Greening the built environment

In this episode, Emily Farrimond is joined by David Willock from Lloyds Banking Group and Rebecca Teasdale from Baringa to discuss the significant social and just transition implications of greening the built environment. They delve deep into the roles of banks, breaking the circle of blame and the…

Approaches to Transition Finance with the Investor Leadership Network

In this episode of our Climate and Sustainability Trailblazers podcast, we talk about the importance of transition frameworks and the role of asset owners and managers in decarbonisation with Annika Brouwer and Astrid Hoegsted from the Investor Leadership Network (ILN). Read the ILN’s latest whitep…

Strategies to achieve real world decarbonisation with the Investor Leadership Network

In this episode of our Climate and Sustainability Trailblazers podcast, Emily Farrimond is joined by Charly Bastard, Nathalie Wallace and Richard Manley from the Investor Leadership Network (ILN). Join us to hear about the ILN's most recent white paper titled ‘Investing for the low carbon transitio…

Brookfield's story: Being part of the decarbonisation solution

In this episode of our Climate & Sustainability Trailblazers podcast, Emily Farrimond discusses what it takes to decarbonise the real economy with Kelly Goddard, Chief Sustainability Officer at the Renewable Power and Transition Group at Brookfield Asset Management, and Anya Davis, Partner and expe…

Purpose, profit and ESG with Alex Edmans (Part Two)

In part two of our chat with Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance at London Business School, we discuss whether ESG is value accretive or value depletive, the trade-offs on climate and ESG decisions, and the importance of skillset diversity in ESG roles.

Purpose, profit and ESG with Alex Edmans (Part One)

We speak with Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance at London Business School, on the interplay between purpose, profit and ESG. Join us to find out what focussed purpose really means, why you don’t need to tick all 17 SDGs, and whether we need to challenge the concept of green investments.  

Women's financial inclusion: making sure no one gets left behind

During this episode of our Climate & Sustainability Trailblazers podcast, we talk about the the role of women in the climate change agenda. Our host, Emily Farrimond, is joined by by Nithyasri (Nithya) Sharma, director of Global Strategy at Women's World Banking and Hortense Viard Expert in Climate…

Sustainable Finance: Learnings from Guernsey

In this episode of our Climate & Sustainability Trailblazers podcast, we discuss the critical role of finance in enabling the transition to a more sustainable and net zero economy through the case study of Guernsey. Our host, Emily Farrimond, ESG and sustainability lead at Baringa, is joined by Rup…

Using capital markets to drive sustainable outcomes

We speak with Ian Simm, CEO and founder of IMPAX Asset Management, one of the first and largest asset managers focused on investment in the transition. In this episode, we talk about the pace of change, and how the noise around disclosures, classification systems and taxonomies is potentially getti…

The importance of Purpose in meeting ESG goals - Pt.2

During this episode of our Climate & Sustainability Trailblazers podcast, we talk about the critical role of purpose in financial services firms. Our host, Emily Farrimond is joined by Sally Gray, Sustainability and Purpose expert and Dee Corrigan from A Blueprint for Better Business, to discuss th…