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Pensions For Purpose: How to make pensions a catalyst for positive change
In our new podcast series we’ll dive deeper into the world of pensions and finance, and explore how we can make generational, societal and environmental change. We’ll chat with our Community Partners, industry experts and colleagues to uncover what we can learn from each other and the next steps in harnessing the transformative power of pensions and finance. Each episode will feature insightful conversations with those at the forefront of driving progress. From sustainable investment strategies to impact initiatives, we want to get under the skin of the innovative approaches reshaping the future of pensions and finance.
Tune in to hear inspiring stories and ideas from experts in the field, inventive solutions and actions. Whether you're an asset owner, investment manager, consultant or interested observer, this podcast is for you. Be part of our journey to make pensions and finance a catalyst for change.
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Episodes
34 episodes
Reflections on 2025: Laasya Skekaran and the Pensions for Purpose team
As we come to the end of 2025, and the end of season 2 of the Pensions for Purpose podcast, we get together with the other Pensions for Purpose directors to reflect on the year gone by. 2025 has been a mammoth year for pensions poli...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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34:44
Sustainability in fixed income: Laasya Shekaran, Bruno Bamberger and Aida Hemery
Fixed income makes up a huge part of investors’ portfolios, especially in the world of pensions. As such, its crucial we focus on sustainability and impact within the world of fixed income. In this episode of the Pensions for Purpose podc...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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31:47
COP 30: putting nature centre stage in climate investment: Laasya Shekaran, Michael Schlup and Johnny Brom
How important is COP 30 to investors? In this episode of the Pensions for Purpose podcast we sit down with Michael Schlup and Johnny Brom from SAIL Investments to talk all about COP and the other key events around this. We hear abo...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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38:59
Climate Innovation: Laasya Shekaran, Sam Hollister and Stephen Harkin
When we talk about the Energy Transition a lot of discussion is around renewable energy and grid infrastructure. But to successfully transition, there is so much more we need to think about – from the way we build our houses, to our heati...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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32:35
Financial inclusion: Laasya Shekaran and Lorna Logan
Financial inclusion is key to meeting global sustainability goals, with a huge number of people around the world still lacking access to mainstream financial systems. Improving financial inclusion is linked to improved human and economic ...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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21:50
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Investing in the Energy Transition during geopolitical uncertainty: Laasya Shekaran and Hilkka Komulainen
The energy transition poses one of the greatest opportunities of our lifetimes – from both an economic and impact perspective. But in times of such geopolitical uncertainty, it can be unclear exactly what the future looks like. <...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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27:26
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Sustainability in Pensions Insurance: Laasya Shekaran, Tatiana Von Petersdorff and Matt Foley
A significant amount of money is concentrated across a small handful of bulk annuity insurers – and this pot is only growing as more Defined Benefit Pension Schemes go to buyout. These insurers are long-term asset owners and so are...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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25:56
Burnout and hope: Charlotte O’Leary
The world around us feels quite scary – whether it’s the rollback of sustainability practices, the rise in hate speech and oppression, or the ongoing wars - there are many things that can leave us in despair.As sustainability professiona...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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31:15
Fondaction: Lessons from a labour-led Canadian pension fund: Laasya Shekaran, Richard Giles and Genevieve Morin
Laasya Shekaran and Richard Giles welcome Geneviève Morin of Fondaction, to the Podcast to discuss how purpose drives their investment approach. Imagine taking a challenging point in a country’s history – a time where t...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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32:36
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The role of private markets in the energy transition: Laasya Shekaran, Charlotte O’Leary and Raza Ali
n addition to its net zero by 2050 target, the UK Government has also set an ambitious target to decarbonise the electricity system by 2035. In order to reach this target, many different sectors will have to come together – from governmen...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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25:12
Rewiring finance – how to change financial systems: Laasya Shekaran, Richard Giles and Lindsay Hooper
Laasya Shekaran welcomes Lindsay Hooper of the University of Cambridge, to the Podcast to discuss why sustainable finance hasn’t delivered the progress needed.Sustainable Finance has been around for a while, but we still haven’t seen eno...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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25:57
Investing in the UK: Laasya Shekaran, David Brown and Judith Mackenzie
Laasya Shekaran and David Brown welcome Judith Mackenzie of Downing, to the Podcast to discuss investing in the UK.Initiatives like the Mansion House Compact II and an increased focus on place-based investing all point to one clear gover...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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26:36
