Weather drives nearly $1 trillion in annual spending-pattern shifts — boosting long john sales in Miami on a 60-degree day while slowing them in Minnesota. In this episode of ESG Currents, Bloomberg Intelligence senior climate analyst Andrew Stevenson speaks with Planalytics CEO Fred Fox about how companies such as Lowe’s are using weather insights to improve bottom-line results.

Weather drives nearly $1 trillion in annual spending-pattern shifts &mdash; boosting long john sales in Miami on a 60-degree day while slowing them in Minnesota. In this episode of ESG Currents, Bloomberg Intelligence senior climate analyst Andrew Stevenson speaks with Planalytics CEO Fred Fox about how companies such as Lowe&rsquo;s are using weather insights to improve bottom-line results.

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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Retail’s $1 Trillion Climate Problem

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Environmental sustainability is the “mega of all megatrends,” says Nino Tronchetti Provera, founder and managing partner of Ambienta, one of Europe’s largest sustainability-focused asset managers. In this episode of ESG Currents, Bloomberg Intelligence’s Eric Kane and Melanie Rua speak with him about how Ambienta’s engineering-led approach identifies real-economy environmental champions, and why scaling proven industrial solutions can drive both returns and measurable impact. The conversation covers biostimulants, industrial electrification, gaps between Green Deal ambition and reality and the shift from ESG slogans to science-based, financially material investing — a theme central to Bloomberg Intelligence’s ESG 2.0 2026 Outlook. This episode was recorded on Dec. 15.

Environmental sustainability is the &ldquo;mega of all megatrends,&rdquo; says Nino Tronchetti Provera, founder and managing partner of Ambienta, one of Europe&rsquo;s largest sustainability-focused asset managers. In this episode of ESG Currents, Bloomberg Intelligence&rsquo;s Eric Kane and Melanie Rua speak with him about how Ambienta&rsquo;s engineering-led approach identifies real-economy environmental champions, and why scaling proven industrial solutions can drive both returns and measurable impact. The conversation covers biostimulants, industrial electrification, gaps between Green Deal ambition and reality and the shift from ESG slogans to science-based, financially material investing &mdash; a theme central to Bloomberg Intelligence&rsquo;s ESG 2.0 2026 Outlook. This episode was recorded on Dec. 15.

Ambienta’s Scientific Approach to Sustainability

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Delaware is the legal home of almost two-thirds of the S&P 500. But efforts are underway to change that, most notably Tesla’s approval last year from shareholders to reincorporate in Texas. Are we about to see a mass exodus of corporations, or are fears overblown? And where does that leave shareholder rights? On this week’s episode of ESG Currents, Senior ESG Analyst Rob Du Boff is joined by Ann Lipton of the University of Colorado Law School, an expert on corporate governance, to discuss the so-called DExit, the relationship between corporations and investors, and the broader role of corporations in society. This episode was recorded Dec 2, 2025.

Delaware is the legal home of almost two-thirds of the S&amp;P 500. But efforts are underway to change that, most notably Tesla&rsquo;s approval last year from shareholders to reincorporate in Texas. Are we about to see a mass exodus of corporations, or are fears overblown? And where does that leave shareholder rights? On this week&rsquo;s episode of ESG Currents, Senior ESG Analyst Rob Du Boff is joined by Ann Lipton of the University of Colorado Law School, an expert on corporate governance, to discuss the so-called DExit, the relationship between corporations and investors, and the broader role of corporations in society.&nbsp;This episode was recorded Dec 2, 2025.

Professor Lipton on State of Corporate Governance

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As ESG debates evolve and financial materiality moves to the forefront, the issues shaping company performance are becoming clearer — and more consequential. In this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s ESG Currents podcast, BI’s director of ESG research Eric Kane is joined by the analysts who hosted the show throughout the year to break down the ESG forces most likely to influence markets in 2026. Grace Osborne, Rob Du Boff, Melanie Rua, Andy Stevenson, Gail Glazerman, Yasutake Homma, Chris Ratti, Conrad Tan and Shaheen Contractor discuss sustainable debt in emerging markets, shareholder activism, water scarcity, climate damages, the ESG implications of AI, carbon removal, sustainable funds and more.

The episode was recorded on Dec. 9.

As ESG debates evolve and financial materiality moves to the forefront, the issues shaping company performance are becoming clearer &mdash; and more consequential. In this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence&rsquo;s ESG Currents podcast, BI&rsquo;s director of ESG research Eric Kane is joined by the analysts who hosted the show throughout the year to break down the ESG forces most likely to influence markets in 2026. Grace Osborne, Rob Du Boff, Melanie Rua, Andy Stevenson, Gail Glazerman, Yasutake Homma, Chris Ratti, Conrad Tan and Shaheen Contractor discuss sustainable debt in emerging markets, shareholder activism, water scarcity, climate damages, the ESG implications of AI, carbon removal, sustainable funds and more. The episode was recorded on Dec. 9.

What Forces Will Drive ESG Markets in 2026

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Retail’s $1 Trillion Climate Problem

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