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In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we explore how companies are moving from setting sustainability-related targets to figuring out how to reach those goals. A common refrain we heard at the annual GreenBiz conference in Phoenix, Arizona last week was: "What will it take?"  For example, what will it take for companies to achieve net-zero goals and decarbonize supply chains — including those involved in transporting materials and products?  We explore this topic with guests from several sectors. To understand the decarbonization challenges the freight and maritime shipping industry faces, we sit down with Sarah Mouriño, Senior Director of Sustainability for the Americas at DP World, one of the world's largest port operators. Sarah, who has more than two decades experience in the industry, tells us decarbonization is the "number one thing on every sustainability agenda for every major company” with a freight or maritime operation.  Other guests in this episode include:   - Robyn Luhning, Chief Sustainability Officer at big bank Wells Fargo  -Abby Davidson, Managing Director at consulting company Engie Impact  - Brenden McEneaney, Senior Vice President at real estate firm JLL  - Annabelle Stamm, Senior Director of Sustainability Strategy at Edison Energy, which helps its clients navigate energy management  - Debbie Lizt, Head of Global Sustainability at software company Intuit  - Kevin Rabinovitch, Global Vice President of Sustainability and Chief Climate Officer at food company Mars   Listen to our full interview with Intuit’s Debbie Lizt: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/exploring-intuit-s-approach-to-supplier-engagement-ai-and-just-transition   Listen to our full interview with Mars’ Kevin Rabinovitch: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/how-one-of-world-s-largest-food-companies-is-rethinking-supply-chains   Listen to our interview on the sidelines of Davos on the topic of AI: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/how-ai-became-the-buzzword-at-davos   The GreenBiz conference is hosted by GreenBiz Group and S&P Global Sustainable1 is a sponsor.  Read more about supply chains in the S&P Global Supply Chain 2024 Look Forward report: https://www.spglobal.com/en/research-insights/featured/special-editorial/look-forward/look-forward-volume-2-2024  Learn about TPM, a conference S&P Global organizes for the trans-Pacific and global container shipping and logistics community: https://events.joc.com/tpm/about/index.html  This piece was published by S&P Global Sustainable1, a part of S&P Global.     Copyright ©2024 by S&P Global     DISCLAIMER     By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of the information featured in this Podcast. The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice. Unless specifically stated otherwise, S&P GLOBAL does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this Podcast, and information from this Podcast should not be referenced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. The third party materials or content of any third party site referenced in this Podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of S&P GLOBAL. S&P GLOBAL assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content contained in third party materials or on third party sites referenced in this Podcast or the compliance with applicable laws of such materials and/or links referenced herein. Moreover, S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty that this Podcast, or the server that makes it available

In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we sit down with Debbie Lizt on the sidelines of the GreenBiz conference in Phoenix, Arizona. Debbie is Head of Global Sustainability at Intuit, one of the world’s largest software companies.    She describes how Intuit is engaging with suppliers on decarbonization, its approach to generative AI, and how the company is working to ensure a just low-carbon transition in communities.   As part of its net-zero strategy, Intuit is working with suppliers to understand the challenges they face. "While we have these goals, we want our suppliers to join us on this journey," says Debbie. "We want to learn from them what would make it challenging for them so that we can identify opportunities to help remove some of those barriers."  Listen to our interview at the GreenBiz conference with Mars, one of the largest food and confectionary companies in the world: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/how-one-of-world-s-largest-food-companies-is-rethinking-supply-chains   Listen to our interview on the sidelines of Davos with another of the world’s largest software companies, SAP: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/how-one-of-the-world-s-biggest-software-companies-approaches-collaboration  GreenBiz is hosted by GreenBiz Group and S&P Global Sustainable1 is a sponsor.  This piece was published by S&P Global Sustainable1, a part of S&P Global.     Copyright ©2024 by S&P Global     DISCLAIMER     By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of the information featured in this Podcast. The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice. Unless specifically stated otherwise, S&P GLOBAL does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this Podcast, and information from this Podcast should not be referenced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. The third party materials or content of any third party site referenced in this Podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of S&P GLOBAL. S&P GLOBAL assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content contained in third party materials or on third party sites referenced in this Podcast or the compliance with applicable laws of such materials and/or links referenced herein. Moreover, S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty that this Podcast, or the server that makes it available, is free of viruses, worms, or other elements or codes that manifest contaminating or destructive properties.

