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ESG Insider is a podcast from S&P Global that takes you inside the environmental, social & governance issues shaping the business world today. In each episode, co-hosts Lindsey Hall and Esther Whieldon interview ESG experts, leveraging S&P Global data to shine a light on the sustainability opportunities and risks that business leaders and investors need to know about. Lindsey Hall is head of ESG Thought Leadership at S&P Global Sutainable1 and Esther Whieldon is a Senior Writer on the team.
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As COP28 wraps, talking progress with GM’s Chief Sustainability Officer from 2023-12-13T22:04
How the UAE’s biggest bank is approaching sustainability at COP28 from 2023-12-08T19:21
COP28 highlights need for innovative climate finance solutions from 2023-12-06T16:45
Optimism, hope for progress palpable at COP28 from 2023-12-04T21:38
At COP28, solving for water challenges through public-private collaboration from 2023-12-01T19:47
As COP28 kicks off, talking climate finance with the Green Climate Fund from 2023-11-30T21:06
Intersection of gender and climate in focus ahead of COP28 from 2023-11-17T21:39
What to expect from COP28, the UN’s big climate change conference from 2023-11-10T15:59
Big bank Citi talks net-zero goals, Scope 3 emissions, climate disclosure from 2023-11-03T17:24
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LIVE: What to expect from the evolving climate disclosure landscape from 2023-10-27T15:26
How partnerships can help close the climate finance gap from 2023-10-20T19:50
How climate conversations are shifting to concrete solutions, faster action from 2023-10-13T19:32
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How NOAA is working to turn climate science into action from 2023-10-06T13:12
Breaking down silos between investment and climate communities from 2023-10-04T19:46
PRI CEO talks Asia's critical role in reaching net-zero, Climate Week takeaways from 2023-09-29T13:07
Unpacking government’s role in catalyzing low-carbon solutions from 2023-09-27T17:43
At Climate Week NYC, using collaboration to tackle supply chain emissions from 2023-09-21T17:54
On the ground at Climate Week NYC: The challenge of Scope 3 emissions from 2023-09-20T13:25
Unpacking the landscape for women in leadership — including 1 bright spot from 2023-09-15T18:31
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Talking international sustainability standards with ISSB’s Sue Lloyd from 2023-09-08T16:41
How the global ESG recruiting landscape is changing from 2023-09-01T16:15
Exploring India's energy transition and climate adaptation landscape from 2023-08-25T15:11
What to expect from Climate Week NYC 2023 from 2023-08-18T20:10
What to expect from SBTi's net-zero standard for financial institutions from 2023-08-11T20:48
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Unpacking the business case for happiness from 2023-08-04T13:06
How one of largest US insurers approaches diversity from 2023-07-28T13:12
How investor engagement initiatives on climate, nature are evolving from 2023-07-21T15:09
On the ESG Insider podcast, we often hear from financial institutions about how they're engaging on sustainability issues — including by participating in investor engagement initiatives or netwo...
ListenWhy Europe is warming at a faster rate than the rest of the world from 2023-07-14T14:06
At GreenFin, financial institutions look to translate sustainability into plain English from 2023-07-07T17:16
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TNFD executive director talks new nature disclosure framework from 2023-06-30T18:56
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How the Canadian wildfires impact business, net-zero, health from 2023-06-23T17:00
Earlier in June 2023, a series of wildfires across Quebec, Canada blanketed eastern North America in smoke. In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we speak to three scientists about how cli...
