The Greener Way

Sure, you’ve got the know-how on all shades of green – but have you heard of blue finance?

In our latest episode Lucy Holmes, Senior Director of Blue Finance at WWF US Oceans Markets & Finance, joins FS Sustainability senior journalist Rose Mary Petrass.

Lucy works with banks and investors to identify the risks of a business-as-usual approach and to incorporate ocean-related ESG metrics into financial decision making. 

It’s that time of year when we pause to reflect on the past and plan for the future. Is one of your New Year's resolutions to help save the world and align your investments with your values? In this podcast we hear from Louise Edkins, one half of the co-founders of Ethical Investment Advisers, a boutique ethical investment firm she co-founded in 2004 alongside Terry Pinnell. With more than 3 decades in responsible investment experience, Louise helps her clients merge their financial goals with their aspirations to make a better world. FS Sustainability Senior Journalist Rose Mary Petrass chats with Louise about risk tolerance, financial returns versus positive impact, and how to evaluate whether a company or investment product aligns with ethical criteria in the current global economic and geopolitical climate. 

We’re joined by Joshua Gilbert, a Worimi man who lives and works on country. Josh is a Senior Researcher at the UTS Jumbunna Institute of Indigenous Education and Research and is completing his PhD at Charles Sturt University, focusing on the post-colonial involvement of Indigenous peoples in Western agricultural systems.

We’re here to talk about Josh’s research and why learning from Indigenous people’s 60,000-plus year knowledge base is key to building thriving agriculture and natural capital markets in Australia.

https://www.joshuagilbert.co/

From December 12th, workplaces will be legally required to manage psychosocial risk in much the same way as physical risk - meaning workplaces can be held liable for sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination, and investigations can be made regardless of whether a complaint has been filed. In this podcast FS Sustainability Senior Journalist Rose Mary Petrass chats with new Sex Discrimination Commissioner Dr Anna Cody about the laws and what they mean for financial practitioners. Anna has a distinguished career as an academic and lawyer specialising in discrimination and human rights, working on cases involving domestic and family violence, LGBT+ discrimination and the Stolen Generation. 

In this episode brought to you by BNP Paribas Asset Management, we’ll be talking about green bonds and their role in investments and how they assist in achieving net zero aims.

Joining us for this conversation is BNP Paribas Asset Management Head of Euro Multi-Strategy Fixed Income Arnaud-Guilhem Lamy. 

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In this episode brought to you by BNP Paribas Asset Management, we’ll be talking about ESG integration in real assets and how investors identify decarbonisation risks and opportunities in infrastructure assets.

Joining us for this conversation is head of real assets Karen Azoulay, who talks to us about how her team applies one of BNP Paribas Asset Management’s four pillars of sustainability investment and seeing real world positive impact in infrastructure investments.

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In this episode, brought to you by BNP Paribas Asset Management, we’ll be talking about stewardship and how issues that are specific to the APAC region impact on investment considerations.

Joining us for this conversation is BNP Paribas Asset Management head of stewardship, Asia Pacific, Jane Ho. Jane discusses how she implements the global aims of energy transition, environmental sustainability and equality and inclusive growth in the APAC region and why stewardship is not only a fiduciary obligation but also an investment opportunity.

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In this episode brought to you by BNP Paribas Asset Management, we’ll be going back to basics to talk about how to be a sustainable investor as a global fund manager.

Joining us for this conversation is BNP Paribas Asset Management head of sustainability Jane Ambachtsheer. 

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When we talk about going for the nuclear option, it’s rarely a positive sign. But is nuclear power a solution to the reliable, emissions-free power generation that our global economy requires to transition to a net zero world?

Here to talk about how a new push for nuclear power generation might impact on investors, and the ESG considerations in uranium mining is Phillip Hudak, co-Portfolio Manager, Australian Small Companies, at Maple-Brown Abbott.

In this episode brought to you by First Sentier Investors, we’ll be talking about engagements. Active owners and investors usually cite deep conversations with portfolio companies as a key weapon in the stewardship arsenal, but how do we know if they’re successful?

Joining us to discuss this is Sudip Hazra a director at First Sentier MUFG Sustainable Investment Institute.

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