A Sustainable Future
Episodes
Harriet Lamb, International Alert CEO, on NGOs Addressing Human Rights in Conflict Areas
27 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Investors often play up the merits of active engagement with companies. But how does that work with sovereign nations, specifically with conflict-affe...
Mark Lewis, Carbon Tracker, on Carbon Markets and Climate Change Policy
13 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Despite its early troubles, Europe's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) has to be recognized as the most ambitious effort to apply market-based pricing...
Edward Mason, Church Commissioners for England, on a Climate Change Showdown with ExxonMobil
30 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever find yourself imagining that the forces behind Big Oil are unstoppable, that little can be done to counter climate change? Edward Mason de...
Nick Robins, London School of Economics, on the Just Transition
17 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Robins discusses why frameworks like the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) are so important to ensuring the progress of sustai...
Prof. Cam Harvey, Duke University, on the Social Value of Cryptocurrencies
02 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Are Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple the digital currencies of the future? Or are they just another asset bubble like the 17th century Dutch tulip mania? ...
Prof. Charlie Donovan, Imperial College, on an Education in Climate Change
10 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Donovan explains why it is critical for universities to develop postgraduate programmes that formally address the financial challenges and inv...
Prof. David Wood, Harvard Kennedy School, on Economic Inequality
27 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David Wood describes the evolution of responsible investment - its approaches and institutions like the United Nations-supported Principles for Respon...
Dr. Rachel Melsom, Tobacco Free Portfolios, on the Case for Going Tobacco Free
13 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Rachel Melsom describes why investor engagement with the tobacco industry, relative for instance to the fossil fuel industry, is futile because of ...
Ece Ozdemiroglu, EFTEC CEO, on the Case for Natural Capital Accounting
27 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ece Ozdemiroglu explains why current accounting methodologies like Gross Domestic Product (GDP) used to measure economic and financial performance mis...
Prof. Ken McPhail, University of Manchester, on Accounting for Rights and Ethics
13 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Ken McPhail discusses why rights - human, political, social, labour or environmental - have historically been so difficult to define, and wh...
Prof. Mike Cho, Korea University, on South Korean Corporate Governance Reform
24 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Mike Cho describes why South Korean corporates have historically underperformed their global peers on corporate governance metrics, and why ...