by deniseyoung | Oct 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Briefing: Climate risk in 5 questions with Veena Ramani In this episode, I’m talking about climate risk with Veena Ramani. She’s Senior Program Director of Capital Markets Systems at Ceres, a non-profit in the U.S. that advocates for sustainability in business....
by deniseyoung | Oct 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
#09 What did we learn from the Rio Tinto disaster? When I first read about Rio Tinto blowing up an ancient Aboriginal site to mine for premium iron ore, I could hardly believe it. To understand how it happened, and what it means, I talked to Brynn O’Brien, Executive...
by deniseyoung | Sep 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
#08 Is climate-aligned finance the next big thing for decarbonizing finance? Today’s guest is Paul Bodnar, Managing Director of the Rocky Mountain Institute. We talk about their recently launched Centre for Climate-Aligned Finance, which is a promising new approach to...
by deniseyoung | Sep 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
#07 Green bonds: hype or key to greening the future? Green bonds are back in the news again in recent weeks following some big issues from Google and the German government. You may be asking yourself: why should I care. Well, green bonds finance green stuff –...
by deniseyoung | Sep 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
#06 Are today’s boards fit to lead the transition to net zero? Since 2015, climate change has gone from being a niche technical subject to a must-have competence for company boards. What are boards doing to ensure that they have that competence is the focus of...
by deniseyoung | Jul 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
#05 Regulators have the magic wand to green the banking sector. Why won’t they wave it? What role should regulators play in safeguarding the financial system from climate-related disruption? Thierry Philipponnat, Head of Research and Advocacy at Finance Watch in...
