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 do the new revisions to the European Sustainability Reporting Standards actually mean for businesses, and how will they affect the EU's green transition? Listen to EFRAG TEG members Sandra Atler and Signe Lysgaard
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What can traditional Japanese business practice teach us about corporate sustainability? Listen to Akiko Sato, Business and Human Rights Project Officer at the United Nations Development Programme and Special Adviser at the business and human rights NGO Pillar Two
What is the future of sustainable business? Listen to Chris Coulter, CEO of Globescan and Mark Lee, Global Director of Thought Leadership at the SustainAbility Institute by ERM
