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30: Sir Chris Hohn. Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager and Philanthropist

Money Maze Podcast

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Measuring Success in Sustainable Climate Initiatives and Philanthropy

Discussion on metrics for success in a sustainable climate initiative and insights into a philanthropist's views on impactful figures like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.

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Speaker 2
with the saian climate how will you benchmark and judge yourself over the next five years given how immense at one level the undertaking is well we could judge
Speaker 1
ourselves by the number of companies adopting it large companies okay and particularly those that matter banks high emitters to all very well if you leave it's an important company but maybe it's not as important as ex-on mobile or BP yeah in terms of emissions so we can judge ourselves by the emissions absolute level of emissions and emissions intensity reductions of the companies where it's filed to judge ourselves from the number of investors a quantity of money run by investors who are supporting it regulation we want to see this as a regulation we'd like to see it in the uk the us every country in the world so number of countries major countries that regulate it so these are some of the metrics that we would measure our success against
Speaker 2
so i'd like to ask some more general closing questions you in your position as an immense philanthropist i i think i've read have worked with and been discussion with other great philanthropists like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett and i wonder what struck you most from working and speaking with some of these other figures yeah
Speaker 1
i know Bill Gates i've had a lot of respect for him we've worked together on climate and health he's authentically cast and i think the there's yeah the authenticity and is important and i just tension to detail he's he works he's a hard working person yep so work ethic really highest respect for Bill Gates and the leverage that he's created through with Warren Buffett of the giving pledge where he's created a club if you like of people willing to give away the majority of their wealth and commit that to philanthropy and Warren Buffett respect for him gifting to Bill Gates his wealth to take on that was the greatest achievement of Warren Buffett he's respected as an investor but he should be more respected as a philanthropist
Speaker 2
yes

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