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03/11/2025

For decades, economics has drawn a hard line: efficiency matters, morality doesn’t.
Laura Segafredo thinks that mindset is broken.

As a former BlackRock climate finance leader – and now Co-Founder of Nature Alpha, a data platform tracking nature and biodiversity risk – she’s seen firsthand what happens when capital ignores human well-being and planetary boundaries. And she’s not keeping those concerns to herself anymore: she’s now also studying theology and co-hosting a podcast about rebuilding a “moral economy.”

🎧 In this episode, Laura and I dig into why moral language disappeared from finance – and why bringing it back might be the key to fixing both markets and the planet.
Tune in: 👉https://www.pod.link/1632996228/episode/QnV6enNwcm91dC0xODA4Nzc1Ng

03/11/2025

The Social Impact Bond That Created a Trillion-Dollar Market

Finance is no longer just about profits – it’s about impact. Sir Ronald Cohen pioneered the social impact bond, a financial innovation that ties returns to real-world change.

🎧 Tune in to hear Sir Ronald, Co-Founder and President of GSG Impact, explain how this breakthrough led to a trillion-dollar market of sustainability-linked bonds, redefining how we fund solutions for a better world:
👉https://pod.link/1632996228/episode/4d0addfc830268b3cc766b30d62da631

03/11/2025

In this episode, Lucy Mortimer, founding partner of Archipelago Eco Investors, shares a masterclass on the circular economy, exposing its challenges and the opportunities that are ripe with potential for driving real impact. 🔄🌱

Join this conversation full of examples of the latest innovations in plastic waste management and beyond.

🎧 Tune in: https://pod.link/1632996228/episode/c62aa828db6e3a00c1f13da9e7029553

The real estate sector contributes nearly 40% of all global carbon emissions. For many, that's a daunting challenge, but...
03/11/2025

The real estate sector contributes nearly 40% of all global carbon emissions. For many, that's a daunting challenge, but for some, it's the clearest signal of an opportunity to not just invest, but to drive profound, positive change.

In this episode, I chat with Vojkan Brankovic, founder and CEO of Apeiron, a European real estate investment firm that’s blending profitability with sustainability.

Since 2013, Apeiron has been transforming underperforming properties into green, high-performance spaces, delivering mid-teens returns for investors while reducing emissions.

🎧 Listen to this episode to learn:
💎 How Vojkan’s multicultural background shaped his business approach
💎 Why sustainability in real estate is the next big opportunity
💎 How Apeiron is already transforming 500,000 sq meters of logistics space

🎧 Tune in now, this episode is all about green real estate, big returns, and making a difference. 👉 https://pod.link/1632996228/episode/54d247a83570e8710ae88fe90d9c78cb

01/11/2025

Can Venture Capital Fix Broken Healthcare

Healthcare spending is skyrocketing, yet major problems remain unsolved. While players struggle to innovate, startups are stepping up with bold solutions.

🎧 Tune in to hear Dr. Tara Bishop, founder and managing director of Black Opal Ventures, share how venture-backed companies are transforming healthcare by making care more affordable, accessible, and effective:
👉 https://pod.link/1632996228/episode/66e69ea5cc048fd8e200c821b1416aa4

01/11/2025

We can’t have positive climate action without well-funded climate transition projects.

As the managing director and senior advisor to the Center for Carbon Transition at JP Morgan, Marilyn Ceci has a bird’s-eye view of the crucial role of transition assets in global decarbonization and the battle against climate change.

🎧 This is an episode you can’t miss. Tune in: https://pod.link/1632996228/episode/22bd3aac6a001b7b1eb4ff74864ad87f

My guest in this epiosde is Mark Hays, Director of Sustainable & Impact Investing at Glenmede — a firm managing $48 bill...
01/11/2025

My guest in this epiosde is Mark Hays, Director of Sustainable & Impact Investing at Glenmede — a firm managing $48 billion with a client-to-employee ratio that keeps conversations personal and strategy focused.

Mark’s journey into finance started early — running a lemonade stand to save up for a Sega Genesis and learning about markets through a third-grade stock project that didn’t go as planned.

That early curiosity eventually led to a career spanning Cambridge Associates, OMERS, Flat World, and J.P. Morgan — where he became the firm’s first U.S. sustainable investing hire.

Now at Glenmede, Mark helps clients align their portfolios with their principles — not just in theory, but through tangible investments.

That includes 2% interest loans to daycare centers in underserved Philadelphia neighborhoods, public equity engagements that pushed Citigroup to improve its gender pay equity, and custom reporting that translates ESG data into real-world outcomes like emissions avoided or gallons of water saved.

🎧 In this episode, Mark shares how Glenmede combines rigorous strategy with deep engagement — and why real impact comes from solutions tailored to each investor’s values, goals, and context. Tune in:
👉 https://pod.link/1632996228/episode/9d102de30c74abe0abee96666487000c

31/10/2025

We Put Too Much Faith in Carbon Pricing

Carbon pricing once looked like the answer to unlocking climate action for Laura Segafredo.

But after years in climate finance, she’s become disillusioned with the idea that markets alone can drive the transition we need.

🎧 In this week’s episode, Laura – now Chief Growth Officer at NatureAlpha – shares:

💎what she learned building climate products at BlackRock
💎why investors urgently need better nature-based risk data
💎 how economics lost its moral compass (and why we need to bring it back)

Tune in: 👉 https://www.pod.link/1632996228/episode/QnV6enNwcm91dC0xODA4Nzc1Ng

31/10/2025

Investing in a Resilient, Sustainable Future

At Temasek, their mission goes beyond financial returns - they’re driving long-term portfolio resilience and creating value while achieving ambitious goals like Net Zero, nature-positive, and inclusive growth.

Every investment must meet 100% ESG criteria—a standard they’ve built through years of education and transformation since 2018. By embedding sustainability into every decision, we ensure their portfolio is aligned with a greener, more inclusive future.

🎧 Hear from Eliza Foo on how Temasek is leading the way.👉 https://pod.link/1632996228/episode/1f01eee434005069cdd58fcf502a835f

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In this episode, I am talking to Sugandhi Matta, Chief Impact Officer at ABC Impact — the largest Pan-Asian impact-dedic...
31/10/2025

In this episode, I am talking to Sugandhi Matta, Chief Impact Officer at ABC Impact — the largest Pan-Asian impact-dedicated private equity fund, with nearly $900 million in assets under management.

Sugandhi didn’t set out to work in impact. She began her career focused on growth and returns — first at Temasek, and later at Actis. But after a breast cancer diagnosis in her early thirties, she returned to work with a new question: What if she could apply her investing skills to businesses solving real problems?

That question led her to LeapFrog Investments — and eventually to ABC Impact, where she became one of the founding members. From the ground up, she helped build a fund that integrates impact into every step of the investment process, from deal screening to reporting.

Today, ABC focuses on scalable companies advancing climate resilience, health, education, food systems, and financial inclusion across Asia.

🎧 Tune in to hear how Sugandhi helped build ABC Impact from the ground up — and what it takes to run a fund that treats impact with the same discipline as financial performance.
👉 https://pod.link/1632996228/episode/e13b1220edc2edd384523c372f1b6264

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