ListenUnpacking the EU’s Green Deal Industrial Plan from 2023-06-09T16:12
How the aviation sector is charting a net-zero flight path from 2023-06-02T13:44
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A look at the unique decarbonization challenges in Asia from 2023-05-26T18:23
On the ground in Paris: Connecting the dots between climate and biodiversity from 2023-05-19T16:32
How companies, countries are beginning to put a value on nature from 2023-05-05T20:01
How Mexico’s sustainable taxonomy tackles both environmental and social issues from 2023-04-28T14:17
Why latest IPCC report includes urgent warning on net zero from 2023-04-14T13:55
How big bank BBVA is approaching the low-carbon transition from 2023-04-07T14:40
Women in Leadership: What we learned talking diversity with leaders around the globe from 2023-03-31T20:12
Women in Leadership: Why UPS head of sustainability says you don't need a title to lead from 2023-03-24T18:19
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On the ground at CERAWeek: Where the energy world stands on the low-carbon transition from 2023-03-17T21:01
Women in Leadership: How Africa's largest stock exchange approaches diversity from 2023-03-15T23:10
Women in Leadership: What South African CEO learned from taking the reins during COVID from 2023-03-14T15:44
Women in Leadership: No, Horace Mann CEO is not working the coat check from 2023-03-08T19:35
Women in Leadership: Seventh Generation CEO on importance of being 'radically human' from 2023-03-06T16:55
Women in Leadership: How Norwegian industrial CEO puts diversity on the agenda from 2023-03-03T14:13
What the future holds for sustainable investing, according to longtime US SIF CEO from 2023-02-17T20:59
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How sustainable taxonomies are going global from 2023-02-10T18:38
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How financial institutions are tackling Scope 3 financed emissions from 2023-02-03T19:14
In the past few years, hundreds of financial institutions have made big announcements about becoming net zero or carbon neutral by 2050. Listen
How discussions of stakeholder capitalism have evolved at Davos from 2023-01-27T18:35
The annual Davos summit just ended, and one of the topics of discussion at this World Economic Forum event was stakeholder capitalism.
How the price tag on US climate-related disasters hit $165 billion in 2022 from 2023-01-20T14:42
In 2022, the world experienced major climate-related disasters ranging from flooding and hurricanes to drought and extreme heatwaves. Moreover, 2022 was the sixth-warm...
ListenHow asset managers are moving to end commodity-driven deforestation from 2023-01-13T19:30
In late December 2022, nearly 200 countries at the U.N. biodiversity conference known as COP15 reached a landmark agreement for protecting and restoring nature by 2030...
ListenSetting the stage for sustainability in 2023 from 2023-01-06T16:36
In this episode of ESG Insider, we’re looking ahead to sustainability themes that will drive 2023 by revisiting our most popular episodes and some of our favorite inte...
ListenOn the ground at COP15: How business is getting to grips with biodiversity from 2022-12-22T18:59
The U.N. biodiversity conference known as COP15 ended earlier this week with a landmark agreement for nature, the Global Biodiversity Framework. Listen
What recycling minerals could mean for biodiversity, energy transition goals from 2022-12-16T18:23
Mining exploration around the world is picking up as companies seek new deposits of elements like lithium and copper to support the energy transition. Research by S&P ...
ListenLIVE: The year the human component of nature and climate comes to the fore from 2022-12-09T16:31
We just hosted our inaugural ESG Insider Live podcast event, bringing our show on the road to host interviews in front of an audience. In today’s episode, we bring you...
ListenCOP15 preview: What will make UN’s big biodiversity conference a success from 2022-12-02T13:53
The second part of the U.N.'s Convention on Biological Diversity, known as COP15, kicks off in Montreal on Dec. 7. In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we tell ...
ListenHow Walmart and Danish energy company Ørsted are tackling supply chain emissions from 2022-11-18T20:32
What do Walmart, one of the world's largest retailers, and big multinational power company Ørsted have in common? They're both taking steps to decarbonize their supply...
ListenWhy collaboration is critical to cutting supply chain emissions from 2022-11-11T13:04
The UN climate conference known as COP27 is underway, and today (Nov. 11) is Decarbonization Day. In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we explore how companies are setting decarbonization...
ListenAt COP27, how to make progress in the face of uncertainty from 2022-11-04T18:26
The UN climate conference known as COP27 kicks off in just a few days. In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast we tell you what to expect. Listen
Climate modeling in focus as we count down to COP27 from 2022-10-28T14:53
The U.N. climate conference known as COP27 kicks off next week. Adaptation to a changing climate will be an important part of the talks. Listen
How new EU law aims to improve gender diversity on corporate boards from 2022-10-21T12:54
On Oct. 17, the Council of the EU approved a law to improve gender balance on corporate boards. The development comes 10 years after the European Commission first prop...
ListenHow investment firms are integrating climate risks in their portfolios from 2022-10-14T14:55
As extreme weather events such as Hurricane Ian intensify, the urgency of combatting climate change is increasing. The investment community is taking steps to make inv...
ListenOn the ground at Climate Week NYC: The delicate balancing act of addressing climate change from 2022-10-07T19:40
In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we bring you Part 2 of our on-the-ground coverage from Climate Week NYC. Throughout the week, we heard experts talk about t...
