Best One Down And Podcast Network Asia Podcasts (2025)

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What to expect from Climate Week NYC in 2025 22:36

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There's just over one week until Climate Week NYC begins Sept. 21, and we’re diving into what to expect from the conference in a volatile year for climate action in the US. The week includes more than 900 events across the city hosted by a range of organizations — including The Nest Climate Campus, where the All Things Sustainable podcast will agai…

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CEO of major Asia-Pacific investor networks: ‘Climate risk is investment risk’ 33:20

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In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast we’re talking with Rebecca Mikula-Wright, CEO of the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) and the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). The networks represent trillions of dollars of assets under management globally. AIGCC is a network of institutional investors in Asia focused on mi…

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Octopus Energy CEO talks technology, affordability and the energy transition 26:44

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Welcome to the latest episode in the Terra Carta Series of the All Things Sustainable podcast, a collaboration with the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI). Throughout 2025, we’ll be interviewing SMI member CEOs from around the world and across industries about how they’re approaching sustainability challenges and opportunities. Today we’re speaki…

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CSO Insights: Singapore’s biggest bank on the ‘business imperative’ of climate action 34:01

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In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we're talking to Helge Muenkel, Group Chief Sustainability Officer at Singapore’s biggest bank, DBS. The interview is the latest installment in our CSO Insights series, where we hear from Chief Sustainability Officers around the world about how they’re navigating the evolving sustainability lan…

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CSO Insights: How a big Malaysian bank balances climate, nature, human rights and economic inclusion 34:38

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How are corporate leaders navigating the changing sustainability landscape? To help answer that question, the All Things Sustainable podcast has launched CSO Insights, a new miniseries that brings listeners interviews with Chief Sustainability Officers across industries and around the world. Today we're talking with Luanne Sieh, Group Chief Sustain…

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CSO Insights: How sustainability pullback is playing out in Southeast Asia 39:08

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If you work in sustainability, you know that 2025 has been a time of upheaval in many parts of the world. At the All Things Sustainable podcast, we want to understand how sustainability leaders are handling the changing landscape. So this week, we’re launching a new miniseries where we interview Chief Sustainability Officers across industries and a…

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Why one of Southeast Asia’s largest pension funds is ‘doubling down’ on sustainability 35:00

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In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast we bring you the latest in our special series featuring major pension funds around the world. We sit down with Shahida Jaffar, Head of Corporate Sustainability at Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund (EPF). EPF was established in 1951 to safeguard the retirement future of the Malaysian workforce;…

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A major Mexican pension fund’s approach to the low-carbon transition 26:52

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In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast we bring you the first of a special series featuring major pension funds around the world. We sit down in Mexico City, Mexico with Alejandro Bújanos, Head of Sustainable Investing at Afore SURA. This is one of the largest pension funds in Mexico and a subsidiary of SURA Asset Management. Alejand…

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How sustainability professionals are weathering challenging times 30:38

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This year at the All Things Sustainable podcast, we've heard from many professionals who are uncertain about the future of climate action and sustainability and what’s ahead for their careers. We've also heard from numerous companies that continue to pursue their sustainability strategies and climate targets, even as some are talking about this les…

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How war is driving Ukrainian companies to embrace sustainability 22:29

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It's been more than three years since Russia invaded Ukraine. In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we're exploring how the conflict has prompted some businesses in Ukraine to lean in to sustainability. We'll also hear about companies' strategies to protect workers and address mental health challenges stemming from the war. We talk…

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How companies in Latin America are embedding sustainability amid shifting dynamics 50:42

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In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we’re on the ground in Mexico City, Mexico, to explore how companies in Latin America are embedding sustainability into their business strategies amid shifting market dynamics and new regulations. We speak with Mauricio Bonilla, Executive Director of UN Global Compact Mexico, on the sidelines o…

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How these key summer events set the scene for COP30 in Brazil 59:05

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In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we’re taking listeners on a whistlestop tour of several big summer events in Europe that will shape sustainability discussions on the road to COP30, the UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil in November 2025. We cover key outcomes from the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, F…

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Infrastructure, food, finance: The complex picture for sustainability in Asia-Pacific markets 1:06:38

