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How whisky, yoga pants and a trash burning plant are helping tackle climate change
Season 3 Episode 45
What do Glenfiddich whisky, yoga pants and a trash-burning waste-to-heat plant in Europe have in common? They're all part of efforts to use emerging…
4 years, 5 months ago
Direct Air Capture: A high-tech fix for climate change?
Season 3 Episode 44
Can a global array of CO2-sucking machines save us from the worst ravages of climate change? This episode is the first in an ESG Insider miniseries a…
4 years, 5 months ago
At COP26, connecting the climate and nature agendas
Season 3 Episode 43
Protecting biodiversity and adopting nature-based solutions: Both play a critical role in addressing climate change and therefore cannot be ignored. …
4 years, 5 months ago
Inside COP26: Chaos, optimism, progress
Season 3 Episode 42
There have been a lot of headlines coming out of COP26, the big United Nations climate conference that took place in Glasgow the first two weeks of N…
4 years, 5 months ago
COP26 climate commitments send "clear signal" on how banks should finance transition
Season 3 Episode 41
The 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference, known as COP26, is well underway in Glasgow. A big theme during the first week of the conference was the fin…
4 years, 6 months ago
2021 proxy season marked "new era" of shareholder support for ESG issues
Season 3 Episode 40
The 2021 proxy season brought a new level of shareholder support for key ESG-related themes ranging from climate change to diversity disclosures.
In …
4 years, 6 months ago
At COP26, why Article 6 matters to companies and investors
Season 3 Episode 39
At COP26 in Glasgow in the first two weeks of November, government officials from around the world will gather to discuss plans for achieving the Pa…
4 years, 6 months ago
Morgan Stanley exec on net zero: 'We can't just wait 30 years and see what happens'
Season 3 Episode 38
In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we talk to Jessica Alsford, Head of Global Sustainability Research at Morgan Stanley. In the run-up to CO…
4 years, 6 months ago
How an EU social taxonomy could bring clarity to "S" in ESG
Season 3 Episode 37
The coronavirus pandemic and a growing awareness of social risks have thrust the 'S' in ESG into sharper focus for many sustainability-minded compani…
4 years, 7 months ago
Goldman Sachs executive on demystifying, measuring the 'S' in ESG
Season 3 Episode 36
Over the past year and a half, we've seen companies, investors and regulators put a growing emphasis on the 'S' in ESG. But there is still a common r…
4 years, 7 months ago