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The Futurebuild PodcastEpisode 17 - Collaboration in action: Inside the Supply Chain Sustainability School (Video)In this episode of the Futurebuild podcast, host Martin Hurn talks with Ian Heptonstall about the origins and evolution of the Supply Chain Sustainability School — a game-changing initiative that began as a collaborative effort between major UK contractors. Ian reveals how competitors became partners to address a shared skills gap in sustainable supply chain knowledge and how the solution became a free, inclusive, and digital-first learning platform. With over 50,000 active users today, the School has redefined how the construction industry tackles sustainability — empowering SMEs, upskilling supply chains, and keeping pace with evolving environmental and social priorities.
Tu...2025-05-271h 06
The Futurebuild PodcastEpisode 17 - Collaboration in action: Inside the Supply Chain Sustainability School (Audio)In this episode of the Futurebuild podcast, host Martin Hurn talks with Ian Heptonstall about the origins and evolution of the Supply Chain Sustainability School — a game-changing initiative that began as a collaborative effort between major UK contractors. Ian reveals how competitors became partners to address a shared skills gap in sustainable supply chain knowledge and how the solution became a free, inclusive, and digital-first learning platform. With over 50,000 active users today, the School has redefined how the construction industry tackles sustainability — empowering SMEs, upskilling supply chains, and keeping pace with evolving environmental and social priorities.
Tu...2025-05-271h 06
FOOTPRINT+ podcastsThe role of procurement in driving change
Construction projects have an immense capacity to drive change. As our sector’s interdependency with nature becomes more pronounced, how do we harness that capacity through procurement techniques? We hear from public sector construction stakeholders, who are involved in billions of pounds of construction output, how they use the procurement of construction activities to support the development of nature-based solutions.
Chairperson
Ian Heptonstall, Director - Action Sustainability
Speakers
Fergus Harradence, Deputy Director, Construction - Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Peter Holbrook, Chief Executive - Social Enterprise UK
2025-01-2244 min
The BiG Scuba PodcastEpisode 192 Sophie Heptonstall BSAC Head of Diving and TrainingThe BiG Scuba Duo, Gemma and Ian chat to Sophie Heptonstall. Sophie was introduced to diving by her dad, grandad and uncle who were diving in the UK. She did a PADI Discover Scuba abroad at twelve years old and then PADI Open Water Course at Stoney Cove. At university in Wales Sophie joined the university BSAC Club and continued her diver grade training and instructor training in the club with BSAC but completed other agency specialty courses with TDI and IANTD and worked as a PADI Divemaster in the UK at weekends for a few years. S...2024-12-021h 40
Sense and Sustainability - A sustainable procurement podcastEpisode 45 - 30 years in sustainable supply chains and counting - Ian HeptonstallSend us a textCo-Directors of Action Sustainability, Ian Heptonstall and Shaun McCarthy share perspectives on their 30 year journey in sustainable procurement.For more information about Ian and Action Sustainability visit https://www.actionsustainability.com/team/ian-heptonstall/ 2024-08-1933 min
Lita Doolan's Audio BooksBURNING MAN PROJECT - How to be Young AgainNew writing Directed by Lita Doolan
Performed by Judy Leonard and Ian McShee
Curated as part of Burning Man Virtual Festival 2020
VERTEBRAE, CLAUSTROPHOBIA, AND DANIEL DAY-LEWIS by Donna Latham
The Retrieval by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
Mother Nature by Lee R. Lawing
The Coat by Nick Maynard
Bunny Hop by Judy Upton
That Weekend in Belfast by Martha Patterson
Ghost Walks by Geoffrey Heptonstall
The Menopausal Freshman by Joyce Newman
Grazed Knees by Elspeth McColl
Blackpool Rock by Li...2020-07-061h 00