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In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we take the show on the road to Singapore, where S&P Global Sustainable1 hosted its annual summit June 26. We sit down with leaders from the sustainable agriculture, banking and technology sectors to unpack key sustainability challenges and opportunities facing diverse Asia-Pacific markets. We …

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CEO talks future of sustainable aviation at one of the world’s busiest airports 34:57

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As many of our listeners embark on summer vacations and the US heads into a busy travel weekend for the Fourth of July holiday, we’re talking with the chief executive of one of the world’s busiest airports. Paul Griffiths is CEO of Dubai Airports, which owns and manages the operation and development of Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Cent…

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How tech solutions, AI can drive the business case for sustainability 21:59

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Welcome to the latest episode in the Terra Carta Series of the All Things Sustainable podcast, a collaboration with the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI). Throughout 2025, we’ll be interviewing SMI member CEOs across industries and around the world about how they’re approaching sustainability challenges and opportunities. In today’s episode, we …

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Connecting the dots between climate science and financial decisions 36:29

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A question we’ve been hearing a lot at the All Things Sustainable podcast is: How do businesses sync their climate strategies with their financial decisions? In this episode, we bring you highlights from an event that dove into this question in detail: The inaugural S&P Global Sustainable1 Climate Summit hosted by the S&P Global Climate Center of E…

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Why insurance is becoming central to climate risk conversations 31:29

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In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we’re examining the role insurance plays in helping stakeholders understand and adapt to the physical risks of climate change. We speak to Rowan Douglas, CEO of Climate Risk & Resilience at global insurance group Howden. He explains how the insurance industry’s approach to climate change has ev…

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Exploring private equity's role in stopping methane leaks 36:17

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In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we continue our deep dive into methane emissions. Today we’re exploring the role that private equity can play in eliminating methane emissions, including at abandoned oil and gas wells. Methane is the second largest contributor to global warming behind carbon dioxide. And the fossil fuel sector…

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How cutting methane emissions became energy sector's big climate opportunity 48:25

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In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we take a deep dive into methane. After carbon dioxide, methane is the greenhouse gas that contributes most to global warming. It is also far more potent than carbon dioxide. The fossil fuel sector is responsible for nearly one-third of global methane emissions from human activity, according to…

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How climate tech company Patch works to build integrity of carbon markets 35:30

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Welcome to the latest episode in the Terra Carta Series of the All Things Sustainable podcast, a collaboration with the Sustainable Markets Initiative. Throughout 2025, we’ll be interviewing SMI member CEOs across industries and around the world about how they’re approaching sustainability challenges and opportunities. In this episode, we’re talkin…

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Why businesses are going ‘back to basics’ in sustainability strategies 48:23

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In the current landscape of geopolitical volatility and policy uncertainty, we’re hearing stakeholders use the term “back to basics” to describe their approach to sustainability. In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we bring you interviews with three speakers from the annual S&P Global Sustainable1 Summit who describe how business…

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How HSBC is financing infrastructure for a low-carbon economy 15:08

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The transition to a low-carbon economy will require significant investment in energy infrastructure — for everything from building wind, solar and nuclear facilities to electricity grids to charging stations for electric vehicles. In this week’s episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we talk to the Chief Executive of HSBC’s Infrastructure F…

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How chemical giant Dow is tackling sustainability, climate change and circularity 19:05

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In recent episodes of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we've heard how some of the biggest companies across sectors are navigating the changing sustainability landscape. In today’s episode, we sit down with one of the world’s largest chemical and plastic production companies, Dow. “Sustainability used to be something nice to have, but now it’s a…

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How mining giant balances energy transition, nature and sustainability priorities 30:46

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Building out the infrastructure needed for the low-carbon energy transition will require a substantial increase in the production of critical minerals and metals such as copper, nickel, zinc and lithium. These minerals are needed for many different technologies including electric vehicles and battery storage, clean hydrogen, geothermal, wind, solar…

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Talking AI, climate goals with one of the largest US natural gas companies 22:13

