
EY Sustainability Matters
The EY Sustainability Matters podcast explores sustainability as a business issue. Hosted by Bruno Sarda, the series offers insights on key business risks and opportunities, through an environmental, social, governance and sustainability lens.
Latest episodes

Jan 6, 2021 • 41min
How to use sustainability to build an enterprise
EY’s Chris Hagler welcomes Steve Bradley, Vice President of Cox Cleantech, to discuss the use of sustainability to build a business. © 2021 Ernst & Young LLP

Oct 16, 2020 • 36min
Integrating natural capital into business decision-making
In this episode, EY’s Chris Hagler welcomes Mark Gough, the Executive Director of the Natural Capital Coalition, and Carter Ingram, Senior Manager in EY’s Climate Change and Sustainability Services group, to discuss the integration of natural capital into corporate decision-making. © 2020 Ernst & Young LLP

Aug 3, 2020 • 24min
Data and technology driving clean energy
In this episode, EY’s Chris Hagler welcomes back Jules Kortenhorst, the CEO of Rocky Mountain Institute, and Klair White, Senior Vice President with EY’s Infrastructure Advisory Group. They continue their discussion as it relates to clean energy technology, and the many opportunities businesses have to be a part of a lower carbon future. © 2020 Ernst & Young LLP.

Aug 3, 2020 • 22min
Evolving factors in the energy transition
In this episode, EY’s Chris Hagler welcomes Jules Kortenhorst, the CEO of Rocky Mountain Institute, and Klair White, Senior Vice President with EY’s Infrastructure Advisory Group, to discuss various factors in the transition to cleaner energy.© 2020 Ernst & Young LLP.

Jun 26, 2020 • 56min
How are investors integrating ESG into their decision-making?
This unique episode is a recording from the GreenBiz 20 conference, where EY’s Rich Goode facilitated a panel discussion on how investors are integrating ESG into their decision making. The panel participants were Verity Chegar, Director and ESG Integration Team Lead for BlackRock Sustainable Investing, Ramsay Huntley, Sustainable Finance Strategist responsible for sustainable innovation at Wells Fargo, and Courtney Thompson, Vice President of Global Sustainable Finance at Morgan Stanley and Elodie Timmermans, Senior Manager in EY’s Climate Change and Sustainability Services practice. © 2020 Ernst & Young LLP.

May 21, 2020 • 30min
How ESG issues are being discussed in the boardroom amidst COVID-19
In this episode, EY’s Chris Hagler welcomes Ana Dutra author, speaker, business advisor and board member of three public companies, four private companies and a number of impact not-for-profits. She is also joined by Cigdem Oktem, governance specialist, regional leader for EY Center for Board Matters and non-profit board member. Together they explore the components of ESG, how boards can frame and prioritize the most relevant aspects in the context of their business decisions, and what all this looks like in our current environment. © 2020 Ernst & Young LLP.

Mar 28, 2020 • 20min
The impact of investing
In this episode, EY’s Chris Hagler and Prudential Impact Investment’s Luke Apicella share practical advice for impact investing by talking through the history, approach and results of Prudential’s impact investments. © 2020 Ernst & Young LLP.

Nov 22, 2019 • 19min
Is your company embracing a climate-risk mindset?
EY’s podcast moderator Chris Hagler talks with Mardi McBrien, the Managing Director of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), and Lauren Rogge, a Senior Manager in EY’s Climate Change and Sustainability Services, about the growing focus on climate risk and opportunities for companies to embrace a climate-risk mindset. Better alignment with the Task Force on Climate Related Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations is a good start. ©2019 Ernst & Young, LLP. All Rights Reserved.

Oct 8, 2019 • 30min
How companies use the SASB standards to improve their ESG metric monitoring and external disclosures
In this episode of the Sustainability Maters Podcast, Jeff Hales, Chair of the SASB Standards Board, and John DeRose, EY US Nonfinancial Reporting Leader, join podcast host Chris Hagler to discuss how companies can meet market reporting and disclosure demands through the use of SASB Standards.

Sep 3, 2019 • 27min
Integrating environmental, social and governance risk into enterprise risk management
Podcast moderator Chris Hagler from EY’s Climate Change and Sustainability practice talks with Paul Sobel, Chairman of the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), Rodney Irwin, Managing Director of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s (WBCSD) Redefining Value and Education, and Mark Weick, former Director of Sustainability Programs at the Dow Chemical Company, about leveraging enterprise risk management to manage environment, social and governance (ESG) risks.
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