The ESG Podcast

Matt Peacock, a Partner at Blurred, explains why any organisation believing it has a credible and effective Purpose needs first to understand the impact of its business on the Environment, on Society, and in terms of Governance.

Alexander Stafford is the Conservative MP for Rother Valley, and Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on ESG. In Parliament, Alexander consistently champions the green recovery, having previously worked for both the World Wildlife Fund and Shell. A leading voice for the role of ESG in Britain’s drive to reach net-zero and to level up communities across the country, Alexander est...

Ali Watson, Professor of International Relations and Managing Director of The Third Generation Project (a social and climate justice-based think tank) at the University of St Andrews, discusses how education and justice-centered research practices connect with a better understanding of ESG.

Metrics for measuring Environmental behaviours are as deep as they are wide. 'Governance' is often perceived as being too subjective to measure with quite so much certainty. Is this true or is it a myth?

Investing responsibly has to be more than just putting lipstick on a pig, but is it possible for the mining industry to have a good ESG score, however pretty their report? James Sullivan, the well respected Head of Partnerships at Tyndall Investment Management, gives us his view.

McKinsey's former ESG and Purpose Practice Leader gives us an ESG masterclass. Bruce talks about the shift from philanthropic giving to philanthropic living; how 80% of CEOs derive purpose from their work, whilst 80% of their staff find it at home; why 2050 is too far away to make any meaningful decisions and how the the democracy of the internet is - or should - change the way CEOs operate.

Private wealth advisors are seeing a shift in priorities of their clients and expect this trend to continue. Stephanie Brobbey, a Private Client solicitor at London law firm Goodman Derrick. Stephanie has a keen interest in philanthropy and ESG issues and is part of the advisory group for Make My Money Matter an organisation co-founded by Richard Curtis which campaigns for a world where we all kno...

Five Talents, a remarkable charity that works in East Africa helps to lift recipients out of poverty. But not by doling out cash. Instead they support them to lend to each other.

Globe trotting round the world Beth covers ESG in Poland, Kenya, China, South Korea and Taiwan. There may be other countries too, have a listen.

Anni Hood is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive of Well Intelligence, an international business advisory firm, and the visionary behind an online wellness community group spearheading equality of access to personalised health and wellbeing. Anni is a sought after international speaker and champions health and wellbeing as a unifying anchor between public and private sector initiatives.

Consultant turned employee Robbie Epsom jumped at the chance to implement CBRE Global Investors’ Sustainability Vision. In this podcast he explains why and also as a co-founder of the Sustainability Circle shares some insights on how we can immediately reduce our personal carbon footprints. Right here, right now. (You have to listen to the podcast first).

Ayesha Saleem, a venture capital Research Analyst from Lakson Investments based in Karachi, talks about her passion for ESG and ambitions to make it wider understood in Pakistan.

In this podcast we discuss some new research uncovering which countries are ahead of the game. It’s not America.

Yvette Martin is a Conservation Officer at the appropriately named ARC, the charity otherwise known as Amphibian and Reptile Conservation. Her fascinating role is to oversee the conservation of rare species of amphibians, specifically frogs and toads in the UK. Two species in particular have the highest level of environmental protection in the UK, the Pool Frog and the Natterjack&nb...

In this podcast Josh Cole takes us through Peregrine Communications’ research into how asset managers can create more compelling, more valuable content when talking about ESG.

Social impact’ which is the ‘S’ in ESG reporting is rarely the key focus for analysts when they are assessing an organisation’s ESG metrics. Environmental and Governance issues tend to predominate. On this ESG podcast Kelly Canterford, Programme Manager for Changing the Face of Property, outlines how improving Social impact is being tackled by the commercial property sector.

Thank you for listening to this edition of the ESG Podcast. We’re joined today by Andros Payne who is the Founder of Humatica, a specialist consultancy that helps business improve and quantify the governance practices in companies that drive their ability to create value. They’re the G, in ESG.

In this podcast marine biologist Sarah Neill talks about her forthcoming expedition to the high Arctic, otters, recycling, Women in Science and gender parity in the boardroom.

In this podcast Gemma Woodward, Director of Responsible Investment at Quilter Cheviot, the investment management company, explains how ESG has replaced CSR reporting as a more valuable benchmark for all organisations and predicts ‘well behaved’ companies will find the most favour with investors in a post-lockdown world.

Ecologist Dr Chris Gibson who for thirty years worked with Natural England, the government’s advisor on nature conservation talks on the ESG Foundation about the actions all of us can do to protect the environment. He is optimistic too that the public’s heightened interest in the environment has come to the notice of senior leadership teams, who ignore it at their peril.