“impactful voices” – podcast

In this episode, Ulrike Ziegler, a seasoned expert in aviation finance and board member of impact, shares insights into how the industry can accelerate its journey toward net zero. We explore the challenges of measurement, the importance of cross-stakeholder coordination, and practical steps for industry-wide decarbonization.

Key Topics

• The origins of impact and its role in unifying sustainability efforts in aviation finance

• The impact of global policies on decarbonization and the need for simple, robust metrics

• The importance of transparency and data quality in tracking decarbonization progress

• Lessons learned from UK’s Jet Zero and opportunities for global collaboration

Welcome to impactful voices — a curated video conversation series by impact on sustainable aviation.

In this podcast, we bring together leading experts from across finance, policy, industry, science, and civil society to discuss the real challenges behind aviation’s transition to net zero. Aviation is one of the hardest sectors to decarbonize — shaped by regulatory pressure, capital intensity, technological uncertainty, and complex global supply chains.

Each episode dives into the most pressing topics in aviation sustainability. We explore both the small and the big levers that can accelerate progress, examine funding constraints and market dynamics, and highlight practical, solution-oriented pathways forward.

Rather than oversimplifying industry debates, impactful voices aims to make them more informed, constructive, and actionable.

Hosted by impact, this series gives a platform to the diverse stakeholders shaping aviation’s sustainability transformation — and connects the financial and aviation communities working to turn ambition into implementation.

New episodes released bi-weekly on Spotify and YouTube.