Why University Leadership Is Critical for Solving the Climate Crisis
On today’s program we talk about how universities are key innovators in solving the climate crisis. At the same time, as we read daily in the news, they’re dealing with tremendous uncertainty. So how is Lisa Sachs, the Director of the Columbia University Center on Sustainable Investment and the recently launched Columbia Climate School MS in Climate Finance, coping with these uncertainties in U.S. climate policy and sustainable finance? And what about the volatility in career opportunities that graduates of these programs will face during the next four years? For Sachs, these are just two of the stress points she is managing in today’s university environment. Sachs is also an Associate Professor of Professional Practice at the Columbia Climate School, where climate science and climate change are engaged in the 21st Century’s existential challenge for supremacy.
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HealRWorld: Where Your Everyday Spend is a Vote for the World You Wish To See
On today’s program Michele Bongiovanni talks about the 1.3 million member online global community and marketplace she launched in 2012. HealRWorld’s goal is igniting systemic change by unleashing the transformative power of sustainability-focused consumers and businesses. Members can find and shop socially committed celebrities, musicians, and small and medium-sized businesses from 170 countries while supporting the environment and social good. Shop the brands and small businesses whose products align with the values of sustainability-minded consumers.
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The Future of Sustainable Investing: What Needs to Happen
How does an “immigrant kid” become the Founder of a firm that provides sustainable solutions for institutional investors, including ESG market analysis and education, regulatory risk management and investment process design? Allison Binns is the Founder and Principal of Peregrine Strategy, She is also a Senior Advisor at Danu Venture Group, which provides early-stage investment access to technology companies focused on national security, new infrastructure and their enabling industries. Allison says her background as an “immigrant kid” has shaped the way she approaches investments and sustainability in general. We’re fortunate to have her as our guest for this episode of the SFP.
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Finally! A Payment Card Powerhouse Challenges the Industry to Go Beyond Compliance
Payment card issuer and processing powerhouse Enfuce challenges the global payment industry to go beyond compliance with the recent launch of the Fortitude Pledge, a bold new compliance and security standard. My podcast guests today are co-CEOs and co-Founders at Enfuce, Monika Liikamaa and Denise Johansson. The Pledge aims to eliminate 100% of financial crime risks across all Enfuce-processed card transactions. Enfuce believes that stopping 100% of human trafficking, money laundering, and terrorist financing is not optional—it’s essential to create a sustainable, 21st Century business model and a direct commitment to UN Sustainable Development Goal #16 and I’m very pleased to have Monika and Denise join me for this important conversation.
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How a Nepalese Bank Is Growing the Sustainable Investment Services Sector through a Global Marketplace
Shivanth Pande is the founder of NIMB ACE Capital, the first investment bank in Nepal to offer systematic sustainable investment plans and other financial services for employees who work for the bank’s corporate clients as well for the large underbanked population. Using a strategy that includes a variety of sustainable mutual funds, the bank now has more than 600,000 clients. In addition, Pande is the co-founder and current chairman of M! Nepal, a social venture that facilitates banks and microfinance companies in extending outreach of financial products to the poor urban and rural populations in Nepal.
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