Steve Downes

2 weeks ago | sustainabilitymag.com | Steve Downes

As Director – Global Black Belt Sustainability for the Americas at Microsoft, Rosa Chang Claro has one of the coolest job titles out there. And when she is not getting carbon emissions in a chokehold, she has some pretty amazing extracurricular interests, too – including writing books, running a charity that helps her native Peruvians and taking part in open water swimming competitions.

2 weeks ago | sustainabilitymag.com | Steve Downes

This is a relatively unusual event in that we bring together people from three different sectors: procurement, supply chain and sustainability. What do you think the benefits of this might be? Oh, just kudos to the Sustainability LIVE team for bringing us together. I think it's really important that we start to think about sustainability not on its own in a silo, but try to integrate and embed it into supply chains, into procurement, for example.

3 weeks ago | sustainabilitymag.com | Steve Downes

Please tell us a bit about Asahi Asahi is an exciting business because it's a global business based on beer. It was established in Osaka in 1889 and then started to grow – firstly in Japan, becoming number one in the country with the amazing Super “Dry” beer, but also acquiring other businesses, moving to beverages and food. The portfolio is really diverse in Japan: 50% of the revenue and volume comes from beer, but the other 50% is food and soft drinks.

3 weeks ago | sustainabilitymag.com | Steve Downes

If you ask some people, the only thing circular about F1 racing is the wheels. Fast cars, huge crowds, a global race series… it does not shout “planet-friendly”. It sounds counterintuitive, but there is a rich seam of sustainability running through the sport – powered by the extraordinary engineers who work for the teams. At McLaren Racing, the home of the current F1 constructors’ champions, the work goes on at its space-age headquarters near Woking, designed by Sir Norman Foster.

2 months ago | sustainabilitymag.com | Steve Downes

Telco Virgin Media O2 is powering ahead in its quest to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040. The UK-based company has set the exacting target, which is 10 years ahead of the country’s own 2050 net zero aim. And, according to its latest update, the 2024 Better Connections Plan, Virgin Media O2 is making rapid progress.