Ecofin Podcasts

Greg and Joe are back with the first episode of season 2.

Going back to the podcast roots, they discuss two recent articles of particular interest.

Is Hempcrete an answer to lowering the carbon footprint of new construction? Hemp is being used in a number of interesting applications including as a building material.

They also discuss 10 charts that sum up 2023’s clean energy progress.

They also wonder into the territory of EVs and discuss the postings of the Car Dealership Guy (@guydealership) on X.

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Greg and Joe are back this week and are joined by both their colleague Ben Bor and special guest Dr. Noah Diffenbaugh.

Dr. Noah Diffenbaugh is the Kara J Foundation Professor and Kimmelman Family Senior Fellow in Stanford's Doerr School of Sustainability, and the Olivier Nomellini Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education. He studies the climate system, including the processes by which climate change could impact agriculture, water resources, and human health. Dr. Diffenbaugh has served the scholarly community in a number of roles, including as the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of the peer-review journal Environmental Research: Climate, and as Editor-in-Chief of Geophysical Research Letters from 2014-2018. He has also served as a Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and has provided testimony and scientific expertise to Federal, State and local officials. Dr. Diffenbaugh is an elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), a recipient of the James R. Holton Award and William Kaula Award from the AGU, and has been recognized as a Kavli Fellow by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.

We also discuss a bit about Noah’s wicked corner three-point shot and wish everyone happy holidays and a happy new year!

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Greg and Joe are back this week, walking through a few different articles that touch on COP28, nuclear fusion, and methane emissions. The conversation evolves a bit into technology and the rate of adaptable change for society (for instance, will we actually be able to generate power from deep space? Maybe??)

We also discuss a bit of Army/Navy football as well as a new show recommendation (especially if you're a hockey fan)!

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In this week's episode, Greg and Joe return after some work and personal travel (Happy Thanksgiving as well!). They discuss articles relating to the broader Energy Transition. Topics include natural gas and electricity demand in the winter as well as some silver linings for the space as we come closer to the end of a tough year for the renewables space. Also, a Presidential Briefing podcast!

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This week, Greg and Joe are joined by Mark Berryman from Caprock. Based in New York City, Mark is a Managing Director of Impact Investments at Caprock and joined the firm in 2016. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder and earned his MBA at Georgetown. He's a passionate college football fan which is where the discussion really started followed by talks of sustainability, ESG, and investing in regional impact opportunities.

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This week, Greg and Joe are joined by Justina Lai, Chief Impact Officer of Laird Norton Wealth Management and Wetherby Asset Management. Based in San Francisco, she is the Chief Impact Officer and is a shareholder at Wetherby, joining the firm in 2015. She graduated from the NYU Stern School of Business and earned her MBA from Stanford. Throughout the conversation, we learned that she is an avid traveler, she teaches an Impact class at UC Berkeley, and has worked in the sustainability space for a long time with time spent at the Rockefeller Foundation and Sonen Capital.

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In this week's episode, Joe and Greg are joined by Linda Rogers, CFP, from Planning Within Reach to discuss financial literacy, ESG and where Sustainability might be going. Planning Within Reach, LLC (PWR) is a fee-only and fiduciary wealth management firm offering one-time comprehensive financial planning and ongoing impact-focused investment management in San Diego and nationwide. PWR is a woman-owned firm that specializes in busy professionals and impact investors.

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This week Greg and guest co-host Ben Bor welcome Alicia Seiger to discuss reporting of carbon emissions. Alicia Seiger is a lecturer at Stanford Law and the managing director of Stanford’s Sustainable Finance Initiative. She has advised officials in New York and California on climate-related strategies for state budgets and pensions. Her first book, Settling Climate Accounts: Navigating the Road to Net Zero, explores the ways in which net zero may not add up, and suggests course corrections for the road ahead.

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In this week's episode, after Greg's intercontinental journeys, he and Joe are back for another edition of Sustainability Matters. Greg starts by recapping his adventures in Australia and New Zealand where he was able to have meaningful conversations with other sustainability-minded investors. Topics this week include wind energy and the current challenges there. Also, biomass and Renewable Natural Gas production in North American.

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In this week's episode, Greg and Joe are joined by Aaron Filbeck, Managing Director at the Chartered Alternative Investment Association (CAIA). They had a candid discussion around private markets and sustainability. Some topics and trends discussed include GP/LP alignment around ESG and sustainability, how E and S and G factors are getting more granular within private capital, and how stakeholders at private vs. public companies are impacted by sustainability initiatives. The cherry on top is a mutual affinity for Christopher Nolan movies!

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