A profile
Michael Baxter has been having this conversation for a long time.
Founder of Techopian. Host of Sustainably Talking and The ESG Show. Co-author of iDisrupted and Living in the Age of the Jerk. A technology writer and entrepreneur who has spent the better part of three decades asking what business is actually for.
Founder · Host · Author
Michael Baxter
Host and founder of Sustainably Talking
Michael Baxter is the founder and host of Sustainably Talking, formerly The ESG Show, a live interview show about ESG, sustainability and the future of responsible business.
For years, Michael has been building one of LinkedIn's most engaged sustainability communities, hosting live conversations with executives, ESG leaders, investors, entrepreneurs and sustainability professionals from around the world.
He is known for asking the questions that cut through corporate language, practical, curious, always focused on what business leaders can actually do. His goal is not to lecture on sustainability. It is to have the conversations that make it real.
Michael is also co-founder of Techopian, a technology media platform, and is based in the United Kingdom. He is currently expanding Sustainably Talking from LinkedIn into a full media platform, with a growing YouTube channel, live events and a professional members library.
“The next decade will be defined by leaders who can hold two ideas in their head at once: that the economics have to work, and that the planet is not optional.”
Experience
A career spanning entrepreneurship, publishing and global conversation.
Founder & Host
Sustainably Talking
The next chapter of The ESG Show, a long-form editorial platform convening leaders across sustainability, AI, capital and policy.
Founder & Host
The ESG Show
One of LinkedIn's most established ESG conversation platforms, built through hundreds of on-record interviews with operators, investors and policymakers.
Co-founder
Techopian
An editorial company exploring the intersection of technology, sustainability and the economy, and how responsible business reshapes both.
Media Advisor
OCI
Advising on communications, narrative and strategic positioning around sustainability, technology and stakeholder engagement.
Co-author
Living in the Age of the Jerk
A book examining the cultural and economic forces reshaping leadership, behaviour and trust in the modern organisation.
Co-author
iDisrupted
An early and influential work on disruptive technology, automation and the long arc of innovation reshaping business and society.
International Speaker
Conferences & Executive Forums
Keynote talks and moderated panels on disruptive technology, ESG, digital transformation, economics and responsible innovation across multiple industries.
Technology Writer & Commentator
Independent
Decades of writing on emerging technology, economics and the changing shape of business, from PR entrepreneur to NASDAQ-listed co-founder to editorial host.
Areas of expertise
The disciplines shaping every conversation.
- ESG
- Sustainability
- Responsible AI
- Climate Technology
- Responsible Innovation
- Leadership
- Economics
- Future of Work
- Technology Strategy
- Regenerative Business
Featured across
A single voice across an editorial ecosystem.
Editorial principles
No greenwash. No spectacle. Just the work.
Rigour over rhetoric
Long-form, on-record conversations with verified numbers behind the narrative.
Operators on stage
The people doing the actual building, allocating, regulating and discovering.
Independent voice
Sustainably Talking is fully independent. Guests are chosen because they have something real to say, not because they paid to be here.