Climate. Money. Work.

Season 2 Preview

Welcome back to the Climate. Money. Work. podcast!
Coming up this season: Physical climate risk solutions, corporate governance from the lens of board leaders, and interviews with the Chief Sustainability Officers from both General Mills and Philip Morris International. 
Episode 1 drops next Wednesday, September 20th. Make sure you're subscribed! 
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About Keesa
Keesa Schreane is a highly in-demand author, keynote speaker, and consultant, whose expertise includes ESG, risk analysis, sustainable finance, and corporate reporting. Her work has appeared in outlets including Black Enterprise, Bloomberg, CNBC, CBS, Essence, FinTech TV, and Latina, and she serves on numerous boards and committees, including Ceres President’s Council.
About Climate Money Work
Climate Money Work is veteran podcast host and author Keesa Schreane’s show that explores complex climate, workplace, governance and social issues. Throughout each episode, Keesa will both host compelling conversations with experts and offer her own insights on how corporates, investors, and regulators might find solutions — and common ground.
 
 

Risks, Reflections, and Reveals

Welcome to the final episode of Season 1! 
First, since Kentucky congressman Andy Barr has labeled July ESG month, Keesa digs deeper into what’s going on from a broader perspective, and highlights ESG as a key risk factor. She also helps bring clarity to the different types of ESG investing, and along the way gets into double materiality, supplier risks, as well as some tips on how to go about selecting the right suppliers for your firm. 
She then connects the dots from the entire season, reflecting on some of the key insights from our interviews with our guests such as Blythe Clark, Amir Kirkwood, and Tim Mohin. 
Finally, we’re pleased to share that Season 2 is just around the corner! Keesa drops a sneak preview of what we’ll be discussing and who will be in the hot seat. 
To view a transcript of this episode, visit https://www.keesaschreane.com/podcast. 
For show feedback, pitches and business enquiries, please email cmw@shrugcontent.com. 
References
Responsible Investment Spectrum chart (ESG Global Advisors) 
The leader of the House GOP’s anti-ESG efforts (Politico)
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Keesa’s latest book, Gambling on Green: https://www.keesaschreane.com/gambling-on-green-book 
About Keesa
Keesa Schreane is a highly in-demand author, keynote speaker, and consultant, whose expertise includes ESG, risk analysis, sustainable finance, and corporate reporting. Her work has appeared in outlets including Black Enterprise, Bloomberg, CNBC, CBS, Essence, FinTech TV, and Latina, and she serves on numerous boards and committees, including Ceres President’s Council.
About Climate Money Work
Climate Money Work is veteran podcast host and author Keesa Schreane’s new podcast, which explores complex climate, workplace, governance and social issues. Throughout each episode, Keesa will both host compelling conversations with experts and offer her own insights on how corporates, investors, and regulators might find solutions — and common ground.

Rebound for sustainability careers in 2024? | Neil Farrell, Farrell Associates

Welcome to the final episode in our three-part series on sustainability careers.
Today we're talking with Neil Farrell, founder and head of Farrell Associates, an ESG and sustainable investment search firm. We get into some of the differences of attitudes toward ESG investing around the world and dig into why Neil thinks we'll see a rebound in 2024 in the war for sustainability talent.
He also shares how his background in television led him here and gives us a glimpse behind the scenes of what it's really like to be in this space, divulging up the three key ingredients needed to be a successful recruiter. 
To view a transcript of this episode, visit https://www.keesaschreane.com/podcast. 
For show feedback, pitches and business enquiries, please email cmw@shrugcontent.com. 
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Keesa’s latest book, Gambling on Green: https://www.keesaschreane.com/gambling-on-green-book 
About Keesa
Keesa Schreane is a highly in-demand author, keynote speaker, and consultant, whose expertise includes ESG, risk analysis, sustainable finance, and corporate reporting. Her work has appeared in outlets including Black Enterprise, Bloomberg, CNBC, CBS, Essence, FinTech TV, and Latina, and she serves on numerous boards and committees, including Ceres President’s Council.
About Climate Money Work
Climate Money Work is veteran podcast host and author Keesa Schreane’s new podcast, which explores complex climate, workplace, governance and social issues. Throughout each episode, Keesa will both host compelling conversations with experts and offer her own insights on how corporates, investors, and regulators might find solutions — and common ground.

