Innovation for sustainability (for UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources Masters)

These interviews were originally conducted for a module in the Masters in Sustainable Resources: Economics, Policy and Transitions at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources (UCL ISR). The module has a slightly out-of-date title (BENV0077: Eco-Innovation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship). It is essentially on the intersection of business, innovation and sustainability.Other course materials cover theories and case studies. The interviews are with people who are putting innovation for sustainability into practice. We wanted to give students the grit under the fingernails of real experience.The interviews were conducted by David Bent^, the practitioner co-lead of the module. The academic co-lead is Dr Will McDowall^^, Associate Professor at the UCL ISRIn all the interviews, which were conducted via Zoom, we try to cover the following questions:PERSONAL AND ORGANISATIONAL INTRO1. What is your role and organisation? ORGANISATIONAL SETTING2. What role does your department / function have in the organisation? What is expected from you? How does that connect to the organisation’s strategy?3. How is ‘sustainability’ framed in your organisation? (For instance: are there specific key words or phrases? Is it only environmental?)INNOVATION STORY4. Can you tell us the story of a good example of your work on innovation for sustainability?INNOVATION MANAGEMENT5. What are the key methods and practices you use for innovation for sustainability?6. What are the biggest challenges you face, and how do you overcome them?7. If there was one thing policymakers could do which would make your work significantly easier, what would that be?THE FUTURE8. What are your organisation’s priorities on innovation going forward and why? https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/sustainable/study/sustainable-resources-economics-policy-and-transitions-msc** https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/sustainable/ Course details: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/module-catalogue/modules/eco-innovation-and-sustainable-entrepreneurship-BENV0077Reading list: https://rl.talis.com/3/ucl/lists/A34BF63E-2733-6B51-88C8-1AA61497031F.html?lang=en-GB^https://davidbent.wordpress.com/^^ https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=WASMC85