About this podcast
Financial markets can no longer ignore the impacts of climate change, shifting consumer expectations, and increasing regulatory scrutiny. These forces are reshaping industries, redefining risk, and creating new opportunities for long-term value creation. Through conversations with industry leaders, investors, and subject-matter experts, we explore where sustainability is translating into measurable financial outcomes.
Episodes
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- AI’s Physical Bottlenecks Beyond Chips · 30 minThe AI boom has largely been framed as a race for chips and compute, but as the technology scales, some of its biggest constraints are becoming increasingly physical. On this…
- A Growing Appetite for Food Security · 30 min“You’re going to be in the red if you don’t go green,” says Ben Makowiecki, agriculture sustainability director at Lloyds Banking Group. In this episode of the Sustainability…
- Innovative Finance to Scale Impact · 35 minTraditional development funding is under pressure even as the need for investment in healthcare, water, energy access and other basic services remains high. Can innovative…
- Resilience Meets the Implementation Gap · 39 minClimate risks are becoming easier to identify and model, but turning that knowledge into projects remains a major challenge. Michael Berkowitz, executive director of the…
- Tim Pawlenty on the US Solar Industry · 25 minSolar and storage account for 70% of all new capacity added to the electric grid in the first half of 2026, and the US now has enough solar capacity to power more than 50 million…
- Green Finance Backs Data Centers · 30 minAI’s rapid expansion is turning data centers into critical economic and energy infrastructure — and creating one of sustainable finance’s fastest-growing markets. Sustainable…
- PwC on Whether Climate Ambition Peaked · 26 minA recent analysis by PwC of more than 3,500 companies finds that eight in 10 held steady or accelerated the timeline for their climate targets, and more companies increased their…
- Forecasting El Niño’s Ferocity · 35 minEl Niño is already affecting weather around the world, with droughts in India, floods in Hawaii and a sinkhole in front of Nicolas Cage’s house in Malibu. Join Bloomberg…
- NYC’s Comptroller and Key Investment · 37 minNew York City faces competing demands for capital as artificial intelligence reshapes the labor market, electricity needs rise, housing remains scarce and physical climate risks…
- Gary Gensler on the Role of the SEC · 35 minGary Gensler, 33rd Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (2021-25), professor of the Practice of Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School of…
- Topsoe’s Clean-Energy Catalytic Edge · 31 minThe chemical industry is a critical energy-transition industry, with hydrogen, jet fuel and ammonia being produced with a wide variety of inputs, from coal to renewable…
- Future of Sustainable-Investment in EMs · 31 minEmerging markets are expected to account for much of the world’s future economic growth, but meeting their infrastructure, climate and development needs will require trillions of…
- How NordicNinja Backs Climate Tech · 25 minAs global heat waves become more frequent and severe, climate-technology startups are playing an increasingly important role in innovation needed to accelerate decarbonization…
- Building Performance, Next Asset Value · 38 minRising insurance costs, climate risk and new performance expectations are changing how commercial real estate is valued. In this Sustainability Currents episode, Bloomberg…
- Climate, AI and Other Key Themes for 2H · 59 minBloomberg Intelligence’s ESG Currents is now Sustainability Currents, reflecting a broader focus on the investment risks and opportunities emerging from themes including climate…
- Sciens Water on Making Water an Investable Asset · 36 minWater underpins nearly every sector of the economy, yet institutional investment remains limited. On this week’s episode of the ESG Currents podcast, Alexander Loucopoulos…
- Geopolitics and the Changing Energy M&A Landscape · 19 minGeopolitical tensions, commodity-price volatility and policy uncertainty have made energy dealmaking more complex, but they haven’t brought it to a halt. On this week’s episode…
- B Lab on Balancing Fiduciary Duty, People & Planet · 43 minMore than 10,000 companies have been certified as B Corps, which requires them to change their legal structures to ensure their boards consider all stakeholders, not just…
- Impax Asset on Why Asia’s Climate Risks Matter · 23 minFrom technology to food, global supply chains depend on Asia, making climate risks there relevant to investors everywhere. In this episode of ESG Currents, Bloomberg Intelligence…
- Standards Uniting Global Sustainable Finance · 38 minGreen-bond rules are spreading across governments, but fragmentation may emerge as a hurdle for sustainable finance. Different legal frameworks across jurisdictions are raising…