In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we sit down with Mars, one of the largest food and confectionary companies in the world, on the sidelines of the GreenBiz conference in Phoenix.    Kevin Rabinovitch, Global Vice President of Sustainability & Chief Climate Officer at Mars, explains how the company is rethinking its supply chains as part of its decarbonization strategy and to address climate change and nature-related risks.  "We have supply chains that weren't designed to ... tackle things like greenhouse gas emissions or, frankly, a lot of other sustainability issues," Kevin says. "At first, we thought of it as getting a better understanding of the supply chains we operate. But over time, what we've increasingly realized is that it's probably going to be as much about designing, redesigning supply chains into ways that are easier to manage and understand." "If we don't change what we're buying, or where we're buying it, or how we're buying it, or who we're buying it from, we're not going to make a lot of progress on our performance," Kevin adds.  Listen to our episode about how the Rockefeller Foundation partners with stakeholders around the world to finance solutions to issues like climate change and food systems transformation: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/breaking-down-silos-seeking-innovative-financing-solutions-to-big-sustainability-challenges   GreenBiz is hosted by GreenBiz Group and S&P Global Sustainable1 is a sponsor.  This piece was published by S&P Global Sustainable1, a part of S&P Global.     Copyright ©2024 by S&P Global     DISCLAIMER     By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of the information featured in this Podcast. The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice. Unless specifically stated otherwise, S&P GLOBAL does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this Podcast, and information from this Podcast should not be referenced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. The third party materials or content of any third party site referenced in this Podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of S&P GLOBAL. S&P GLOBAL assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content contained in third party materials or on third party sites referenced in this Podcast or the compliance with applicable laws of such materials and/or links referenced herein. Moreover, S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty that this Podcast, or the server that makes it available, is free of viruses, worms, or other elements or codes that manifest contaminating or destructive properties.

A key theme emerging from interviews for the ESG Insider podcast is that solutions to big sustainability challenges require collaboration across silos. Today in Part III of our 'Breaking down silos' miniseries, we’re talking to a major global philanthropic foundation about how it partners with stakeholders around the world to finance solutions to issues like climate change and food systems transformation.  We sit down with Elizabeth Yee, Executive Vice President of Programs at the Rockefeller Foundation. "Philanthropy can't do it alone,” Elizabeth says. “In order to achieve the changes that we want to see across the programmatic work we do — which is clean energy access and transition; which is understanding, pushing forward the field of climate and health; which is ensuring that food is both good for people and planet; and ensuring that we also build a more equitable and green financial system — the only way to achieve any of those systems transformations is to work in partnership with government, the private sector, philanthropies, other civil society actors to deliver on those outcomes.” Listen to the first episode in our ‘Breaking down silos’ miniseries, about balancing the role of policy and the private sector in the energy transition: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/breaking-down-silos-balancing-the-role-of-policy-and-private-sector-in-the-energy-transition   Listen to the second episode in our ‘Breaking down silos’ miniseries, where we hear how one of the world’s biggest software companies approaches collaboration: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/how-one-of-the-world-s-biggest-software-companies-approaches-collaboration   Listen to our interview with the Green Climate Fund: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/as-cop28-kicks-off-talking-climate-finance-with-the-green-climate-fund      This piece was published by S&P Global Sustainable1, a part of S&P Global.   Copyright ©2024 by S&P Global   DISCLAIMER   By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of the information featured in this Podcast. The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice. Unless specifically stated otherwise, S&P GLOBAL does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this Podcast, and information from this Podcast should not be referenced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. The third party materials or content of any third party site referenced in this Podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of S&P GLOBAL. S&P GLOBAL assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content contained in third party materials or on third party sites referenced in this Podcast or the compliance with applicable laws of such materials and/or links referenced herein. Moreover, S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty that this Podcast, or the server that makes it available, is free of viruses, worms, or other elements or codes that manifest contaminating or destructive properties. 

