With natural capital emerging as a vital investment theme, understanding its risks and opportunities is crucial. In this episode, BI’s senior ESG analyst, Rob Du Boff, and Melanie Rua, senior ESG associate, are joined by Adam Kanzer, head of stewardship for the Americas at BNP Paribas Asset Management, to share why natural capital is an important investment theme, why transparency in nature-related data matters and how the firm engages with industry to influence corporate practices. From the story of horseshoe crabs to how Nature Action 100 drives impactful corporate change, this episode delves deep into the efforts to protect biodiversity while generating shareholder value.

The episode was recorded on Sept. 18.

With natural capital emerging as a vital investment theme, understanding its risks and opportunities is crucial. In this episode, BI’s senior ESG analyst, Rob Du Boff, and Melanie Rua, senior ESG associate, are joined by Adam Kanzer, head of stewardship for the Americas at BNP Paribas Asset Management, to share why natural capital is an important investment theme, why transparency in nature-related data matters and how the firm engages with industry to influence corporate practices. From the story of horseshoe crabs to how Nature Action 100 drives impactful corporate change, this episode delves deep into the efforts to protect biodiversity while generating shareholder value.
The episode was recorded on Sept. 18.

ESG has become established as a key business theme as companies and investors seek to navigate the climate crisis, energy transition, social megatrends, mounting regulatory attention and pressure from other stakeholders. The rapidly evolving landscape has become inundated with acronyms, buzz words, and lingo and we aim to break these down with industry experts.

ESG has become established as a key business theme as companies and investors seek to navigate the climate crisis, energy transition, social megatrends, mounting regulatory attention and pressure from other stakeholders. The rapidly evolving landscape has become inundated with acronyms, buzz words, and lingo and we aim to break these down with industry experts.

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BNP Asset Management on Stewardship, Nature Action

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Private markets are uniquely positioned to unlock the value of nature, which may be one of the world’s most underappreciated assets. On this week’s episode, BI’s senior ESG associate Melanie Rua is joined by Anne Valentine Andrews, global head of private markets at Manulife IM, and Brian Kernohan, the firm’s chief sustainability officer, to discuss how nature and climate can drive investment strategies. They explore frameworks such as TCFD and TNFD, the intricacies of carbon credits and biodiversity markets and the future of portfolio diversification. With over $16 billion in assets under management across agriculture and timberland, Manulife stands as the largest manager of natural capital assets. This episode was recorded on Oct. 18.

For more insights, register for BI ESG’s Dec. 11 conference here: https://bbgevent.app/esg-investment/

Private markets are uniquely positioned to unlock the value of nature, which may be one of the world’s most underappreciated assets. On this week’s episode, BI’s senior ESG associate Melanie Rua is joined by Anne Valentine Andrews, global head of private markets at Manulife IM, and Brian Kernohan, the firm’s chief sustainability officer, to discuss how nature and climate can drive investment strategies. They explore frameworks such as TCFD and TNFD, the intricacies of carbon credits and biodiversity markets and the future of portfolio diversification. With over $16 billion in assets under management across agriculture and timberland, Manulife stands as the largest manager of natural capital assets. This episode was recorded on Oct. 18.
For more insights, register for BI ESG’s Dec. 11 conference here: https://bbgevent.app/esg-investment/

Manulife IM on Nature’s Value in Private Markets

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Economics is defined as the study of how society allocates scarce resources. So, can it help us more intelligently apportion carbon emissions? On this week’s episode of ESG Currents, Professor Michael Greenstone joins BI’s director of ESG research, Eric Kane, and senior ESG analyst, Rob Du Boff, to discuss his research on pricing the social cost of carbon and Climate Vault’s efforts to create a more robust market for carbon credits. Professor Greenstone is the director of the new Climate and Energy Institute at the University of Chicago, served as the chief economist in Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers and is the co-founder of Climate Vault.
This episode was recorded on Sept. 25.

For more insights, register for BI ESG’s Dec. 11 conference here. 

Economics is defined as the study of how society allocates scarce resources. So, can it help us more intelligently apportion carbon emissions? On this week’s episode of ESG Currents, Professor Michael Greenstone joins BI’s director of ESG research, Eric Kane, and senior ESG analyst, Rob Du Boff, to discuss his research on pricing the social cost of carbon and Climate Vault’s efforts to create a more robust market for carbon credits. Professor Greenstone is the director of the new Climate and Energy Institute at the University of Chicago, served as the chief economist in Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers and is the co-founder of Climate Vault. This episode was recorded on Sept. 25.
For more insights, register for BI ESG’s Dec. 11 conference <a href="https://bbgevent.app/esg-investment/">here</a>.

Climate Vault’s Greenstone on Economics of Carbon

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The Inner Development Goals organization (IDG) was developed in response to the fact that progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) isn’t happening fast enough, and is based on the idea that inner development is needed to achieve a more sustainable future. In this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s ESG Currents podcast, Jan Artem Henriksson, executive director of IDG, joins BI’s director of ESG Research Eric Kane to discuss how the IDG framework was developed and the five dimensions and 23 skills that are included. They also chat about companies that are using IDGs and how the approach can help with progress on key topics, including diversity, equity and inclusion. For more insights, register here for BI ESG’s Dec. 11 conference.

The Inner Development Goals organization (IDG) was developed in response to the fact that progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) isn’t happening fast enough, and is based on the idea that inner development is needed to achieve a more sustainable future. In this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s ESG Currents podcast, Jan Artem Henriksson, executive director of IDG, joins BI’s director of ESG Research Eric Kane to discuss how the IDG framework was developed and the five dimensions and 23 skills that are included. They also chat about companies that are using IDGs and how the approach can help with progress on key topics, including diversity, equity and inclusion. For more insights, register here for BI ESG’s Dec. 11 conference.

Sustainability and the Need to Look Within

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