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Good Future
by John Treadgold
A podcast about the business of sustainability. John Treadgold interviews business leaders in sustainability, ESG and impact investing who are re-defining economics and building companies as a force for good.
Episodes
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Linda Romanovska: Taxonomy opportunities; a global perspective on Australia’s Sustainable Finance Taxonomy
Throughout almost 100 episodes of the Good Future podcast we’ve traced the evolution of the sustainable investment sector. But now we’re entering a new era of sustainable finance, where climate risk reporting, impact measurement and climate-tech innovation have become core parts of investment...
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Hampus Jakobsson: Accidental entrepreneur, to reluctant VC, and now climate investor
This week on the podcast I’m excited to be joined by Hampus Jakobsson, his career to discover climate-tech has been a wild ride so far and he has a great knack for story-telling, so I’m sure you’re going to enjoy this one. Hampus is based in Sweden, and he started out as an entrepreneur, bouncing...
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Tim Buckley: Our clean-energy export advantage, budget winners and investment pathways
We’ve long heard the arguments for how and why Australia should be a leader in renewable energy and decarbonisation, and finally, in the 2024 budget, we saw the Treasurer take decisive action, and chart a course for Australia to become a clean energy superpower. Of course we’re not there yet, but...
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Clara Barby: Just Climate and the $1.5B climate strategy decarbonising heavy industry
Today’s guest is Clara Barby. She’s been a central player in the impact investment sector for decades. Early on she worked at Acumen, she then moved on to Bridges Fund Management, and she’s currently Senior Partner at Just Climate which was spun-out of Generation Investment Management, the...
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Anjali Nelson: GreenCollar driving natural-capital innovation with Nature Plus biodiversity credits
On the podcast today I have Anjali Nelson, she’s General Manager of Operations at GreenCollar, an environmental markets developer that’s leading not only Australia, but the world, in developing nature-based solutions to combat both climate change and biodiversity loss. This is the fourth episode…
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Nigel Sharp: A pioneer in the business of biodiversity, farmer, impact investor and conservationist
Today we’re approaching the topic of investing in biodiversity, by speaking to Nigel Sharp, he’s a farmer, but he’s also a businessman and a fund manager. And over the past two decades he’s been a pioneer in the ‘Business of Biodiversity’. Nigel is a pioneer in this space, the Tiverton investment...
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Tony Goldner: TNFD launch, nature disclosures, and corporate action on biodiversity loss
The past decade has seen huge progress in the way companies analyse their exposure to carbon emissions, but far less effort has been put into understanding the complex interactions companies have with nature, and the risks this poses for investors and the health of our environment. If we’re to…
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Rachel Lowry: How WWF supports investors to value natural-capital and protect biodiversity
On the show today we have Rachel Lowry, she’s Chief Conservation Officer at WWF. In this episode she explains why investors need to care about the growing biodiversity crisis, and the challenges of measuring and conserving natural capital. It says a lot about the sustainable investment movement...
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Ben Krasnostein & Jodi York: Impact benchmarks & investing in climate-solutions at Kilara Capital
We’re moving from theory to practice with Ben Krasnostein and Dr Jodi York from Kilara Capital. They’re an impact investing powerhouse and today, we’re digging into the models and frameworks they employ, but more importantly, how their impact approach can help to both drive-down greenhouse gas...
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Sarah Gelfand: Measuring impact investment performance with BlueMark
In today’s episode we’ve got Sarah Gelfand on the show, she’s Managing Director of BlueMark, an impact verification business that was spun-out of consulting firm Tideline. She works with the world’s leading impact investors, to verify their impact results across both their management practices…
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Dean Hand: Impact Investing at an Inflection Point, The evolution of the GIIN
We talk a lot about impact investing on this show, and while we tend to focus on the deals and the companies, we often gloss over the more challenging process of impact measurement and management. Right now is an important time to explore these issues, because the structures of impact investing…
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Rosemary Addis: A new government, a new business, and why criticism of ESG is healthy
If there’s one person you want to speak to, to get the lowdown on everything impact investing in Australia as well as round the world, it’s Rosemary Addis. She’s been a guest on the show before, and it’s great to have her back to talk about everything from Australia’s new government, the growing...
