125. Banking on Net Zero with Noel Quinn
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast
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🗓️ 2 November 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The way to Net Zero is through the bank.
One of the major questions at COP26 is, “How are we going to finance the transition to Net Zero?” From shifting investments away from fossil fuels, to boosting the speed and scale of green companies bringing forward the necessary solutions to creating a sustainable future for people and planet.
...And profit.
This week, we’re joined by Group Chief Executive of HSBC, Noel Quinn. He recently committed HSBC, with an impressive $3 trillion balance sheet, to have a completely Net Zero portfolio by 2050, and have their own supply chain and operations Net Zero by 2030. All the while significantly expanding their investment in green finance, creating a philanthropic program and clean technology venture fund.
We are also joined this week by guest co-host Kelly Clark, Director of Finance & Capital Market Transformation at The Laudes Foundation. Her day job is reimagining our current economic system and redefining value to go beyond shareholder interest.
It’s a fascinating conversation and essential to bring about the radical systems change we need to see.
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Noel Quinn
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| 0:00.0 | Race to zero! |
| 0:24.0 | Hello and welcome to our Agent Optimism. I'm Tom Rivicconak. |
| 0:27.0 | I'm Cristiana Piedes. |
| 0:28.0 | I'm Paul Dickinson. |
| 0:29.0 | And I'm Kelly Clark. |
| 0:30.0 | This week, we are coming to you from Glenhouse in Scotland, |
| 0:33.0 | where we are at the most remarkable financial tree, |
| 0:36.0 | just ahead of COP26. |
| 0:37.0 | Today, we will be reflecting on what we've learned here, |
| 0:40.0 | looking forward to the COP, and bringing you an interview |
| 0:43.0 | with Noel Quinn, Group CEO of HSBC. |
| 0:45.0 | Thanks for being here. |
| 0:57.0 | OK, so we are here at Glenhouse, known to many as, of course, |
| 1:00.0 | as the home of Tess Attendant, the late Tess Attendant, |
| 1:02.0 | late great. |
| 1:03.0 | You're the late great Tess Attendant, who is very much missed, |
| 1:05.0 | and everyone's been talking about, like, in every meeting |
| 1:07.0 | with people, and dinner people are holding up glasses |
| 1:09.0 | to test on her achievement, and it feels so rich to be here. |
| 1:12.0 | Absolutely. And we're here just ahead of COP26, |
| 1:15.0 | at the most remarkable retreat of incredible people |
| 1:19.0 | from the finance world that has been pulled together |
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