At the ESG Insider podcast, we’ve been hearing a key theme on repeat: Solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss require collaboration across silos. In this 'Breaking down silos' miniseries of the podcast, we’re bringing you examples of how collaboration across different groups of stakeholders happens in practice.  Today in Part II, we hear the perspective of one of the world’s largest software companies in our interview with Stephen Jamieson, Global Head of Circular Economy Solutions at SAP. Stephen says a behavior shift is required to address big sustainability challenges.  “The solutions to climate change, the solutions to biodiversity … it's in the behavior of how people are working and collaborating with businesses and how they consume products,” Stephen says.    And policy is “critical to enabling action,” he tells us. “This then stimulates the rest of the activity — stimulates that need for businesses to innovate, to find solutions, to be able to go and drive the reframing of the value proposition, discovering reuse solutions, how to scale infrastructure,” he says.   Listen to our episode about how AI became the buzzword at Davos: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/how-ai-became-the-buzzword-at-davos  Listen to our episode about why nature was front and center on the Davos agenda: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/nature-was-front-and-center-on-the-davos-agenda-here-s-why  Listen to the first episode in our ‘Breaking down silos’ miniseries, where we talk to Jason Bordoff, Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, about balancing the role of policy and the private sector in the energy transition: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-down-silos-balancing-the-role-of-policy/id1475521006?i=1000644772538     This piece was published by S&P Global Sustainable1, a part of S&P Global.  Copyright ©2024 by S&P Global  DISCLAIMER  By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of the information featured in this Podcast. The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice. Unless specifically stated otherwise, S&P GLOBAL does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this Podcast, and information from this Podcast should not be referenced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. The third party materials or content of any third party site referenced in this Podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of S&P GLOBAL. S&P GLOBAL assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content contained in third party materials or on third party sites referenced in this Podcast or the compliance with applicable laws of such materials and/or links referenced herein. Moreover, S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty that this Podcast, or the server that makes it available, is free of viruses, worms, or other elements or codes that manifest contaminating or destructive properties. 

At the ESG Insider podcast, we’ve been hearing one key theme on repeat: Solutions to big sustainability challenges like climate change and biodiversity loss require collaboration across silos. This idea is coming across loud and clear at the global events we cover, from Climate Week NYC to COP28 in Dubai to the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland.  In this 'Breaking down silos' miniseries of the podcast, we’ll bring you examples of how collaboration across different groups of stakeholders happens in practice.    Today in Part I, we hear the perspective of an academic with a policy background in an interview with Jason Bordoff. Jason is Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, where he is a Professor of Professional Practice, and also Co-Founding Dean of the Columbia Climate School.  Jason talks to us about the role of the private sector in the energy transition, which he says “has to be facilitated by policy.”  "We can't have a clean energy transition if we don't ensure reliability and security and affordability along the way," Jason says.   Listen to our episode about how AI became the buzzword at Davos: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/how-ai-became-the-buzzword-at-davos   Listen to our episode about why nature was front and center on the Davos agenda: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/nature-was-front-and-center-on-the-davos-agenda-here-s-why   Listen to our episode about 2024 trends that sustainability leaders are watching: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/2024-trends-that-sustainability-leaders-are-watching   This piece was published by S&P Global Sustainable1, a part of S&P Global.     Copyright ©2024 by S&P Global     DISCLAIMER     By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of the information featured in this Podcast. The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice. Unless specifically stated otherwise, S&P GLOBAL does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this Podcast, and information from this Podcast should not be referenced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. The third party materials or content of any third party site referenced in this Podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of S&P GLOBAL. S&P GLOBAL assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content contained in third party materials or on third party sites referenced in this Podcast or the compliance with applicable laws of such materials and/or links referenced herein. Moreover, S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty that this Podcast, or the server that makes it available, is free of viruses, worms, or other elements or codes that manifest contaminating or destructive properties.

