Conscious leaders — those who think about both their company’s customers and its employees — are the ‘secret sauce’ of impact investing, says Eva Yazhari of Beyond Capital Ventures, a women-led emerging markets impact venture fund.
Liz Skinner speaks to James Katz, founder and CEO of Humankind Investments
Julie Gorte of Impax Asset Management talks biodiversity
How can quality jobs reduce inequalities? Sarah Bratton Hughes at Schroders lays out the concept and Ana Herzog joins the podcast from Brazilian retail giant Magazine Luiza, which implemented a bold strategy to increase the number of Black Brazilians in its upper management.
Embracing the innovations and clean tech solutions being developed today in transportation, energy and beyond is essential for the maintenance of Earth’s life support system.
The ESG Vector Score marries two ESG standards to create a measure of how well firms are meeting sustainability criteria, said Julie Moret, head of sustainability for Northern Trust Asset Management.
Retirement plan advisers who are using ESG in plans should not only educate themselves, but their clients and plan participants as well, says Michael Young of US SIF. He notes that there are now designations available on this topic.
UN SDG #8 seeks to promote sustainable economic growth and World Tree is a business and impact investment that provides farmers of the Empress Tree a sustainable living, while also providing giant carbon sinks for the world.
Employers that offer sub-par jobs are going to lose the talent war to competitors offering quality jobs as the national labor shortage hits most industries, said Sarah Bratton Hughes, head of sustainability for NA at Schroders.
Nashville-based Clearloop sells carbon offsets to companies and uses the proceeds to fund renewable-energy projects in areas of the country without the inherent impetus to do so.
UNCDF’s Esther Pan Sloane explains how innovative financing in countries that most need it can help achieve the 17 goals meant to be a global roadmap for people, planet and prosperity. Sloane was speaking at the Global ESG Summit on May 27.
SDG #6: Clean water and sanitation. The amount of money the poor pay in healthcare, lost wages, and lost economic opportunity in order to access water is nearly equal to the amount needed to solve the problem.
