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Episode 197 | January 22, 2023

Ardian Seizes Mid-Market Infrastructure Assets Opportunities

with Mark Voccola, Co-Head of Ardian Infrastructure Americas

Ardian recently announced the final closing for its US$2.1bn Americas infrastructure fund – Ardian Americas Infrastructure Fund V (AAIF V). Its team, including Co-Head Mark Voccola, has deployed more than US$1bn in investments across the energy, renewables and transportation sectors. Ardian is a pioneering manager in decarbonizing infrastructure assets in line with global climate change […]

Episode 196 | January 18, 2023

Join Us for the 22nd Annual Wall Street Green Summit

with Peter Fusaro, Founder & Host of Wall Street Green Summit, Carbon Markets & Decarbonization Expert

Founder Peter Fusaro will host the 2023 WSGS, which is just around the corner on March 13 & 14, 2023. The 22nd anniversary of this annual event will convene in person after two years of COVID induced digital formatting. 40 plus speakers across 8 summit sessions over 2 days will join sponsors and summit attendees […]

Episode 195 | January 15, 2023

LSEG Launches First Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) Framework

with Claire Dorrian, Head of Sustainable Finance, Capital Markets & Post Trade at LSEG

Today’s Sustainable Finance Podcast (SFP) guest spoke recently at The World Climate Summit 2022 on how finance can help high emitting industries decarbonize. Claire Dorrian is Head of Sustainable Finance, Capital Markets and Post Trade at the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). She joins me to talk about why the London Stock Exchange recently launched […]

Episode 166 | January 9, 2023

TCFD and Structured Data Prepare Companies for the Net Zero Economy

with Pratima Divgi, Head of Capital Markets, CDP North America

Net Zero emissions by 2050 is the new North Star of environmental impact ambition for major corporations, governments and investors. In order to achieve this goal major corporate players across all sectors of the global economy must be held accountable. My guest today is Pratima Divgi, Head of Capital Markets, CDP North America. She leads […]

Episode 194 | January 2, 2023

Proposed: The Federal Supplier Climate Risk and Resilience Rule

with Ceres Climate Advisors: Sarah O’Brien, Steven Rothstein & John Kostyack

A new rule proposed by the Biden Administration would require large federal contractors to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and other climate change risks, as well as set science-based emissions reduction targets. At $630 billion in annual spending the U.S. Government is the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world! Climate advisors […]

Episode 193 | December 26, 2022

EMERGE ETF Portfolios Open Doors for Diverse Asset Managers

with Jane Liou Li, Portfolio Manager, Senior Equity Analyst at Zevin Asset Management

EMERGE Capital Management recently launched a suite of sustainability-focused, diversified equity ETF portfolios to open new doors for high caliber, diverse investment managers who are often underserved in the industry. Jane Liou Li of Zevin Asset Management has joined EMPWR, a select group of women portfolio managers chosen to manage the EMERGE ETF strategies. Li […]

Episode 192 | December 18, 2022

NextGen investors integrate ESG data into investment apps

with Deborah Yang, CEO, Co-Founder, DAIZY.com

In today’s program we’re exploring the changing needs and behavior of NextGen investors. According to my guest, Deborah Yang, these younger investors are using investment apps that integrate sustainability data and analytics into the portfolio ownership and management process. Yang, CEO and Co-Founder of Daizy.com, a sustainability insight app for Conscious Investing, is going to […]

Episode 191 | December 11, 2022

Green Hydrogen Hubs will Fuel the Low Carbon U.S. Economy Transition

with Dr. Venera Anderson, Strategy Advisor and Author on Sustainability & Climate | The Harvard Business Review Advisory Council

Investment capital to fund hydrogen clean energy development is being raised in record amounts in the private and public markets this year, with both the supply and demand sides of proposed hydrogen energy solutions dependent on the development of hydrogen hubs.  Dr. Venera Anderson, a global Strategy Advisor and Author on Sustainability and Climate issues, […]

Episode 190 | December 4, 2022

Engaging with Companies to Better Protect Water Systems

with Kirsten James, Senior Program Director, Water at Ceres

Institutional investors from around the world joined Ceres last August in launching the Valuing Water Finance Initiative, a new effort to engage 72 companies with a high water footprint to value and act on water as a financial risk and drive the necessary large-scale change to better protect water systems. Kirsten James, Senior Program Director […]

Episode 189 | November 27, 2022

How Corporate Boards Combine Climate Readiness with Diversity

with Dr. Katrin Gülden Le Maire, Member of the Board, All-Party Parliamentary Group on ESG

If there was any doubt that we’ve entered a new era for corporate boards, the 2021 proxy voting season dispelled it. Activist Investors focused on accelerating the transition to clean energy and BlackRock voted against 255 directors during the 2021 proxy year. Dr. Katrin Gulden Le Marie is my guest today. She consults with companies […]