Many companies have crafted climate-related strategies and taken steps to measure and manage their climate-related risks. Many companies are only in the early stages of understanding how nature relates to climate, but this topic has been steadily climbing the sustainability agenda.  In today’s episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we zoom in on how the insurance industry is managing the joint challenge of climate change and biodiversity loss — and what solutions it is bringing to the table.    We speak to Rebekah Clement, Corporate Affairs Director at Lloyd’s of London, a global specialist insurance and reinsurance marketplace.   "The two are inextricably linked, and it is so, so important that we're looking at both of them in the round," Rebekah tells us. "I'd say that we are more advanced with respect to how we're looking at climate versus biodiversity. But ultimately, we need to really focus on how we can advance nature within what we do." We also talk to Regula Hess, Senior Advisor for Sustainable Finance at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Switzerland and one of the authors of a 2023 report on how insurers can address climate and biodiversity risks.   And we speak to Marcel Meyer, Partner and Switzerland Sustainability Lead at audit, consulting and advisory firm Deloitte, which co-wrote the report with the WWF.  Listen to our episode about how nature showed up on the agenda at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/nature-was-front-and-center-on-the-davos-agenda-here-s-why  Listen to our episode about the role of nature at the UN’s COP28 biodiversity conference in Dubai: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/what-to-expect-from-nature-and-climate-in-2024  And listen to our coverage of COP15, the UN’s 2022 conference on biodiversity: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/on-the-ground-at-cop15-how-business-is-getting-to-grips-with-biodiversity   Read research from S&P Global Sustainable1about how the world’s largest companies depend on nature and biodiversity: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/insights/featured/special-editorial/how-the-world-s-largest-companies-depend-on-nature-and-biodiversity   This piece was published by S&P Global Sustainable1, a part of S&P Global.     Copyright ©2024 by S&P Global     DISCLAIMER     By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of the information featured in this Podcast. The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice. Unless specifically stated otherwise, S&P GLOBAL does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this Podcast, and information from this Podcast should not be referenced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. The third party materials or content of any third party site referenced in this Podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of S&P GLOBAL. S&P GLOBAL assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content contained in third party materials or on third party sites referenced in this Podcast or the compliance with applicable laws of such materials and/or links referenced herein. Moreover, S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty that this Podcast, or the server that makes it available, is free of viruses, worms, or other elements or codes that manifest contaminating or destructive properties.

Last week, the World Economic Forum convened leaders from business, government and academia to discuss solutions to society’s biggest challenges. The annual Davos meeting provides insight into some of the key ideas that will shape the year ahead, and in today’s episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we bring you on-the-ground interviews about one of the biggest topics on the agenda — nature.   WEF’s Global Risks Report, released right before Davos, found that biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and natural resource shortages are among the top risks facing the world over the next decade.   To learn more, we sit down with Akanksha Khatri, the World Economic Forum’s Head of Nature and Biodiversity.   "The economic case of why nature matters has been made," Akanksha tells us. "What we are missing today is the business case at the individual unit level, and that's what we are trying to do through the work we are leading on sector transitions to nature positive." We hear the company perspective on nature from Sarah Chapman, Global Chief Sustainability Officer at insurance and financial services company Manulife. Sarah describes Manulife Investment Management as the largest institutional manager of timberland in the world and the second-largest institutional manager of agriculture. And we sit down with Erika Thompson, a beekeeper known for her huge social media following under the handle @texasbeeworks, where she does live beehive removal and educates her millions of followers on the importance of bees in biodiversity and food systems. Listen to our episode about the how AI became the buzzword at Davos: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/how-ai-became-the-buzzword-at-davos   Listen to our coverage of COP15, the UN’s 2022 conference on biodiversity: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/on-the-ground-at-cop15-how-business-is-getting-to-grips-with-biodiversity   Read about the sustainability trends S&P Global is watching in 2024: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/insights/featured/special-editorial/key-2024-sustainability-trends-driving-the-year-ahead   This piece was published by S&P Global Sustainable1, a part of S&P Global.    Copyright ©2024 by S&P Global    DISCLAIMER    By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of the information featured in this Podcast. The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice. Unless specifically stated otherwise, S&P GLOBAL does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this Podcast, and information from this Podcast should not be referenced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. The third party materials or content of any third party site referenced in this Podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of S&P GLOBAL. S&P GLOBAL assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content contained in third party materials or on third party sites referenced in this Podcast or the compliance with applicable laws of such materials and/or links referenced herein. Moreover, S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty that this Podcast, or the server that makes it available, is free of viruses, worms, or other elements or codes that manifest contaminating or destructive properties. 

