MPR News and Bank of America present The Greener Good
Climate change presents risks and opportunities to large and small companies. To remain competitive, how must businesses recalibrate current thinking into strategies that propel them towards creating investments in climate-resilient infrastructure allowing for continued adaptability and transformation?
To explore the possibilities and answer these questions, MPR News produced The Greener Good, a limited series podcast hosted by MPR senior economics contributor Chris Farrell. Made possible through support from Bank of America, The Greener Good addressed these business challenges with three expert panel interviews available here:
The Greener Good: Where are we now, and where do we need to go?
April 28, 2021
The Greener Good begins by laying out where we are at this moment: What are businesses facing? How is climate change already transforming the way large and small companies work? And most importantly — what opportunities are emerging?
Guests:
• Paul Huttner is chief meteorologist at MPR News. Huttner has been reporting on climate change and climate science for more than 25 years.
• Anne Kelly is an environmental lawyer with twenty-five years of combined experience in the private and public sectors. She currently leads Ceres Policy Network and the Business for Innovate Climate Change and Energy Policy.
• Jamie Alexander is the founding director of Drawdown Labs, Project Drawdown’s private sector testing ground for accelerating the scaling of climate solutions quickly, safely, and equitably.
The Greener Good: How does business adapt?
May 20, 2021
You want your company to go green. You understand the science, and you support sustainability. But what’s the best strategy?
Guests:
• Dave Rapaport is the global social mission officer for Ben & Jerry’s. Prior to working for the Vermont ice cream company, he was vice president of earth and community care for Aveda.
• Charlotte Bande is the global head of climate strategy at Quantis, a consultancy that guides top organizations to define, shape and implement intelligent environmental sustainability solutions.
• Daniel Esty is an environmental lawyer and policymaker. Currently, he’s the Hillhouse professor at Yale University with appointments at Yale Law School and the Yale School of the Environment. In 2006, he published “Green to Gold: How Smart Companies use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value and Build Competitive Advantage.”
The Greener Good: Ethical Investing
June 17, 2021
How can you express your values, improve your financial returns and have an impact on the world?
Guests:
• Bruno Sarda is a professor at Arizona State University's Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation.
• Heidi DuBois is an executive vice-president and head of ESG for Edelman.
• Suzanne Fallender is the director of corporate responsibility at Intel.
Special thanks to
MPR Contributors Chris Farrell and Kelly Gordon