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The US and the ESG backlash: Laasya Shekaran, Richard Giles and Will Pomroy
‘ESG’ has become increasingly politicised as a concept, and investors have seen a backlash towards this term. This has been particularly strong in the US, given recent political developments, which has led investors to ask how they should...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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33:02
The future of carbon markets: Laasya Shekaran, Nick Gaskell and Fraser Green
Many investors, corporates and even countries have net zero targets – but how will they achieve these goals? Carbon markets are inevitably going to part of the answer. In this episode, our host Laasya Shekaran is joined...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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34:31
Social mobility, class and DEI backlash: Laasya Shekaran, David Brown and Richard Tomlinson
In this episode of the Pensions for Purpose podcast, Laasya Shekaran and David Brown speak to Richard Tomlinson, CIO of LPPI – one of the UK’s local government pension scheme (LGPS) pools.They talk about the many dimensions of diversity...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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31:30
The role of private markets in decarbonisation: Laasya Shekaran, Monique Stephens and Lindee Wong
Investment opportunities to support decarbonisation exist across the value chain and are particularly prevalent in private markets. In this episode of the Pensions for Purpose Podcast, Laasya Shekaran and Monique Stephens speak to Lindee Wong, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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33:03
Asset owner influence: Laasya Shekaran, Richard Giles and Dan Mikulskis
Laasya Shekaran and Richard Giles welcome Dan Mikulskis of People's Partnership, to the podcast to discuss the realistic influence of asset owners and how acknowledging the limitations can help unlock its full potential impact. In t...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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31:18
Net Zero in an unstable world: Laasya Shekaran, Monique Stephens and Jane Wadia
In this episode of the Pensions for Purpose Podcast, Laasya Shekaran and Monique Stephens speak to Jane Wadia, Head of Sustainability, Core Products and Clients of AXA Investment Managers, about how investors can achieve their net-zero goals ac...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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31:24
How can investors be realistic about climate change? Laasya Shekaran, David Brown, Tegs Harding and Roger Mattingley
In this episode of the Pensions for Purpose podcast, Laasya Shekaran and David Brown speak to Tegs Harding and Roger Mattingley about how investors can be realistic about climate change. We take a stocktake of where we are now and ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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30:25
Investing in the energy transition: Laasya Shekaran, Richard Giles and Mark Burrows
In this episode of the Pensions for Purpose podcast, Laasya Shekaran and Richard Giles speak to Mark Burrows, Managing Director at Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, about how to invest in the transition to renewable energy.The conversat...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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31:43
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Stewardship in a changing world: Laasya Shekaran, David Brown and Catherine Howard
In this episode of the Pensions for Purpose podcast, Laasya Shekaran and David Brown speak to Catherine Howard, Chief Executive at ShareAction, about how the pensions and investment industry can be responsible custodians of capital in a changin...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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33:04
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Why investors need to take biodiversity and natural capital seriously: Charlotte Moore, Richard Giles and Ingrid Kukuljan
Charlotte Moore and Richard Giles welcome Ingrid Kukuljan of Federated Hermes Ltd, to the Podcast to discuss COP16.Investors are starting to understand how badly we have degraded our natural environment. In this episode of the Pensions f...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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31:26
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Access to Medicines: how sustainable investors can support healthcare and SDG 3: Charlotte Moore, David Brown and Clare Wood
Charlotte Moore welcomes Pensions for Purpose Senior Director and Training Lead, David Brown, and Clare Wood, Sustainable Portfolio Specialist at Stewart Investors, to the podcast to discuss medicine.In the latest episode of the Pension...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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27:10
Systemic stewardship: why asset owners should do more to influence climate policy: Charlotte Moore, Claire Jones and Karen Shackleton
Asset owners and managers have preferred to keep political campaigning on the quiet and not been all that active in influencing policy decisions. But climate change poses such significant systemic risk that this approach needs to change. In thi...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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27:55
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How diversity, equity and inclusion factors help asset owners and managers to select more profitable companies: Charlotte Moore, Karen Shackleton and Abbie Llewellyn-Waters
In this episode of the Pensions for Purpose Podcast Karen Shackleton, Chair & Founder, talks with Abbie Llewellyn-Waters, Lead Investment Manager of Jupiter’s Global Sustainable Equities strategy, about how diversity, equity and inclusion (...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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26:46