This week the ESG Insider podcast is bringing you on-the-ground coverage from Davos, Switzerland, where the annual World Economic Forum meeting just ended.   This gathering convenes leaders from business, government and civil society to discuss solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing the world. And there is growing overlap between the Davos agenda and sustainability topics.   In today's episode, we’re focusing on artificial intelligence (AI), which became the buzzword at Davos this year. With the explosion of interest around AI, there was also a heavy focus on governance of the technology.   We sit down with Rebeca Minguela, Founder and CEO of sustainability technology company Clarity AI. She talks about the importance of balancing the risks and opportunities AI presents as the technology reaches an inflection point.  "There are a lot of concerns around the use of AI and more and more calls for regulation and slowing down the development," Rebeca says. "I believe that we can definitely mitigate our risk, and we should move as fast as we can — of course, with the necessary controls."  We'll be back next week with coverage of more highlights from Davos on key topics like nature and the energy transition.  Read research from S&P Global about the 2024 sustainability trends to watch: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/insights/featured/special-editorial/key-2024-sustainability-trends-driving-the-year-ahead   Read more from S&P Global on the topic of AI: https://www.spglobal.com/en/research-insights/featured/artificial-intelligence-insights   This piece was published by S&P Global Sustainable1, a part of S&P Global.   Copyright ©2024 by S&P Global    DISCLAIMER   By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of the information featured in this Podcast. The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice. Unless specifically stated otherwise, S&P GLOBAL does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this Podcast, and information from this Podcast should not be referenced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. The third party materials or content of any third party site referenced in this Podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of S&P GLOBAL. S&P GLOBAL assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content contained in third party materials or on third party sites referenced in this Podcast or the compliance with applicable laws of such materials and/or links referenced herein. Moreover, S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty that this Podcast, or the server that makes it available, is free of viruses, worms, or other elements or codes that manifest contaminating or destructive properties.

We’re kicking off the New Year at the ESG Insider podcast with a look forward to the big trends driving the sustainability space for 2024. In the episode we speak to two sustainability leaders about the topics they’re watching in the year ahead.   Marina Severinovsky, Head of Sustainability North America at UK-based asset management firm Schroders, explains how investors are moving from climate transition commitments to solutions and implementation.   "You've made the commitment, but now the hard work begins, and it's really the people who are responsible for the portfolios that have to think about how you put decarbonization into practice across multiple asset classes ... and do so in a way that doesn't impose on the integrity of the portfolio," Marina says.  We also speak to Aniket Shah, Managing Director and Global Head of the Sustainability and Transition Strategy Team at financial services company Jefferies Group. Aniket shares his view on how investment approaches to sustainability are evolving.   “ESG as a standalone part of the financial and business community may go away, and it may go away in the next year or two — and that's going to happen at the very same time as the underlying environmental, social and governance issues have never been as important as they are today for investors and for corporates,” Aniket says. "We see this in the fund flow data — that flows into ESG-labeled funds, especially here in the United States, continue to decrease. And again, at the same time, there has never been more investment in solar, in wind, in electric vehicles, in battery storage, in climate resilience and climate adaptation.”  This piece was published by S&P Global Sustainable1, a part of S&P Global.  Copyright ©2024 by S&P Global  DISCLAIMER  By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of the information featured in this Podcast. The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice. Unless specifically stated otherwise, S&P GLOBAL does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this Podcast, and information from this Podcast should not be referenced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. The third party materials or content of any third party site referenced in this Podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of S&P GLOBAL. S&P GLOBAL assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content contained in third party materials or on third party sites referenced in this Podcast or the compliance with applicable laws of such materials and/or links referenced herein. Moreover, S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty that this Podcast, or the server that makes it available, is free of viruses, worms, or other elements or codes that manifest contaminating or destructive properties.   