ListenOn the ground at Climate Week NYC: Moving from goals to action from 2022-09-30T17:05
Climate Week wrapped up last week in New York City, and throughout the week, we heard about the systemic changes needed to combat climate change. In this episode of th...
ListenAs COP27 approaches, central banks signaling need for action on climate from 2022-09-28T20:10
Climate Week NYC is ending, and the United Nations Climate Conference known as COP27 is fast approaching. As the urgency to address c...
ListenHow green banks aim to use new federal funds to accelerate low-carbon transition from 2022-09-16T18:36:42
In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we delve into a measure in the recently passed U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, that allocates $27 billion toward gree...
ListenClimate Week countdown: How the climate landscape is evolving from 2022-09-09T16:01:26
In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast from S&P Global Sustainable1, we preview what to expect during Climate Week NYC, which begins Sept. 19. Climate Week has run...
ListenHow the hunt for ESG talent is evolving from 2022-09-02T18:26:46
Sustainability and ESG have evolved significantly in recent years — and alongside this change, recruiting in the space has also changed. In this Labor Day weekend epi...
ListenWhat landmark new US climate law means for emissions from 2022-08-26T18:31:09
On Aug. 16th, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA. The IRA is a comprehensive energy and climate law that allocates near...
ListenHow Chief Sustainability Officers are becoming a 'must-have' for companies from 2022-08-19T13:30:04
In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we explore the evolving role of the Chief Sustainability Offer, which is taking on greater importance in many organizations...
ListenHow central banks help combat climate change: An interview with NGFS Chair Ravi Menon from 2022-08-12T14:06:07
In the last few years, central banks have played an increasing role in measuring the impacts of climate change on financial systems and economies. Listen
What Harry Potter and sustainability rules have in common from 2022-08-05T17:31:59
Regulation is transforming the world of environmental, social and governance investing, and in many areas, Europe has been leading the charge on new rules and standard...
ListenHow nature disclosure is evolving through challenges from 2022-07-29T14:39:24
The rapid decline of the world's biodiversity poses big financial risks to businesses and the global economy. One of the organizations working to help companies assess...
ListenHow one large insurer is tackling climate transition risk from 2022-07-22T18:24:39
In this episode of ESG Insider we're talking with one of the largest U.S. property and casualty insurers, Liberty Mutual Insurance, about how the company is integrating climate change risk into ...
ListenThe man behind many of those ESG acronyms from 2022-07-15T13:35:25
“If there’s an acronym in the disclosure space, I usually was involved,” quipped Curtis Ravenel at the recent GreenFin conference in Ne...
ListenWhy ESG experts say: Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good from 2022-07-08T18:14:58
In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast we bring you highlights from the GreenFin conference, which convened stakeholders from across the green finance ecosystem. The evolution of ESG data wa...
ListenUnpacking the SEC's proposed ESG fund rules from 2022-07-01T13:44:22
Amid rapid growth in ESG investment, regulators around the world are developing sustainability-focused rules. In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we explore new rules proposed by the U.S...
ListenWhat a new EU energy plan means for renewables investment from 2022-06-24T16:38:23
The European Commission in May proposed its ‘REPowerEU’ plan to wean the EU off supplies of Russian fossil fuels and accelerate its transition to a low-carbon economy. In this episode of the ESG...
ListenHow ESG is becoming 'table stakes' for private equity from 2022-06-17T16:06:50
In recent years, we’ve seen an explosion of interest in ESG investing, and private equity firms are part of that growing trend. Listen
How automaker GM is tackling climate change, social equity and supply chain risks from 2022-06-13T15:55:12
When it comes to tackling climate change, scientists say making transformative changes to the transportation sector will be key. For ex...
ListenHeineken's holistic approach to ESG from 2022-06-03T16:24:43
In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we sit down with Jan-Willem Vosmeer, Global Manager of Sustainable Development and Stakehol...
ListenOn the ground in NYC: How climate change is forcing a new type of financial literacy from 2022-05-27T17:38:19
Corporates, financial institutions, investors and academics gathered in New York City on May 17 for the S&P Global Sustainable1 Summit to discuss topics such as net zero, the energy transition a...
ListenOn the ground in Paris: Long-term net zero goals need urgent action from 2022-05-20T18:21:36
Around 300 corporates, financial institutions, investors and academics gathered in Paris on May 10 for the S&P Global Sustainable1 Summit to discuss topics including net zero, biodiversity, the ...
