Fixed on ESG
Episodes
COP30: Key Takeaways from the Amazon Summit
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
COP30 took place in Belém, Brazil, at the heart of the Amazon, setting the stage for high-stakes climate negotiations amid one of the planet's most c...
Propelling Equitable Access to Medicine
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Access to medicine is a vital issue at the crossroads of global health issue, corporate responsibility, and ESG investing. Join us as we unpack barri...
Running a Tight Ship: IMO's Net-Zero Regulations
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the International Maritime Organization (IMO) presses to implement their groundbreaking Greenhouse Gas Fuel Intensity Standards across the shippi...
EU ESG Regulation: Players, Policy, and Purpose
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EU ESG regulations significantly impact companies operating within the EU, necessitating precise actions and accountability. This episode of Fixed o...
The Insurance Industry in the Climate Conversation
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With climate-related events increasing in frequency and severity, we discuss the role of insurance in mitigating the economic and social risks. With a...
Behind the Seams: Unraveling Fast Fashion's ESG Challenges
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Fixed on ESG unravels the perils of fast fashion, the environmental footprint, transparency challenges, and opportunities for inno...
Can It Be ESG? A Pragmatic Take on Defence
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Often excluded from ESG portfolios on ethical grounds, the defence sector is at the forefront due to current geopolitical tensions. In this episode of...
SDGs for Impact
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Investors are looking to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as one tool to help guide impactful investments. This episode of Fi...
Securitised Solutions for the Green Transition
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Securitised credit is emerging as a key driver in financing the green transition, offering investors opportunities to support ESG initiatives without...
Rethinking Green Bond Emissions Reporting
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can green bonds—intended to drive sustainability—complicate emissions reporting? This episode of Fixed on ESG explores the complexities of green ...
Behind the Scenes of COP29
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan now concluded, the conference ultimately delivered mixed results. In this episode of Fixed on ESG, we analyse the key...
A Look Under the Hood of Climate Risk Analysis
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are many top-down tools that attempt to model climate-related credit risks, but risks relating to the transition towards a low carbon economy o...
Powering Data Centre Expansion
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The past decade's explosive increase in digitalisation is forecast to continue exponentially in the coming years. This expansion of the digital econo...
Advancing Affordable Housing
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The rising cost of housing has brought into full view the need for more affordable housing solutions. Fannie Mae's new Mission Index aims to assist t...
Debt-for-Nature Swaps: Unlocking Capital for Conservation
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Debt-for-nature swaps have come to the forefront as a unique solution for both environmental conservation and debt alleviation. In this episode of Fix...
The Potential of Sustainable Aviation Fuel
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The aviation industry is under the sustainability microscope with recent estimates finding that it contributes to 6% of total global warming. This epi...
Part 2: Navigating the Low Carbon Transition with Temperature Alignment
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tackling the intricacies of ESG investing in a warming world is a top challenge for today's investors. In the second half of this two-part series, we...
Part 1: Navigating the Low Carbon Transition with Temperature Alignment
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the face of escalating climate challenges, temperature alignment is taking center stage and helping to reshape climate-conscious investment strate...
The Elephant in the Room: Overcoming Biodiversity Data Challenges
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The vital role of biodiversity across social and economic dependencies has captured the attention of ESG investors. With biodiversity in focus and a ...
Deciphering ESG in Emerging Markets: A Closer Look at Risk and Bias
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For fixed income ESG investors, gaining a deeper understanding of emerging markets is crucial as standard ESG assessments may neglect the complex eco...
A Growing Gap: Exploring Progress on Global Decarbonisation
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Several major reports were released just ahead of this year's COP28 in the UAE on the state of climate action, the widening gap between actual progre...
COP28: Dissecting Climate Progress and Pledges
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
COP28, which was hosted in the UAE, has come to a close. In the first of a two-part instalment of PGIM Fixed Income's Fixed on ESG, James Malone, CFA...
Climate Finance: Support for Developing Countries Amidst Climate Change
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Climate finance has gained significant attention over the past decade due to the increase in extreme climate events around the world. While developed...
Plastic Packaging Predicament: The Best-Worst Option
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With the use of plastic packaging on the rise, the issue of plastic waste looms large and complex. Plastic is a prevalent part of our lives, but thi...
Cyber-savviness: Weighing Today's Cybersecurity Risks and Impacts on Tomorrow's Investments
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cybersecurity impacts every industry and, for many issuers, the consequences of a breach could be disastrous—as we've seen in a number of recent hig...
The Price of Power: The Impact of Wildfires on Utilities
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Damaged power lines are a leading cause of wildfires around the world and serve as a significant vulnerability to the service providers who operate ...
Deep-sea Treasure Trove: Opportunity or Risk?
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Although deep-sea mining has never occurred at commercial scale, the growing interest in the minerals and metals found on the seabed could prompt a s...
Energizing a Greener Future with Clean Hydrogen and the Northeastern Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Clean hydrogen has garnered considerable attention in recent years due to its potential to address hard-to-decarbonize sectors—or—as James Malone...
Desalination: A Potential Solution for Freshwater Scarcity?
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In some areas, population explosion has exhausted freshwater supplies, and globally the impacts of a warming climate have caused the slow depletion of...
The Unaffordable Truth: A Look at the Affordable Housing Crisis
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The existing stock of affordable housing in the U.S. is becoming largely obsolete at the same time the development of replacement properties has lagge...
We Have Ignition—Can investment in nuclear fusion solve the climate crisis?
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nuclear fusion is making headlines with the first ever demonstration of fusion ignition by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Why is this so...
Biodiversity 101: Dissecting COP15 with Planet Tracker
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The long awaited 2022 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) was held this past December in Montreal. Biodiversity is hugely important to us a...
COP27: Takeaways from Sharm El-Sheikh
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With the conclusion of COP27 this past November in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on this episode of Fixed on ESG, PGIM Fixed Income's John Ploeg, CFA, Co-He...
ESG Perspectives: Q&A with Sarika Goel
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Fixed on ESG, PGIM Fixed Income's Armelle de Vienne, Co-Head of ESG Research, and Kunal Patel, CFA, Head of Client Advisory for UK,...
COP27: What Investors Need to Know
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With the 27th annual UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) underway in Egypt, what do investors need to know? In this episode of Fixed on ESG, Elizabet...
Revving the Engine on EVs
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What could electric vehicles and California's 2035 ban on the sale of gas-powered autos mean for autos manufacturers and what peripheral factors do fi...
Exclusions and Green Bonds: There's No Quick Fix
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
ESG investing has gained a lot of traction in recent years, but even with its growing popularity, many misconceptions still exist around how an ESG po...
Deep Dive into Blue Bonds with Mark Spalding
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Armelle de Vienne, Co-head of ESG Research (and certified divemaster), invited Mark Spalding, President of The Ocean Foundation, to d...
Low Carbon Crossroad: The Importance of Metals and Mining to the Low Carbon Transition
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
PGIM Fixed Income's James Malone, CFA, ESG Research Specialist, and Beth Gunning, Credit Analyst for Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Research, join Da...
Rising Food Prices: Financial Risks and Implications to Emerging Markets
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Food prices have been rising globally for some time now. While the Russia/Ukraine conflict has exacerbated food instability, many other factors have a...
Why We're Fixed on ESG
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Like most nuanced subjects, ESG is a highly intricate topic with many more complexities than most might initially consider. And incorporating ESG-fact...
Fixed On ESG, a PGIM Fixed Income podcast series
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
PGIM Fixed Income is proud to bring you, Fixed On ESG, a monthly podcast series exploring the latest topics and trends of ESG investing. A rotating l...