#43 - Sustainable Finance (feat. Kara Succoso Mangone, Head of the Sustainable Finance Group at Goldman Sachs)

In this episode of Investing In Integrity, we talked with one of sustainable finance’s most innovative and impactful leaders, Kara Succoso Mangone. Kara is a Managing Director and Head of the Sustainable Finance Group at Goldman Sachs where she drives Goldman’s $750B firmwide commitment to providing sustainable finance solutions to clients and investors.This conversation dives into Kara’s perspectives on issues from the pragmatics of global decarbonization, to purchasing nature offsets in emerging markets, to the successes of public-private partnerships to scale sustainable development. Kara layers in many helpful examples from her work at Goldman Sachs, including the firm’s recent partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Asian Development Bank to accelerate climate finance in lagging developed markets; and also the firm’s progress financing the first fleet of electric buses in Vietnam. Kara also digs into trends and changes in metrics and reporting, drawing on her expertise in investor relations. And of course, the episode includes career advice and Kara’s own recollections of her journey – such as her perspective on how taking maternity leave three times helped her improve how she reflects and re-prioritizes in her life. We hope you enjoy this episode and share in Kara’s excitement for innovations in sustainable finance!