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Climate Finance PodcastBarney Schauble - Senior Advisor at Nephila Capital and Chair/Director at CeresPurchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com
Barney Schauble is a Senior Advisor at Nephila Capital, the oldest and largest investment management firm specializing in Climate-Related Reinsurance Risks.
Mr. Schuable has worked with Nephila on multiple catastrophe and weather risk investment products for 20+ years. He started his career as a Broker at Marsh & McLennan and Vice President of Risk Markets at Goldman Sachs.
Mr. Schauble is the Director and Chair of Ceres, a non-profit organization focused on sustainability integration in capital markets. He advises and invests in multiple ventures, in...2025-06-0847 minClimate Finance PodcastRobert Eccles - Visiting Professor at Oxford University and Founding Chairman of SASB - Sustainability Accounting Standards BoardPurchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com
Robert G. Eccles is a leading ESG integration academic focusing on sustainable corporate and investment strategies. His work focuses on how capital markets can contribute to ensuring a sustainable society for generations to come.
Dr. Eccles is a Visiting Professor of Management Practice at the Said Business School, University of Oxford. He was a Tenured Professor at Harvard Business School. Eccles has also been a Visiting Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, and a Berkeley Social Impact Fellow at the Haas...2024-10-1257 minClimate Finance PodcastShivaram Rajgopal - Professor of Accounting at Columbia Business SchoolPurchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com
Shivaram Rajgopal is the Kester and Byrnes Professor of Accounting and Auditing at Columbia Business School. He has previously held professorship positions at Duke University, Emory University, and the University of Washington.
Dr. Rajgopal´s research is focused on ESG, Governance, Financial Reporting, Valuation, Fraud, Executive Compensation, Short-Termism, Corporate Culture, Technology, and Sovereign Debt/Fiscal Responsibility. He has 200 academic publications and 100+ op-eds on Forbes. Prior to his academic career, he started his professional career at Proctor & Gamble and CitiBank.
Dr. Rajgopal received his Ph.D...2024-04-3058 minClimate Finance PodcastLisa Mandle - Lead Scientist at Stanford University’s Natural Capital Project and Lead Author of Green Growth That Works.Purchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com
Dr. Lisa Mandle is a Lead Scientist and the Director of Science-Software Integration at Stanford University’s Natural Capital (NatCap) Project.
She is the lead author/editor of Green Growth That Works: Natural Capital Policy and Finance Mechanisms From Around The World.
Dr. Mandle works with governments, multilateral development banks, and NGOs, especially in Latin America and Asia, to incorporate the environmental impact of land management and infrastructure projects on ecosystem services, social equity, and human health within development decisions.
Prior to joi...2024-02-0120 minClimate Finance PodcastAlicia Seiger - Managing Director of Stanford University’s Sustainable Finance InitiativePurchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com
Alicia Seiger is a Managing Director of Stanford University’s Sustainable Finance Initiative at Precourt Institute for Energy and a Managing Director of Stanford Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy, Policy, and Finance. She conducts her teaching and research activities at Stanford Law School, Stanford MBA program, and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.
Alicia Seiger is a Board Member of Ceres and Prime Coalition. She is also a Sustainability Advisory Council Member at Pacific Gas and Electric Company and an Advisory Board Member of the E-Liability Institute. She...2023-10-1750 minClimate Finance PodcastDaniel Esty - Professor at Yale Law School and School of Environment; Creator of the Connecticut Green BankPurchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com
Daniel Esty is the Hillhouse Professor at Yale University’s Environment, Law, and Management Schools. He also serves as director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, co-director of the Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance, and serves on the Advisory Board of the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, which he founded in 2007.
Professor Esty is the author or editor of 14 books and 150+ articles on environmental protection, regulatory reform, energy policy, and sustainability and their connections to corporate strategy, competitiveness, trade, and economic suc...2023-09-2642 minClimate Finance PodcastGernot Wagner - Climate Economist at Columbia Business SchoolPurchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com
Dr. Gernot Wagner is a Climate Economist at Columbia Business School.
He is the author of Geoengineering: The Gamble (2021), Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet (2016; Co-Authored with Dr. Martin Weitzman), and But Will the Planet Notice?: How Smart Economics Can Save the World (2012).
Previously, Dr. Wagner was a Clinical Associate Professor at New York University and the Founding Co-Director of 2023-09-1859 minClimate Finance PodcastTodd Cort - Yale University’s Initiative on Sustainable FinancePurchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com
Dr. Todd Cort holds Faculty Co-Director positions at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment and the Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance, which are located in the Yale School of Management and Yale School of Environment.