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Cory Ames interviews John Treadgold: building a social enterprise and the impact of podcasting
This episode is a little different, because Cory Ames interviews me. Cory hails from San Antonio in Texas, he hosts the Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation podcast, and when he invited me back onto his show, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to share it with you all. To offer a…
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Reece Proudfoot: The WWF approach to impact investment and regeneration
This week, I’m speaking to Reece Proudfoot, he’s Head of Innovation & Impact Investment at WWF Australia. That’s right, the charity with the Panda as it’s logo, that’s worked hard for decades on conservation and saving animal habitats. They’re going beyond their projects in the field and they’re...
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Rachel Halpern: Jana’s new Head of Sustainability, from ESG to real-world impact
Rachel Halpern is the newly installed Head of Sustainable at asset consulting firm Jana. Now asset consultants like Jana have an important role for big investors like super funds and insurance companies. They analyse and recommend which investment managers would be a good fit for their…
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Liza McDonald: Aware Super’s ESG and Impact Investment Approach
Liza McDonald is head of Responsible Investment at Aware Super, one of Australia’s largest super funds, which means she and her team are not only responsible for the retirement savings of millions of Australians, but they also have shareholdings in companies all over the world, which gives them…
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Sally Mccutchan: Launching Bridges Australia, and a career of impact investing
Sally Mccutchan has been a vital leader and catalyst for the growth of impact investing in recent years. After a career in investment banking and consulting, she took on the role of CEO of Impact Investing Australia, an organisation dedicated to catalysing growth in the sector. We go deep in this...
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Seb Beloe, WHEB: How to have impact in listed equity markets
This week is the final episode in this series of conversations that explores impact investing in listed equities. Impact investing has a long history in private markets, but when it comes to investing in public companies that are listed on a stock exchange, it’s a lot harder, to measure your...
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Tim King, Melior: How to have impact in listed equity markets
We’re continuing our series that explores how an investor can have impact in listed equity markets. Impact investing has a long history in private markets, but when it comes to investing in public companies that are listed on a stock exchange, it’s a lot harder, to measure your impact, and to...
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Tim Crockford, Regnan: How to have impact in listed markets
Impact investing has a long history in private markets, but when it comes to investing in public companies that are listed on a stock exchange, it’s a lot harder, to measure your impact, and to influence the companies you’re investing in. Today, I’m speaking with Tim Crockford, all about the…
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Kerry Series, Inspire: How to have impact in listed markets
This month, I’m exploring how we can have impact by investing in public markets. Impact investing has a long history in private markets, but when it comes to investing in public companies that are listed on a stock exchange, it’s a lot harder, to measure your impact, and to influence the…
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Danny Almagor - A New Impact Investment Firm, Sentient; and the Evolution of Small Giants
Danny Almagor has been a central pivot point of the Australian impact investment scene for more than a decade, and he’s someone I’ve wanted to sit down with for a chat, for a long time. He’s the founder of Small Giants, and Impact Investment Group. He’s the husband of Berry Lieberman and he’s…
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Fabienne Michaux: SDG Impact and UNDP: investment maps and impact standards
My guest today is Fabienne Michaux, she’s Director at SDG Impact, it’s an offshoot of the UNDP and it’s focussed on harnessing impact investing to fund solutions to the SDGs. SDG Impact uses the intelligence and insights it has on the ground in less developed countries all around the world, to...
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Vicky Lay - The Importance of Empathy, and the Artesian Approach to Impact Investing
On the podcast today I’m speaking with Vicky Lay. Vicky is a partner and Head of Impact at Artesian Alternative Investments. She’s been a central architect of the firm’s embracing, of their impact potential, and she’s engaged with the startups they invest in. You see, Vicky was a founder herself,...
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Christina Leijonhufvud: Benchmarking Impact Practice and Impact Performance with BlueMark
On the show today I have Christina Leijonhufvud, she’s the CEO of BlueMark, a company founded by the impact investment consultancy Tideline. Now BlueMark has a very specific focus, and that’s to provide third-party verification of the impact investment practices and performance of the world’s...