ListenA new economic model for the climate change era from 2022-05-13T20:18:07
Stakeholder capitalism — the idea that companies are responsible to a wide range of stakeholders in addition to shareholders — was a big focus at the last iteration of Davos, the annual meeting ...
ListenHow human rights are moving up the agenda for businesses, investors from 2022-05-06T19:32:36
Human rights problems lurking in supply chains — from child labor and unfair wages to unsafe working conditions — are moving up the ESG agenda for many companies and investors.
In this ep...
ListenEU bank regulator puts spotlight on ESG disclosures from 2022-04-29T11:48:20
Regulation is increasingly shaping the agenda for environmental, social and governance-focused investors. In many parts of the world, regulators are working to bring clarity to an often-confusin...
ListenPath to net zero for energy systems: Complicated but feasible, IPCC finds from 2022-04-22T12:05:54
A new report from the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, charts a challenging but feasible course ahead for many sectors in achieving net zero emissions. The report warns...
ListenWhy Bank of America says Scope 3 emissions "biggest challenge" for banks from 2022-04-15T18:08:23
The world is working to meet ambitious environmental, social and governance targets in the form of the Paris Agreement and the U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals. It's clear that banks will pl...
ListenHow the largest US pension fund uses its financial power to influence corporate ESG performance from 2022-04-08T17:51:54
In 2022, the ESG Insider podcast is bringing you a series of interviews with some of the world’s largest asset managers, owners and financial institutions. In this episode, we hear from the larg...
ListenUnpacking implications of the SEC's proposed climate disclosure rule from 2022-04-01T17:04:27
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently unveiled a long-anticipated climate disclosure rulemaking proposal. The proposed rule, which is now open for comment, would require companies...
ListenHow blue bonds seek to boost marine conservation from 2022-03-25T20:38:19
Pollution, over-fishing, coral bleaching and the impact of climate change — the oceans are clearly in trouble. Over the past decade, ma...
ListenBehind the scenes with BlackRock: How the world’s largest asset manager is engaging with companies from 2022-03-18T18:58:47
In his 2022 letter to CEOs, BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink wrote: “Divesting from entire sectors – or simply passing carbon-inten...
ListenIPCC climate report warns: Transformational change is no longer optional from 2022-03-11T16:50:29
Companies have two options going forward: transform or be transformed, according to a Feb. 28, 2022, report by the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC.
Companies can...
ListenHow the U.K.’s approach to women on boards is improving gender diversity from 2022-03-04T23:17:28
Ahead of International Women’s Day, we’re looking at how the U.K. is moving the needle on gender diversity in corporate boardrooms. Many countries have mandatory quotas for the minimum number of...
ListenHow to keep pace with the fast-changing landscape for ESG regulation, standards from 2022-02-25T20:24:26
If you listened to our bonus episode of the ESG Insider podcast last week, you know we were on the ground attending GreenBiz, one of the largest sustainability conferences in the U.S. that broug...
ListenState Street Global Advisors exec on climate accountability and engagement in 2022 from 2022-02-18T17:00
State Street Global Advisors, the world's third-largest provider of exchange-traded funds, is expecting more action and transparency from companies in 2022 on climate change and social issues – ...
ListenBonus episode: A sneak peek at GreenBiz, one of the biggest US sustainability conferences from 2022-02-17T17:53
In this bonus episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we're taking you on the road to the big U.S. sustainability conference GreenBiz22.
We sit down with Joel Makower, who is Chairman and Co-...
ListenHow one of the world’s largest insurers is tackling climate change from 2022-02-11T21:16:43
Climate change is driving up insurance-related losses on a global scale even as homeowners, businesses and communities around the world continue to build in hazard-prone areas such as those that...
ListenWhy a siloed approach to ESG won’t fly in 2022 from 2022-02-04T22:38:10
In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we explore a key theme emerging at the center of the ESG movement in 2022: That’s the idea that environmental, social and governance factors should no...
ListenWhat the gas and nuclear debate around the EU taxonomy means for investors from 2022-01-28T20:48:13
At the beginning of January 2022, a key element of the EU’s sustainable finance policy came into effect — the green taxonomy, a kind of dictionary of sustainable activities. Investors must now d...
