Climate change - Podcasts

PRI podcasts offer an insight into the world of responsible investment, with investor perspectives and discussion on a range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics.

Bringing ESG factors into sovereign debt indices
2022-06-29T10:17:00+01:00
In this episode of the PRI podcast, Jasper Cox, Investment Practices Analyst at the PRI, speaks with Lupin Rahman, Head of Emerging Markets Sovereign Credit at PIMCO, and Jarrad Linzie, Global Head of Fixed Income Index Research at MSCI.
Carbon accounting: integrating climate risks to financial reporting
2022-01-31T15:23:00+00:00
In this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI’s Stewardship Specialist, Livia Rossi, speaks with Barbara Davidson from the Carbon Tracker Initiative and Caroline Escott from Railpen about carbon accounting. They discuss the integration of the financial impacts of climate-related matters into companies’ financial statements and explore the results of ...
Building ESG and sustainability outcomes into investment mandates
2021-12-14T11:13:00+00:00
In this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI’s director of Investment Practices, Toby Belsom, speaks with Marcel Jeucken from Sustfin and Daniel Ingram from Wilshire, both co-authors of PRI’s recent discussion paper about ESG in Investment Mandates.
Fiona Reynolds reflects on tenure as CEO of the PRI
2021-12-09T11:47:00+00:00
PRI CEO, Fiona Reynolds, has a candid conversation with Chloe Horne, Specialist – Stewardship and Vaishnavi Ravishankar, Senior Specialist – Governance about her nearly decade-long leadership of the organisation, her agenda post-PRI and hopes for the future of the responsible investment industry.
Spotlight on COP26: from Glasgow to action
2021-11-22T10:30:00+00:00
In this second special episode of the PRI podcast, we shine the spotlight on what happened in Glasgow, at COP26.
Committing to Net Zero as a smaller asset owner – expectations, strategy and action
2021-11-01T13:38:00+00:00
During this episode, Eline Sleurink, Head of UK and Ireland and Middle East, Dave Gorman, Head of Social Responsibility and Sustainability, University of Edinburgh and Ben Pollard, CEO and Cofounder, Cushon discuss how the University of Edinburgh and Cushon have set a net zero target, the first steps they are ...
The PRI quarterly update ft. Marie Luchet, Director of Continental Europe, Signatory relations, PRI
2021-10-28T15:03:00+01:00
In this quarterly podcast, PRI’s Aiman Zaidi speaks with Marie Luchet, Director of Continental Europe, Signatory relations about the key activities of the PRI from the past quarter and what to expect from the PRI for the remainder of the year about climate mitigation, upcoming events, our human rights work ...
Spotlight on CO26: what investors need to know
2021-10-18T09:25:00+01:00
In this special episode of the PRI podcast, we shine the spotlight on COP26.
The PRI quarterly update, ft. Carol Jeppesen, Head of US
2021-08-09T15:17:00+01:00
Join Carol Jeppesen, Head of US, in this quarterly update episode of the PRI podcast. In this episode, Carol runs through key updates from the PRI.
Accelerating investor action on climate: spotlight on Wellington Management
2021-06-28T09:27:00+01:00
With only four months to go until COP26 in Glasgow, our last major opportunity to get back on track with the goals of the Paris Agreement and limit global warming to 1.5 degrees C, investor action on climate has never been more critical.
Real assets investing and climate change: implementing the TCFD recommendations
2021-04-19T15:05:00+01:00
In this episode of the PRI podcast, our real assets lead Simon Whistler talks to Rick Alsop from WSP about climate risks and opportunities for real assets investors.
The Paris Agreement – towards COP26
2021-02-23T13:44:00+00:00
This podcast highlights the global investor perspective on the US re-joining the Paris Agreement. It covers priorities for the Paris Agreement and for net zero investor action.
Fiona Reynolds, PRI CEO, in conversation with…Nigel Topping, COP26 high-level climate action champion
2020-03-09T09:04:00+00:00
In this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI’s CEO Fiona Reynolds is joined by Nigel Topping, the COP26 High-Level Climate Action Champion.
The inevitable policy response to climate change: asset owner focus
2020-06-30T09:06:00+01:00
In this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI’s Director of Climate Change, Sagarika Chatterjee, speaks with Julian Poulter of Energy Transition Advisors. They discuss the Inevitable Policy Response (IPR), research from the PRI, Vivid Economics and Energy Transition Advisors, through an asset owner lens.
The Inevitable Policy Response: why signatories need to act now on climate change
2020-04-22T06:30:00+01:00
Published on Earth Day 2020, in this episode, the PRI’s Director of Climate Change, Sagarika Chatterjee, and Jason Eis, Executive Director of Vivid Economics, discuss a pioneering piece of research from the PRI, Vivid Economics and Energy Transition Advisors: the Inevitable Policy Response to climate change.
Why migration is a material issue for investors
2017-08-17T12:35:00+01:00
Sudip Hazra (Kepler-Cheuvreux) joins the PRI’s Bettina Reinboth to explore the issue of migration and why it is a material issue for investors. They explore the link to a number of other ESG issues, including labour skills, human rights and climate change.
Responsible investment news roundup - November 2016
2016-11-25T12:14:00+00:00
Five-minute roundup of the latest responsible investment and ESG news. This month’s topics include the the Marrakech Climate Change Conference (COP22), oil and gas companies, the car emissions scandal (Renault and VW), and Rio Tinto.
Corporate climate lobbying in the U.S.
2016-11-01T12:09:00+00:00
Kathy Mulvey (Union of Concerned Scientists) joins the PRI’s Paul Chandler to discuss why corporate lobbying on climate change matters to investors, as well as the findings from UCS’ new report: The Climate Accountability Scorecard - Ranking Major Fossil Fuel Companies on Climate Deception, Disclosure, and Action.
Responsible investment news roundup - October 2016
2016-10-26T12:06:00+01:00
Five-minute roundup of the latest responsible investment and ESG news. This month’s topics include the flurry of recent global climate deals, Yahoo’s data breach, gender diversity in mining and Morningstar’s new sustainability indices.
VW scandal and the automotive industry
2016-02-09T11:19:00+00:00
Mikhail Zverev and Rebecca Maclean (Standard Life Investments) join the PRI’s Valeria Piani to discuss the implications of the Volkswagen (VW) emissions scandal for the automotive industry.
COP21 roundup
2015-12-17T17:08:00+00:00
Willemijn Verdegaal (MN) and Karsten Löffler (Allianz SE) join the PRI’s Paul Chandler to discuss the outcomes from COP21, which concluded in Paris last week.