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.“
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Transition criteria, remaining gaps and the data investors need. Listen to David Němeček (Frank Bold), Piotr Dmuchowski (PFR TFI), and Pierre Garrault (Eurosif).
How can the EU maintain its sovereignty over AI and its use? Listen to Margarida Silva and Misa Norigami, tech and corporate researchers at SOMO.
How is the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) playing out in practice and what lessons can be learned? Listen to Frank Bold’s own Sustainability Researcher Lorena Bisignano, and Filip Gregor, Head of Responsible Companies and member of EFRAG’s SRB.