ListenUS climate-related disasters cost $145 billion in 2021 and more ahead, scientists say from 2022-01-21T23:10:22
In 2021, the world saw many major climate-related disasters ranging from wildfires, to flooding and hurricanes.
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, recently...
ListenWhat the EU aims to achieve with its carbon border tax proposal from 2022-01-18T17:37:49
The EU proposed a carbon border adjustment mechanism in 2021 as part of a broad climate package designed to reduce carbon emissions by 55% from 1990 levels by 2030. This mechanism — widely known...
ListenESG experts are watching these sustainability trends in 2022 from 2022-01-07T20:48:40
To welcome the New Year, we hear from experts across the ESG world about what sustainability trends they are watching in 2022.
Our guests in this episode of ESG Insider include Curtis Rav...
ListenClimate must factor into ‘every financial transaction,’ says Just Climate Chairman from 2021-12-21T22:16:16
In this year’s final episode of ESG Insider, we talk with David Blood about two big sustainability issues impacting the financial sector as we head into 2022: Plugging the climate financing gap,...
ListenDefining net zero: How to turn pledges into concrete action from 2021-12-17T22:21:29
'Net zero’ was a buzzword in the sustainability world in 2021, but big questions remain about what this term really means.
In this episode of ESG Insider, we'll hear how the Science Based...
ListenHow 2 new technologies could pave the road to net-zero from 2021-12-10T18:50:59
In this final episode of our miniseries on emerging technologies that can help companies achieve net zero emissions by mid-century, we're examining two cutting-edge projects for the agricultural...
ListenHow whisky, yoga pants and a trash burning plant are helping tackle climate change from 2021-12-03T20:14:13
What do Glenfiddich whisky, yoga pants and a trash-burning waste-to-heat plant in Europe have in common? They’re all part of efforts to...
ListenDirect Air Capture: A high-tech fix for climate change? from 2021-11-26T19:46:11
Can a global array of CO2-sucking machines save us from the worst ravages of climate change? This episode is the first in an ESG Insider miniseries about new carbon-removal technology. This week...
ListenAt COP26, connecting the climate and nature agendas from 2021-11-19T22:32:44
Protecting biodiversity and adopting nature-based solutions: Both play a critical role in addressing climate change and therefore cannot be ignored. This is a key theme we heard repeated at COP2...
ListenInside COP26: Chaos, optimism, progress from 2021-11-12T21:07:39
There have been a lot of headlines coming out of COP26, the big United Nations climate conference that took place in Glasgow the first two weeks of November. In this episode of ESG Insider, we b...
ListenCOP26 climate commitments send “clear signal” on how banks should finance transition from 2021-11-05T21:23:50
The 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference, known as COP26, is well underway in Glasgow. A big theme during the first week of the conference was the financial sector’s role in addressing climate ch...
Listen2021 proxy season marked “new era” of shareholder support for ESG issues from 2021-10-29T21:22:26
The 2021 proxy season brought a new level of shareholder support for key ESG-related themes ranging from climate change to diversity disclosures.
In this episode of ESG Insider, we talk t...
ListenAt COP26, why Article 6 matters to companies and investors from 2021-10-22T20:17:03
At COP26 in Glasgow in the first two weeks of November, government officials from around the world will gather to discuss plans for ach...
ListenMorgan Stanley exec on net zero: 'We can't just wait 30 years and see what happens’ from 2021-10-15T20:53:31
In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we talk to Jessica Alsford, Head of Global Sustainability Research at Morgan Stanley. In the run-up to COP26, the big United Nations climate conferenc...
ListenHow an EU social taxonomy could bring clarity to "S" in ESG from 2021-10-08T20:12:46
The coronavirus pandemic and a growing awareness of social risks have thrust the ‘S’ in ESG into sharper focus for many sustainability-minded companies and investors.
Issuance of social b...
ListenGoldman Sachs executive on demystifying, measuring the ‘S’ in ESG from 2021-10-01T15:39:42
Over the past year and a half, we’ve seen companies, investors and regulators put a growing emphasis on the ‘S’ in ESG. But there is still a common refrain in the ESG world that social issues ar...
ListenHow The Big Apple is taking on the carbon footprint from buildings from 2021-09-24T19:18:18
In this special New York Climate Week episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we explore how the built environment – new building construction plus existing offices, apartment blocks, airports and o...