How the digital revolution led to a sustainability revolution | Sustainability Careers, part 2 | Neil Mitchell

Welcome back to the second episode in our three-part series on sustainability careers. If you missed the first one you can find it right now in the feed, or at keesascreane.com.
Today we’re talking with Neil Mitchell, co-founder of executive search firm Osmii. With a background in technology recruiting but a more recent focus in sustainability, Neil outlines how the last decade of the digital revolution has now led to a sustainability revolution. He also discusses where sustainability falls in the C-suite and what to look out for as an interviewee to discover where an organization’s values and emphasis on ESG really sits. We also talk about how the explosion of AI will intersect with sustainability, and what to consider when engaging with a recruiting firm. 
To view a transcript of this episode, visit https://www.keesaschreane.com/podcast. 
For show feedback, pitches and business enquiries, please email cmw@shrugcontent.com. 
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Keesa’s latest book, Gambling on Green: https://www.keesaschreane.com/gambling-on-green-book 
About Keesa
Keesa Schreane is a highly in-demand author, keynote speaker, and consultant, whose expertise includes ESG, risk analysis, sustainable finance, and corporate reporting. Her work has appeared in outlets including Black Enterprise, Bloomberg, CNBC, CBS, Essence, FinTech TV, and Latina, and she serves on numerous boards and committees, including Ceres President’s Council.
About Climate Money Work
Climate Money Work is veteran podcast host and author Keesa Schreane’s new podcast, which explores complex climate, workplace, governance and social issues. Throughout each episode, Keesa will both host compelling conversations with experts and offer her own insights on how corporates, investors, and regulators might find solutions — and common ground.

How Sustainability Careers Went Mainstream | Sustainability Careers, part 1 | Tim Mohin

Few people have had a front row seat to watch the world of sustainability shifting over the decades, but Tim Mohin certainly has. As he puts it, he’s been around the world of sustainability since before we had that word. 
Starting out his career in environmental policy at the U.S. EPA and the U.S. Senate, Tim went on to lead sustainability initiatives at several Fortune 500 companies including Intel and Apple, and eventually served as CEO of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), along with a range of other positions delivering impact in the sustainability space. He now serves as a Partner and Director at Boston Consulting Group, and writes a weekly ESG and Climate newsletter for nearly 30,000 subscribers. 
He joins us today on Climate. Money. Work. as the first guest in our three-part series on careers in sustainability. Tim describes how sustainability has moved from an activist movement to a mainstream one thanks to the investor community, and also shares what’s top of mind right now for business leaders, investors, regulators, consumers, and workers. He also gives some excellent advice on how those who want to further their career in sustainability can progress, and shares what advice he’d give to his younger self. 
Join us for our next episodes where we’ll hear from sustainability executive recruiters on how they see the space taking shape. 
*Per reference to the European Union at 9:40, this interview occurred December 2022. 
To view a transcript of this episode, visit https://www.keesaschreane.com/podcast. 
For show feedback, pitches and business enquiries, please email cmw@shrugcontent.com. 
 
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Keesa’s latest book, Gambling on Green: https://www.keesaschreane.com/gambling-on-green-book 
 
About Keesa
Keesa Schreane is a highly in-demand author, keynote speaker, and consultant, whose expertise includes ESG, risk analysis, sustainable finance, and corporate reporting. Her work has appeared in outlets including Black Enterprise, Bloomberg, CNBC, CBS, Essence, FinTech TV, and Latina, and she serves on numerous boards and committees, including Ceres President’s Council.
 
About Climate Money Work
Climate Money Work is veteran podcast host and author Keesa Schreane’s new podcast, which explores complex climate, workplace, governance and social issues. Throughout each episode, Keesa will both host compelling conversations with experts and offer her own insights on how corporates, investors, and regulators might find solutions — and common ground.

