Episode 4's guest is Nishan Degnarain, the CEO of EXO Solutions and Former Chair, World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Oceans. In this conversation with Nishan, recorded on December 2nd, 2022, themes discussed include sustainability in comparison between the ocean and space domains, development of effective ESG strategies in new investment sectors; and the opportunities for growth in sustainable space activities.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Episode 4's guest is Nishan Degnarain, the CEO of EXO Solutions and Former Chair, World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Oceans. In this conversation with Nishan, recorded on December 2nd, 2022, themes discussed include sustainability in comparison between the ocean and space domains, development of effective ESG strategies in new investment sectors; and the opportunities for growth in sustainable space activities.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Episode 4's guest is Nishan Degnarain, the CEO of EXO Solutions and Former Chair, World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Oceans. In this conversation with Nishan, recorded on December 2nd, 2022, themes discussed include sustainability in...

Conversations on Investing & Space Sustainability Episode 4:  Nishan Degnarain

Episode 2's guest is Matthew Kuta, the Co-Founder, President, and Chief Operating Officer of Voyager Space Holdings. In this conversation with Matt, recorded on October 4th 2022, themes discussed include the increasing importance of ESG requirements for large investment capital sources; the possible role of ESG factors as a discriminator between companies in private equity investment decisions; and the challenges and outlooks for developing ESG practices and reporting for NewSpace companies.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Episode 2's guest is Matthew Kuta, the Co-Founder, President, and Chief Operating Officer of Voyager Space Holdings. In this conversation with Matt, recorded on October 4th 2022, themes discussed include the increasing importance of ESG requirements for large investment capital sources; the possible role of ESG factors as a discriminator between companies in private equity investment decisions; and the challenges and outlooks for developing ESG practices and reporting for NewSpace companies.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Episode 2's guest is Matthew Kuta, the Co-Founder, President, and Chief Operating Officer of Voyager Space Holdings. In this conversation with Matt, recorded on October 4th 2022, themes discussed include the increasing importance of ESG requirements...

Conversations on Investing & Space Sustainability Episode 3:  Matthew Kuta

Episode 2's guest is Matt O'Connell, Operating Partner at <a href= "https://www.dcvc.com/">DCVC</a>.  In this conversation with Matt, recorded on August 26th, 2022, themes discussed include the links between sustainable operating practices in space and sustainable business results; the challenges of large constellations, and the need for improving information sharing as commercial space activities expand. The discussion also covers both the benefits and downsides of ESG motivations in the space sector.

<description>&lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Episode 2's guest is Matt O'Connell, Operating Partner at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.dcvc.com/"&gt;&lt;span class= "s1"&gt;&lt;em&gt;DCVC&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;.  In this conversation with Matt, recorded on August 26th, 2022, themes discussed include the links between sustainable operating practices in space and sustainable business results; the challenges of large constellations, and the need for improving information sharing as commercial space activities expand. The discussion also covers both the benefits and downsides of ESG motivations in the space sector.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Episode 2's guest is Matt O'Connell, Operating Partner at .  In this conversation with Matt, recorded on August 26th, 2022, themes discussed include the links between sustainable operating practices in space and sustainable business...

Conversations on Investing & Space Sustainability Episode 2:  Matt O'Connell

Episode 1's guest is Mark Boggett, CEO and Managing Partner of <a href="https://seraphim.vc/about/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seraphim.vc/about/&source=gmail&ust=1665675006894000&usg=AOvVaw2tI7s8KttanrV97qX2zVDf">Seraphim</a>.  In this conversation with Mark, recorded on August 1st 2022, themes discussed include the contribution of ESG factors in driving investment activity; the ways in which venture capital funds can interact with portfolio companies to address sustainability; and the role of the UN Sustainable Development Goals for tracking investment outcomes.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Episode 1's guest is Mark Boggett, CEO and Managing Partner of &lt;a href="https://seraphim.vc/about/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seraphim.vc/about/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1665675006894000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2tI7s8KttanrV97qX2zVDf"&gt;Seraphim&lt;/a&gt;.  In this conversation with Mark, recorded on August 1st 2022, themes discussed include the contribution of ESG factors in driving investment activity; the ways in which venture capital funds can interact with portfolio companies to address sustainability; and the role of the UN Sustainable Development Goals for tracking investment outcomes.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Episode 1's guest is Mark Boggett, CEO and Managing Partner of .  In this conversation with Mark, recorded on August 1st 2022, themes discussed include the contribution of ESG factors in driving investment activity; the ways in which...

