What Keeps You Up At Night? The ESG Podcast

The duty to set the framework for the next generation one Slyp at a time

Each year, we print 10.6 billion non-recyclable paper receipts, wasting 150k trees, and exposing people to BPA, a chemical linked to female fertility issues. Join us as we speak with Jude Blankfield, Chief of Staff and VP of Brand, Marketing, and Customer Experience at Slyp, the only Fintech backed by all four major Australian banks. From PR work with PlayStation to The Voice and publicist roles in New York, Jude shares her journey to Slyp and why she believes in sustainability over competition, the challenges of balancing discounts and eco-consciousness, and why every tech company needs an ESG pillar.

Melior Matters: Investing in the Future with ESG

What steps does an investment manager take to analyse companies and minimise the impact on the natural environment? How can you invest in ESG and outperform the ASX300? Tim King, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Melior Investment Management, shares expert wisdom and opinions providing a candid view on investing in companies that produce products and services necessary for sustainable goals. We also discuss the importance of ESG to successful and profitable companies. “Government can’t solve them all, philanthropy can’t solve them all, we actually need private capital to help solve those problems”. Drawing on his expertise not just as an investment manager but as an established board member (the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust and The Gold Standard Foundation, based in Geneva, and Fauna and Flora International (FFI), the world’s oldest international conservation organisation), Glover Lane is thrilled to share this with listeners.

Geospatial, the secret weapon to manage climate risks now data is becoming democratised

Climate will impact every aspect and segment of society, geospatial can help us determine the impact and pivot to prepare and respond. Ash Ranu from Sustain 2050 discusses leveraging AI, data and geospatial expertise in order to address the impacts from one of the world’s toughest climates, Australia. Australia is acutely exposed to climate risk, and we discuss why there’s an urgent need to avoid horror stories of declined value in property by taking proactive steps now to prevent the worst.  From the Pacific Islands to Brisbane, QLD, Ash puts a technical topic into layman’s terms, with examples about leveraging remote sensing data for carbon credits; geospatial data to understand flood and fire risk and deforestation; and why no-one has yet asked him to talk to his child's class about a career in data and spreadsheets.

Speaking about the ‘S’ in ESG

If I am taking from here, how am I going to give to there? James d’Apice from Gravamen discusses the terror and excitement for advisors around what the incoming ESG regulatory change in Australia means for their clients including Board Directors. Learn how Gravamen make a conscious decision to ‘give back’. We navigate the tension of getting the ‘S’ part of ESG right, we discuss why ESG is still seen as so technical and how to make things easier for clients.

When nature becomes the ESG risk that Earth & Every company needs to be across to succeed

Can we build new houses in Queensland while maintaining koala habitats? Janice Baird, Founder & Principal at Earth & Every, decided to bring her experience as a lawyer to focus on ESG. Learn how slight nuances of legislation can help or hinder environmental sustainability. Janice and Bec discuss common challenges in the ESG space with the specific example of koala habitation.