LSEG Sustainable Growth

LSEG’s Group Head of Sustainability Jane Goodland speaks to Javier Echave, Heathrow’s Chief Financial Officer, to discuss the roadmap towards net zero and the critical role that the aviation industry has to play in climate action. The conversation focuses on the industry’s broader sustainability issues and how it is tackling carbon reduction, as well as other key matters such as human and nature t...

Bahiyah Yasmeen Robinson is a leader in technology, investment and social impact initiatives. In 2018, she founded VC Include, an ecosystem of women, Black, Latinx, Indigenous and LGBTQ+ fund managers and alternative investments.  In this episode, Keesa Schreane chats to Bahiyah about launching VC Include, why triple bottom line investments have grown to create a framework for how we invest in a w...

Recorded on location in the studios at the London Stock Exchange, Keesa Schreane caught up with Jane Goodland, LSEG’s Group Head of Sustainability, to find out more about the organisation’s first climate transition plan and the importance of Scope 1 & 2 whilst opening the way for Scope 3.  Jane shares how LSEG hopes to achieve its science-based targets to reduce carbon emissions by 50% by 2030...

Recorded on location at the historic Mansion House in the City of London, the 693rd Lord Mayor London, Vincent Keaveny, spoke in person to our host Keesa Schreane ahead of the Net Zero Delivery Summit, that was supported by London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), which took place at the halfway milestone between COP26 in Glasgow and COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh. In our exclusive interview, the Lord Mayor...

Recognised as the father of Impact Investing and European venture capital, Sir Ronald Cohen is a philanthropist, venture capitalist, and private equity investor.  He is Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and Chair of the Impact Weighted Accounts Initiative at Harvard Business School.   In this episode, host Keesa Schreane chats to Sir Ronald about measuring impact weighted...

Exclusive interview with Gizelle George Joseph of Goldman Sachs In this episode, host Keesa Schreane is joined by Gizelle George Joseph, Global Chief Operating Officer of the Global Investment Research Division at Goldman Sachs, where she works closely with divisional leadership on the management of global investment research, as well as the development and execution of key strategic initiatives. ...

In this episode, host Keesa Schreane is joined by South African business leader Jonathan Oppenheimer, Executive Chairman of Oppenheimer Generations, to get his feedback on partnerships and opportunities, as well as risks in the region. Jonathan's career includes N.M. Rothschild and Sons, as well as De Beers, where he held a number of senior management roles in southern Africa and London. He is als...

We’ll be back in the new year with new episodes of the Refinitiv Sustainability Perspectives podcast , but today we have a special bonus episode, featuring a conversation with Bob Litterman, founding partner at Kepos Capital . Prior to Kepos Capital, Bob led a U.S. subcommittee appointed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission created to explore climate-related risk during the previous United...

We’ll be back in the new year with new episodes of the Refinitiv Sustainability Perspectives podcast, but today we have a special bonus episode for you, featuring a conversation with FTSE Russell CEO Arne Staal . FTSE Russell is a global index provider and research house, and a sister company to Refinitiv under the LSEG umbrella. By latest estimates, around $18 trillion of capital are benchmarked...

Supply chain pain is persistent and is likely to linger well into 2022 and tech companies no doubt are feeling a lot of that pain. Is there a way for tech companies to solve for supply chain issues while having a positive environmental impact and also generating revenues?   In this episode, Keesa Schreane is joined by Christoph Schell , Chief Commercial Officer at HP , who shares HP’s journey thro...

Welcoming back our first ever podcast guest, Nikita Singhal, who is the Co-Head of Sustainable Investment & ESG at Lazard Asset Management. Nikita oversees the firm's ESG integration strategy and co-chairs the firm’s ESG Steering Group and sits on the firm’s Proxy Voting Committee. She also leads client engagement and thought leadership on ESG topics.  We're hearing a lot about the possibility...

We welcome Agnes Gourc, Head of Sustainable Capital Markets at BNP Paribas, as she joins Keesa to explore why she strongly believes ESG in the Credit Markets should not be considered "niche" markets. They also discuss the success factors and how education goes both ways between companies and investors and the importance of everyone speaking the same language when we talk about what we want to meas...

