Leading Sustainability
In this podcast, join specialist sustainability recruiter Tom Strelczak from TWS Search Partners as he sits down with sustainability leaders from across geographies to discuss their careers and the realities of working in this complex sector.
Sustainability has become an exciting and significant area of growth across the world, with many aspiring professionals and graduates looking to move into this sector and forge meaningful careers.
Away from the draw of creating impact and making a difference, what is it really like to work in sustainability and what would leaders in this sector tell you about their experiences and how they got into the industry?
Leading Sustainability
Episode 9: Leading Sustainability - James Purcell (Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer)
In this episode, I meet with James Purcell, most recently a Managing Director and Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer at Credit Suisse, as well as the Co-Author of ‘Sustainable Investing in Practice’ and Sustainable Finance Course Lead and Lecturer for the highly acclaimed ESCP Business School in Berlin.
James offers a refreshing and timely outlook on the practicalities of sustainable investing, removing emotion from the topic as we move into a new era for the sector, a current and future state analysis of ESG skills requirements and its likely application for growth in the private markets.
Timestamps:
(00:48) Getting into a sustainable investing career
(03:04) How the industry has evolved over the years
(06:04) Taking the emotion out of sustainable investing
(10:20) Regional differences in sustainability
(12:29) The changing role of ESG ratings and ideology
(17:01) Balancing different backgrounds in sustainability
(21:23) Upskilling and education in sustainability
(24:55) Connecting sustainability with commerciality
(30:40) The growth opportunity within private markets
(32:47) Common misconceptions and counter arguments
(37:51) Crucial role of identifying common goals in ESG