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Cary Krosinsky is a widely respected educator, leading author and advisor on sustainable finance whose ongoing teaching includes popular courses at Brown, Yale and NYU. His first book was published in 2008, Sustainable Finance, The Art of Long Term Performance with Nick Robins. His seventh and most recent book was on Modern China and the need for better relations with the West to solve societal challenges.  He is also Co-Founder and Director of the Carbon Tracker Initiative and Real Impact Tracker, Editor of the Journal of Environmental Investing, and a member of the NY State Common Decarbonization Advisory Panel, appointed by Governor Cuomo and Comptroller DiNapoli.Click here for the episode web page.For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram  Brought to you by Re:Co, an ESG Software as a Service company helping clients achieve resilient competitive advantage in the long term. Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin

Alex Edmans is Professor of Finance at London Business School and Academic Director of the Centre for Corporate Governance. He graduated from Oxford University and then worked for Morgan Stanley in investment banking. Alex has spoken at the World Economic Forum in Davos, testified in the UK Parliament, presented to the World Bank Board of Directors and given multiple TED talks. He has written for the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and Harvard Business Review. In this episode, Alex discusses insights from his book ‘Grow the Pie’ helping us see more clearly how to make ESG-related tradeoffs in a complex market environment.Click here for the episode web page. For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram  Brought to you by Re:Co, an ESG Software as a Service company helping clients achieve resilient competitive advantage in the long term. Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin

Dr Nicola Ranger is Head of Sustainable Finance Research for Development in the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group and Director of Climate and Environmental Analytics at the UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (CGFI). Nicola is passionate about advancing finance for sustainable, resilient and inclusive development. In this episode we discuss the nexus between business and government policy, greenwashing, resilient transition pathways and much more. Related links:  David Attenborough - A Life on Our Planet  Click here for the episode web page.For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram Brought to you by Re:Co, an ESG Software as a Service company helping clients achieve resilient competitive advantage in the long term. Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin

Lisa is a global leader in Communications. She’s the managing director of Sector Specialty Agencies (SSAs), DJE Holdings and also oversees Edelman’s Canadian and Latin American operations. Lisa sits on Edelman’s Executive Leadership Team and has played a leadership role in Edelman’s Trust Barometer initiative. In this episode we discuss the difference between trust and reputation, the true meaning of taking responsibility as a leader and much more. Related links:  Robert I Sutton - The No Arsehole Rule Click here for the episode web page. For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram  Brought to you by Re:Co, an ESG Software as a Service company helping clients achieve resilient competitive advantage in the long term. Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin

Sophie Robinson-Tillett is a Senior Associate at the University of Oxford, a Contributing Editor at Investment & Pensions Europe, and Founder of Real-Economy-Progress.com. She’s the former Editor of Responsible Investor and also worked for the Guardian. Sophie is an award-winning journalist with deep experience covering green finance, responsible investment, ESG, and sustainability. In this episode, we discuss the drivers of major shifts in responsible investment, policy, actions leaders can take to avoid greenwashing, and much more. Related links:  Sophie Robinson-Tillett - Heatwaves remind us climate finance is more than net zero  Read more of Sophie’s work in Responsible Investor Mariana Mazzucato - The Value of Everything  Click here for the episode web page. For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram  Brought to you by Re:Co, an ESG Software as a Service company helping clients achieve resilient competitive advantage in the long term. Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin

Kathleen Finlay has been a leader in regenerative agriculture for most of her career. As President of the Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming, she’s s refined the organization’s mission and become a national figure in the United States in the world of progressive agricultural nonprofits. Under her leadership, Glynwood has become a premier learning hub for food and farming professionals.  She’s also been instrumental in organising women who work for environmental progress and is the founder of Pleiades, a Network for Women Changemakers. In this interview, Kathleen helps clarify the connection between food and human health, how to navigate the challenges of imperfect metrics, provides guidance for business decision-makers, and much more. Related links:  The Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming Pleiades“All We Can Save” (Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, 2020) Click here for the episode web page. For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.  Brought to you by Re:Co, an ESG Software as a Service company helping clients achieve resilient competitive advantage in the long term. Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin

Harvey Locke is a Canadian conservationist, writer, and photographer. He is a recognized global leader in the field of parks, wilderness, wildlife, and large landscape conservation. He is a founder of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative and Chair of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Beyond the Aichi Targets. In this episode, Harvey clarifies a powerful concept he’s helped to define at a global level – ‘Nature Positive’ – and helps us understand the implications of this concept for business and investment. Related links:  Nature Positive (Nature Positive Org, 2022)Beyond the Aichi Targets (IUCN, 2022) UN Global Framework for Managing Nature (UN, 2021) Click here for the episode web page.For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram. Brought to you by Re:Co, a market intelligence company helping clients achieve resilient competitive advantage in the long term.Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin

Alex Robart is the Worldwide Strategy Leader for Energy & Sustainability at Microsoft. He guides Microsoft’s viewpoint on energy and sustainability, drives Business Unit strategy, and works with customers to develop transformation and sustainability strategies.  In this episode (recorded at COP26) Alex shares his insight on climate leadership, tying strategy to sustainability, carbon offsets, and much more. Click here for the episode web page. Related links:  Bill Gates - How To Avoid A Climate DisasterMicrosoft Net Zero commitments (Microsoft, 2022)Microsoft Carbon Removal (Microsoft, 2021) For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram  Brought to you by Re:Co, a market intelligence company helping clients achieve resilient competitive advantage in the long term. Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin

Re:Co founder and host, Jenn Wilson shares her highlights from series one of The Future In Sound podcast and explains how it’s helped her clarify her thinking on three main topics: business purpose, tools for strategic decision making, and system-level trends.  Thank you to all of our guests from series one for your invaluable insights, including Dr. Sarah Kaplan, Professor Colin Mayer, Amory Lovins, Dr. Noelle Selin, Charmian Love, Saadia Madsbjerg, Jason Mitchell, Gillian Tett, and Anywhere Sikochi.  Stay tuned at the end of the episode to find out what’s in store for series two, coming early 2022! For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram  Brought to you by Re:Co, a market intelligence company helping clients achieve resilient competitive advantage in the long term. Produced by Chris Attaway Artwork by Harriet Richardson Music by Cody Martin

Anywhere (Siko) Sikochi is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School where he teaches the Financial Reporting and Control course to MBA students.  In this episode, Siko shares his insights on the limitations of ESG ratings, how ESG trends are viewed by leaders in Africa, the kernels of wisdom he aims to share with his business students, and much more. Click here for episode web page.Related links:  Read the paper Anywhere Sikochi co-authored alongside Dane M. Christensen & George Serafeim here: Why is Corporate Virtue in the Eye of the Beholder? The Case of ESG Ratings  Sakis Kotsantonis and George Serafeim - Four Things No One Will Tell You About ESG Data Mitch Albom - Tuesdays With Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram  Brought to you by Re:Co, a market intelligence company helping clients achieve resilient competitive advantage in the long term. Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin

Gillian Tett is the Co-Founder of Moral Money and Chair of the Editorial Board and Editor-at-Large of the Financial Times (US). In this episode, she discusses how tools from anthropology can help leaders see future trends more clearly, avoid unnecessary shocks, and much more. Click here for episode web page. Related links:  Gillian Tett, Anthro-Vision  Karen Ho, Liquidated, An Ethnography of Wall Street  Pierre Bourdieu Joseph Henrich, The Weirdest People in the World For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram  Brought to you by Re:Co, a market intelligence company helping clients achieve resilient competitive advantage in the long term. Produced by Chris Attaway Artwork by Harriet Richardson Music by Cody Martin

Jason Mitchell is Co-Head of Responsible Investment at Man Group. In this episode, Jason discusses the definition of Responsible Investment, common misconceptions about ESG, the frontier of ESG data analytics, the role of regulation in this nascent practice and much more.Click here for episode web page and notesBrought to you by Re:CoProduced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet Richardson Music by Cody Martin

Saadia is a global leader in the field of sustainable and impact investing. She and Judith Rodin co-authored the book “Making Money Moral: How a New Wave of Visionaries is Linking Purpose and Profit”.  In this episode, Saadia discusses the drivers of recent momentum in sustainable investment, the importance of considering long term ‘resilience’ when investing and much more.Click here for episode web page and notesBrought to you by Re:CoProduced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet Richardson Music by Cody Martin

Charmian Love is the Co-Founder and Chair of B Lab UK, where she supports the growth of B Corporations across the UK (and beyond) and is Co-Chair of B Lab’s Global Climate Taskforce where she is a member of the UNFCCC’s Marrakesh Partnership. Charmian discusses practical approaches to broadening points of view on Boards of Directors, what makes B Corporations different and much more. Click here for episode web page and notesBrought to you by Re:CoProduced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet Richardson Music by Cody Martin

 Dr. Noelle Selin is an Associate Professor at MIT with the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences. Her research uses atmospheric chemistry modelling to inform decision-making on air pollution, climate change and hazardous substances such as mercury and persistent organic pollutants. Noelle discusses the cutting edge of climate science, how she analyses social and environmental factors in her research and much more. Click here for episode web page and notesBrought to you by Re:CoProduced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet Richardson Music by Cody Martin

 Physicist Amory Lovins is co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of Rocky Mountain Institute; energy advisor to major firms and governments in 70+ countries; author of 31 books and over 700 papers; and designer of superefficient buildings, factories, and vehicles. Time magazine has named him one of the world’s 100 most influential people. Amory discusses the art of thinking differently, future trends in energy, how to unify people with diverse interests to solve shared problems and much more. Click here for episode web page and notesBrought to you by Re:CoProduced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet Richardson Music by Cody Martin

 Best-selling author of Prosperity: Better Business Makes the Greater Good, leader of the British Academy’s Future of the Corporation Programme and professor of Management at the University of Oxford, Dr. Colin Mayer discusses how corporate purposes continue to change, how employee clarity on a company’s ‘north star’ can create competitive advantage, why regulation is no substitute for corporate ethics and much more.  Click here for episode web page and notesBrought to you by Re:CoProduced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet Richardson Music by Cody Martin

Best-selling author of The 360 degree Corporation and Distinguished Professor of Management at the University of Toronto, Dr. Sarah Kaplan explains how the ‘innovation mindset’ can be applied to sustainability to achieve competitive advantage, how the diverse views of stakeholders can improve decision making, why it’s important to dwell in tensions between stakeholders when there is no clear win-win solution, and much more.Click here for episode web page and notesBrought to you by Re:CoProduced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet Richardson Music by Cody Martin

What will the role of business in society look like in the long term? What will it take to achieve resilient competitive advantage against this backdrop? How can we better prioritize people, planet and profit in business strategy and decision making? Join Jenn Wilson, entrepreneur, business executive and former environmental analyst, as we clarify the future we want and our role in it.Learn more at https://re.co.com/futureinsound