ListenPulling back the curtain on the promise of low-carbon hydrogen from 2021-09-17T23:24:44
How green banks can accelerate climate finance from 2021-09-10T21:56:09
There’s a massive gap between the amount of investment needed to make the climate transition happen and what is occurring today. In this episode of ESG Insider, we explore the role that green ba...
ListenWhat Nasdaq’s diversity rule tells us about the direction of disclosure in the US from 2021-09-03T21:08:51
In early August, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a proposal by Nasdaq to require companies listed on the New York-based exchange to disclose certain board diversity informat...
ListenIn fighting climate change, major IPCC report finds every little bit matters from 2021-08-27T20:12:45
A sobering new report from the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change tells corporations and governments in no uncertain terms: Act with urgency to lower emissions and adapt to t...
ListenTCFD gains momentum as climate reporting shifts from voluntary to mandatory from 2021-08-20T19:27:19
Several countries will soon make it mandatory for large companies and asset managers to calculate and publicly report their climate-related risks. It’s a complex accounting challenge and many bu...
ListenDefining green: What investors need to know about the EU taxonomy from 2021-08-13T19:08:17
If you’ve been following sustainability headlines over the past few years, chances are you’ve heard about the EU’s green taxonomy — essentially, a dictionary that defines how sustainable a busin...
Listen‘Unfathomable’: Why US investors, regulators are rethinking human capital management disclosures from 2021-08-06T16:00
Wall Street’s top regulator, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is in the early stages of creating a number of new ESG-relate...
ListenRecord floods highlight climate risks to business in Europe's richest nations from 2021-07-30T21:04:11
CSRD: EU's latest proposed addition to alphabet soup of sustainability regulation from 2021-07-23T22:56:40
What EU's proposed green bond standards could mean for market from 2021-07-16T20:14:20
The new task force in town: TNFD co-chair talks biodiversity goals from 2021-07-09T21:46:53
The world’s biodiversity is in peril and its loss poses big financial risks to businesses and the global economy. More than half of the world's economic output — or about $44 trillion — is...
ListenHow Cousteau's grandson is bringing oceans to ESG investors from 2021-07-02T18:57:10
More than 50 years ago, explorer Jacques Cousteau introduced millions of viewers to the marvels of the undersea world. In 2021, the ESG world is increasingly focused on biodiversity, and the oce...
ListenStandard setters work to close climate accounting gaps from 2021-06-25T20:16:46
Investors are increasingly calling on companies to reflect climate-related risks in their financial results. In September 2020, global investor groups representing more than $103 trillion wrote ...
ListenHow Corporate America is waking up to racial equity from 2021-06-18T13:53:04
On June 17, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden signed legislation making Juneteenth a federal holiday.
In this episode, we’re looking at how corporate America is changing its approach to diver...
Here’s how you stress test for climate risk, according to France’s central bank from 2021-06-11T19:43:51
Regulators and supervisors around the world are increasingly concerned about the effects of climate change on financial stability. So they’re turning to climate stress tests to amass key data on...
ListenExxon board ouster over climate change has big implications. Here's why from 2021-06-04T20:53:24
Last week the ESG world saw a major shakeup at one of the world’s largest oil majors. Specifically, at Exxon Mobil’s annual proxy meeting, shareholders voted to replace three board members with ...
ListenCarrot and stick: Why companies like Chipotle are linking executive pay to ESG targets from 2021-05-28T20:56:04
What do Chipotle, an air conditioning company and one of the world’s largest activist investors have in common? They’re all tackling the challenge of how to incentivize executives to advan...
ListenHow companies are calculating financial benefits of intangible ESG programs from 2021-05-21T21:32:18
As more companies look to adopt ESG-friendly strategies, they sometimes run up against the challenge of finding the financial justification for doing so. Furthermore, opponents of ESG initiative...
ListenNew EU sustainable finance rules a ‘game-changer' for private equity from 2021-05-14T20:54:21
The European Union’s new Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, or SFDR, is expected to drastically change the scope of sustainable investing by providing greater transparency and incr...
ListenHow 4 of the world's biggest companies are turning net zero goals into action from 2021-05-07T22:01:24
We’ve seen an explosion of companies setting net zero targets in 2021. That prompted us to ask: What comes next? After you set a decarbonization goal, how do you go about meeting it and measurin...
