The Sustainability Agenda

The Sustainability Agenda


Latest Episodes

Episode 151: Professor Robert Eccles discusses ESG trends, and the importance of sustainability ratings
May 17, 2022

A fascinating discussion with Professor Robert Eccles, one of the world’s leading authorities on ESG, on the role of ESG factors in investment, the development of new sustainability standards, and in

Episode 150: Sunrise co-founder William Lawrence shares some lessons and insights from the growth and development of the Sunrise movement
May 09, 2022

A deep dive with Sunrise co-founder William Lawrence on the key lessons and insights from the growth and development of the Sunrise movement.

Episode 149 Professor Kevin Gallagher and Richard Kozul-Wright discuss their ideas for a new Bretton Woods to deal with inequality and climate breakdown
April 25, 2022

How can the Bretton Woods institutions be reformed to stabilise international finance, align trade and investment rules with climate and development goals?

Episode 148: Interview with Ann Pettifor on finance and climate and stranded assets
April 12, 2022

Wide ranging interview with Ann Pettifor on the impact of an unstable financial system on the prospects of dealing with the climate crisis, the power of the private finance, the risk of stranded asset

Episode 147: Professor Ruth DeFries on lessons from the natural world on how to deal with environmental crises.
March 28, 2022

Deep dive with Professor Ruth DeFries on her recent book What would Nature Do exploring how strategies from the natural world can help humanity weather many of the environmental crises we are now faci

Episode 146: Interview with Mark Campanale, Founder of the Carbon Tracker Initiative
March 11, 2022

A deep dive on stranded assets with Mark Campanale, Founder of the Carbon Tracker Initiative --and a look at the Fossil fuel Non Proliferation Treaty.

Episode 145 Interview with MSCI’s Global Head of ESG and Climate Research Linda-Eling Lee
February 23, 2022

Interview with MSCI’s Global Head of ESG and Climate Research Linda-Eling Lee

Episode 144: Interview with Kenyan conservationist Dr Mordecai Ogada on conservation trends in Kenya.
February 01, 2022

Hard-hitting interview with outspoken Kenyan ecologist and conservation writer Dr Mordecai Ogada on conservation trends in Kenya.

Episode 143 Interview with pioneering American political activist, urban theorist and Marxist environmentalist Mike Davis
January 11, 2022

A wide-ranging and hard-hitting interview with pioneering American writer, activist, and Marxist environmentalist Mike Davis about the existential environmental and nuclear dangers we are facing --and

Episode 142: Sir Ronald Cohen, "the father of social investment," discusses his new book, Impact, Reshaping capitalism to drive real change.
December 27, 2021

Sir Ronald Cohen, "the father of social investment," discusses his new book, Impact, Reshaping capitalism to drive real change, and shares his vision of a world where investors can measure companies

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