All Things Sustainable

There's just over one week until Climate Week NYC begins Sept. 21 , and we're diving into what to expect from the conferenc e in a volatile year for climate action in the US .   The week includes more than 900 events across the city hosted by a range of organizations — including The Nest Climate Campus, where the All Things Sustainable podcast will again be an official media partner . Register fre...

In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast we're talking with Rebecca Mikula-Wright , CEO of the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) and the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) . The networks represent trillions of dollars of assets under management globally . AIGCC is a network of institutional investors in Asia focused on mitigating climate risks and seizing net-zero opp...

Welcome to the latest episode in the Terra Carta Series of the All Things Sustainable podcast, a collaboration with the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI). Throughout 2025, we'll be interviewing SMI member CEOs from around the world and across industries about how they're approaching sustainability challenges and opportunities.    Today we 're speak ing with Octopus Energy CEO Greg Jackson. Octo...

In this episode of the  All Things Sustainable podcast, we're talking to Helge Muenkel, Group Chief Sustainability Officer at Singapore's biggest bank, DBS .   The interview is the latest installment in our CSO Insights series, where we hear from   Chief Sustainability Officers around the world about how they're navigating the evolving sustainability landscape.   "Big picture on climate action ver...

H ow are corporate leaders navigating the changing sustainability landscape ? T o help answer that question, the All Things Sust ainable po dcast has launch ed CSO Insights, a new miniseries that brings listeners interview s with Chief Sustainability Officers across industries and around the world .   Today we ' re talking with Luanne Sieh, Group Chief Sustainability Officer at CIMB Group , one of...

If you work in s ustai nability, you k now that 2025 has been a time of upheaval in many parts of the world. At the A ll Th ings Sustainable podca st, we want to understand how sustainability leaders are handling the changing landscape. S o thi s week , w e're launc hing a new miniseries where we interview Chief Sustainability Officers across industries and around the world .     We 're kicking of...

In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast we bring you the latest in our special series featuring major pension funds around the world .     We sit down with Shahida Jaffar, Head of Corporate Sustainability at Malaysia's Employees Provident Fund (EPF). EPF was established in 1951 to safeguard the retirement future of the Malaysian workforce ; it reported about 1.3 1 trillion Malaysian...

In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast we bring you the first of a special series featuring major pension funds around the world .   W e sit down in Mexico City, Mexico with Alejandro Bújanos , Head of Sustainable Investing at Afore SURA . This is one of the largest pension funds in Mexico and a subsidiary of SURA Asse t Management . Alejandro outlines how the p ension fund seeks to...

This year at the All Things Sustainable podcast , we've heard from many professionals who are uncertain about the future of climate action and sustainability and what 's ahead for their career s .    We've also heard from numerous companies that continue to pursue their sustainability strategies and climate targets, even as some are talking about this less in public or changing the language they u...

I t's been more than three years since Russia invaded Ukraine. In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast , we're exploring how the conflict has prompted some businesses in Ukraine to lean in to sustainabil ity. We'll also hear about companies' strategies to protect workers and address mental health challenges stemming from the war .   We talk with T e tiana Sakharuk , Executive Directo...

In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we 're on the ground in Mexico City, Mexico , to explore how companies in Latin America are embedding sustainability into their business strategies amid shifting market dynamics and new regulations .    We speak with Mauricio Bonilla , Executive Director of UN Global Compact Mexico, on the sidelines of the organization's annual Business Meetin...

In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we're taking listeners on a whistle stop tour of several big summer events in Europe that will shape sustainability discussions on the road to COP30, the UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil in November 2025.   We cover key outcomes from the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France — including progress toward a Marine Biod...

In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we take the show on the road to Singapore, where S&P Global Sustainable1 hosted its annual summit June 26. We sit down with leaders from the sustainable agriculture, banking and technology sectors to unpack key sustainability challenges and opportunities facing diverse Asia - Pacific markets . We discuss decarbonization technologies with Manis...

As many of our listeners em bark on summer vacations and the US head s into a busy travel weekend for the Fourth of July holiday , we're talking with the chief executive of one of the world's busiest airports.   Paul Griffiths is CEO of Dubai Airports, which owns and manages the operation and development of Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International (DWC) in the U...

Welcome to the latest episode in the Terra Carta Series of the All Things Sustainable podcast, a collaboration with the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI). Throughout 2025, we'll be interviewing SMI member CEOs across industries and around the world about how they're approaching sustainability challenges and opportunities.   In today's episode, we speak to Caspar Herzberg, CEO of AVEVA, a UK-bas...

A question  we've been hearing a lot at the All Things Sustainable podcast is: How do businesses sync their climate strategies with their financial decisi ons ?     In this episode, w e bring you highlights from an event that dove into this question in detail: The inaugural S&P Global Sustainable1 Climate Summit hosted by the S&P Global Climate Center of Excellence .   The c enter is home to world...

In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we 're examin ing the role insurance plays in helping stakeholders understand and adapt to the phy sical risks of climate change.   We s peak to Rowan Douglas , CEO of Climate Risk & Resilience at global insurance group Howden. He explains how the insurance industry's approach to climate change has evolved over decades to better understand fut...

In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast , we continu e our deep dive into methane emissions . Today we're exploring the role that private equity ca n play in e liminatin g   methane emissions , including at abandoned oil and gas well s .   M ethane is the second largest contributor to global warming behind carbon dioxide . And t he fossil fuel sector is responsible for nearly one-thi...

In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we take a deep dive into methane. After carbon dioxide, m ethane is the greenhouse gas that contributes most to global warming . It is also far more potent than carbon dioxide . The fossil fuel sector is responsible for nearly one-third of global methane emissions from human activity, according to the International Energy Agency .   In th e ep...

Welcome to the latest episode in the Terra Carta Series of the All Things Sustainable podcast, a collaboration with the Sustainable Markets Initiative . Throughout 2025, w e'll be interviewing SMI member CEOs across industries and around the world about how t hey're approaching s ustaina bility challenges and opportunities.   In this episode, we're talking with Brennan Spellacy, f ounder and CEO o...

  In the current  landscape of geopolitical volatility and policy uncertainty , we're h earin g stakeholder s use the term "back to basics" to describe their approach to sustainability. In this episode of the All Thi ngs Sustai nable podcast, we bring you interviews with three speakers from the annual S&P Global Sustainable1 Summit who describe how businesses are navigating this environment.   We...

The t r ansition to a low-carbon economy will require significant investment in energy infrastructure — for everything from building wind, sola r and nuclear facilities to electricity grids to charging stations for electric vehicles . In this week's episode of the All Things Su stainable podcast, we talk to the C hief E xecutive o f HSBC's Infrastructure Finance and Sustainability unit, Sir Danny...

In recent episodes of the All Thing s Sustainable podcast , we've heard how some of the biggest companies across sectors are navigating the changing sustainability landscape . In today's episode, we sit d own with one of the world's largest chemical and plastic production companies, Dow.   "Sustainability used to be something nice to have , b ut now it ' s a key part of the business strategy," Han...

Building out the infrastructure needed for the low-carbon energy transition will require a substantial increase in the production of critical minerals and metals such as copper, nickel, zinc and lithium. The se minerals are needed for many different technologies including electric vehicles and battery storage, clean hydrogen, geothermal, wind, solar and electricity networks.   In this episode of t...

The rise of AI means more datacenters, and that means huge increases in electricity demand. In the US, natural gas is expected to play a prominent role in powering the AI boom .   I n this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we're talking with EQT, one of the nation's largest natural gas companies , to understand what 's ahead for AI, the energy transition and sustainability.   W e sit...