ESG Insights

What are the three things a company can do to make the transition work? Jenn-Hui Tan, Global Head of Stewardship and Sustainable Investing from Fidelity is Trisha Taneja's (Deutsche Bank’s Global Head of ESG for Capital Markets & Advisory) guest in this podcast.

The role of the Chief Sustainability Officer is a newly emerged strategic function that focuses on operationalizing external feedback from investors, customers and stakeholders for commercial success. It is usually a cross functional effort, cascading targets across the various functions of an organization. In this podcast, Trisha Taneja, Deutsche Bank’s Global Head of ESG for Capital Markets & Advisory, speaks to Ezgi Barcenas, AB Inbev’s Chief Sustainability Officer, about the role of the Chief Sustainability Officer in a corporation. Listen in to find out more about the remit of a CSO, how the role can leverage ESG to enable a corporate’s growth strategy and how AB Inbev believes a strong sustainability agenda and supply chain security and resilience is vital for its future.

Claire Coustar, global head of ESG FIC, Deutsche Bank hosts a podcast to explore the principles and concepts around the Circular Economy.

James Brand, Head of European Utility Research discusses with Debbie Jones, Global Head of ESG Company Research the ambitious targets set by Germany's coalition government, arguably Europe's most ambitious decarbonisation targets. The targets aims to transform Germany's power market, reaching 80% renewable generation by 2030 while closing its remaining nuclear plants and phasing out coal. It could put Germany at the forefront of the energy transition.

Climate risks have real and financial impacts on human health, asset values, capital investment, productivity, output and insurance. Even in the preferred scenario where we meet our global climate goals we face a different set of climate risks known as transition risks. These may include a rapid decarbonisation of our energy supply, new policy and legal mandates, investment in climate solutions, adaptation and resilience planning and behavioral changes. In this podcast, Trisha Taneja, Deutsche Bank's Global Head of ESG for Capital Markets & Advisory, speaks to Helena Walsh, Managing Partner at climate and sustainability consulting firm Agendi, about what climate risk involves and its impact on capital allocation. Listen in to find out more about the best way for corporates to assess climate risk, why it is so important, what the challenges are and steps corporates can take to mitigate climate risk.