SWF Podcast

Episode 2's guest is Matthew Kuta, the Co-Founder, President, and Chief Operating Officer of Voyager Space Holdings. In this conversation with Matt, recorded on October 4th 2022, themes discussed include the increasing importance of ESG requirements for large investment capital sources; the possible role of ESG factors as a discriminator between companies in private equity investment decisions; and the challenges and outlooks for developing ESG practices and reporting for NewSpace companies.

Episode 2's guest is Matt O'Connell, Operating Partner at DCVC.  In this conversation with Matt, recorded on August 26th, 2022, themes discussed include the links between sustainable operating practices in space and sustainable business results; the challenges of large constellations, and the need for improving information sharing as commercial space activities expand. The discussion also covers both the benefits and downsides of ESG motivations in the space sector.

Episode 1's guest is Mark Boggett, CEO and Managing Partner of Seraphim.  In this conversation with Mark, recorded on August 1st 2022, themes discussed include the contribution of ESG factors in driving investment activity; the ways in which venture capital funds can interact with portfolio companies to address sustainability; and the role of the UN Sustainable Development Goals for tracking investment outcomes.

What are the most pressing challenges confronting governments, industry and civil society in terms of building capacity for implementing international space sustainability guidelines, and what steps should each of these three sectors prioritize to build such capacity? This panel of leading international experts shared their thoughts on how governments, industry and civil society can jointly build capacity in the space community to support the implementation of the international guidelines for space sustainability recently adopted by the UN. For more background information on these guidelines, see our SWF Factsheet.                                                  Panelists  Government  Niklas Hedman, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, Austria Andre Rypl, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil         Keren Shahar, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel          David Turner, Department of State, United States  Industry Aarti Holla-Maini, EMEA Satellite Operators Association, Belgium Therese Jones, Satellite Industry Association, United States  Daniel Oltrogge, Space Safety Coalition, United States    Charity Weeden, Astroscale, United States                                                            Civil Society  David Kendall, Outer Space Institute, Canada Jean-Jacques Tortora, European Space Policy Institute, Austria  Guoyu Wang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China  Danielle Wood, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States