ListenHow some companies cut corners to achieve renewable energy targets from 2021-04-30T22:22:46
Hundreds of companies around the world have made ambitious promises to purchase only wind, solar and other types of clean electricity to power their operations. But many of these corporations ar...
ListenBanks turning green in pursuit of net zero from 2021-04-23T22:11:14
Big Oil's 'bumpy ride' to net-zero from 2021-04-20T20:22:06
Shareholder proposals to watch this proxy season: climate, racial equity, stakeholder capitalism from 2021-04-09T18:21:50
Heading into the 2021 proxy season, investors are increasingly focused on equity issues, climate change, and the broader role of companies in society. Shareholders filed at least 435 ESG-related...
ListenState Street Global Advisors expects a data ‘revolution’ from 2021-04-02T22:48:23
Last week, State Street Global Advisors released its annual asset stewardship report. With nearly $3.5 trillion in assets under management, the firm is one of the world’s largest asset man...
ListenWhy companies, investors should be worried about water from 2021-03-25T20:49
World Water Day was March 22nd, and we’re marking the occasion by looking at the looming threat of water scarcity and the lack of investor appetite for financing water-related projects.
A...
ListenEU revolutionizes sustainability regulation with SFDR from 2021-03-22T20:58:43
New sustainable finance disclosure regulations came into force in Europe on March 10 as part of the EU’s push towards making the economy greener. The new Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulatio...
ListenDiversity data is lacking; New report seeks to fix that from 2021-03-12T21:42:15
Investors, customers and employees are paying increasing attention to corporate diversity. That was true for gender in the wake of the #MeToo movement, and it has been increasingly true of race ...
ListenBanks’ big green EU taxonomy challenge from 2021-03-05T23:03:32
Investors and banks have less than a year to comply with the European Union’s new taxonomy for sustainable a...
ListenWhen climate science and business collide from 2021-02-26T21:57:12
Investor pressure is growing for companies and financial institutions to assess and disclose their exposure to climate risks such as wildfires, sea-level rise, hurricanes and other extreme weath...
ListenGlobal stimulus funds fall short of boosting green economy from 2021-02-19T19:55:04
Over the last year, 30 of the world’s richest countries have poured an unprecedented $14.9 trillion into stimulus spending to help revive their pandemic-hit economies. Some hoped that this massi...
ListenA deep dive into BlackRock's net-zero plan from 2021-02-11T22:18:58
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink made waves in the ESG world last month by pushing companies to plan for a net-zero emissions future. His annual letter also committed to taking more concrete steps withi...
Listen'Stakeholder capitalism,' the buzzword at Davos from 2021-02-05T20:10:35
Stakeholder capitalism — the idea that companies are responsible for their role in society in addition to making money for shareholders — has taken on new meaning thanks to COVID-19. It was the ...
ListenBiden transition brings wave of ESG uncertainty, opportunity from 2021-01-28T21:28:48
The ESG trends that will drive 2021 from 2020-12-31T16:53:33
In this final episode of 2020, we'll talk with experts about what key ESG themes they expect to unfold in 2021.
State Street Global Advisors’ EMEA Head of ESG Investment Strategy Carlo Fu...
ListenRisky business: Investors seek meat industry changes amid COVID-19 from 2020-11-23T16:58:15
Financial regulators should act 'urgently' on climate, says CFTC commissioner from 2020-10-28T15:57:27
U.S. financial regulators need to step up in the fight against climate change, according to one of their own.
Rostin Behnam, a commissioner at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commissio...
ListenThe New 'Sandwich Generation': New York Hospital Exec Says Pandemic Will Force Rethink of Eldercare from 2020-10-22T19:37:26
How COVID-19 is forcing big changes for parents, family caregivers from 2020-10-19T09:00
Duke Energy CEO explains new climate, environmental justice moves from 2020-10-15T14:42:30
Duke Energy Corp. President, CEO and board Chair Lynn Good sat down for an exclusive interview just hours after the electric utility company held its first ESG investor day on Oct. 9.
Lyn...
ListenThe 'name and shame' game: How 2 state laws tackle corporate racial diversity from 2020-10-08T17:33:11
Walmart sustainability head talks climate change, supply chain strategy from 2020-09-23T16:01:32
The coronavirus has slammed the retail sector and caused many companies to go out of business. But the pandemic has been a catalyst for growth at Walmart Inc., one of the world's largest retaile...
