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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
22 episodes
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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Episode 9
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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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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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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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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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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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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
The impact of improved funding levels on pensions: Charlotte Moore, David Brown, Paul Kitson and Ben Grainger
The impact of improved funding levels on pensions and the consequent buyout boom, is one of the most significant trends to affect the UK pensions industry in recent years. Last year, around £50bn was transferred from closed corporate defined be...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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24:20
Passive investment and sustainability: Charlotte Moore, Charlotte O'Leary & Keith Guthrie
The auto-enrolled workplace pension scheme is the UK's largest driver of future retirement wealth. According to the Pensions Policy Institute's 'DC Future Book 2023', this market is projected to reach approximately £800bn by 2030. These workpla...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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30:22
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Organisational maturity: Charlotte Moore, Karen Shackleton & Stuart Woollard
Truly purpose-driven organisations have coherent management systems and a healthy corporate culture, which create value for all stakeholders, not just shareholders.In this episode our hosts, Charlotte Moore and Karen Shackleton, are join...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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31:13
Investing in timberland: Charlotte Moore, David Brown and Stephen Levesque
Charlotte Moore, David Brown and Stephen Levesque discuss all things trees, including the importance of healthy, resilient forests.Each forestry property varies, with a different range of species and its own mosaic of natural areas that...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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29:12
Renewables and the green transition: Charlotte Moore and Tom Williams
In this episode our hosts Charlotte Moore and Charlotte O'Leary are joined by Tom Williams, Head of Energy and Infrastructure at Downing LLP. They start by discussing the challenges posed by geographies and how different countries are progressi...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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From football to impact investment: Charlotte Moore and Richard Giles
Charlotte Moore talks to Richard Giles, Senior Director and Head of Community at Pensions for Purpose, about his journey to impact investment.How did an actuary, who got involved in community football make the leap to championing impact ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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Impact and the transition: Charlotte Moore, Charlotte O'Leary and Pierre Abadie
Have you ever wondered if impact investing is a misunderstood concept? In this episode, our hosts Charlotte Moore and Charlotte O'Leary delve into the issue of impact investing today with Pierre Abadie, Group Climate Director at Tikehau Capital...
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Episode 3
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Biodiversity and nature: Charlotte Moore, Richard Giles and Robert Gardner
Biodiversity and nature are critical for our ecosystem and economy. In this episode, the P4P Podcast team are joined by Robert Gardner of Rebalance Earth, to understand how nature is vital for supporting life. From pollinators to elephants, the...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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30:33
Systems thinking: Charlotte Moore and Charlotte O'Leary
To open the new Pensions for Purpose Podcast series – ‘How to make pensions a catalyst for positive change' – our host, Charlotte Moore, an experienced investment journalist, is joined by Pension for Purpose’s CEO, Charlotte O'Leary for a conve...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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