Jeffrey Korzenik is Chief Investment Strategist for one of America's largest commercial banks, responsible for the allocation guidance for over US$40 billion in investments. He is a leading expert on the reemployment of people with criminal records and the author of the new book, " Untapped Talent: How Second Chance Hiring Works for Your Business and the Community ". Today, Keesa and Jeff discuss...

Disengaged workers cost the US Economy $450-550 billion per year. How do we move from this to ensuring that employees are engaged and satisfied?  Keesa is speaking with Sarah Bratton-Hughes, Head of Sustainability, North America at Schroders , discussing the the theme of 'quality jobs'. Sarah believes this is not as simple as meaning just 'higher wages', but it is about including other key needs a...

Welcome to the first episode of our Limited Series surrounding COP26, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference. There is no one size fits all to drawing up and implementing a climate change strategy, but there can be best practices. Now, we see investors moving forward in implementing their response to climate change. To help us understand the steps followed and frameworks of these invest...

Today, we welcome Mathieu Chabran, Co-founder of  Tikehau Capital , a global alternative asset manager with $33.5B AUM, on the podcast as we talk about how ESG information can help those in the private credit and private credit areas, the energy transition space and other sustainable initiatives. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to the Refinitiv Sustainability Perspectives podcast. In this episode, Keesa chats with Charles Smith, Head of Digital Solutions at Refinitiv, covering recent reports about digitization in the wealth space, it's surprising findings, the rapid surge of interest in ESG investing today and how it is set to increase. Charles Smith spent 8 years as a Managing Director in EY’s Wealth and As...

Today, we introduce the Founder & CEO of Humankind Investments , James Katz. Humankind Investment 's mission is to invest and encourage others to invest in ways that are best for humanity. James and Keesa talk about where we are in the journey to a cleaner electric grid, his thoughts on the first 100 days of the Biden-Harris Administration, the impacts of cryptocurrency and the future of dives...

Climate risks have been reflected across sectors and industries for some time, and now it looks like they may even be reflected in public debt and even specific securities. Today, we talk to Shehriyar Antia, Vice President, Head of Thematic Research at PGIM , who will give us insight into how climate change is being priced into the market and the repercussions of this for investors. Shehriyar Anti...

Join our latest episode with Umer Suleman and Mustafa Adil as they talk about Islamic Finance - financial inclusion, economic activity with wealth, equality and stewardship. What can Islamic finance offer ESG investors? Umer Suleman currently serves as the Head of Advisory Board for Wahed UK , the world's largest Islamic Fintech. He also sits on the board of the UKIFC and is the Business & Eco...

Happy Earth Day! Welcome back to a new episode with Bindiya Vakil, co-founder and CEO of Resilinc , a firm which provides supply chain resiliency to the enterprise. Tune in as they discuss supply chain turbulence, the impacts of climate change and possible solutions for companies that encounter these issues. Bindiya also talks about the semiconductor shortages - is there an end in sight? See acast...

We are joined by Hugh Lawson, Global Head of ESG & Impact and Institutional at Goldman Sachs Asset Management and John Goldstein, Head of the Sustainable Finance Group at Goldman Sachs.  As we begin to see more engagement between investors and corporations in relation to sustainability, in this episode we discuss their insights into the future of investor opportunities, investing from a climat...

Edward Mason is Director of Engagement and Impact Reporting at Generation Investment Management. In this episode, he explores the energy sector (specifically oil and gas) pivoting to renewable energy, company net zero goals, shareholder activism and the lead up to COP26. What themes and outcomes can sustainable investors expect? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to our final episode of the series focusing on the Latin American region with Amparo Nalvarte and Victoria Blanco Alegria. Amparo Nalvarte, recognized by MIT as part of their Innovators Under 35, for founding Culqi, a mobile payment system for smartphones using QR codes, revolutionizing the industry and boosting the growth of e-commerce in Peru. Nalvarte is also an angel investor of  Rexti...

Tune into episode 2, Keesa chats with Hayley Caddes and Veibha Subramaniam. Hayley worked as a genetic engineer designing iron-oxidizing bacteria and a bioreactor system to produce sustainable biofuels. Before launching the The Knowledge Society New York program, she was the lead data scientist at BerlandTeam (now Decode_M), a market research firm where she founded and built their data science pra...