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
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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February 14, 2024 • 49 mins
Why is a multi-disciplinary approach key to addressing biodiversity loss? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Professor Simon Levin, Princeton University, about what’s at stake in the effort to preserve biodiversity loss; how his work has expanded into the sociological, political economy and policy space; and why a common language — a grammar for economic reasoning — is vital for bringing together different disciplines to underst...
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How is the FCA’s SDR framework a powerful example of second mover
advantage? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Sara Woodroffe, Manager of the
FCA’s ESG Policy & Advisory Team, about what the FCA’s new SDR framework
means for investors, how it aims to provide anti-greenwashing protections per
its mandate of consumer protection, and why a sustainable finance investment
labelling regime could well be the antidote to one purely foc...
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January 9, 2024 • 58 mins
What is the outlook for UK climate policy in 2024? Listen to Jason
Mitchell discuss with Chris Stark, CEO of the Climate Change Committee, about
how the implications of COP28 could reshape the UK’s global climate leadership;
what the Climate Change Committee is doing to advise the UK government on its
climate action and adaptation strategy; and why it’s vital we find more
powerful ways to drive the net zero transmission into the re...
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November 1, 2023 • 63 mins
Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Andrew Strait, Ada Lovelace Institute, about how to think through the typology of AI harms, what to make of the different national and supranational efforts to regulate AI, and why the development of strong AI governance systems is in everyone’s interest.
Andrew Strait is an Associate Director at the Ada Lovelace Institute where he is responsible for Ada’s work addressing emerging technology a...
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How are national policymakers driving transition finance into the real economy? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Dr. Esther Wandel, German Federal Ministry of Finance, how the German Federal Ministry of Finance is evolving its Sustainable Finance Strategy and what ‘harmonisation’ holds for sustainable regulations and standards.
Dr. Esther Wandel is head of division for Investment Funds and Sustainable Finance at the German Fe...
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September 13, 2023 • 43 mins
When can sustainable investing be counterproductive? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Professor Kelly Shue, Yale University School of Management, why brown firms—not green firms—will drive the greatest emissions savings, how the cost of capital can be a powerful lever for behaviour change, and why it’s vital that sustainable investors move more towards energy transition-type strategies.
Kelly Shue serves as a Professor of Fina...
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