Jonas Spitra is the Head of Sustainability Communications at the SCHOTT technology group. In his job, he accompanies and explains the sustainability transformation of the energy-intensive speciality glass manufacturer. And he is constantly learning new things about the opportunities and challenges of change. Jonas has worked as a journalist, strategy consultant and researcher in Germany and abroad.

About the FutureStrategist podcast and Florian:

Hi, my name is Florian Schleicher [https://www.linkedin.com/in/florianschleicher/] I am a marketing strategist focussed on sustainability. Having worked with big corporates, NGOs, start-ups and agencies for over 15 years, I know my way around a lot of challenges. Let me help solve your challenges with my know-how and my Marketing Studio FUTURES [https://ftrs-studio.com/].

Also: If you enjoy reading, be sure to check out my FutureStrategies newsletter [https://newsletter.ftrs-studio.com/]. I write about marketing, strategies and sustainability available every three weeks and I am sure you will find a lot of exciting and helpful insights there.

And if you have a challenge that keeps you and your company from doing your best work and this challenge is about marketing, strategies or sustainability, then I’d love to get to know you and your projects [florian@ftrs-studio.com]!

🪩"Making Sustainability Lighter" - Jonas Spitra from SCHOTT about making a super complex topic simple

John Oakley is the Country Marketing and Consumer Insights Manager at IKEA Austria.  He studied marketing at university in England. Before joining IKEA a John was CEO of a major international advertising agency. He has over 20 years in advertising and marketing. The mission that John has been passionately following at IKEA is “A better everyday life for the many people, through better homes and a better planet”. In 2022 he and his team launched IKEA’s new brand positioning platform “Lebe Smårt” - live smart - to strengthen the brand’s differentiation and purpose on the Austrian Market.

About the FutureStrategist podcast and Florian:

Hi, my name is Florian Schleicher [https://www.linkedin.com/in/florianschleicher/] I am a marketing strategist focussed on sustainability. Having worked with big corporates, NGOs, start-ups and agencies for over 15 years, I know my way around a lot of challenges. Let me help solve your challenges with my know-how and my Marketing Studio FUTURES [https://ftrs-studio.com/].

Also: If you enjoy reading, be sure to check out my FutureStrategies newsletter [https://newsletter.ftrs-studio.com/]. I write about marketing, strategies and sustainability available every three weeks and I am sure you will find a lot of exciting and helpful insights there.

And if you have a challenge that keeps you and your company from doing your best work and this challenge is about marketing, strategies or sustainability, then I’d love to get to know you and your projects [florian@ftrs-studio.com]!

🪑"Connect People with Sustainability" - John Oakley from IKEA about visions and love brands

Marika Püspök is the Chief Climate Officer of the Wiener Stadtwerke Group, since February 1, 2024. This is Viennas main infrastructure service provider for mobility and energy. It handles over 16.000 employees and several minicipal players like the Vienna energy provider, the Vienna public transportation services, the Vienna garage operators and many more. In short: It is one of the biggest employers in Austria.

Her task is to set up the strategy of the self proclaimed climate protection corporation. That includes implementing ESG and sustainability in the Group. And because of all of that I have been looking forward to this chat now for a long time.

About the FutureStrategist podcast and Florian:

Hi, my name is Florian Schleicher [https://www.linkedin.com/in/florianschleicher/] I am a marketing strategist focussed on sustainability. Having worked with big corporates, NGOs, start-ups and agencies for over 15 years, I know my way around a lot of challenges. Let me help solve your challenges with my know-how and my Marketing Studio FUTURES [https://ftrs-studio.com/].

Also: If you enjoy reading, be sure to check out my FutureStrategies newsletter [https://newsletter.ftrs-studio.com/]. I write about marketing, strategies and sustainability available every three weeks and I am sure you will find a lot of exciting and helpful insights there.

And if you have a challenge that keeps you and your company from doing your best work and this challenge is about marketing, strategies or sustainability, then I’d love to get to know you and your projects [florian@ftrs-studio.com]!

💪 “Changing the core business model” - Marika Püspök on how to steer a complex group of businesses to sustainability

Kiki Van Son is the Chief Brand Officer at PlantBaby Co, a direct-to-consumer nutrition startup designing convenient, naturally nutrient rich and minimally processed plant based foods and beverages for families. She started her career in advertising at the well known agency McCann New York, where she first made the connection between attention-harvesting-technologies and the decline of our privacy, democratic functioning, and wellbeing.

Kiki earned her M.S. in Business for Social Impact and Sustainability, researched the social media ad revenue model’s impact on mental health, worked at the Center for Humane Technology during the COVID-19 pandemic, contributed to the momentum from “The Social Dilemma,” and is a founding member of The Conscious Marketing Movement.

