“Is Impact Investing a disaster? Is what happened at BlackRock and elsewhere in the US the end of the impact story? I don’t think so.
At an asset manager, most days are spent inside abstractions. Yield curves. Position sizes. Political transition. Central bank scenarios. It’s stimulating, often fun, and it
“Everybody is focused on sourcing better and investing better. Nobody is focused on adding value, and that is exactly where everything goes right or wrong.
“ESG is data at the end of the day. And more information is always better than less information. ” — Jamie Friedland My guest today
“We align with our capital partners to co-invest, ensuring that we’re always on the same side of the table. By focusing on ESG, we’re ensuring
“Biodiversity provides a service to humankind, but we’re treating it as a free service and not actually valuing it. In fact, we’re doing the opposite
“We’re aiming to accelerate the shift to a sustainable world by providing capital that helps build, upgrade, and maintain the real assets that we need
“The circular economy is ensuring that materials remain in the economy rather than expecting to consistently use new natural resources. It’s a recognition of the
“My job is to create impact strategies for those core timberland assets so that they deliver benefits for water, biodiversity, and climate at scale. ”
“We did the first benchmark green bond, and it was there that the market really started to take notice of what we were doing. ”