The US government recently published its Fifth National Climate Assessment, warning that climate change poses big risks to the nation's economy, human health, agriculture and food supply chains. This congressionally-mandated interagency analysis is released every four years and is the government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses.   In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we're talking with four authors behind the report. To understand the impacts of climate change on the US economy, we speak to Monica Grasso, Chief Economist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Monica was the agency lead author for the economics chapter of the report.  We explore the link between climate change and human health with Mary Hayden, Research Professor at the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience at the University of Colorado and lead author of the report's chapter on human health.   To understand the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food supply chains, we hear from agricultural economist Dr. Dannele Peck, who is Director of the Northern Plains Climate Hub for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and co-authored the report’s chapter on agriculture, food systems and rural communities.  And we hear about the physical impacts of climate change from Mark Osler, NOAA Senior Advisor for Coastal Inundation and Resilience who was federal coordinating lead author of the report’s chapter on coastal effects.  Read research from S&P Global Sustainable1 about the financial costs of climate change for companies here: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/insights/featured/special-editorial/quantifying-the-financial-costs-of-climate-change-physical-risks   This piece was published by S&P Global Sustainable1, a part of S&P Global.  Copyright ©2024 by S&P Global  DISCLAIMER  By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of the information featured in this Podcast. The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice. Unless specifically stated otherwise, S&P GLOBAL does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this Podcast, and information from this Podcast should not be referenced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. The third party materials or content of any third party site referenced in this Podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of S&P GLOBAL. S&P GLOBAL assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content contained in third party materials or on third party sites referenced in this Podcast or the compliance with applicable laws of such materials and/or links referenced herein. Moreover, S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty that this Podcast, or the server that makes it available, is free of viruses, worms, or other elements or codes that manifest contaminating or destructive properties.

In our final ESG Insider episode of 2023, we’re revisiting some of our most popular episodes, top interviews and key sustainability themes from the past year, which pushed the podcast over 1.5 million downloads.   In the episode we hear from guests including:   Val Smith, Chief Sustainability Officer at Citigroup; full interview here: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/big-bank-citi-talks-net-zero-goals-scope-3-emissions-climate-disclosure   Sue Lloyd, Vice Chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB); full interview here: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/talking-international-sustainability-standards-with-issb-s-sue-lloyd   Tony Goldner, Executive Director of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD); full interview here: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/tnfd-executive-director-talks-new-nature-disclosure-framework   Martin Lok, Executive Director of the nonprofit Capitals Coalition; full interview here: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/how-companies-countries-are-beginning-to-put-a-value-on-nature   Dr. Atul Arya, Senior Vice President and Chief Energy Strategist at S&P Global Commodity Insights and Co-Chair of the S&P Global Research Council; full interview here: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/exploring-india-s-energy-transition-and-climate-adaptation-landscape    Dame Susan Rice, who chairs the global steering group of the nonprofit Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI); full interview here: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/cop28-highlights-need-for-innovative-climate-finance-solutions   Laura Lane, Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Officer at UPS; full interview here: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/women-in-leadership-why-ups-head-of-sustainability-says-you-don-t-need-a-title-to-lead   Here’s the list of our 10 most downloaded episodes from 2023:  1. How financial institutions are tackling Scope 3 financed emissions: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/how-financial-institutions-are-tackling-scope-3-financed-emissions   2. How sustainable taxonomies are going global: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/how-sustainable-taxonomies-are-going-global   3. Setting the stage for sustainability in 2023: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/setting-the-stage-for-sustainability-in-2023    4. Regulation, supply chains, climate justice, employee burnout: The big challenges facing sustainability professionals: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/big-challenges-facing-sustainability-professionals   5. How companies, countries are beginning to put a value on nature: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/how-companies-countries-are-beginning-to-put-a-value-on-nature   6. How asset managers are moving to end commodity-driven deforestation: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/how-asset-managers-are-moving-to-end-commodity-driven-deforestation   7. What the future holds for sustainable investing, according to longtime US SIF CEO: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/what-the-future-holds-for-sustainable-investing-according-to-longtime-us-sif-ceo   8. How discussions of stakeholder capitalism have evolved at Davos: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/how-discussions-of-stakeholder-capitalism-have-evolved-at-davos   9. On the ground at CERAWeek: Where the energy world stands on the low-carbon transition: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/on-the-ground-at-ceraweek-where-the-energy-world-stands-on-the-low-carbon-transition   10. Unpacking the EU’s Green Deal Industrial Plan: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/unpacking-the-eu-s-green-deal-industrial-plan   Happy New Year!  This piece was published by S&P Global Sustainable1, a part of S&P Global.  Copyright ©2023 by S&P Global  DISCLAIMER  By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that S&P GLOBAL makes no warran