Refinitiv Sustainability Perspectives Podcast

We’ll be back in the new year with new episodes of the Refinitiv Sustainability Perspectives podcast, but today we have a special bonus episode for you, featuring a conversation with FTSE Russell CEO Arne Staal. FTSE Russell is a global index provider and research house, and a sister company to Refinitiv under the LSEG umbrella. By latest estimates, around $18 trillion of capital are benchmarked against their indices.Arne caught up with guest interviewerJamie McDonald in California about what it will take for sustainable investing to matter at scale, why transparency is key, and his concerns about greenwashing.Transcript: https://www.ftserussell.com/blogs/ftse-russell-ceo-climate-and-sustainable-investing-time-running-out

Supply chain pain is persistent and is likely to linger well into 2022 and tech companies no doubt are feeling a lot of that pain. Is there a way for tech companies to solve for supply chain issues while having a positive environmental impact and also generating revenues?In this episode, Keesa Schreane is joined by Christoph Schell, Chief Commercial Officer at HP, who shares HP’s journey through supply chain concerns and building a sustainable business. Christoph has been with HP for more than 22 years and has held senior management roles across the globe, most recently as the President of 3D Printing & Digital Manufacturing.

Welcoming back our first ever podcast guest, Nikita Singhal, who is the Co-Head of Sustainable Investment & ESG at Lazard Asset Management. Nikita oversees the firm's ESG integration strategy and co-chairs the firm’s ESG Steering Group and sits on the firm’s Proxy Voting Committee. She also leads client engagement and thought leadership on ESG topics.We're hearing a lot about the possibility of a market correction in the near term - what does this mean for ESG investing and what are the effects on ESG portfolios? What do investors need to think about, especially in this low-yield environment?