A Sustainable Future

What are the second- and third-order implications of COVID-19? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Dr. Amesh Adalja, Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security, about the tragic irony of US and UK pandemic preparedness, what to make of antiviral and vaccine game changers, centralised versus de-centralised policy responses and why pandemic preparedness could well be a major political platform issue in the next electoral cycle. For more information visit www.man.com/maninstitute/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 06 May 2020.

What constitutes a responsible business, and what trade-offs does it involve? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Alex Edmans, author of Grow the Pie, how the relationship among stakeholders, shareholders and corporate purpose doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game, and why our expectations for companies and their contribution to society needs to be both re-examined and rebased. For more information visit www.man.com/maninstitute/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 01 May 2020.

What are the organising principles and ambitions behind the Swedish AP National Pension Funds? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with John Howchin, Secretary General of the Swedish Council on Ethics, how the nature of stewardship through greater investor coordination and collaborative engagements has the power to reshape industry practices. For more information visit www.man.com/maninstitute/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 04 Feb 2020.

Firms are increasingly setting committing to climate action and circular economy goals. But what that really mean? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Pia Heidenmark Cook, Chief Sustainability Officer of INGKA Group (IKEA), why establishing ambitious climate targets is vital and how they can be reinforced by the power of 100%. For more information visit www.man.com/maninstitute/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 03 Feb 2020.

The 2012 UK Stewardship Code broke new ground in establishing investor expectations. The new 2020 Code raises this benchmark by driving stewardship deeper in investment practice and activities. Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with the Financial Reporting Council and investors why the new Code is important and how expectations will only increase. For more information visit https://www.man.com/maninstitute/FRC-2020-stewardship-code This podcast was recorded on 14 Jan 2020.

What has to happen to drive convergence in the area of sustainable finance and what are politicians ultimately solving for? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Arlene McCarthy OBE about the drivers behind the EU sustainable finance agenda and why expectations and approaches will only get more rigorous going forward. For more information visit www.man.com/maninstitute/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 10 Jan 2019.

More than half the world’s population lives in cities. Cities also represent 78% of global energy consumption and more than 60% of global emissions, which means they are vital for climate action. Lolita Jackson, Special Advisor on Climate Policy and Programs to the NYC Mayor’s Office, talks about how New York City is addressing climate change within its quadrennial plan OneNYC as well as its international climate diplomacy efforts with other cities. For more information visit www.man.com/maninstitute/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 06 Nov 2019.

Despite the systemic risk it poses, climate change still remains largely outside the scope of traditional financial and asset allocation models. Are incentives like a US carbon price the right answer? And how can markets formally treat climate change as a risk factor? Bob Litterman, co-inventor of the Black-Litterman Model, discusses all this and why climate change is like a flaming trucking barrelling toward us. For more information visit www.man.com/maninstitute/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 20 Sep 2019.

The growing complexity of data and our own cognitive biases often produce gaps in our understanding of the world and in the arc of socio-economic progress. Anna Rosling Rönnlund, co-author of New York Times-bestseller, Factfulness, talks about how these biases impede our ability to develop a fact-based worldview. We also discuss why a factfulness framework for climate change is vital, what building it requires and what it might look like. For more information visit www.man.com/maninstitute/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 26 Sep 2019.

US climate resilience is a complex mix of inter-agency coordination, national disaster insurance programs, building codes and support for scientific research. Which makes it incredibly vulnerable to the policy agenda of each administration. Learn how US climate policy responses are undermining critical infrastructure and agency support and why the current administration deserves a grade of D- to F. For more information visit www.man.com/maninstitute/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 01 Jul 2019.