About the FutureStrategist podcast and Florian:

Hi, my name is Florian Schleicher [https://www.linkedin.com/in/florianschleicher/] I am a marketing strategist focussed on sustainability. Having worked with big corporates, NGOs, start-ups and agencies for over 15 years, I know my way around a lot of challenges. Let me help solve your challenges with my know-how and my Marketing Studio FUTURES [https://ftrs-studio.com/].

Also: If you enjoy reading, be sure to check out my FutureStrategies newsletter [https://newsletter.ftrs-studio.com/]. I write about marketing, strategies and sustainability available every three weeks and I am sure you will find a lot of exciting and helpful insights there.

And if you have a challenge that keeps you and your company from doing your best work and this challenge is about marketing, strategies or sustainability, then I’d love to get to know you and your projects [florian@ftrs-studio.com]!

🦕 "Excitement in Sustainability" - Kiki Van Son from Plant Baby about marketing for a young foodbrand

Dr. Veronika Montes [https://www.morganlewis.com/bios/veronikamontes] is a corporate lawyer with a focus on capital markets and M&A transactions. She also counsels companies, boards, and investors on and after IPOs, advises on public takeovers. Furthermore, Veronika counsels corporates, funds, and multinational businesses on the impact of environmental, social, and governance matters and sustainability laws and regulations, especially reporting obligations and compliance with CSRD and CS3D.

About the FutureStrategist podcast and Florian:

Hi, my name is Florian Schleicher [https://www.linkedin.com/in/florianschleicher/] I am a marketing strategist focussed on sustainability. Having worked with big corporates, NGOs, start-ups and agencies for over 15 years, I know my way around a lot of challenges. Let me help solve your challenges with my know-how and my Marketing Studio FutureS [https://ftrs-studio.com/].

Also: If you enjoy reading, be sure to check out my FutureStrategies newsletter [https://newsletter.ftrs-studio.com/]. I write about marketing, strategies and sustainability available every three weeks and I am sure you will find a lot of exciting and helpful insights there.

And if you have a challenge that keeps you and your company from doing your best work and this challenge is about marketing, strategies or sustainability, then I’d love to get to know you and your projects [florian@ftrs-studio.com]!





⚖️ "Sustainability Reports for Marketing?" - Veronika Montes on the role of ESRS and ESG

Lars Zirpins is the Chief Marketing Officer from Weleda, a renowned sustainability pioneer brand in natural cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. The product portfolio of Weleda includes around 1000 medicines and 120 natural cosmetics, available in over 50 countries.

In his role Lars focuses on driving global brand initiatives ensuring that Weleda continues to be a force for good in the industry. Lars brings a passion for sustainable and holistic approaches that fit perfectly with Weleda's philosophy.

About the FutureStrategist podcast and Florian:

Hi, my name is Florian Schleicher [https://www.linkedin.com/in/florianschleicher/] I am a marketing strategist focussed on sustainability. Having worked with big corporates, NGOs, start-ups and agencies for over 15 years, I know my way around a lot of challenges. Let me help solve your challenges with my know-how and my Marketing Studio FutureS [https://ftrs-studio.com/].

Also: If you enjoy reading, be sure to check out my FutureStrategies newsletter [https://newsletter.ftrs-studio.com/]. I write about marketing, strategies and sustainability available every three weeks and I am sure you will find a lot of exciting and helpful insights there.

And if you have a challenge that keeps you and your company from doing your best work and this challenge is about marketing, strategies or sustainability, then I’d love to get to know you and your projects [florian@ftrs-studio.com]!

🪻"Growth with Responsibility" - Lars Zirpins from Weleda about their soulbrand

Joe Macleod [https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephmacleod/] designs ends. He is the Founder [http://www.andend.co/] of the worlds first customer ending business. Joe is a veteran of the product development industry with decades of experience across service, digital and product sectors. His Clients include, Volvo, Logitech, EY, Fairphone, Spotify, and Microsoft. He is a keynote speaker and author of two books on endings which we will talk about a little bit later.

If you want to read Joe's books he gifted us some 25% discount codes for his exciting and insightful books: " [https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/744267]Ends!" book [https://www.amazon.com/dp/9163947846/] - code: EB55V // "Endineering" book [https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1116883] - code: RN25W // And if you want to take his course [https://www.andend.co/cohort] - here is a 25% discount for that: 25offendscohort

About the FutureStrategist podcast and Florian:

Hi, my name is Florian Schleicher [https://www.linkedin.com/in/florianschleicher/] I am a marketing strategist focussed on sustainability. Having worked with big corporates, NGOs, start-ups and agencies for over 15 years, I know my way around a lot of challenges. Let me help solve your challenges with my know-how and my Marketing Studio FutureS [https://ftrs-studio.com/].