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Phineas Glover: the evolution of ESG research, and the sustainable competitive advantage
My guest today is Phineas Glover. He’s head of ESG Equity Research for Asia Pacific, at Credit Suisse. He’s a leading source of up to date information on the environmental and social issues that are having material financial impacts on companies. It’s no longer just about earnings, or profit...
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Alister Coleman: backing mission-led startups that are destined to become Folklore
On the show today I have Alister Coleman, he’s founder and Managing Partner of Folklore Ventures, they just rebranded, their focus is on helping founders launch exciting new ideas, and shepherding them towards becoming Folklore. Before diving into VC, Alister was a founder himself, doing the...
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Andy Kuper: Leapfrog and Temasek enter record $500M impact deal
It’s exciting to have reached episode 71 of the Good Future podcast, and, it’s a pleasure to welcome back Andy Kuper, who was a guest in the early days of the show. Andy is of course the founder and CEO of Leapfrog, a global private equity firm focussed squarely on having a positive impact in…
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Andrew Gray: How AustralianSuper engages with companies on climate action and net-zero targets
Today’s guest is Andrew Gray, he’s Director of ESG and Stewardship at AustralianSuper, which is the country’s largest superannuation fund. And while the fund manages people’s nest-eggs, they have the challenging role of planning long into the future. Sustainability isn’t optional to them,...
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Paul Ronalds: Impact Investing, a path to sustainable funding for Save the Children
Amid the corona virus crisis, charities saw a dramatic decrease in donations at a time their services were needed the most. My guest today is Paul Ronalds, he’s the CEO of Save the Children Australia, and he knows this challenge well. He’s long been an advocate for charities to evolve, and adapt…
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Brynn O’Brien: The power of voting & shareholder resolutions to drive positive change
How can we influence big, public companies to think more long-term, and be better corporate citizens. Well, today I’m joined by Brynn O’Brien to answer just that question, she is Executive Director of the ACCR, the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility. The ACCR is a research and...
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Stephen Fitzgerald: Green bonds, impact reporting and farming in Sussex
Today we’re talking about Green Bonds, with Stephen Fitzgerald. Stephen is the founder of Affirmative Investment Management, a specialist firm that manages only impact bonds. Their pure-play approach makes Green Bonds, Social bonds and sustainability bonds available to more investors. Stephen has…
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Eric Rice: How Blackrock approaches impact investing in public markets
My guest today is Eric Rice, and in his role as Head of active equities Impact Investing, at Blackrock, he’s working to bring the rigour of impact investing to public markets. Blackrock is the world’s largest fund manager, they have more than $7 trillion of assets under management, so the…
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Ben Thornley: Building trust through Impact verification with Bluemark certification
My guest today is Ben Thornley, he’s co-founder and Managing Partner of Tideline, a specialist consultancy for the impact investment industry. Ben works with the firm’s long list of clients to integrate impact and sustainability into various stages of the investment process. And they’ve recently...
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Matt Whineray: how sustainable investing will fund the future of New Zealand pensions
Matt Whineray is CEO of the New Zealand Super Fund, and the co-chair of the Sustainable Finance Forum. In this conversation we dug into what makes the NZ super and pension system unique, as well as how the organisation integrates sustainability. And, it’s a public fund, it’s a government body…
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Amit Bouri: Founding the GIIN, embracing risk, and activating impact investors in a crisis
My guest today is Amit Bouri, he was one of the founders of the Global Impact Investment Network (known as the GIIN) back in 2009. Today, he’s the CEO, and he not only manages this key global institution, but he’s also steered the global direction of the field of impact investment. This was a...
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Jacqueline Novogratz: Patient capital, impact businesses and finding your purpose
Jacqueline Novogratz is leading a moral revolution. She left a successful career in banking in New York when she was 25 to head to Rwanda with hopes of launching a microfinance fund. It didn’t go quite as planned, but she persevered. Along the way she worked for the World Bank and for Unicef, she...
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William Wu: An investor and a teacher of positive impact
On the show today I have William Wu, he’s portfolio manager at Melior Investment Management, he teaches courses in sustainable investing at UNSW and he advises on boards of purpose-led businesses. Will and I have had some great conversations in the past, and it was a pleasure to take it further...