Woke ESG: What ESG investing is and isn’t | Blythe Clark, ESG Global Advisors

How do we actually define ESG investing? In March, 21 Republican attorneys general expressed their concerns around ESG to 53 of the largest fund firms, arguing that their focus on ESG is not in line with their clients’ financial interests. 
At the center of the debate is a focus on what ESG investing is, what it is not, and the role of risk. To unpack all of this, we sat down with Blythe Clark, director at ESG Global Advisors. She explains why it’s essential to differentiate between values and valuation, and gives an overview of why, when viewed through the lens of financial materiality, ESG investing is consistent with fiduciary duty. Plus, she and Keesa discuss a fantastic chart (link below) that ESG Global Advisors has to explain the different types of ESG investing. 
Responsible Investment Spectrum chart: https://www.esgglobaladvisors.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/RI-Spectrum-Reimagined-v6-copy.png 
To view a transcript of this episode, visit https://www.keesaschreane.com/podcast. 
For show feedback, pitches and business inquiries, please email cmw@shrugcontent.com. 
Follow Keesa
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/KeesaCamille 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keesaschreane/ 
Keesa’s latest book, Gambling on Green: https://www.keesaschreane.com/gambling-on-green-book 
 
About Keesa
Keesa Schreane is a highly in-demand author, keynote speaker, and consultant, whose expertise includes ESG, risk analysis, sustainable finance, and corporate reporting. Her work has appeared in outlets including Black Enterprise, Bloomberg, CNBC, CBS, Essence, FinTech TV, and Latina, and she serves on numerous boards and committees, including Ceres President’s Council.
About Climate Money Work
Climate Money Work is veteran podcast host and author Keesa Schreane’s new podcast, which explores complex climate, workplace, governance and social issues. Throughout each episode, Keesa will both host compelling conversations with experts and offer her own insights on how corporates, investors, and regulators might find solutions — and common ground.

In the wake of First Republic and other bank failures, what’s in store for CDFIs? | Amir Kirkwood, CEO, VCC

Welcome to the first episode of Climate Money Work, hosted by author and strategist Keesa Schreane. In today’s episode, we sit down with Amir Kirkwood, President and CEO of Virginia Community Capital (VCC), a statewide Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that is a pioneer in its field. VCC has nearly 500 million in assets under management, 900 total projects financed, over 11,000 jobs created and retained and nearly 10,000 housing units financed.
We chat with Amir about what’s ahead for the banking sector in the wake of First Republic, the key differences between CDFIs and traditional lending banks, where CDFIs have played key roles in major events like the civil rights movement and natural disasters, as well as what’s coming down the pipeline with the Inflation Reduction Act. 
To view a transcript of this episode, visit https://www.keesaschreane.com/podcast. 
For show feedback, pitches and business enquiries, please email cmw@shrugcontent.com. 
References
Virginia Community Capital: https://www.vacommunitycapital.org/ 
Opportunity Finance Network: https://www.ofn.org/ 
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Keesa’s latest book, Gambling on Green: https://www.keesaschreane.com/gambling-on-green-book 
About Keesa
Keesa Schreane is a highly in-demand author, keynote speaker, and consultant, whose expertise includes ESG, risk analysis, sustainable finance, and corporate reporting. Her work has appeared in outlets including Black Enterprise, Bloomberg, CNBC, CBS, Essence, FinTech TV, and Latina, and she serves on numerous boards and committees, including Ceres President’s Council.
About Climate Money Work
Climate Money Work is veteran podcast host and author Keesa Schreane’s new podcast, which explores complex climate, workplace, governance and social issues. Throughout each episode, Keesa will both host compelling conversations with experts and offer her own insights on how corporates, investors, and regulators might find solutions — and common ground.

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Join veteran podcast host and author Keesa Schreane for her new podcast, which will dive deep into complex climate, workplace, governance and social issues. Throughout each season, Keesa will both host compelling conversations with experts and offer her own insights on how how corporates, investors, and regulators might find solutions — and common ground.
Get in touch with the team: cmw@shrugcontent.com