Rebuilding Ecosystems: Octopus natural capital head chats with Lauder Teacher founderAlex Godfrey, Head of Natural Capital at Octopus Investments joins Andrew Teacher to discuss how to best use land to build in climate resilience from the ground up. This is genuinely one of our most interest and unique discussions, so please share with contacts.Godfrey’s unlikely career trajectory has given him a unique perspective on the issues - and solutions - we need to consider. His ability to explain the finer points of natural capital, focusing on restoring ecosystems while generating commercial value through initiatives like reforestation and biodiversity enhancement, is gripping and will leave you to reconsider a lot of what you may think you know. The discussion also explores the built environment’s role, emphasising biodiversity net gain policies and sustainable practices for developers. Godfrey outlines Octopus Investments' scalable fund model, which restores degraded land to generate carbon credits that meet rigorous standards like the UK’s Woodland Carbon Code. Stressing urgency, Godfrey calls for policy support to scale natural capital projects and align financial incentives with environmental goals. This approach, he argues, is essential for achieving net-zero targets.

In this week's podcast, Andrew Teacher, co-founder of Lauder Teacher speaks to CogNovum founder Roelof Opperman about how data centres are evolving to meet the technical demands of developing and implementing artificial intelligence, and how this is informing the design and location of the next generation of data centres.

Andrew Teacher is joined by industry experts Ella Smith, building performance analyst, and Craig Robertson, head of sustainability at Alfred Hall Monaghan Morris, regarding their research on sustainable construction practices in speculative offices. They are joined by British Land development director, Hannah Farahar and Stephen Adams, founding director from Storey Projects. Together, they discuss how to break the cycle of ripout and refurbish that accompanies the practice of Category A in speculative office fitout, and what that would mean for meeting the industry’s carbon targets.

In a personal and candid interview with Andrew Teacher, Peter Denton, CEO of Homes England, discusses how his upbringing has shaped his career and driven him to lead the Government’s housing agency. He outlines his vision for bridging the gap between the public and private sectors in meeting housing targets, emphasising the relationship between delivery and economic growth.

PropCast host Andrew Teacher grills his former IPD colleague and renowned market analyst Colm Lauder on the future for listed property stocks and private investors. Lauder, a leading real estate investment banker, debates how real estate’s “operation game” is becoming an increasingly vital part of the mix, and the duo explain why investors need to stop being so obsessed with NAV.