Future Ready ideas for a better tomorrow

Welcome to WSP’s Positive Impact Podcast series — where bold ideas meet real-world action. If you're curious about what’s next for our cities, industries, and planet — this is the podcast for you.

Hosted by Lucy Siegle, each episode dives into some of the world’s most pressing challenges like climate resilience, net zero, digital transformation, future-ready cities, and social value.

Through engaging conversations with industry experts and WSP specialists, we uncover actionable insights that impact various sectors, from energy and water to infrastructure and beyond.

Tune in to hear our guests share their experiences and insights, fostering rich discussions that resonate with listeners curious about the future of our cities, industries, and environments.

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Each month we will be sharing conversations on the hottest topics. Curious to learn more? Watch to see what we have in store for you!

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Episode 1 - Building the future: Breaking stereotypes and innovating in construction

In today’s world, buildings are becoming more complex than ever before. With the world racing to build the infrastructure of the green transition, the fourth Industrial Revolution and create resilient communities for growing populations, there is a pressing need for the industry to shift away from traditional processes and embrace new ways of designing and delivering buildings. How can the industry tap into this to advance project outcomes?
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Episode 2 - Harnessing AI for water sustainability and climate resilience

In this episode of our WSP’s Positive Impact podcast series, BBC1 reporter and presenter Lucy Siegle delves into the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) with a focus on the water industry and supporting climate resilience through nature-based solutions.

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Episode 3 - The mega project beneath the surface: Engineering the UK’s GDF

In this episode of WSP’s Positive Impact podcast series, we explore the role of nuclear energy in the UK’s energy future and the critical importance of managing radioactive waste safely and responsibly. Host Lucy Siegle is joined by Professor Neil Hyatt, Chief Scientific Adviser at Nuclear Waste Services, and Professor Chris Jackson, Technical Director of Subsurface Storage at WSP, to unpack the science and strategy behind the UK’s Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) programme.

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Episode 4 - Unlocking Nature Markets: Local Strategies for Environmental Transformation

BBC1’s Lucy Siegle hosts an insightful episode of WSP’s Positive Impact podcast, exploring how Nature Markets are driving environmental restoration and economic growth in Yorkshire. Joined by experts from WSP, Great Yellow and North Yorkshire Council, the discussion highlights how natural assets like peatlands and woodlands can unlock local opportunities and tackle climate challenges. The episode offers real-world examples and accessible insights into the future of nature-based funding.

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Episode 5 - Supercharge Tomorrow: The skills driving the Great Grid upgrade

In this episode of WSP’s Positive Impact Podcast, host Lucy Siegle is joined by Malcolm Lewis, Cost & Commercial Director for the Great Grid Upgrade at National Grid, and Kirsten Oliver, Managing Director for Energy at WSP, to discuss the people powering the UK’s largest electricity grid overhaul in generations. 

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Episode 6 - The Climate Cake: Blending climate action, resilience and nature

In this energising episode of WSP’s Positive Impact podcast, our host Lucy Siegle explores the “triple challenge” of climate action: mitigation, adaptation, and restoration, asking how we can prevent the worst impacts of climate change, prepare for the ones already happening and restore nature in the process. 

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Episode 7 - From vision to reality: the art of delivering major infrastructure

This episode of Positive Impact dives into the challenges of delivering major infrastructure projects. From railways to nuclear power plants, and energy upgrades to new reservoirs, infrastructure is designed to boost economic growth and deliver benefits to the lives of communities.

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Episode 8 - Bridging the Gap: Future-proofing ageing infrastructure

In this episode of WSP’s Positive Impact podcast, host Lucy Siegle explores one of the biggest challenges facing the UK’s infrastructure today: how we maintain, renew and future‑proof assets that are reaching, and in many cases exceeding, their original design life.

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Episode 9 - Transforming healthcare from hospital to high street

In this episode, we explore how digital transformation is creating smarter healthcare, from the corridors of NHS hospitals to the counters of local pharmacies and GP surgeries. Host Lucy Siegle unpacks how digitisation is not just about technology but about enabling better outcomes, more personalised care, and a more resilient health system.

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Meet our host

Lucy Siegle is a prominent writer, broadcaster, and speaker with a long-standing focus on ecological issues and sustainability. Known for her reporting on network TV (BBC1, ITV, Channel 4), Siegle has been a key figure in highlighting the problems of single-use plastic and broader environmental concerns since 2007. Her journalistic efforts have played a pivotal role in bringing these issues into mainstream discourse, particularly in the fashion industry, where she advocates for cleaner and fairer practices. Siegle is the author of several influential books, including "To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing out the World?" and "Turning the Tide on Plastic."

The WSP’s Positive Impact podcast series is for general informational purposes only and is not a substitute for independent, tailored professional advice. No reliance may be placed on the content of the podcasts and listeners will need to seek independent professional advice tailored to their specific needs. The views and opinions expressed by the guests on the podcasts are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the host, nor WSP and its affiliates. 

Insofar as the content of the podcasts was created by WSP, WSP retains all intellectual property rights and asserts all moral rights in relation to the podcasts and their content (including enclosures and attachments). Unless WSP has provided express prior written consent, no part of the podcasts may be used, published, reproduced, distributed, or communicated by or to any third party. WSP accepts no liability in respect of the content of the podcasts nor as to its suitability for any specific use (including by any third party).

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