ESG Out Loud

Jan 23 2024 46 ep. 29 mins 198

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Podcast by ESG Clarity bringing you interviews with academics, economists and scientists that inform the views of the ESG investment industry.

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ESG Out Loud Eleanor Harry, Hace

Jan 23 2024 24 mins

In this episode of the ESG Clarity podcast, ESG Out Loud, reporter Holly Downes talks to Eleanor Harry, chief executive of HACE, about their AI-powered Child Labour Index. Today, there are 160 million children in child labour globally between the ages of five and 17, of which 78 million are working in hazardous conditions. With the help of artificial intelligence (AI), HACE helps

ESG Out Loud December With Todd Court

Dec 18 2023 21 mins

Todd Cort, faculty director of Yale University’s sustainability program, is expecting an "explosion of unpriced information", which he said active asset managers will use to outperform markets. Alongside this, the needle is being moved back towards ESG-oriented funds and financial regulators are in the process of standardising climate information and disclosures, which should m

Centre youth voices in COP28 finance discussions

Nov 14 2023 25 mins

Holly Downes speaks to youth groups and climate activists about what they want to see from the conference this year and their messages for the investment industry.

Michael Sheren: ‘Every stock and bond is mispriced; they’re not capturing the cost of carbon’

Oct 24 2023 34 mins

Former Bank of England senior adviser Michael Sheren discusses the shortfalls of voluntary frameworks, COP28, planetary boundaries and why carbon is not priced in.

Chris Skidmore: We need to depoliticise net zero

Sep 12 2023 21 mins

Former minister and chair of the UK Net Zero Review joins the podcast to discuss the UK's recent offshore wind auction, giving confidence to the investment industry and his hopes for net zero in the Autumn Statement.

TCFD: Reflecting on eight years of climate disclosure development

Aug 22 2023 29 mins

TCFD secretariat member Curtis Ravenel joins the podcast to discuss the 18-month project that ran eight years, why it was time to wind up and what "thorny problems" are next on the agenda.

Trevor Williams: 'ESG should be about carbon reduction'

Jul 13 2023 33 mins

Former chief economist at Lloyds Bank Trevor Williams joins ESG Clarity in the podcast studio following his speech at our Responsible Pathway conference in June.

The best bits

Jun 14 2023 14 mins

Highlights from two years of the ESG Clarity podcast.

Sector special: Governance in tech can be 'quirky'

May 24 2023 29 mins

For this sector special episode sponsored by Royal London Asset Management, Natasha Turner is joined by sustainable fund manager George Crowdy and Greyparrot AI CEO Mikela Druckman to discuss ESG in the technology sector.

'ESG as a term has outlived its purpose'

Apr 06 2023 30 mins

London Business School finance professor Alex Edmans joins the podcast to talk about the future of ESG investing and his paper, Applying Economics - Not Gut Feel - To ESG