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Michael O’Leary: Empowering investors to keep companies Accountable
Michael O’Leary was part of the team that founded BainCapital’s DoubleImpact fund, he’s been flying the flag for the evolution of finance for many years, and he’s published a book it’s called Accountable: The rise of Citizen Capitalism. Michael’s book manages the difficult task of talking about…
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Sir Ronald Cohen: A new economic system through Impact-Weighted Accounts
My guest this week is Sir Ronald Cohen. Ronnie has been a venture capitalist, private equity investor, and leader of the global impact investing revolution. He was co-founder and Executive Chairman of Apax Partners, And today, he’s the Chairman of the Global Steering Group on Impact Investing…
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Rachel Etherington: driving wealth towards sustainability for people and the planet
Rachel Etherington is a committed advocate for sustainable investing, she understands impact, ESG and the SDGs, but she’s also enthusiastic. Rachel is a specialist financial advisor at Crestone, she helps her clients manage their wealth inline with their values, but that’s only half the story....
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Michael Traill: Update on Social Impact Taskforce, and planning Capitalism 2.0
Michael Traill is one of the founding-heroes of impact investing in Australia. He led a pioneering finance deal in 2009 which bought out the assets of the struggling child-care company ABC Learning. He revived the business as Goodstart Early learning, which remains Australia’s biggest child-care...
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Viktor Shvets: As debt and the information-age collide, what will the new-economy look like?
I have Viktor Shvets on the show today. He not only runs Macquarie Bank’s office in Hong Kong, but he’s also written a book. It’s called “The Great Rupture: Three Empires, Four Turning Points, and the Future of Humanity”, it’s an impressive read, it pulls together history, economics, geo-politics...
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Ingrid Burkett & Alex Hannant: designing the future of business, team-work & regenerative thinking
I have the co-directors of the Yunus Centre at Griffith University on the show today. Ingrid Burkett and Alex Hannant have published a paper called Roadmap to Recovery and Regeneration, it recognises that right now is a pivotal moment for renewal. Ingrid Burkett has a masters in business and…
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John Elkington: a lifetime of corporate sustainability and the rise of the Green Swans
John Elkington has been at the forefront of environmental research, advocacy and writing since the 70’s. He launched a consulting company called SustainAbility, long before the term had become the buzzword that it is today. He’s a writer, a speaker, and a provocateur. A lot of his work has been…
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Simon O’Connor: Impact Investing is booming, RIAA’s 2020 Benchmark report
There’s plenty of uncertainty in the world right now, but optimism is returning. We’ve got a battered economy, and lots of people out of work, but for impact investors, that’s an opportunity. It’s a chance to build-back better. The Responsible Investment Association of Australasia, aka RIAA, have...
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Bronwyn King: A true influencer, getting tobacco out of our investments
Bronwyn King is not a fund manager, she’s a doctor. Nonetheless she’s led a personal crusade to help the finance industry to wise up about the true impacts of investing in smoking. And as of last year her team were responsible for getting a massive $1.3 trillion in pension dollars to be invested...
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Phil Vernon: the future of ethical investing
I’ve wanted to have Phil Vernon on the show ever since I started this podcast. Phil was CEO of Australian Ethical investments for ten years before he stood-down last year. Australian Ethical has been hugely influential in the responsible investment industry, through leading the discussion on how…
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Remy Briand: The ESG evolution at MSCI, and performance amid the pandemic
Remy Briand is head of ESG at MSCI. It’s one of the world’s leading stock market index providers and they assess more than 7,500 companies on their ESG performance. Remy lives in Geneva and he’s an outspoken advocate for the importance of considering environmental, social and governance factors...
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Roger Montgomery: Value investing, the economy and the impact of corona virus
Roger Montgomery is one of Australia’s leading fund managers, he’s an author, a regular economic commentator and he’s been watching the corona virus situation unfold… long before it hit the headlines. He’s the founder and CEO of Montgomery Investment Management, he manages money for individuals…
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A podcast about the business of sustainability. John Treadgold interviews business leaders in sustainability, ESG and impact investing who are re-defining economics and building companies as a force for good.
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