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The rise of AI means more datacenters, and that means huge increases in electricity demand. In the US, natural gas is expected to play a prominent role in powering the AI boom. In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we’re talking with EQT, one of the nation’s largest natural gas companies, to understand what’s ahead for AI, the ener…

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How one of the largest US utilities is building climate resilience 20:57

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In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we sit down with Shinjini Menon, Senior Vice President of System Planning and Engineering at Southern California Edison, an investor-owned public utility operating as a subsidiary of Edison International. Southern California Edison is one of the largest US electric utilities, and Shinjini expla…

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Energy transition discussions shift to pragmatism amid policy uncertainty 54:29

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To understand how companies at the heart of the energy industry are approaching the energy transition, we took the All Things Sustainable podcast on the road to Houston, Texas to cover CERAWeek, the annual S&P Global conference informally known as the industry’s “Super Bowl.” As we’ll hear from today’s guests, many discussions at CERAWeek 2025 Marc…

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Exploring tech giant Amazon's approach to water stewardship 33:02

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The United Nations’ annual World Water Day observance took place on March 22, with a focus on supporting the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030. In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we dive into the water stewardship practices at Amazon, one of the world’s largest companies with a m…

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How oil major ExxonMobil is approaching the energy transition 23:59

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In recent episodes of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we’ve interviewed some of the world’s biggest financial and technology companies about how they’re approaching sustainability and the energy transition. But how is the energy industry thinking about these topics — including the world’s largest fossil fuel companies? To answer that question, …

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How EU proposals could change the sustainability reporting landscape 38:34

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In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we're unpacking new proposals to simplify sustainability reporting in Europe. Released in February 2025, the European Commission's Omnibus Simplification Package would drastically reduce the number of companies subject to corporate sustainability reporting requirements in a bid to slash red tap…

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How the Sustainable Markets Initiative convenes the public and private sectors to drive solutions 32:44

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Welcome to the Terra Carta Series of the All Things Sustainable podcast, a collaboration with the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI). Throughout 2025, we’ll be interviewing SMI member CEOs from around the world and across industries about how they’re approaching sustainability challenges and opportunities. The SMI is a network of over 250 global …

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Unpacking the intersection of gender and climate solutions 23:24

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This week, the All Things Sustainable podcast delves into the intersection of climate change and gender equality with Rachel Vestergaard, Founder and CEO of Empower Co. Empower Co. is a brokerage firm that is building a global voluntary market for women’s empowerment as measured by the W+ Standard, which is hosted by the S&P Global Commodity Insigh…

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Why JPMorganChase is 'steadfast' in its focus on sustainability 19:43

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This week, the All Things Sustainable podcast (formerly ESG Insider) reached 2 million downloads. Today, we bring you an interview with the largest bank in the US. We sit down with Brian DiMarino, Managing Director and Deputy Director of Global Sustainability, Strategy and Operations at JPMorganChase. He explains how the bank is navigating a challe…

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How companies are navigating 2025 sustainability challenges + a new podcast name! 44:13

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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 …

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What the LA wildfires show about climate change and the future of insurance 28:48

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In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast we explore climate change and its implications for property insurance through the lens of the wildfires in Los Angeles. The fires that broke out in LA in January killed at least 29 people and destroyed or damaged thousands of structures. Early estimates from AccuWeather put the total damage and economic lo…

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How private capital can bridge gaps in sustainable, climate finance 28:04

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The UN estimates that the annual financing gap for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is in the trillions of dollars. The Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance estimates developing countries’ investment needs to address climate change and the energy transition at $3.2 trillion a year by 2035, excluding China. Closin…

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2024 was the hottest year on record — here's what that means for climate goals 21:17

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In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we take a deep dive into a new report that found 2024 was the warmest year on record. The report is from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, which is the EU's Earth Observation Program and provides information about climate across the world. The report found that average global temperatures for th…

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What’s ahead for green, climate and sustainability jobs 21:07

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In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we explore what's ahead for jobs that require green, climate or sustainability skills. We talk with Efrem Bycer, Senior Lead Manager of Public Policy and Economic Graph at professional social networking platform LinkedIn, which publishes an annual Global Green Skills Report on demand for green talent. Efr…

