Imperial Business Podcast

IB Green Minds #18 - In conversation with Will Martindale

Nico chats to Will Martindale, Director of Policy & Research at Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). They discuss PRI's role in driving sustainable finance, the importance of stewardship activities and the role that policy can have in driving a green recovery to COVID-19 crisis.

IB Green Minds #17 - In conversation with Simon Richards

Highview Power is a pioneering technology company developing cryogenic energy storage facilities: liquifying air to store electricity. In this week's episode, Pippa talks with Simon Richards, the Commercial Director of Highview Power, about the technology and its future potential to balance intermittent renewable generation in electricity grids.

IB Green Minds #16 - In conversation with Charlie Cook

This week's episode takes us back to Imperial's recording studio near the end of 2019! Nico and Myles Haddon chat to Charlie Cook, an MSc Climate Change, Management and Finance alumnus. He tells us about his career since graduating, his recent work at Octopus Energy and his startup, Rightcharge. We discuss his involvement in Octopus Energy's vehicle-to-grid powerloop project, and Rightcharge's ambitions for the coming years. Keep up-to-date on Richarge's progress on twitter at: https://twitter.com/rightcharge 

IB Green Minds #15 - In conversation with Jim Totty

In this week's episode (recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic), Nico and his co-host Sonia Klein chat to Jim Totty, Managing Partner at Earth Capital. They discuss Earth Capital's work as one of the pioneers in sustainable private equity, their Earth Dividend ESG impact scorecard and the importance of measuring both the positive and negative ESG impacts of investments.

IB Green Minds #14 - In conversation with NuOceans

This week, Nico chats to Flavio Affinito and Veronica Wrobel about NuOceans, a start-up working to reduce ocean plastic pollution and making the fashion industry more circular in the process. They discuss NuOceans' innovative flip flop design using recycled ocean plastic, and the system changes required to bring plastics and the fashion industry in line with global environmental objectives. Find out more about their work here: https://nuoceans.com/ and follow their progress on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nuoceansltd/ 

IB Green Minds #13 - In conversation with Dr Emma Lawrence

In this episode, Kristin chats with Dr Emma Lawrence, a Mental Health Innovations Fellow at Imperial College's Institute of Global Health Innovation. They discuss her research with mental health charities and a College-wide team exploring and responding to the mental health impacts of climate change. 

IB Green Minds #12 - In conversation with Dr Andreas Kafizas

Dr Andreas Kafizas, lecturer at the Grantham Institute of Imperial College London, talks with Pippa about his research in chemical reactions triggered by sunlight, and the need for designing sustainability into innovation. These photo-catalysts could be included in paint to purify polluted city air, or used to create renewable hydrogen gas from water.

IB Green Minds #11 - In conversation with Paul Allard

Paul Allard is the CEO and Co-founder of Impak Finance, a fintech platform that promotes the transition towards an impact economy. In this episode of Green Minds, Chloe Francisco chats with Paul, where he shares the methodology and the metrics they use to measure the true social impact of a company. You can read more about their work and access their resources at impakfinance.com 

IB Green Minds #10 - In conversation with Philip Ripman

In this week's episode, Nico continues his series of Skype interviews on sustainable finance in these tumultuous times. This time Nico chats to Philip Ripman, fund manager of the highly successful Storebrand Global Solutions fund - a fund focused on investing in companies helping to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. They discuss Philip's unorthodox career pathway, his stand-out investment philosophy and Philip's view on how things may evolve after our current global lockdown.

IB Green Minds #9: On COVID-19 and sustainable investing with Eoin Murray

From the safety of their own homes, Nico and Eoin Murray, Head of Investment (International) at Federated Hermes, discuss the response of capital markets to COVID-19, stressing the importance of keeping climate change top of mind during these challenging times. They also explore Federated Hermes’ work on sustainable investing, ESG research and corporate engagement.