Listen to Tracey Rembert, Associate Director, Climate Change and Environmental Justice at ICCR, and Alexandra Wright-Gladstein, founder and CEO of the climate-friendly investment fund Sphere.
In this Frankly Speaking episode, we explore the new climate disclosure rules just agreed by the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States and asks what are the implications both in the US and worldwide.
To answer those questions, Richard Howitt welcomes Tracey Rembert, Associate Director, Climate Change and Environmental Justice at the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), and Alexandra Wright-Gladstein, founder and CEO of the climate-friendly investment fund Sphere.
In this episode, you’ll hear more about:
“There was a part of me when I saw this outcome that did celebrate, because it is the first time that our major financial regulatory system in the United States is acknowledging that climate risk is financial risk. And just that acknowledgment is huge. I think the SEC did a good job on the first in helping investors protect themselves from climate related risks. Uh, now we need to do better on the second, which is helping investors understand how to invest for a climate safe world.“
What’s the track record of German companies implementing the LkSG? Listen to Sarah Hechler, previously Social Project Manager at the UN Global Compact Netzwerk Deutschland, and Christopher Bayer, Senior Researcher on the study and Principal Investigator at Development International
Are US companies retreating from or respecting human rights? Listen to Bennett Freeman, former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor and Chloe Cole, Senior Researcher in US Business and Human Rights at the Business and Human Rights Centre
From Responsible Business to Responsible AI: what you need to know and do. Listen to Kathryn Dovey, founder of Recalibrate and ex-OECD & Alex de Vries-Gao, data scientist and researcher at VU Amsterdam