ListenWhy one big asset manager dropped companies over lobbying from 2020-09-21T18:27:06
Companies that lobby against climate-friendly laws and policies are putting the overall goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change at risk and have a "weak recognition of the challenges ahea...
ListenThe ESG implications of a proposed US Labor Department rule from 2020-08-26T17:07:24
The U.S. Department of Labor received thousands of comments on a newly proposed rule that says sustainable investments still need to put financial performance first to have a place in corporate ...
ListenEuropean banks sharpen ESG focus as COVID-19 highlights risk from 2020-07-31T18:13:13
Head of major US gas utility outlines path to net-zero emissions from 2020-07-27T20:58:28
COVID-19 shows many ESG agendas have 'forgotten about the people' from 2020-07-20T00:44:43
"Sustainability was always around people, planet and profit. I just think for the longest time we've forgotten about the people," said Mikkel Larsen, chief sustainabili...
ListenHow the biggest US bank is adapting its ESG approach amid COVID, racism from 2020-06-30T14:38:19
Climate change took "a bit of a backseat" during the first several weeks of the coronavirus pandemic as "governments...
ListenWhy S&P Global Ratings sees ESG as critical to COVID-era credit quality from 2020-06-23T14:02:54
More than 370 credit rating actions taken by S&P Global Ratings since March have been driven by environmental, social and governance factors as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, S&P Global Rati...
ListenInvestors press Amazon, other companies on COVID-19 workforce concerns from 2020-06-11T18:15:24
Investors are moving to hold companies such as Amazon more...
Listen'No board in America wants to face that': Proxy reform, Fink's letter and ESG from 2020-03-09T18:19:22
Wall Street's top regulator is moving to fundamentally reshape the proxy process, one of the key avenues shareholders use to engage with companies on environmental, social and governance issues....
ListenThese are the top issues the ESG world is focused on in 2020 from 2020-01-14T16:06:37
"Baby steps are equivalent to nothing in this day and age.” This is what Mindy Lubber told ESG Insider, an S&P Global podcast about the environmental, social and governance issues shaping compan...
ListenInside the campaign to end forced labor in Uzbekistan's cotton fields from 2019-12-19T00:06:40
In this episode of ESG Insider, S&P Global Market Intelligence reporter Gautam Naik takes listeners inside the campaign to end forced labor in Uzbekistan's cotton fields. He visited Uzbek cotton...
ListenPE's approach to ESG evolving, but could be mandatory in future from 2019-12-16T16:39:58
Private equity investors are paying increasing attention to environmental, social and governance factors and in response many firms are implementing strategies to ensure portfolio companies are ...
ListenThe problem with social audits from 2019-11-25T17:11:48
Social audits are used by consumer goods companies to identify potential human rights abuses, labor violations, and other ESG risks in their supply chains. But critics argue that social audits f...
ListenHow a non-profit is using technology to fight child labor in the cocoa industry from 2019-10-28T18:04:17
Child labor has been a longstanding scourge in the $100-billion cocoa industry for more than two decades. Despite efforts by U.S. Congressmen, African governments, the world’s biggest chocolate ...
ListenNew EU taxonomy helps investors, companies identify green investments from 2019-08-22T16:00
A proposed new European Union green classification system would help investors and companies identify and make environmentally friendly decisions and may evolve over time to include rules for so...
ListenSEC's Peirce worries ESG movement could hinder corporate performance from 2019-06-24T16:00
The environmental, social and governance movement could weaken the performance of companies that have already done a lot of good for society, Commissioner Hester Peirce of the U.S. Securities an...
ListenPost ‘Me Too’ movement, gender pay equality efforts gain momentum from 2019-05-14T16:00
"The environment in which the debate is happening, it's not like it was 10 years ago. We're in the midst of a 'Me Too' movement, we're in the midst of a very, very public discussion about equal ...
ListenInside proxy fights over climate, gender pay and political spending from 2019-03-28T16:00
The interviews: U.S. EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler, Citigroup Global Head of HR Sara Wechter, Arjuna Capital Managing Partner Natasha Lamb, Center for Political Accountability President Bruce Freed, ...
ListenExperts say these ESG trends will shape 2019 from 2019-02-14T17:00
The interviews: Rakhi Kumar, State Street Global Advisors’ head of ESG investments; Libby Bernick, Trucost managing director; Mindy Lubber, CEO and president of Ceres.
The backstory: Prog...
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