Greenwashing a Sustainability Innovation Event

About this episode

Marc Munier discusses his disappointment with a leading innovation event he believes was greenwashed.

⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ Episode sponsor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠ Ourselves! Check out ZEROcon Virtual, watch all the content and check out our exhibitors ⁠⁠ Episode guest: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Marc Munier ⁠ from ⁠ DitchCarbon THAT LINKEDIN POST John caught up with Marc who had just returned disappointed at what was supposed to be a leading innovation event where he accused it of being greenwashed. He posted a picture of his badge torn in half and the response to his LinkedIn post was amazing. The discussion moves into the reasons why he thinks this was as well as the challenges moving forward on ensuring good innovation for an industry which REALLY needs it. Enjoy! This is the ZERO Carbon Construction podcast, the podcast dedicated to bringing you insights and expertise from professionals around the world on how we can reduce carbon in the built environment. Hosted by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Johnathan Munkley ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find out more about ZERO and join our community today.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ All comments on this podcast are personal and do not necessarily reflect those of the organisations they represent. Thank you to our community sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rapid by Sterling RCS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠XYZ…

People in this episode

Host: Johnathan Munkley

Guest: Marc Munier

Topics covered

• sustainability
• innovation
• greenwashing
• construction
• carbon reduction

Keywords

• greenwashing
• sustainability
• innovation event
• carbon reduction
• construction industry

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DitchCarbon, ZERO Construct, ZEROcon Virtual, Magnolia Steel Band

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