Imperial Business Podcast

IB Green Minds #1: Meet the hosts

Hello and welcome to a new academic year, new Green Minds season and new hosts! 

Meet, Kapil Joshi, Jamie Batho, Shirin Crouch and Alexander Czegledy, all current students on the MSc Climate Change, Management & Finance programme. In this episode they tell us who they are, their climate change ah-ha moments, and their plans for the up-coming season. 

As ever, if there’s a theme you would like them to investigate, please do send in your feedback to ibgreenminds@gmail.com

IB Green Minds: Farewell from our 2020/2021 Hosts

IB Green Minds #78: In conversation with Dr Joeri Rogelj

This week, Lottie speaks with Dr Joeri Rogelj, Director of Research at the Grantham Institute and a Lead Author of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). They discuss AR6, climate change in the context of sustainable development, carbon offsets and carbon removals, and what Joeri hopes to see at COP26.

Healthcare Business #3: Challenges of end of life care in the black community

In this episode, we discuss the challenges of end of life care with Dr Edith Israel (Consultant in Palliative care ). We discuss how palliative care is provided and received, in particular, by the black community and the taboos that cause disengagement in end of life care.

Healthcare Business #2: Healthcare NGO and financing the mission

In this episode we discuss the challenges of financing the missions of healthcare NGOs, social organisational business models and the impact of the pandemic with Mr Wilfred Zeon, the finance director of Partners in Health in Liberia.

IB Green Minds #77: In conversation with Nikolai Khlystov

This week on the IB Green Minds podcast, Alex speaks with Nikolai Khlystov, Lead of Space and Mobility at the World Economic Forum. They discuss the importance of the Space sector to socioeconomic development, as well as the challenges posed by the increasing volumes of Space debris in Lower Earth Orbit. With this background, Nikolai explains the importance of the world’s first Space Sustainability Rating that was recently developed by the World Economic Forum, the European Space Agency, the Space Enabled research group at MIT, the University of Texas at Austin, and BryceTech.

Healthcare Business #1: 3D printing in healthcare

In this episode we discuss 3D Printing with Dr Claudio Soto. Dr Claudio Soto is the medical director and co-founder of Copper3D. He specialized in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and has a Master Degree in Innovation. He also has considerable experience in leadership, applied to different areas and healthcare centres.

IB Green Minds #76: In conversation with Alberto Lopez-Valenzuela

On this week’s episode of the IB Green Minds podcast, Alex speaks to Alberto Lopez-Valenzuela, CEO and Founder of alva – a stakeholder intelligence firm. They discuss the importance of stakeholder capitalism and the solutions that alva’s technology can provide. They also discuss Alberto’s experience of starting a business and his top tips for listeners that are starting their own company. 

IB Green Minds #75: In conversation with CoFarm Capitals

In this episode of the IB Green Minds podcast, Phoebe speaks with the founders of CoFarm Capital, Michael Batley, Spandan Shah and Sean Whittaker, all full time MBA students at Imperial College Business School, and the winners of this year’s Climate Investment Challenge. They discuss Cofarm’s business proposition, the concept of agroforestry, and the related risks of climate change. 

IB Green Minds #74: In conversation with Ajay Gambhir

In this episode, Phoebe speaks to Dr. Ajay Gambhir, Senior Research Fellow at the Imperial College London Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment. They discuss his current work on IAMs (Integrated Assessment Models) and relatedly how academics can inform policy decision making, alongside his previous roles working in the UK Government, and his thoughts upon paths forward for sustainable development, amongst other topics.