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The Blunt DollarMarina Severinovsky: The Real Reason Your Portfolio Needs a Climate PlanSustainable investing has gone from niche to necessary. But where is it headed next? In this episode, Ignacio sits down with Marina Severinovsky, Head of Sustainability for North America at Schroders, to unpack the shifting ESG landscape. Marina draws from two decades of experience in finance and sustainability to explain how investors can navigate today’s volatile mix of climate risk, political backlash, and growing demand for impact.Topics we cover:🌍 Why sustainable investing isn’t just about values—it’s about identifying long-term risk and opportunity💼 How institutional investors are redefining ESG...
2025-06-171h 05
All Things SustainableHow companies are navigating 2025 sustainability challenges + a new podcast name!Today marks the anniversary of our podcast launch in 2019. Since then, we've released more than 250 episodes, and the show has been downloaded nearly 2 million times around the globe. We're celebrating these milestones and the evolution of the ESG Insider podcast by launching a new name: the All Things Sustainable podcast. Our new name reflects an idea we've heard repeatedly from guests over the past six seasons: Solutions to big sustainability challenges like climate change, nature and biodiversity loss and achieving a just and equitable transition require action from all sectors and all stakeholders. Today we...
2025-02-1444 minAll Things SustainableTalking climate finance ahead of COP29In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we're talking climate finance ahead of COP29, the UN climate change conference taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan in November 2024. Scaling climate and clean energy financing will be a major focus at COP29, which many are calling the "finance COP." Both the public and private sector will play a role in addressing the massive climate financing gap for developing countries, including through blended finance. To learn more, we speak to Vijay Bains, Chief Sustainability Officer and Group Head of Environmental, Social and Governance at Emirates NBD, the largest...
2024-10-1822 minAll Things SustainableBreaking down barriers to find climate solutionsThroughout Climate Week NYC, we heard about the importance of collaborating across silos to find solutions to climate change, the energy transition and nature loss. In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast we hear concrete examples of what that looks like in practice. We speak with two climate scientists about how their organizations are working to communicate across disciplines and build partnerships that can inform areas like policy and urban planning: -Terry Thompson is Chief Science Officer at the S&P Global Climate Center of Excellence -Kevin Reed is Chief Climate Scientist...
2024-10-1127 minAll Things Sustainable2024 trends that sustainability leaders are watching We're kicking off the New Year at the ESG Insider podcast with a look forward to the big trends driving the sustainability space for 2024. In the episode we speak to two sustainability leaders about the topics they're watching in the year ahead. Marina Severinovsky, Head of Sustainability North America at UK-based asset management firm Schroders, explains how investors are moving from climate transition commitments to solutions and implementation. "You've made the commitment, but now the hard work begins, and it's really the people who are responsible for the portfolios that have to think about how you...
2024-01-1229 min
The Sustainable Finance PodcastA New Global Regime for Policy and Market Behavior in 2023For investors trying to get a handle on what’s happening in the global economy, confusion and uncertainty seem to reign. My guest today, Marina Severinovsky, Head of Sustainability, North America for Schroders Asset Management, brings a new perspective in today’s podcast. Schroders believes that markets are currently experiencing more than a typical cyclical turning point. In fact, we’re looking at a global reset where patterns of the past decade will face a period of adjustment. What does this mean for investors and asset managers? Severinovsky and I talk about how a new regime in policy and market behavi...
2023-05-0349 min
All Things SustainableLIVE: The year the human component of nature and climate comes to the foreWe just hosted our inaugural ESG Insider Live podcast event, bringing our show on the road to host interviews in front of an audience. In today's episode, we bring you the highlights of those interviews on the topics of climate, nature and the evolving ESG landscape. We talk to Amy Hepburn, CEO of the Investor Leadership Network, a coalition of institutional investors representing more than $10 trillion in assets under management. She says that to advance climate goals, stakeholders need to address the "deficit of trust." "That is a real blocker for progress," Amy tells us. "Sit...
2022-12-0936 minThe Sustainable Finance PodcastSchroders Accelerates Financial Advisor Education for 2023Schroders, a member of the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative, is expanding its US-based sustainability team. Marina Severinovsky, Head of Sustainability NA at Schroders recently introduced me to Whitney Sweeney, who has joined Schroders’ global sustainable investment team in the role of Investment Director, Sustainability. Sweeney is my guest for today’s episode of the Sustainable Finance Podcast. We’re talking about her focus on building partnerships across several distribution channels and managing sustainable investment education and training for advisors and other investment professionals based on a review of the results from the Schroders’ annual Global Investor Study.
2022-11-1316 min
Strategic Finance LabESG Investing: An Interview with Marina Severinovsky of SchrodersInvestors who don’t acknowledge that countries and companies are decarbonizing as they commit to net-zero emission goals will find themselves on the “wrong end of a massive flow of capital.” That pragmatic approach to sustainable investing is among the insights you’ll hear in this podcast featuring Marina Severinovsky, Head of Sustainability for North America at Schroders.
In an interview with Nilly Essaides, NeuGroup’s Managing Director for Research and Insight, Ms. Severinovsky
says that a commitment to maximizing returns and minimizing risks is the driving force behind how Schroders integrates ESG principles into investment decisions for its cl...
2022-05-2016 minThe Sustainable Finance PodcastSchroders on Seeing ESG Through a US LensIt’s time to progress the ESG conversation with US investors, according to Marina Severinovsky, the Head of Sustainability, North America at Schroders. Severinovsky is on the program today with an important message for our listeners – policy, regulation, corporate action, and investor interest are all aligning to support the expansion of ESG in the US. Listen in to find out Schroders’ take on why engaging US investors to benefit from these trends requires a shift towards aligning with their priorities on climate transition and social impact, and a more pragmatic and investment-led focus on mitigating risks and uncovering opportunities.
2022-04-1927 min
Journeys to EquityMarina Severinovsky On Empathy in FinanceTransforming Workplace CultureIn this episode, Marina Severinovsky, Head of Sustainability, North America at Schroders, discusses her experience in the field of finance, her transition into the ESG sector, and the importance of empathy. Coming from a family of refugees that fled the Soviet Union, Severinovsky was quickly introduced to the gatekeeping and lack of access to opportunity for those without the right contacts. Rather than given in to defeat, Severinovsky used her origins as inspiration, and was determined to rise above her circumstances. As a result, she deliberately placed herself in environments that developed her strengths, an...
2022-03-0745 min