EPISODE · Feb 12, 2026 · 1H 38M
E158 Mark Clayton: Is Your Bank Funding Extinction?
from Second Nature · host Oxygen Conservation
Most banks talk about values. Very few are willing to let those values shape decisions.Mark Clayton, CEO of Triodos Bank UK, leads a bank that treats impact as a discipline, not a slogan. Having worked at the heart of big finance, he understands how neutrality, risk, and growth are used to avoid responsibility — and what it takes to do things differently.This conversation goes inside the real trade-offs of values-led banking: how credit decisions are made, why nature-based solutions challenge traditional finance, what ethical AI governance actually looks like, and how leadership changes when impact isn’t optional.This isn’t a story about fixing banking with better narratives. It’s about what happens when values are allowed to drive the system.Triodos Whitepaper: https://www.triodos.co.uk/press-releases/2025/triodos-bank-targets-sharply-reduced-emissions-and-wants-to-finance-275-energy-transition-projects-by-2030
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