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Podcast from students, staff and faculty at Imperial Business School. Hear from experts on a variety of topics, from technology, climate finance, healthcare and more.
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Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
David Miles is Professor of Financial Economics at Imperial College Business School. In this episode, he chats with Varun Bakshi (Full-Time MBA 2020) about the state of the economy today, drawing comparisons with the financial crisis of 2008.
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Nico chats to Sean Kidney, CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative. They discuss the global surge in green bond issuance, how green bonds relate to other thematic bonds as well as the EU Taxonomy for Climate Mitigation and a potential future Taxonomy for Biodiversity.
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
This week, Nico chat's to Cornelia Gomez - head of ESG at PAI Partners. They discuss the specific challenges of taking ESG factors into account in the private equity and deep dive into topics at the frontier of ESG debates such as biodiversity impact measurement and supply chain risk.
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
In this week's episode, Nico chats to Nigel Topping - the UK's High-Level Climate Action Champion for COP26. They discuss Nigel's work with non-state actors in the run up to the next Conference Of the Parties, including the Race to Zero campaign, the progress made since the Paris Agreement and Nigel's vision for the years ahead.
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
This week we are in conversation with Brittany Meighan, currently a fellow of the Alliance of Small Islands States, an organisation that amplifies a voice for the vulnerable in climate change and sustainable development within international negotiations. She is also currently Belize's greenhouse gas inventory coordinator.
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
This week, Nico chats to Nacho Dean - an environmentalist, an adventurer and an Earth ambassador. They discuss the lessons learnt from his Earth Wide Walk adventure as well as his Nemo Expedition, about which he has recently published a book. They discuss the importance of coming together as a global community to fight climate challenges and the systems change which this requires. Visit Nacho's website to find out more about his adventures and his climate change advocacy work - www.nachodean.com.
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Growing Underground is shaping the future of urban agriculture in Britain, by hydroponically growing fresh greens in derelict tube tunnels in London to sell across the city. Pippa chats with Melanie Jans-Singh about the advantages of this method, and the future of urban farming. Recorded remotely during COVID-19 lockdown.
Thursday May 28, 2020
Thursday May 28, 2020
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.
Thursday May 21, 2020
Thursday May 21, 2020
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.
Thursday May 14, 2020
Thursday May 14, 2020
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