SmartResilience Podcast
SmartResilience Podcast
Podcast Description
The SmartResilience Podcast explores how organisations can thrive in the face of climate challenges. From extreme weather events to long-term adaptation strategies, each episode dives into practical insights, interviews with industry leaders, and innovative solutions that help businesses build resilience across their assets, operations, and supply chains. Whether you’re in food, healthcare, finance, or infrastructure, you’ll find actionable ideas to navigate risk and lead with confidence in a changing climate.
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The podcast focuses on topics such as climate resilience, adaptation strategies, and sustainability practices, with episodes exploring case studies like Munish Datta's work on the M&S Plan A strategy and its implication for business continuity. Specific content areas include the effects of extreme weather on supply chains and the importance of community-led initiatives in addressing climate risks.
The SmartResilience Podcast explores how organisations can thrive in the face of climate challenges. From extreme weather events to long-term adaptation strategies, each episode dives into practical insights, interviews with industry leaders, and innovative solutions that help businesses build resilience across their assets, operations, and supply chains. Whether you’re in food, healthcare, finance, or infrastructure, you’ll find actionable ideas to navigate risk and lead with confidence in a changing climate.
In this episode of the SmartResilience Podcast, Harish speaks with Munish Datta, Director of Sustainability at Specsavers and former architect of M&S’s award-winning Plan A strategy. With roots in Kenya, India, and Europe, Munish brings a global lens to climate leadership, equity, and resilience.
We explore:
His personal journey—from colonial railways in East Africa to driving ESG at major UK retailers
How climate adaptation became core to business continuity and design at M&S
What resilience means in Specsavers’ globally distributed, community-led model
The emerging risks of heat stress in urban centres and global supply chains
Why businesses must shift from virtue-signalling to value-driven sustainability in an age of geopolitical uncertainty
Plus, Munish shares a powerful story from Denmark that reminds us sustainability is ultimately about people.
🎙️ A must-listen for sustainability leaders, corporate strategists, and anyone navigating the evolving role of business in a warming world.
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