Todd Cort is the co-editor of two books: Values at Work: Sustainable Investing and ESG Reporting (2020) with Dan Esty, and Sustainable Innovation and Impact (2018) with Cary Krosinsky.
Prior to his research and teaching career, he worked as an Environmental Engineering and Sustainability consultant with TUV Rheinland and D...2023-09-1349 minClimate Finance PodcastVikram Gandhi - Academic and Investor at Harvard Business School, Asha Ventures, and Growth for Good SPACPurchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com
Vikram Gandhi is a Professor at Harvard Business School, where he co-pioneered their Sustainable Investing Course, “Investing: Risk, Return & Impact.” The course won the 2021 Teaching Recognition Award for Excellence in Sustainable Finance Education from the Financial Times. He is also a Visiting Faculty member at Tsinghua University.
Vikram Gandhi is a Founding Partner at Asha Ventures, an Indian-focused impact investment fund, and a Senior Advisor to The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. He is the Chairman of the Board of the Growth for Good Acquisition Corporation, a Cl...2023-09-0446 minClimate Finance PodcastBruce Usher - Professor at Columbia Business School and Author of Investing in the Era of Climate ChangePurchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com
Bruce Usher is a Professor at Columbia Business School, teaching the intersection between finance, social, and environmental issues.
He is the author of “Investing in the Era of Climate Change” (2022) and “Renewable Energy: A Primer for the Twenty-First Century” (2019). Apart from his teaching and research activities, he is an advisor and investor in multiple Climate Tech startups and investment funds.
Before transitioning to academia, he studied at Harvard Business School and Queen's University, worked in financial services for 12 years in New York and Tokyo, and was t...2023-09-0142 minClimate Finance PodcastSimmi Sareen - State of Indian Climate Finance - Co-Founder of Climake and Director at Unitus Investment BankPurchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com
Simmi Sareen is the Director of Unitus Capital, an Indian Impact-focused Investment Bank. She is the Co-Founder of Climake, along with Shravan Shankar, a Climate Venture Studio supporting the growth of Early-Stage Indian startups. Climake publishes an annual report on the “State of Climate Finance in India.”
Simmi Sareen previously founded fintech platforms, Loans4SME and GreenFunder, focusing on venture debt, asset finance, and working capital loans to social enterprises, MSMEs, and startups in India.
Prior to her Climate and Impact Career transition, Simmi was...2023-08-2141 minClimate Finance PodcastFiona Reynolds - Fr. CEO of United Nations Principles for Responsible InvestmentPurchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com
Fiona Reynolds was the CEO of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) from 2013 to 2021.
The UN PRI was created in 2006 to promote the incorporation of ESG Factors (Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance) into investment decision-making. It currently has 4900+ signatories (Asset Owners and Investment Management Firms) representing $120+ Trillion in AUM (Assets Under Management) in over 80 countries.
Prior to UN PRI, Fiona Reynolds was the CEO of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, a non-profit organization representing Australia’s $1.6 trillion profit-to-member superannuation industry. Sh...2023-08-0637 minClimate Finance PodcastMarilyn Waite - Managing Director of Climate Finance Fund and Venture Partner at Aera VCPurchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com
Marilyn Waite is the Managing Director of the Climate Finance Fund and a Venture Partner at Aera Venture Capital. She is the author of Sustainability at Work: Careers that make a difference (2016), an Editor at GreenBiz, and a host of the China CleanTech Podcast with New Energy Nexus.
Prior to Climate Finance Fund, Marilyn was the Climate and Clean Energy Finance Program Officer at William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, a Strategy Executive at AREVA (Nuclear Power and Renewable Energy) in Paris, France, a Senior Research Fellow at...2022-05-1141 minClimate Finance PodcastAlexandra Wright-Gladstein - Founder & CEO of Sphere (Fossil Fuel Free 401(k)s)Purchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com
Alexandra Wright-Gladstein is the Founder and CEO of Sphere. Sphere is a public benefit corporation that is amplifying a social movement to get 401(k) retirement savings money out of fossil fuel companies. Sphere has two ‘first of its kind’ products: i) Sphere 500 Fossil Fuel Free Index (SPFFXI) which tracks the S&P500 excluding the fossil fuel companies, and ii) Sphere 500 Fossil Fuel Mutual Fund which tracks SPFFXI.
