The Energy Canvas with Celtic Dynamics
Climate Change Business Response Today
Published: 2 February 2026 at 04:00 Europe/London
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Climate impacts no longer wait for future generations. Floods devastate Pakistan. Wildfires consume California. Temperatures shatter records globally. Meanwhile businesses face supply chain disruptions today not tomorrow.
This episode explores how mainstream multinationals respond to climate biodiversity and inequality challenges. We examine regenerative agriculture at scale. Risk management beyond carbon tunnel vision. Why ambitious action creates competitive advantage. Where progress stalls despite mounting evidence.
Zoe Le Grand is Managing Director UK and Europe at Forum for the Future. She advises multinationals including Nestle Unilever and Walmart on ambitious sustainability transformation. Fifteen years experience designing strategy processes using futures techniques and systems thinking.
Things We Spoke About
Climate impacts accelerating globally today
Business case trumps moral arguments
Regenerative agriculture mainstream adoption momentum
Green hushing threatens industry transparency
System change requires sphere influence
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Zoe Le Grand leads UK and Europe operations at Forum for the Future whilst sharing strategic and operational responsibility as Senior Leadership Team member. Over fifteen years she advised over forty organisations including Unilever Kingfisher and Nestle delivering ambitious sustainability approaches.
She co-founded the Net Positive Project with BSR SHINE AT&T Target and Dell devising thought leadership and practical tools helping companies deliver net positive strategies. Career began in housing policy and sustainable buildings within built environment sector.
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About The Energy Canvas Podcast
The Energy Canvas is brought to you by Celtic Dynamics, exploring the intersection of engineering innovation, sustainability, and business success in Ireland's evolving energy landscape. Each episode features conversations with industry leaders, researchers, and entrepreneurs driving real climate action and decarbonisation solutions.
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QUOTES
It doesn't feel like it's a niche eco brand kind of issue anymore. I work with multinationals, really mainstream brands. They're talking about risks to their value chains. - Zoe Le Grand
What businesses get wrong is they'll assume that the context will remain stable, and what they're planning for is what their response should be. Whereas actually what we're seeing is the context is likely to be wildly different and moving at a really fast pace. - Zoe Le Grand
I would always advise companies to look at the issues which are most material to them. It's those issues which either you're going to impact or where are your supply chains in the world, what kind of risks are they facing, and where can you impact on some of these issues the most as well. - Zoe Le Grand
KEYWORDS
#ClimateRisk #RegenerativeAgriculture #SystemChange #BusinessSustainability #JustTransition
