Sustainable connections

Mark Lee talks to Dominic Barton, Chair at Rio Tinto, and Louise Pearce, Global Industry Lead for Mining and Metals at ERM, about the role of mining in the low-carbon energy transition.

Their conversation covers:

Rio Tinto’s environmental and social strategy

Decarbonizing mining and metals

How to increase metals and critical minerals supply

Derisking mining to attract investment

Mark Lee talks with ERM leaders ‌Sabine Hoefnagel, ‌Linden Edgell and ‌James Stacey about their reflections from the COP29 climate talks in Baku and what the event means for businesses in terms of moving forward with climate strategy and implementation.

Their conversation covers:

• What was anticipated going into Baku
• Progress in hard-to-abate sectors and carbon markets
• The role of private finance and transition plans
• Nature and adaptation plans
• Progress on renewables
• Looking ahead towards COP30 in Brazil

In our inaugural podcast episode, Mark Lee sits down with Giulia Carbone, Director of the Natural Climate Solutions Alliance at WBCSD, and Jessica Christianson, Head of sustainability at Bayer Crop Science. Their conversation covers:

• Natural Climate Solutions and the C-Suite guide recently launched with The Sustainability Institute by ERM;
• the connection between nature, biodiversity and climate agendas;
  What quality natural climate solutions look like and the challenges in the vetting process; and
• How collaboration is key to the necessary action on climate change and reversing the loss of biodiversity.

Mark also speaks with Aiste Brackley, Associate Director of the SustainAbility Institute by ERM, on the the key takeaways from the C-Suite guide and the partnerships that help make the Institute's work possible.

Mark Lee talks to ERM leaders and experts across climate markets, social performance and nature, about how Climate Week NYC 2024 shaped the global business sustainability agenda. They also discuss implications and expectations for the upcoming United Nations COP16 biodiversity and COP29 climate change conferences later this year.

Their conversation covers:

• How to build trust in the voluntary carbon markets
• The role of social performance in the low carbon transition
• Integrating nature data into business strategy
• How to measure and tackle inequality
• What companies can expect at COP16 and COP29

In our nineteenth episode, Mark Lee talks to Eli Aheto, Managing Director on the BeyondNetZero team at General Atlantic, and Manuela Fumarola, Consulting Director at ERM, about how private equity funds can take advantage of new opportunities to scale climate investment.

Their conversation covers:

• Scaling investment in climate tech that offers cost savings to customers
• Opportunities for climate investment in the agricultural sector
• Measuring the impact of climate private equity investment
• Climate private equity exit strategies