistRenee Erickson is a James Beard award-winning chef, author, and co-owner of multiple properties in Seattle, Washington: The Walrus and the Carpenter, The Whale Wins, Barnacle, Boat Bar, Bateau, Lioness, Deep Dive, Willmott's Ghost, Westward, and several General Porpoise Doughnuts and Coffee locations. As a Seattle native (well, Woodinville to be exact), Renee's restaurants highlight the bounty of the Pacific Northwest with a European sensibility. Bon Appetit Magazine has compared her to M.F.K. Fisher, Elizabeth David, and Julia Child. Renee Erickson's food, casual style, and appreciation of simple beauty is an inspiration to h...
2024-12-021h 20
The Carbon Removal ShowS2 #7: How Microsoft offsets emissionsNow we've been through the process of buying our first carbon credits, we wondered how a larger, infinitely more complex operation might do the same.
We spoke to Elizabeth Willmott from Microsoft to get to the bottom of what it means to be a big time buyer of carbon credits.
We dive into the company's climate strategy, how to remove the emissions of one of the world's most significant companies, and what to do about historical emissions.
You can read more about Microsoft's Carbon Removal Program mentioned in the episode here: https://www...
2022-09-2130 min
The Engineers CollectiveSpeaking out about opportunities for women is critical to solving the skills crisisMaking more women aware of the opportunities a career in construction can offer is critical to attracting more people into the sector and resolving the ongoing skills crisis the industry faces.
In this episode of The Engineers Collective, NCE editor Claire Smith speaks to Willmott Dixon construction manager Lianne Lawson and Mott MacDonald development manager for energy Clare Rhodes James about their experiences coming into the sector as women as the industry prepared to mark International Women in Engineering Day last week.
The three start by discussing how they each came to study engineering and...
2022-06-2938 min
Pricing Nature11. What Have We Learned From Internal Carbon Pricing?Yale, Microsoft, H&M, Mahindra, Smith College, and University College London share lessons from their experience putting prices on their own carbon emissions. Casey Pickett, host of Pricing Nature and Director of the Yale Carbon Charge, shares experiences from the last six years and makes a big announcement about the future of carbon pricing at Yale. And we hear advice about internal carbon pricing from Joanna Marshall-Cook (Head of Sustainability Programmes, University College London), Kim Hellstrom (Strategy Lead, Sustainability, H&M Group), Elizabeth Willmott (Carbon Program Director, Microsoft), Anirban Ghosh (Chief Sustainability Officer, Mahindra Group), and Alex Barron (Assistant...
2022-05-2345 minPricing Nature10. Tax Ourselves? Why Companies and Institutions Are Pricing Their Own EmissionsWhat is “internal” carbon pricing? And why are more and more private companies and institutions using the tool to reduce their emissions? We hear from Elizabeth Willmott (Microsoft, Carbon Program Director), Anirban Ghosh (Chief Sustainability Officer, Mahindra Group), Kim Hellstrom (Strategy Lead, Sustainability, H&M Group), Alex Barron (Assistant Professor, Environmental Science and Policy, Smith College & Co-author, “Internal Carbon Pricing in Higher Education Toolkit”), and Long Lam (Lead Author, CDP’s “How-To Guide to Corporate Internal Carbon Pricing”). Read more at pricingnature.substack.com.
2022-05-1244 min
Eversheds Sutherland - Legal InsightsLegal issues and developments relating to COVID-19 in the UK Health and Social Care sectorJoin Elizabeth Graves - Global Co-Head Health & Life Science, Sasha Willmott (Employment) and Ellie Brown (Employment) as they discuss employment risks regarding the current situation on mandatory vaccinations in care homes and all front line NHS staff, how should employers deal with staff who refuse to be vaccinate , and what steps should employers be taking now in relation to the new Regulations. The information we have provided is accurate as at November 29, 2021. The information in this podcast is for guidance purposes only and should not be regarded as a substitute for taking legal advice.
2021-12-0713 minEversheds Sutherland - Legal InsightsLegal issues and developments relating to COVID-19 in the UK Health and Social Care sectorJoin Elizabeth Graves - Global Co-Head Health & Life Science, Sasha Willmott (Employment) and Ellie Brown (Employment) as they discuss employment risks regarding the current situation on mandatory vaccinations in care homes and all front line NHS staff, how should employers deal with staff who refuse to be vaccinate , and what steps should employers be taking now in relation to the new Regulations. The information we have provided is accurate as at November 29, 2021. The information in this podcast is for guidance purposes only and should not be regarded as a substitute for taking legal advice.
2021-12-0713 min
The Daily GardenerAugust 19, 2020 Michael Drolet’s Paris Apartment Design, National Potato Day, Jane Loudon, Ellen Willmott, Elizabeth Lawrence, Potato Poetry, Dahlias by Naomi Slade, and Ogden Nash’s Victory GardenToday we salute the English orphan girl who wrote her own destiny with science fiction writing. We also remember the English gardener who is still ghosting us after many decades. We revisit a letter from Elizabeth Lawrence to her sister Ann. We'll celebrate National Potato Day with some Potato Poems. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a gorgeous book about Dahlias. And then we'll wrap things up with the birthday of a beloved American creator of light verse. But first, let's catch up on some Greetings from Gardeners around the world and today's curated news. Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Sti...
2020-08-1935 min
Carbon Removal NewsroomMicrosoft commits to being carbon negative by 2030Microsoft has joined the ranks of prominent tech companies pledging to remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they emit. Elizabeth Willmott, Microsoft's Carbon Program Manager, comes on the show to tell us more.
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2020-01-2713 minThe Daily GardenerAugust 19, 2019 National Potato Day, Jane Webb, Phlox from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Ellen Willmott, Willis Linn Jepson, Henderina Scott, Ogden Nash, Healing Herbs by Michael Castleman, Fall Herbs, and a Letter From Elizabeth LawrenceToday is National Potato Day. Here are some fun potato facts: The average American eats approximately 126 pounds of spuds each year. And, up until the 18th century, the French believed potatoes called leprosy. To combat the belief, the agronomist Antoine Auguste Parmentier became a one-man PR person for the potato. How did Parmentier get the French people to believe that the potato is safe to eat? Good question. Parmentier cleverly posted guards around his potato fields during the day and put the word out that he didn’t want people stealing them. Then, he purposefully left them unguarded at nig...
2019-08-1915 min
Film Nobs2019 Oscar Nominations EpisodeB-Man previews the 2019 Oscars telecast, then puts his Nobbish reputation on the line by telling you who should win, who will win, and - most importantly - who he would have nominated in the first place. Listen up to win your Oscar pool! (or if you need a scapegoat should you lose) Show rundown: 2:25 - Controversy #1:Best Popular Film category 4:30 - Controversy #2:Host search woes 10:30 - B-Man's Oscar host pick 12:00 - Controversy #3:Original song performances controversy 13:30 - Controversy #4: 4 categories receiving awards during commercial break 15:00 - Controversy #5: Overall show length 16:30 - Possible reasons for declining viewership 19:00...
2019-02-221h 08