Prior to Sphere, Alex co-founded Ayar Labs, a tech startup that produces power efficient optical input-output solutions, in 2015. Ayar Labs...2022-01-1836 minClimate Finance PodcastCary Krosinsky - Co-Founder of Sustainable Finance InstitutePurchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com
Cary Krosinsky (LinkedIn | Website) is the Co-Founder of the Sustainable Finance Institute and the Carbon Tracker Initiative. He has co-published seven books on sustainable finance and investing. Cary has undertaken teaching and research roles at several universities including Columbia University, Brown University, Yale University, Concordia University, New York University, and University of Maryland. He has consulted the likes of the UN Principles of Responsible Investing, KPMG, Robeco, and UN Environment Programme. Cary was recently a Sustainability Advisor for the SPAC transaction of The Metals Company and a member...2021-12-2547 minClimate Finance PodcastSean Kidney - CEO & Co-Founder of Climate Bonds InitiativePurchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com
Sean Kidney is the Co-Founder and CEO of Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI). CBI is an international investor focused NGO working to mobilise global capital for climate action. CBI is the only organisation working solely on mobilising the $100 trillion bond market for climate change solutions. Sean Kidney studied at University of Sydney and he is currently a Professor of Practice at SOAS University of London.
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Sean’s journey fr...2021-12-0345 minClimate Finance PodcastLesley Ndlovu - African Risk Capacity (Climate Risk Insurance in Africa)Purchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com
Lindelwe Lesley Ndlovu is the CEO of the African Risk Capacity ‘‘ARC’’ Ltd. ARC Ltd is a specialist insurance company that provides parametric insurance coverage to African countries against extreme weather events and natural disasters. Prior to ARC, Lesley worked with AXA Group, AXIS Capital, and Deloitte in various senior management roles. Lesley is a graduate of Christ Church, University of Oxford in England and at the Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires (INSEAD) in France. Lesley sits on the Board of Directors of the UN Environment Programme F...2021-10-1434 minClimate Finance PodcastDelton Chen - Global Carbon Reward (Carbon Quantitative Easing)Purchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com
Delton Chen founded the Global Carbon Reward initiative in 2013. Delton is a qualified civil engineer and geo-hydrologist, and he holds a Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Queensland, Australia. Delton did his doctoral research on the hydrology of a coral cay in the Great Barrier Reef, and he has 20 years of combined experience in groundwater management, environmental impact assessment, geothermal energy and climate mitigation. Delton is a thought-leader in the development of public policies based on Central Bank Digital Currencies, and is a member of the...2021-10-0538 minClimate Finance PodcastTiza Mafira - Climate Policy Initiative (Climate Finance in Indonesia)Purchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com
Tiza Mafira is an Associate Director at the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and the founder of the Plastic Bag Diet Movement in Indonesia. Prior to working at the CPI, she studied at Harvard Law School and worked as a corporate lawyer. Climate Policy Initiative in Indonesia has 10 analysts and over 60 publications / articles, and works alongside several Indonesian government institutions to support the scaling up of innovative financing instruments.
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Please...2021-10-0436 minClimate Finance PodcastMark Tercek - Fr. CEO of The Nature Conservancy (The Instigator Newsletter on Substack)Purchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com
Mark Tercek is the former CEO of The Nature Conservancy (TNC). Prior to his work at TNC, he was a partner and managing director at Goldman Sachs for 24 years. He is the author of the Washington Post bestselling book - Nature’s Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature. Mark advises corporations, investment funds and NGOs on ambitious environmental strategies that make business sense. He also serves as a board member, investor and advisor to startups focused on environmental problem solving. Mark publishes a newsletter ("The I...2021-10-0346 minClimate Finance PodcastMatt Tilleard - Crossboundary (Renewable Energy Investments in Fragile and Conflict States)Purchase the Climate Finance Course at www.climatefinancecourse.com
Matt Tilleard is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of CrossBoundary. CrossBoundary is an investment firm that focuses on renewable energy investments in developing countries and fragile and conflict states. So far, CrossBoundary has advised in over $700m of closed transactions, and has a pipeline of commercial and industrial projects worth over $100m. CrossBoundary is also pioneering an open source infrastructure investing methodology for scaling mini grid implementation.
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Matt’s jou...2021-09-0635 minClimate Finance PodcastMark van Baal - Follow This (Oil & Gas Shareholder Activism)
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Mark van Baal is the Founder of Follow This. Follow This has over 7000 green shareholders and engages with oil and gas companies, such as Shell, Equinor, BP, and Chevron, via shareholder resolutions. The purpose of Follow This is to unite responsible shareholders and push Big Oil to go green by aligning to the Paris Climate targets.
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Mark’s journey from a mechanical engineering student to a journalist and a shareholder ac...2021-09-0433 min