In this episode, three industry experts help us explore the key pressure points in the technology sector. Jemima Olchawski is Chief Executive Officer of The Fawcett Society, a UK-based charity campaigning for gender equality and women’s rights. As a social policy expert, Jemima has a wealth of experience working on issues surrounding women’s rights and social justice. Imran Ahmed is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Center for Countering Digital Hate and leads a team that works to counter the online harm of disinformation and hate. Paul Sutton is an Independent Social and Digital Marketing Consultant and host of the Digital Download podcast – a bi-weekly show about digital communications, social media marketing and the Internet. Good Corp, Bad Corp is produced by Speak Productions. The views expressed in this episode represent the interviewees’ own opinions and may not be shared by the podcast host or the production company. Speak Productions has no affiliation with the interviewees and has not paid guests to participate. Care was taken to ensure the accuracy of facts within the episode. This podcast is for informational purposes only. Thanks for listening to Good Corp, Bad Corp. If you enjoyed today’s episode, please remember to subscribe to our podcast, rate the episode and leave a review on your favourite podcast platform. And if you have ideas for future episodes, please get in touch via LinkedIn or at [email protected]. ~ Speak Productions’ factchecking process highlighted additional statistics or indicated potential inconsistencies between information referenced in the podcast and online sources, which have been noted below. • 01:05:38 – External sources suggest that the ‘primary’ source of social media platforms’ revenue comes from advertising, rather than a figure of 90%. • 01:17:30: Research says that Facebook’s experiment was focused on showing less political content in news feeds, not necessarily ‘negative’ content.

In this episode, three pharmaceutical industry experts help us explore the key pressure points in the sector. Joel Lexchin is a Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Health at York University in Toronto, Canada. He has authored and co-authored over 140 peer-reviewed papers on a wide range of pharmaceutical topics, from research and development to drug promotion and medicine regulation. Claudia Martínez is the Head of Research at the Access to Medicine Foundation, a non-profit organisation that seeks to address the availability and affordability of medicine to promote equitable access. Andy Powrie-Smith is the Executive Director of Communications and Partnerships at the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), a trade body representing pharmaceutical research-based firms across Europe. Good Corp, Bad Corp is produced by Speak Productions. The views expressed in this episode represent the interviewees’ own opinions and may not be shared by the podcast host or the production company. Speak Productions has no affiliation with the interviewees and has not paid guests to participate. Care was taken to ensure the accuracy of facts within the episode. This podcast is for informational purposes only. Thanks for listening to Good Corp, Bad Corp. If you enjoyed today’s episode, please remember to subscribe to our podcast, rate the episode and leave a review on your favourite podcast platform. And if you have ideas for future episodes, please get in touch via LinkedIn or at [email protected]. ~ Speak Productions’ factchecking process highlighted additional statistics or indicated potential inconsistencies between information referenced in the podcast and online sources, which have been noted below. • 06:02 – External sources, including articles published in Frontiers in Public Health and the European Journal of Translational Myology, reference various figures for the prevalence of ‘orphan diseases’. • 06:22 – According to the World Health Organisation and the Community Eye Health Journal, neglected tropical diseases affect around 1 billion people. Other sources, including DNDi and Nature Portfolio, suggest that these figures could be higher. • 06:37 – This statement could only be confirmed at one source, which references 2018. • 24:38 – While one 2017 WHO report seems to support the existence of pressure on drug companies in this regard, up-to-date sources specifically confirming this trend could not be found.

In this episode, two experts who campaign on sustainability and workers’ rights help us to explore the gap between rhetoric and reality in the global fashion industry. Urška Trunk is Campaign Manager at the Changing Markets Foundation, a global campaigning organisation which addresses sustainability challenges using the power of markets. Paul Roeland is Transparency Coordinator at the Clean Clothes Campaign, a global network of unions and labour organisations focusing on working conditions in the garment industry. Good Corp, Bad Corp is produced by Speak Productions. The views expressed in this episode represent the interviewees’ own opinions and may not be shared by the podcast host or the production company. Speak Productions has no affiliation with the interviewees and has not paid guests to participate. Care was taken to ensure the accuracy of facts within the episode. This podcast is for informational purposes only. Thanks for listening to Good Corp, Bad Corp. If you enjoyed today’s episode, please remember to subscribe, rate and leave a review on your favourite podcast platform. And if you have ideas for future episodes, please get in touch via LinkedIn or at [email protected]. ~ Speak Productions’ factchecking process highlighted additional statistics or indicated potential inconsistencies between information referenced in the podcast and online sources, which have been noted below. 06:59 – McKinsey states that from 2000 to 2014, clothing production doubled and the number of garments purchased per capita increased by about 60%. 12:06 – External sources, including Fashion United and Common Objective, reference various figures for the number of hours worked by garment workers per week. 18:23 – According to the Changing Markets 2022 synthetics report, Burberry (alongside others) is listed as disclosing that it is investing in some form of initiative that is looking to accelerate fibre-to-fibre recycling. 18:26 – The Changing Markets 2022 report suggests that in 2021, Sainsbury’s said 48% of its clothes contained synthetics. 26:22 – Polyester reportedly overtook cotton as the most dominant fibre in 2002. 26:54 – According to Fashion Revolution, the number of clothes purchased by the average consumer has increased 60% between 2000 and 2014, and the clothes are kept about only half as long.