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On this week's episode of the podcast, Greg is joined by Jeremy Robinson, Chief Sustainability Officer of Fund Selection at The Green Stockbroker, a London-based consultant on sustainability science for investment. They had a very wide-ranging conversation around water investing, why water is unique among natural resources and fundamental to efforts around preserving natural capital, and Jeremy shares his insights around commonalities between sports, music and impact investing.

Jeremy couples a strong background in environmental science and hydrology with over twenty-five years in fund management, fund selection and research. He has written numerous articles on sustainable and ESG investing. He ongoing work covers Natural Capital (official TNFD observer), Circular Economy of Water, geo-spatial finance, Impact Investing, Biodiversity, Forestry, supply chains, Climate Change, UN Sustainable Development Goals, Green & Blue Infrastructure, and Waste Hierarchy/circularity.

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On this week’s episode of the podcast, Greg and Joe return and dig into a couple of newsworthy items of late. First, a recent Freakonomics podcast discussed whether or not ESG investors are benefitting the environment (spoiler alert: probably not, at least according to Kelly Shue, professor of finance at Yale). This leads into a discussion around the Energy Transition and a recent commentary from the team at JP Morgan.

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On this week's episode of Sustainability Matters Podcast, Greg and Joe are joined by Kathryn Sorensen, Director of Research at Kyl Center for Water Policy at Morrison Institute which is part of Arizona State University. They had a very insightful conversation around water, the need to increase water efficiency efforts, and how local economies in the American Southwest will adapt to water challenges in the future. #SustainabilityPodcast #Sustainability #Water

Kathryn served for many years as Director of Phoenix Water Services as well as Director of the City of Mesa Water Resources Department. In these roles she was responsible for the delivery of safe, clean, reliable water for millions of Arizonans, and significantly advanced the sustainable management of water resources in Arizona and the Colorado River basin. Kathryn earned a PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Michigan. In her position at Arizona State University, she oversees the research efforts of the Kyl Center for Water Policy, serves as a Professor of Practice at the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, and as a Senior Global Futures Scientist at the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory.

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On this week’s episode of the podcast, Greg and Joe are joined by Mark Hays from Glenmede. Mark is a Managing Director at Glenmede and oversees the Sustainable and Impact Investing team at the firm. Greg, Joe, and Mark cover a variety of topics, including Mark’s career journey, Glenmede’s philosophy around sustainable investing, myths vs. reality about the space, and the importance of getting your language right in this environment. On a lighter note, they also discuss their favorite Pearl Jam albums.

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On this week's episode of the podcast, Greg and Joe walk through a couple of "myths vs. realities" as it relates to the Energy Transition. There are a lot of misunderstanding about the supply and demand of raw materials, how far an EV battery can be useful, and how supply chains are important in the broader Energy Transition.

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In this week's episode of the Sustainability Matters Podcast, Greg and Joe are joined by Rehana Nathoo, CEO and founder of Spectrum Impact, an advisory firm focused on helping individuals and institutions design and implement their impact intentions. Based in New Orleans, Rehana brought a fantastic outlook to the table and we had a great discussion including,

what Spectrum Impact does and how Rehana started her journey in impact in Africa with the United Nations. How her time in wealth management helped prepare her for what she does now, generational differences and interest in impact. How there is no Silver Bullet in impact and sustainability and how the Tent of Sustainability should be opened up to EVERYONE. While, of course, discussing King Cake and New Orleans hidden gems.

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In this week's episode of the Sustainability Matters Podcast, Greg and Joe are joined by their first guest, Paulina Stannard, CFA. Paulina is the Head of Impact for CI Private Wealth. She explains how she began her journey into sustainability, how she works with advisors to help them and their clients that are interested in sustainability, and how values may help a client determine what "impact" means to them.

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Disclaimer: Paulina shares her personal views after 9 months on the job.

In this week's episode of the Sustainability Matters Podcast, Greg and Joe talk about Greg's trip to the capital of Kansas and the WEALTH discussion. They also dig into the Colorado River crisis and how it's affecting communities.

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In this week's episode of the Sustainability Matters Podcast, Joe and Greg catch up on EVs, Wind Power, and their recent travel to New York and Tennessee.

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Joe and Greg are on the road for this week's episode of the Sustainability Matters Podcast. Among the topics of discussion - conference season is back including CERES, CERA and carbon capture is discussed. Some great things happening and an impassioned request to talk to the sustainability team at LEGO. Oh and U2!

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