ESG Out Loud

Dan Kemp, CIO for EMEA at Morningstar Investment Management and ESG Clarity EU Committee member, and Helen Goulden CEO of The Young Foundation, debate a Scope framework for social factors.

Muhammad Azizul Islam, professor of sustainability accounting and transparency at Aberdeen University, and Therese Kieve, stewardship analyst at Sarasin & Partners, discuss the latest factory worker findings.

In the last episode of the year, ESG Clarity's Christine Dawson talks to Matthews Asia head of ESG Kathlyn Collins about developments in the region and we hear the last clips from oceanographer Dr Emma Boland.

In the final episode of the three-part sector special sponsored by J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Jennifer Wu, global head of sustainable investing at J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Divya Bobby Joseph, senior research analyst for healthcare and pharmaceuticals at Sustainalytics, discuss the ESG impacts of healthcare, which are largely in the 'S' bracket.

In the second part of the sector special series sponsored by J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Jennifer Wu, global head of sustainable investing at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, talks about the biodiversity risks and opportunities presented by certain sectors, and we hear from Morningstar on the topic.

The fifth episode in the sector special series is sponsored by J.P. Morgan Asset Management and is divided into three parts: sustainable cities, biodiversity and healthcare. In this first part, Jennifer Wu, global head of sustainable investing at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, discusses the ESG risks in the sectors most pertinent to sustainable cities, and we also speak to Tribe Impact Capital's Amy Clarke.

Following Finance Day at COP27, ESG Clarity global deputy editor Natasha Turner sits down with Ed Baker, head of climate policy, and Rose Easton, senior director for global signatory relations at the Principles for Responsible Investment, to interpret what the day's announcements mean for investment professionals

How to identify good governance at companies is up for discussion in the fourth and final panel of the Global ESG Summit, and we chat to oceanographer Dr Emma Boland about climate scepticism and her hopes and fears around climate change.

Thematics are a great way of engaging clients with sustainable investing and finding solutions that match their values. But volatility, smaller universes and the potential for greenwashing when using the Sustainable Development Goals for investment present challenges. The third panel at the Global ESG Summit discusses this and more.

Social factors and how to measure them are the topics for discussion in the second panel at the Global ESG Summit, and oceanographer Dr Emma Boland explains the Smurfs project.