A Sustainable Future
What can we do to build a more sustainable world? Each episode features a thought leader discussing an aspect of sustainability - its origin, evolution and relevance today - with Jason Mitchell, Co-Head of Responsible Investment at Man Group.
Episodes
How have politics and geoeconomics turned rare earths and critical minerals into pressure points in the expanding global trade conflict? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Professor Saleem Ali, University of Delaware, about what the energy transition means in the context of environmental security; how multilateral initiatives and increasingly national efforts are working to reshape supply and demand dynamics; and why it’s critic...
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What happens if access to US climate data becomes more limited? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Professor Benjamin Horton, Director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore, about what the political changes in the US could mean for the international scientific community; how that impact translates into access and availability of critical climate datasets; and why some climate scientists are already thinking about substitutes pla...
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March 13, 2025 • 55 mins
How are asset owners reallocating towards sustainability? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Dan Mikulskis, People’s Partnership CIO, about how the People’s Partnership is doing to evolve its investment strategy; what that means functionally for in a responsible investment context; and why asset owners like People’s Partnership are taking on a bigger leadership role in sustainable finance.
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February 20, 2025 • 46 mins
What
does 2025 hold for sustainable investing? Jason Mitchell talks to Hortense Bioy,
Morningstar Head of Research, about how sustainable investing has reshaped
asset flows over the last several years; what the suspension of the net zero
initiatives could mean for investors; and why sustainable investing can survive
Trump 2.0.
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Will investors reset, recalibrate, or retreat from net zero in 2025? Listen to Jason
Mitchell discuss with Professor Tom Gosling, London School of Economics, about how
to think about the exits among climate initiatives; what the future of net zero
commitments could look like; and why, investors—despite their limitations in
driving climate outcomes—are still able to have a material effect on climate
policy development.
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January 14, 2025 • 47 mins
Is sustainable investing facing its own replication crisis? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Professor Andrew King, Boston University, about what the replication crisis represents for sustainable finance; how to think about the incentive problems impacting academic research; and why academic journals and the academic-practitioner community need to be more open to the replication and challenge of existing studies.
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December 5, 2024 • 45 mins
How do neighbourhoods shape economic opportunities for children? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Professor Stefanie Deluca, Johns Hopkins University, about why neighbourhoods matter for creating social mobility; some of the outcomes and challenges in her recent paper, “Creating Moves to Opportunity”; and what it takes to create more high-opportunity zones, so families don’t have to continually uproot and move.
Professor Stef...
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November 14, 2024 • 63 mins
What’s at stake for climate and nature in the current political
environment? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Paul Bodnar, Bezos Earth
Fund, about the vital role of philanthropic capital; the mission of the Bezos
Earth Fund; and how its thinks about funding efforts across mitigation and
adaptation as well as the Global North and Global South.
Note: This episode was recorded prior to the recent US election.
Paul Bodnar is th...
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October 16, 2024 • 60 mins
What grade does the finance industry deserve in terms of pricing climate risk? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Chief Scientist Dr. Sarah Kapnick, about the scope of NOAA’s mission; NOAA’s billion-dollar Weather and Climate Disasters dataset and what it means for weather attribution; and why NOAA itself represents a remarkable value to the US people as an argument against ...
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September 25, 2024 • 42 mins
Is ESG a “hopeless muddle”? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, about free markets and free minds; climate and ESG disclosures; the implications of Loper Bright on the Chevron Doctrine and agency authority; and the merits of financial innovation in crypto versus ESG.
Commissioner Hester Peirce was appointed by President Donald Trump to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 2018. Before jo...
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September 11, 2024 • 54 mins
Can human capital drive portfolio returns? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Professor Dan Ariely, Duke University, about what a human capital factor looks like; how incentives and the basic idea of “feeling valued “are fundamental drivers behind employee motivation; and why human capital can represent an overlooked source of alpha.
Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of psychology and behavioural economics at Duke Unive...
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August 13, 2024 • 44 mins
What’s the role of an influencer in the effort to address climate change?
Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Assaad Razzouk, CEO of Gurīn Energy, about
what’s at stake in the fight for climate action, how to think about the energy
transition in the context of this year’s global electoral cycle, and, of
course, why we need more angry clean energy people.
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How is the Loan Programs Office providing unprecedented amounts of capital for clean energy innovations? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Jigar Shah, US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office Director, his $215 billion mandate in commercialising clean energy innovations, how these technologies align with US energy security goals and climate commitments, and what the multiplier effect of LPO financing could mean for private ...
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July 2, 2024 • 42 mins
What does it mean to be an innovator and early adopter in
sustainable aviation? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with David Morgan, easyJet
COO, about how aviation is undergoing its own energy transition; the factors
driving easyJet’s decarbonisation ambitions; and why it’s vital that airlines
like easyJet keep pushing the envelope on technological innovation.
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June 13, 2024 • 65 mins
Where are the tensions in the climate science community driving research and real-world policy impact? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Professor Adam Sobel, Columbia University, about what the tropics and wet bulb temperature mean in the context of climate change; how to think about the trade-offs between the applied and theoretical sides of science; and why we need to rethink the social responsibility of climate scientists.
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May 13, 2024 • 43 mins
What will the upcoming EU elections mean for sustainable investors? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Henry Foy, the FT's Brussels Bureau Chief, about June’s EU elections, why the policy agenda will likely pivot towards defence an away from the Green Deal, and how EU policymakers may try to reframe defence and security for sustainable investors.
Henry Foy is the FT's Brussels Bureau Chief, leading coverage of EU affairs and ma...
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How prevalent are psychological biases like confirmation bias and black-and-white in your thinking? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Professor Alex Edmans, London Business School, about why misinformation is a problem that affects us all; how we can counter it through more critical, rigorous analysis; and what it means for the world of sustainable investing.
Alex Edmans is Professor of Finance at London Business School. Alex ...
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April 10, 2024 • 39 mins
Why is the world’s largest single waste stream—demolition concrete—one of the secrets to carbon dioxide removal? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Neustark Head of Carbon Dioxide Removal, Lisa Braune, about what the world’s largest waste stream—demolition concrete—means as a carbon sink; how the private sector and governments are working to support and embed CDR technologies; and why CDR certification is so important in the wak...
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March 7, 2024 • 55 mins
To what degree can investors control climate outcomes? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Dr. Tom Gosling, London Business School, why investors may need to rethink their net zero commitments; what universal ownership theory represents in the context of climate change; and how engagement at different levels plays a fundamental role in terms of investor influence.
Read the full paper here: Universal Owners and Climate Change (Feb...
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March 6, 2024 • 50 mins
To what degree can investors control climate outcomes? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Professor Madison Condon, Boston University School of Law, about what universal ownership theory represents in the context of climate change and how this has recently changed. In addition, this far-reaching conversation highlights how private sector ownership of climate models has created a ‘climate intelligence arms race’ that has serious ...
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