Conversations on Investing & Space Sustainability Episode 1: Mark Boggett

What are the most pressing challenges confronting governments, industry and civil society in terms of building capacity for implementing international space sustainability guidelines, and what steps should each of these three sectors prioritize to build such capacity? This panel of leading international experts shared their thoughts on how governments, industry and civil society can jointly build capacity in the space community to support the implementation of the international guidelines for space sustainability recently adopted by the UN. For more background information on these guidelines, see our <a href= "media/206891/swf_un_copuos_lts_guidelines_fact_sheet_november-2019-1.pdf?mc_cid=bb1bf462aa&mc_eid=[UNIQID]" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://swfound.org/media/206891/swf_un_copuos_lts_guidelines_fact_sheet_november-2019-1.pdf?mc_cid%3Dbb1bf462aa%26mc_eid%3D%5BUNIQID%5D&source=gmail&ust=1592497375580000&usg=AFQjCNHPEevNsjBCT7vZJwG67jeE8BwqfA">SWF Factsheet</a>.                                                  Panelists  Government  <ul> <li>Niklas Hedman, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, Austria</li> <li>Andre Rypl, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil        </li> <li>Keren Shahar, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel         </li> <li>David Turner, Department of State, United States </li> </ul> Industry <ul> <li>Aarti Holla-Maini, EMEA Satellite Operators Association, Belgium</li> <li>Therese Jones, Satellite Industry Association, United States </li> <li>Daniel Oltrogge, Space Safety Coalition, United States   </li> <li>Charity Weeden, Astroscale, United States                                                           </li> </ul> Civil Society  <ul> <li>David Kendall, Outer Space Institute, Canada</li> <li>Jean-Jacques Tortora, European Space Policy Institute, Austria </li> <li>Guoyu Wang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China </li> <li>Danielle Wood, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States</li> </ul>

<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;What are the most pressing challenges confronting governments, industry and civil society in terms of building capacity for implementing international space sustainability guidelines, and what steps should each of these three sectors prioritize to build such capacity? This panel of leading international experts shared their thoughts on how governments, industry and civil society can jointly build capacity in the space community to support the implementation of the international guidelines for space sustainability recently adopted by the UN. For more background information on these guidelines, see our &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href= "media/206891/swf_un_copuos_lts_guidelines_fact_sheet_november-2019-1.pdf?mc_cid=bb1bf462aa&amp;mc_eid=[UNIQID]" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://swfound.org/media/206891/swf_un_copuos_lts_guidelines_fact_sheet_november-2019-1.pdf?mc_cid%3Dbb1bf462aa%26mc_eid%3D%5BUNIQID%5D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1592497375580000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHPEevNsjBCT7vZJwG67jeE8BwqfA"&gt;&lt;u&gt;SWF Factsheet&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;                                            Panelists &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Government &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niklas Hedman&lt;/strong&gt;, UN Office for Outer &lt;span class="il"&gt;Space&lt;/span&gt; Affairs, Austria&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Andre Rypl&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil        &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keren Shahar&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel         &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;David Turner&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Department of State, United States &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Industry&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Aarti Holla-Maini&lt;/strong&gt;, EMEA Satellite Operators Association, Belgium&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Therese Jones&lt;/strong&gt;, Satellite Industry Association, United States &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Daniel Oltrogge&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;span class= "il"&gt;Space&lt;/span&gt; Safety Coalition, United States   &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Charity Weeden&lt;/strong&gt;, Astroscale, United States  &lt;strong&gt;                                                         &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Civil Society &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;David Kendall&lt;/strong&gt;, Outer &lt;span class= "il"&gt;Space&lt;/span&gt; Institute, Canada&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jean-Jacques Tortora&lt;/strong&gt;, European &lt;span class= "il"&gt;Space&lt;/span&gt; Policy Institute, Austria &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guoyu Wang&lt;/strong&gt;, Beijing Institute of Technology, China &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Danielle Wood&lt;/strong&gt;, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description>

What are the most pressing challenges confronting governments, industry and civil society in terms of building capacity for implementing international space sustainability guidelines, and what steps should each of these three sectors prioritize to...

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