Also: If you enjoy reading, be sure to check out my FutureStrategies newsletter [https://newsletter.ftrs-studio.com/]. I write about marketing, strategies and sustainability available every three weeks and I am sure you will find a lot of exciting and helpful insights there.

And if you have a challenge that keeps you and your company from doing your best work and this challenge is about marketing, strategies or sustainability, then I’d love to get to know you and your projects [florian@ftrs-studio.com]!



🌱 "How do things end?" - Joe Macleod about the role ends play in sustainability

This recording is based on one of the top 5 most read newsletters of the last year on The Successstory of Too Good To Go [https://newsletter.ftrs-studio.com/p/too-good-to-go-marketingstrategy]

You are listening to the Summer Edition of the FutureStrategies Podcast - A show about where marketing, strategies and sustainability intersect. I am currently taking a break from interviews. So you will get 5 short episodes over the summer, where I will lead you through the most read postings of my newsletter. Interviews will be back in autumn 2024.

If you are curious for more deep dives from my newsletter, you can sign up with this link. [https://newsletter.ftrs-studio.com/]

About Florian Schleicher [https://www.linkedin.com/in/florianschleicher/]: I'm a marketing strategist - over the last 15 years I've led and helped shape marketing at McDonald's, Greenpeace and Too Good To Go. Now I help forward-thinking companies take their marketing to the next level.

With FutureS, my Marketing Studio [https://ftrs-studio.com/], I help brands achieve their goals and sustainable growth. All without the usual hustle.

🍏 Too Good To Go: From 0 to 700,000 users in 2.5 years

This recording is based on one of the top 5 most read newsletters of the last year on Scarcity in marketing. [https://newsletter.ftrs-studio.com/p/scarcity-in-marketing]

You are listening to the Summer Edition of the FutureStrategies Podcast - A show about where marketing, strategies and sustainability intersect. I am currently taking a break from interviews. So you will get 5 short episodes over the summer, where I will lead you through the most read postings of my newsletter. Interviews will be back in autumn 2024.

If you are curious for more deep dives from my newsletter, you can sign up with this link. [https://newsletter.ftrs-studio.com/]

About Florian Schleicher [https://www.linkedin.com/in/florianschleicher/]: I'm a marketing strategist - over the last 15 years I've led and helped shape marketing at McDonald's, Greenpeace and Too Good To Go. Now I help forward-thinking companies take their marketing to the next level.

With FutureS, my Marketing Studio [https://ftrs-studio.com/], I help brands achieve their goals and sustainable growth. All without the usual hustle.

⭐️ Scarcity in Marketing and Sustainability

This recording is based on one of the top 5 most read newsletters of the last year on The Sustainable Brand Magic of Patagonia [https://newsletter.ftrs-studio.com/p/the-brand-magic-of-patagonia].

You are listening to the Summer Edition of the FutureStrategies Podcast - A show about where marketing, strategies and sustainability intersect. I am currently taking a break from interviews. So you will get 5 short episodes over the summer, where I will lead you through the most read postings of my newsletter. Interviews will be back in autumn 2024.

If you are curious for more deep dives from my newsletter, you can sign up with this link. [https://newsletter.ftrs-studio.com/]

About Florian Schleicher [https://www.linkedin.com/in/florianschleicher/]: I'm a marketing strategist - over the last 15 years I've led and helped shape marketing at McDonald's, Greenpeace and Too Good To Go. Now I help forward-thinking companies take their marketing to the next level.

With FutureS, my Marketing Studio [https://ftrs-studio.com/], I help brands achieve their goals and sustainable growth. All without the usual hustle.

👕 The Sustainable Brand Magic of Patagonia

Hi, my name is Florian Schleicher [https://www.linkedin.com/in/florianschleicher/] I am a marketing strategist focussed on sustainability. Having worked with big corporates, NGOs, start-ups and agencies for over 15 years, I know my way around a lot of challenges. Let me help solve your challenges with my know-how and my Marketing Studio FutureS [https://ftrs-studio.com/].

Also: If you enjoy reading, be sure to check out my FutureStrategies newsletter [https://newsletter.ftrs-studio.com/]. I write about marketing, strategies and sustainability available every three weeks and I am sure you will find a lot of exciting and helpful insights there.

And if you have a challenge that keeps you and your company from doing your best work and this challenge is about marketing, strategies or sustainability, then I’d love to get to know you and your projects [florian@ftrs-studio.com]!

FutureStrategies - Sustainability in Marketing 🌍

Florian Schleicher's Show

A conversation between marketing strategy expert Florian Schleicher and his guests about how sustainability can be used in marketing, working strategies and solutions for businesses to have a more sustainable marketing approach.

The futurestrategies podcast about sustainable growth

Florian is a marketing strategist focussed on sustainability at the Marketing Studio FUTURES [https://www.ftrs-studio.com/].

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