In this conversation with Tom Dodd from the European Commission, I deep dive into the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Tom is the team leader for sustainability reporting at DG FISMA in Brussels, and shares with us some very interesting insights about CSRD and its key metrics. View this episode on youtube here: https://youtu.be/ASUuBZWaWmU

Today we talk with Alice Charles. Alice works at the World Economic Forum and is the Lead, Cities, Infrastructure & Urban Services

See us on youtube here: https://youtu.be/jV09X14AOxw In this episode Alice share with us some World Economic forum insights on Cities, as well as shares some conclusion from a report recently published by the City of Belfast that Alice and the World Economic forum contributed to. With Alice I also discuss some Smart Cities best practices from Amsterdam and Helskinki.

Today we talk with Cristina Bueti. Counsellor at the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva. When the United Nations defined its Sustainable Development goals in 2015, one of these goals was set to focus on Cities: The SDG 11. “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”. The ITU and Cristina have been a key driver to enable progress against the goals set in this SDG11, providing a framework used by over 150 cities around the world, all aspiring to become smarter & more sustainable.

In this episode, I talk with Andres Guevara, BP vice president for City Integrated Solutions. It is great to hear, a historical Oil and Gas company, that restructures itself, and pivots to becoming an energy company. In doing so that aims to help its customers, Cities, in particular, become net zero by 2050 or sooner.

Today we talk with Chris Shannon the CEO of FOTECH, a company that was recently acquired by BP, as part of their Launchpad Initiative. FOTECH has developed some unique sensing technology, based on Fiber Optic Sensing, which was initially developed for the energy industry, and is now being applied to Smart Cities. With Chris, we explore many smart city use cases, whether cities are trying to better control water pipe leaks or improve their Mobility or Security.

In the European Commission, the Directorate General focused on Information technology is called DIGIT. Today we talk with Joao RODRIGUES FRADE head of sector for the Building Blocks in DIGIT. A Building Block is an open and reusable digital solution that can be used by a SmartCity or a smart government. Smart cities such as Vienna Austria or Caragena Spain and Smart Governments such as Estonia or Italy, use the DIGIT building blocks. These Building Blocks are of course endorsed by the European Commission and are very helpful to enable a smart city to accelerate its digital services.

In this episode, we look at a startup company called Makemydayapp. When Electric vehicle drivers start their journey, they wonder how long and how far they will be able to drive without a recharge; and when they need to recharge, they wonder if they will be able to find a charging station available on their way. That is called “Range anxiety”. This is precisely the problem that MakeMyDay addresses and that we discuss with Cnaan Aviv, the CTO and co-founder of "Make My Day".