The Responsible Investor Podcast
Episodes
What drives sustainable investment at a trillion-dollar US asset manager?
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Asset managers are under pressure to respond to a wide range of client demands on sustainability issues, from stewardship to decarbonisation, while gr...
What can investors do to take action on deforestation?
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In recent years, investors have increasingly been trying to work out how to best address deforestation in their portfolios. How has action evolved o...
Physical climate risk data: It's complicated
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Investors are urgently seeking to understand how their portfolios will be affected by physical climate risks in the wake of more frequent extreme weat...
What will the new SFDR rules mean for investors?
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just over two years ago, the European Commission launched the first step in the long road to reform of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulatio...
The future of climate engagement
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With 2050 on the horizon and a challenging political and economic environment for companies looking to hit net zero, engagement on climate change is m...
How to talk to corporates about climate (and make sure they listen)
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Climate engagement has been on investors’ agendas for more than a decade. So what progress has been made in that time? What have we learned about wh...
Exit interview: New York City comptroller Brad Lander
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over the course of his three years as comptroller of New York City, Brad Lander has guided the city's pension systems in achieving their climate targe...
Steering a $100bn US state pension fund to net zero
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At $96 billion in assets, the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System is one of the largest public pension funds in the US. As of this year, it is a...
EU Omnibus: What's at stake for the bloc's sustainability rules this autumn?
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a turbulent first half of the year following the release of the EU's sustainability Omnibus, Brussels is back in session and gearing up for a bu...
A field guide to responsible investing
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by Amy O'Brien, global head of responsible investing at asset manager Nuveen. She joins us to discuss her new book, A F...
The ESG arms race: How responsible investors are navigating defence
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Increasing geopolitical uncertainty and the USA's decreasing reliability as an ally has triggered a massive boost in global defence spending. As inves...
Unpacking the EU's sustainable finance simplification agenda
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The past six months have been dominated by EU sustainable finance regulatory developments, following the bloc's push to simplify and roll back several...
How regulatory developments have shifted the European and UK ESG fund landscape
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The UK's fund labelling regime under the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and the European Securities and Markets Authority's new guidelines on ...
Mid-season proxy scorecard: Taking stock of E&S shareholder proposals in 2025
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
ESG shareholder proposals have come under increasing scrutiny over the past few years, with debates focusing around their alleged prescriptiveness and...
Climate scenario analysis: Getting to grips with a post-1.5C world
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It is now a matter of broad consensus that the world will overshoot its 1.5C temperature goal, but that does not mean there is nothing to be optimisti...
EU Omnibus: What's next for the sustainability simplification push?
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been just over one month since the European Commission announced its much-anticipated sustainability Omnibus plans, which would heavily water d...
How are corporates tackling nature reporting?
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In recent years, corporates have increasingly been trying to work out how to approach nature reporting. How has the Taskforce on Nature-related Financ...
How should investors measure engagement outcomes?
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Asset owners across the UK, Europe and US are sharpening their focus on asset manager stewardship, and an increasing regulatory focus on stewardship o...
Deep dive: How should investors navigate the renewable energy market?
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Global investments in renewable energy reached a new record of more than $700 billion in 2024, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. But this yea...
What climate data do investors really want?
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Net-zero as a concept is under pressure, and for investors to assess the best path forward, it is crucial to understand how companies and other holdin...
What does responsible investment mean in 2025?
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With big asset managers rushing to exit climate initiatives and ESG opponents taking centre stage in the US, responsible investment is under scrutiny ...
Navigating net zero: The challenge for asset managers
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Three years ago, in the run-up to COP26, financial institutions rushed to sign up to the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). A renewed fo...
The investment case for nature and climate adaptation
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After an autumn of devastating floods in Florida, Spain and southern Italy, the need to protect populations from the impacts of climate change has sho...
Missing targets and nature transition: Did COP16 meet investor expectations?
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The global UN biodiversity summit delivered on the buzz – and had a huge private sector turnout. The overall outcomes, however, have been widely des...
Deep dive: Can investors make mining sustainable?
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mining is a notoriously dirty and dangerous business – so much so that it has often been shunned by responsible and risk-averse investors. In recent...
Will lack of green capex hamper transition finance push?
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Responsible Investor talks to investors about transition finance, capital expenditure almost always features. Folksam’s chief economist Marcus ...
What does transition finance mean for investors?
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Transition finance is the fastest-growing area in sustainable investment. Over the past two years, the amount invested in transition-focused funds in ...
What's in a name? Navigating the UK's sustainable fund-labelling regime
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put simplicity and consumer testing at the centre of its efforts to roll out fund labels to improve t...
Where is the value in ESG investing?
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After two years of rising commodity prices, surging energy sector profits and intensifying anti-ESG rhetoric in the US, it is easy to get the impressi...
Fast fashion and investors, big stewardship shifts and RI's proxy season digest
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fast fashion’s climate issues get little investor attention, with household names largely absent from collaborative engagement initiatives and stewa...
Shareholder rights, virtual AGMs and why 'G' is key
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Exxon Mobil is taking legal action against activist investors, the UK has relaxed the rules for firms looking to list in London, and companies are hol...
Net zero's pinch point: Will investors fall at the first hurdle?
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hundreds of financial institutions with more than $100 trillion in capital have signed up to reach net zero by 2050 or earlier, and many investors hav...
The Responsible Investor Podcast trailer
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing The Responsible Investor Podcast, where we'll delve into the latest developments and debates in sustainable investment. Hear our award-win...