Inside the ICE House

Mathias Döpfner, Chairman and CEO of Axel Springer, whose audacious acquisitions of Insider, Morning Brew and now POLITICO, have made the German company a major player in American media, is just getting started. He sees global trends of weakened democracies and eroded freedoms continuing without a revolutionary shift in trade policies. Mathias shares how his views were shaped over a career that began as an aspiring journalist in a divided Germany to building Axel Springer into a digital media empire. Mathias' new book, THE TRADE TRAP: How to Stop Doing Business with Dictators, is out now from Simon and Schuster.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

In this episode, ICE’s Gordon Bennett sits down with Michael Greenstone, the Milton Friedman Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and co-founder of Climate Vault. Michael shares how his career led to the creation of Climate Vault to attach the dollars of damage done by each ton of CO2 emissions to the cost of doing business. He explains how his organization uses the carbon compliance markets to accomplish its goals of addressing climate change by putting a fair value on carbon and using its proceeds to fund carbon removal technology.

Kamran Khan, Managing Director and Head of ESG for Asia-Pacific for Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB), discusses the state of ESG in Asia and across the globe. Ahead of his appearance at ICE’s Annual Climate and Capital Conference, Kamran sat down Inside the ICE to discuss the business of ESG and how his current role allows him to combine all aspects of his career from policy to business. He emphasizes the importance of sustainability in business, highlighting the need to create value for companies and consumers while also addressing environmental and social concerns.  Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Dave Flitman, CEO of US Foods (NYSE:USFD) leads the foodservice distributor’s fleet of trucks, distribution centers, and 29,000+ employees that ensure your local restaurant has the raw materials to make your favorite dish. He returned to the NYSE for the first time as US Foods CEO to raise awareness for Hunger Action Month part of a nationwide campaign to ensure everyone can have food on their table.  Dave explained how US Foods leverages technology and its people to constantly improve for its thousands of customers across all state.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Jeff Ubben, Founder, Managing Partner, and Portfolio Manager of Inclusive Capital Partners, wants to engage companies and stakeholders on the hard work of combatting climate change and adapting to emerging risks. For the past five years at the helm of Inclusive Capital, Jeff has brought his experience, and dollars, to bear on company boards to elicit action and change. He ventured Inside the ICE House to raise the curtain on his keynote address on innovation at the 2023 ICE Climate and Capital Conference held at the New York Stock Exchange.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Sallie Krawcheck, CEO and Co-Founder of Ellevest, spent many years on Wall Street making “big calls on big stocks” as one of the top analysts in the industry, then climbed the ranks further through the highest echelons of financial services. She sits down Inside the ICE House to share her story of working, and winning, in a male-dominated environment, and how her experience led her to the founding of Ellevest, which offers the only investing algorithm centered on women and growing their wealth.    Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Nick Fink, CEO of Fortune Brands Innovations (NYSE: FBIN), makes a return visit to the show to discuss the company’s “before” and “after” makeover since his first appearance on Inside the ICE House two years ago. Nick and Josh dove deep inside company’s focus on the digitization of its Water, Outdoors and Security Solutions after separating the business from its high-end cabinet business, now called MasterBrand Inc (NYSE: MBC). Nick also talked about how M&A plays a key role in allowing Fortune Brands to expand its offering with disruptive technologies.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Noah Syken, Vice President of Sports and Entertainment Partnerships at IBM (NYSE: IBM), gave us an exclusive peek behind the curtain of IBM’s Command at the Billie Jean King USTA National Tennis Center at this year’s US Open. Noah shared how technology and A.I. are transforming the way sports events are controlled, conducted, and consumed. Noah’s own career parallels the growth of cutting-edge creative tech to enhance the fan experience, from courtside in Queens to the fairways of Augusta.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Vincent Viola, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Virtu Financial, is a son of Brooklyn, a cadet of West Point, a brother of the NYMEX trading pits, and now an owner of Panthers and winner of the Prince of Wales Trophy. Vinnie’s NHL hockey team fell short of the Stanley Cup in 2023, but his team from Miami is setting its sights on the big prize in ‘24. Vinnie stopped by the NYSE Library to delve deep into the virtues of capitalism and the challenges of national security.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Paula DiPerna, strategic environmental advisor and former president of the Chicago Climate Exchange, joins us to discuss her latest book, "Pricing the Priceless: The Financial Transformation to Value the Planet, Solve the Climate Crisis, and Protect our Most Precious Assets." From working with Jacques Cousteau meeting Pope Francis to creating the world’s first cap-and-trade system, DiPerna walks us through her career journey and shares her 360 degree view on environmentalism as a funder, supplicant, creator, and author. Her book posits the question, “How can our markets value things that are dispensable at billions of dollars, and the atmosphere at 0?” and our conversation with Paula addresses the answer.