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What to expect from carbon markets in 2025 35:16

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Carbon markets will be a big focus of sustainability discussions in 2025 after making headlines at COP29, the UN climate conference that took place in Baku, Azerbaijan in late 2024. In this week’s ESG Insider podcast, we dive into the topic of carbon markets with coverage from the sidelines of the S&P Global Commodity Insights Global Carbon Markets…

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2025 outlook: What to expect from energy transition, climate and CERAWeek 37:52

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What’s ahead for 2025? In the first ESG Insider podcast episode of the new year, we’re talking to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Yergin about the outlook for the energy transition in a landscape of geopolitical unrest and climate change. “The global political situation is very unsettled, and that’s going to reverberate on energy transition, o…

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How a nonprofit is convening competitors to make travel sustainable 23:42

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As many of our ESG Insider listeners take trips to visit family and friends this holiday season, we’re focusing our final episode of 2024 on sustainable travel. We sit down for an interview with Sally Davey, the CEO of Travalyst. This is a nonprofit that convenes a global coalition of some of the biggest names in travel and technology to make credi…

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How to make food systems more sustainable 26:21

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The holiday season is a time to gather around the table for meals with family and friends. In today's episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we're exploring how to make food systems more sustainable with Alexander Gillett, Co-founder and CEO of HowGood, a food and personal care product research and data company. Alexander discusses challenges in measu…

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Women in Leadership: Talking energy transition with the US Department of Energy 19:21

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Today we bring you the final installment in our Women in Leadership series of the ESG Insider podcast. Over the past two years, we’ve spoken to women CEOs and leaders from across industries and around the world to understand their path to the top. In the episode, we talk to Dr. Vanessa Chan, Chief Commercialization Officer at the US Department of E…

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Climate Bonds Initiative CEO talks sustainable finance 18:39

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In recent episodes of the ESG Insider podcast we’ve been covering some of the big outcomes from COP29, the UN’s climate change conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. This was known as the "finance COP,” and today we’re back with another bonus episode looking at how climate finance has changed over time. We sit down on the sidelines of COP29 with Sean Kidn…

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How the insurance industry is tackling climate risk 17:56

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In recent episodes of the ESG Insider podcast, we’ve explored how different sectors are approaching climate change. In today’s bonus episode, we’re focusing on the insurance industry in an interview with Liz Henderson. Liz leads Climate Risk Advisory for Aon, a global insurance and reinsurance brokerage firm. In the episode she talks about her key …

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How the private sector showed up at COP29 36:21

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In recent episodes of the ESG Insider podcast, we’ve been hearing about takeaways from COP29, the UN climate conference that recently wrapped up in Baku, Azerbaijan. In this episode, we hear about the rising private sector engagement at events like COP29, and how companies are collaborating across the public and private sector to find solutions to …

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After COP29, what’s next for carbon markets 25:37

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At the recent UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, countries finalized key rules and guidelines for international carbon trading under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement on climate change. In this bonus episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we discuss these outcomes and what they mean for the future of carbon markets with Mark Kenber, Executive D…

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UN official says credibility of climate COPs at stake heading into 2025 34:30

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The UN's big annual climate change conference known as COP29 wrapped up in November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we sit down in Baku with Marcos Neto, Assistant Secretary General and Director of the UN Development Programme’s Bureau of Policy and Programme Support. Among other things, the UNDP helps countrie…

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Why Singapore's sovereign wealth fund takes a nuanced approach to sustainability 28:49

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Throughout 2024 we've been talking with financial institutions around the world about their approach to sustainability and climate finance. Finance was also a big focus of the UN’s COP29 climate conference that just wrapped up in Baku, Azerbaijan, and in this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we talk with De Rui Wong, Senior Vice President in the…

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Mastercard Chief Sustainability Officer talks COP, climate and the road ahead 29:34

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In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we’re talking to Mastercard Chief Sustainability Officer Ellen Jackowski, who was just named to the TIME100 Climate list of the 100 most influential climate leaders in business for 2024. Ellen was on the ground in Cali, Colombia, for the UN’s recent COP16 biodiversity conference and in Baku, Azerbaijan, f…